American singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson, American Idol Season 1 grand winner, has been named American Idol’s most successful contestant — according to Billboard magazine. She has beaten Carrie Underwood who won the AI’s fourth season. Clarkson has sold 10.6 million albums, 15.9 million tracks and has had 4.2 million radio plays, according to Billboard.com, ranking her the top graduate from the FOX TV talent show. Underwood has 11.5 million and 13.9 million for album and single sales, respectively. The country singer’s also had 2.4 million radio plays since she won Idol in 2005. The third most successful “Idol” is Chris Daughtry who finished fourth place in the fifth season. Daughtry fronts his own band, Daughtry; they have sold 5.7 million albums. Clarkson recently revealed she’s bored of people making jibes about her weight. “For seven years it’s been happening. It’s like, ‘OK cool, the fat joke,’” she said. “I love my body. I’m very much OK with it. I don’t think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people.” Kelly Clarkson Named American Idol’s Most Successful Contestant is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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