- Season 1 Kelly Clarkson Justin Guarini Nikki McKibbin Tamyra Gray RJ Helton Ryan Starr Jim Verraros
- Season 2 Ruben Studdard Clay Aiken Kimberley Locke Josh Gracin Carmen Rasmusen Kimberly Caldwell Corey Clark Charles Grigsby Vanessa Olivarez Others
- Season 3 Fantasia Barrino Diana DeGarmo Jasmine Trias LaToya London George Huff John Stevens Jennifer Hudson Jon Peter Lewis Camile Velasco William Hung Others
- Season 4 Carrie Underwood Bo Bice Vonzell Solomon Constantine Maroulis Nadia Turner Nikko Smith Jessica Sierra Others
- Season 5 Taylor Hicks Katharine McPhee Elliott Yamin Chris Daughtry with Daughtry Paris Bennett Kellie Pickler Ace Young Bucky Covington Mandisa Others
- Season 6 Jordin Sparks Blake Lewis Melinda Doolittle LaKisha Jones Chris Richardson Phil Stacey Sanjaya Malakar Haley Scarnato Gina Glocksen Chris Sligh Stephanie Edwards Brandon Rogers Others
- Season 7 David Cook David Archuleta Jason Castro Brooke White Carly Smithson with We Are the Fallen Kristy Lee Cook Michael Johns Ramiele Malubay Amanda Overmyer Josiah Leming
- Season 8 Kris Allen Adam Lambert Danny Gokey Allison Iraheta Anoop Desai Scott MacIntyre Michael Sarver
- Season 9 Lee DeWyze Crystal Bowersox Casey James Aaron Kelly Tim Urban Siobhan Magnus Andrew Garcia
- Season 10 Scotty McCreery Lauren Alaina Haley Reinhart James Durbin Casey Abrams Stefano Langone (as Stefano) Pia Toscano Thia Megia Naima Adedapo Ashthon Jones Tim Halperin Chris Medina
- Season 11 Phillip Phillips Jessica Sanchez Joshua Ledet Hollie Cavanagh Skylar Laine Elise Testone Colton Dixon DeAndre Brackensick Heejun Han (as HeeJun) Erika Van Pelt
- Season 12 Candice Glover Kree Harrison Angie Miller Janelle Arthur Paul Jolley
- Season 13 Caleb Johnson Jena Irene Alex Preston Sam Woolf Dexter Roberts Ben Briley Emily Piriz
- Season 14 Nick Fradiani Clark Beckham Jax Rayvon Owen Adanna Duru
- Season 15
- Season 16
- References
This is a comprehensive listing of official post-Idol releases by various contestants of the television show American Idol. All of the compilations and singles of the show as well as most of its contestants' singles and albums were released by 19 Recordings with Sony Music Entertainment (the general record company associated and affiilated with the Idol series in most countries through its RCA/Jive Label Group) from 2002–2010 and with Universal Music Group (through its Interscope-Geffen-A&M Label Group) from 2011 onwards.[1][2][3][4] The first winner Kelly Clarkson remains the best-selling contestant worldwide with 20 million albums sold followed by fourth winner Carrie Underwood (best-selling contestant in the United States) with 15 million albums sold worldwide. By the end of 2009, all the contestants had 257 number one singles in the Billboard charts and have sold over 66 million albums worldwide and 56 million singles in US alone [5] Season 1Kelly Clarkson{{main|Kelly Clarkson discography}}- "Before Your Love" / "A Moment Like This"
- Thankful
- "Miss Independent"
- "Low"
- "The Trouble with Love Is"
- Breakaway
- "Breakaway"
- "Since U Been Gone"
- "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
- "Because of You"
- "Walk Away"
- My December
- "Never Again"
- "Sober"
- "One Minute"
- "Don't Waste Your Time"
- All I Ever Wanted
- "My Life Would Suck Without You"
- "I Do Not Hook Up"
- "Already Gone"
- "All I Ever Wanted"
- Stronger
- "Mr. Know It All
- "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
- "Dark Side"
- Greatest Hits: Chapter One
- "Catch My Breath"
- "Don't Rush"
- "People Like Us"
- Wrapped in Red
- "Underneath the Tree"
- "Wrapped in Red"
- Single: "Tie It Up"
- Piece by Piece
- ''Meaning of Life
- "Love So Soft" / "Move You"
- "I Don't Think About You"
- "Heat"
Justin Guarini{{main|Justin Guarini#Discography}}- The Midnight Voices
- Justin Guarini
- "Unchained Melody"
- "Sorry"
- Stranger Things Have Happened
- "Did You Know That I Know Your Journey?"
- "Everlasting"
- Revolve (EP)
Nikki McKibbin{{main|Nikki McKibbin#Discography}}- Unleashed
- "To Be with You"
- "The Lie"
- "Naked Inside"
- "Save What's Left of Me"
- "Cry Little Sister"
- "Here to There"
- "Inconsolable"
- "Made it" (Featuring The League)
- Psychotrip (EP) ( with Love Stricken Demise)
Tamyra GrayRJ HeltonRyan Starr- "My Religion"
- "Love Gone Bad"
- "Stranded"
- "7am"
- "Blue"
- "Broken"
Jim Verraros- Unsaid and Understood
- Rollercoaster
- "You Turn It On"
- "I Want You"
- "You're Getting Crazy"
- "Outside"
- "Welcome to Hollywood"
- Do Not Disturb
Season 2- All-Time Classic American Love Songs
- "God Bless the USA"
- "What the World Needs Now"
Ruben Studdard{{main|Ruben Studdard#Discography}}- "Flying Without Wings" / "Superstar"
- Soulful
- I Need an Angel
- The Return
- "Change Me"
- "Make Ya Feel Beautiful"
- "Celebrate Me Home"
- Love Is
- "Together"
- "Don't Make 'Em Like U No More"
- The Very Best of Ruben Studdard
- Letters from Birmingham
Clay Aiken{{main|Clay Aiken discography}}- "Bridge over Troubled Water" / "This Is the Night"
- Measure of a Man
- "Invisible"
- "The Way" / "Solitaire"
- "I Will Carry You"
- "Measure of a Man"
- "The First Noel" (from American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics)
- "Silver Bells" (from American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics)
- Merry Christmas with Love
- "Winter Wonderland"
- "O Holy Night"
- "Hark the Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful"
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
- "Mary, Did You Know?"
- A Thousand Different Ways
- "Without You"
- "A Thousand Days"
- All Is Well: Songs for Christmas (EP)
- On My Way Here
- The Very Best of Clay Aiken
- Tried and True
Kimberley Locke- "Silver Bells" (with Clay Aiken)
- One Love
- "8th World Wonder"
- "Wrong"
- "Coulda Been"
- "I Could"
- Based on a True Story
- "Change"
- "Band of Gold"
- "Fall"
- Christmas
- "Up on the House Top"
- "Jingle Bells"
- "Frosty the Snowman"
- "We Need a Little Christmas"
- "Strobelight"
- Four for the Floor
Josh Gracin- Josh Gracin
- "I Want to Live"
- "Nothin' to Lose"
- "Stay with Me (Brass Bed)"
- We Weren't Crazy
- "Favorite State of Mind"
- "I Keep Coming Back"
- "We Weren't Crazy"
- "Unbelievable (Ann Marie)"
- "Telluride"
- Redemption
- "Enough"
- "She's a Different Kind of Crazy"
- "Over Me"
- "Cover Girl"
- "Long Way to Go"
Carmen Rasmusen- Carmen (EP)
- Nothin' Like the Summer
- "Nothin' Like the Summer"
Kimberly Caldwell- "Who Will You Run To"
- "Fear of Flying"
- Without Regret
- "Mess of You"
- "Desperate Girls & Stupid Boys"
Corey ClarkCharles GrigsbyVanessa Olivarez- Vanessa
- Butterfly Stitch EP
- Butterfly Stitch - Live at The Loft
- "The One"
- The One (The Remixes)
Others- Quiana Parler
- Jordan Segundo
- George Trice
Season 3Fantasia Barrino{{main|Fantasia Barrino discography}}- "I Believe"
- Free Yourself
- "Truth Is"
- "Baby Mama"
- "Free Yourself"
- "Ain't Gon' Beg You"
- Fantasia
- "Hood Boy"
- "When I See U"
- "Only One U"
- Back to Me
- "Even Angels"
- "Bittersweet"
- Side Effects of You
- "Lose to Win"
- "Without Me"
- "Side Effects of You"
Diana DeGarmo{{main|Diana DeGarmo#Discography}}Jasmine Trias{{main|Jasmine Trias#Discography}}- "Love 'Ko To"
- Jasmine Trias
- "Excuses"
- "Lose Control"
- "Sana Lagi"
- "Kung Paano"
- "I'd Rather"
- "The Christmas Song"
LaToya London- Love & Life
- "Appreciate" / "Every Part of Me" / "All By Myself"
- "State of My Heart"
George Huff- My Christmas EP (EP)
- "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
- Miracles
- "Brighter Day"
- "Miracles"
- "You Know Me"
- George Huff
John StevensJennifer Hudson{{Main|Jennifer Hudson discography}}- "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
- Jennifer Hudson
- "Spotlight"
- "The Star Spangled Banner"
- "If This Isn't Love"
- "Giving Myself"
- I Remember Me
Jon Peter Lewis- "Turn to Grey"
- Stories from Hollywood
- "It's Christmas"
- "If I Go Away/Man Like Me"
- Break the Silence
- Jon Peter Lewis (EP)
Camile Velasco- "Hangin On"
- "Guava Jelly" (feat. Stephen Marley)
- Koy
William Hung- Inspiration
- Hung for the Holidays
- Happy Summer from William Hung
Others- Kiera Bivens
- Love, Lipstick and Poetry
- Lisa Leuschner
- Dina Lopez
- Lana Phillips
- John Preator
- Alan Ritchson
- Donnie Williams
- Lisa Wilson
Season 4Carrie Underwood{{Main|Carrie Underwood discography}}- "Inside Your Heaven" / "Independence Day"
- Some Hearts
- "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
- "Some Hearts"
- "Don't Forget to Remember Me"
- "Before He Cheats"
- "Wasted"
- "I'll Stand by You"
- Carnival Ride
- "So Small"
- "All-American Girl"
- "Last Name"
- "Just a Dream"
- "I Told You So"
- "Praying for Time"
- "Just Stand Up!" (with Various Artists)
- "Home Sweet Home"
- Play On
- "Cowboy Casanova"
- "Temporary Home"
- "Undo It"
- "Mama's Song"
- "Remind Me"(with Brad Paisley)
- Blown Away
- "Good Girl"
- "Blown Away"
- "Two Black Cadillacs"
- "See You Again"
- "Somethin' Bad" (with Miranda Lambert)
- Decade Number 1
- "Something in the Water"
- "Little Toy Guns"
- Storyteller
- "Smoke Break"
- "Heartbeat"
- "Chaser"
- "Church Bells"
- "Dirty Laundry"
- "The Fighter" (with Keith Urban)
- Cry Pretty
(with Ludacris)- "Cry Pretty"
- "Love Wins"
Bo Bice- "I Don't Want to Be"
- "Inside Your Heaven" / "Vehicle"
- The Real Thing
- "The Real Thing"
- "U Make Me Better"
- "Blades of Glory"
- See the Light
- 3
- "You Take Yourself with You"
Vonzell SolomonConstantine MaroulisNadia TurnerNikko SmithJessica SierraOthersJudd Harris - Fly (with Visible from Space)
Jeff Johnson Jamie Paul Koehler Melinda Lira Sarah Mather Kurtis Parks Elizabeth Pha (aka Chandara) Celena Rae Mario VazquezJared Yates Season 5Taylor Hicks{{Main|Taylor Hicks discography}}- "Do I Make You Proud" / "Takin' It to the Streets"
- Taylor Hicks
- "Just to Feel That Way"
- "Heaven Knows"
- The Distance
- "What's Right Is Right"
- "Seven Mile Breakdown"
Katharine McPhee- "Think"
- "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" / "My Destiny"
- Katharine McPhee
- Unbroken
- Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Elliott Yamin- "Moody's Mood for Love"
- "This Christmas"
- Elliott Yamin
- "Movin' On"
- "Wait for You"
- "One Word (Elliott Yamin song)"
- "Home"
- "In Love With You Forever"
- Sounds of the Season: The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection
- My Kind of Holiday
- Fight for Love
- "Fight for Love
- "You Say"
- "Can't Keep on Loving You (From a Distance)"
Chris Daughtry with Daughtry{{Main|Daughtry discography}}- "Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)"
- Daughtry
- "It's Not Over"
- "Home"
- "What I Want"
- "Over You"
- "Crashed"
- "Feels Like Tonight"
- "What About Now"
- Leave This Town
- "No Surprise"
- "You Don't Belong"
- "Life After You"
- "September"
- Break the Spell
- "Renegade"
- "Crawling Back to You"
- "Outta My Head"
- "Start of Something Good"
- Baptized
- "Waiting for Superman"
- "Long Live Rock 'n Roll"
- "Battleships"
Paris Bennett- "Midnight Train to Georgia"
- Princess P
- "Ordinary Love"
- "Duet"
- "My Boyfriend's Back" (Promo only)
Kellie Pickler{{main|Kellie Pickler discography}}- Small Town Girl
- "Red High Heels"
- "I Wonder"
- "Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind"
- Kellie Pickler
- "Don't You Know You're Beautiful"
- "Best Days of Your Life"
- "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You"
- "Makin' Me Fall in Love Again"
- 100 Proof
Ace Young- "Father Figure"
- "Scattered"
- Ace Young
Bucky Covington- Bucky Covington
- "A Different World"
- "It's Good to Be Us"
- "I'll Walk"
- I'm Alright
- "I Want My Life Back"
- "Gotta Be Somebody"
- "A Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How)"
- TBD Album
- "I Wanna Be That Feeling"
Mandisa{{main|Mandisa discography}}- True Beauty
- "Only the World"
- "God Speaking"
- "Voice of a Savior"
- Christmas Joy EP
- It's Christmas
- "Christmas Day"
- "Angels We Have Heard on High"
- "Lose My Soul"
- Freedom
- "My Deliverer"
- "He Is with You"
- What If We Were Real
- "Stronger"
- "Good Morning"
OthersBobby "Bluu Suede" Bullard Ayla BrownPatrick Hall Josh Royse David Radford Stevie Scott Brianna Taylor- Brianna Taylor (EP)
- Fireworks at the Fairground
Stephanie White Season 6- American Idol Season 6: Greatest Hits
Jordin Sparks{{Main|Jordin Sparks discography}}- Jordin Sparks (EP)
- Jordin Sparks
- "Tattoo"
- "No Air" (w/ Chris Brown)
- "One Step at a Time"
- Battlefield
- "Battlefield"
- "S.O.S (Let the Music Play)"
Blake Lewis- Blake Lewis (EP)
- "You Give Love a Bad Name"
- A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)
- "Break Anotha"
- "How Many Words"
- Heartbreak on Vinyl
- "Sad Song"
- "Heartbreak on Vinyl"
- "Till' We See the Sun"
- Portrait of a Chameleon
Melinda Doolittle- Melinda Doolittle (EP)
- "It's Your Love"
- Coming Back to You
LaKisha Jones- LaKisha Jones (EP)
- So Glad I'm Me
Chris Richardson- Chris Richardson (EP)
- Come Right Back to You
- "Far Away" (as featured artist)
Phil Stacey- Phil Stacey (EP)
- Phil Stacey
- Into the Light
- "Old Glory"
- "Inside Out"
- "You're Not Shaken"
- "Some Kind of Love"
Sanjaya Malakar- Dancing to the Music in My Head
Haley ScarnatoGina GlocksenChris SlighStephanie EdwardsBrandon RogersOthersSarah Burgess- One
- "Dangerouz"
- "I'm So Crushed"
- Didn't Matter That
Amanda Coluccio - "Fly Away"
- "Now That I Found You"
Sean MichelSherman Pore Season 7David Cook{{main|David Cook discography}}- "Dream Big"
- "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
- "The World I Know"
- "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
- "Billie Jean"
- "Always Be My Baby"
- "Hello"
- "The Music of the Night"
- "Eleanor Rigby"
- "I'm Alive"
- "Little Sparrow"
- "Hungry Like the Wolf"
- "Innocent"
- "Day Tripper"
- "All Right Now"
- "Happy Together" (Originally by The Turtles)
- David Cook
- "The Time of My Life"
- "Light On"
- "Bar-ba-sol"
- "Come Back to Me"
- "Permanent"
- This Loud Morning
- "The Last Goodbye"
- "Fade into Me
- Digital Vein">Digital Vein
- Chromance">Chromance
David Archuleta{{main|David Archuleta discography}}- "Imagine"
- "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
- "In This Moment"
- "Longer"
- "Think of Me"
- "Angels"
- David Archuleta
- "Crush"
- "A Little Too Not Over You"
- "Touch My Hand"
- Christmas from the Heart
- The Other Side of Down
- "Something 'Bout Love"
- "Elevator"
- Begin
- No Matter How Far
Jason Castro- "Hallelujah"
- "Over the Rainbow"
- "White Christmas"
- The Love Uncompromised EP (EP)
- "Let's Just Fall in Love Again"
- Jason Castro
- "That's What I'm Here For"
- "Over the Rainbow"
- Who I Am
- Only a Mountain
Brooke White- High Hopes and Heart Break (2009)
- "Hold Up My Heart"
- "Radio Radio"
- Gemini EP (as part of Jack and White) (2011)
- Winter EP (as part of Jack and White) (2012)
Carly Smithson with We Are the FallenKristy Lee CookMichael JohnsRamiele Malubay- "We Are One (This Christmas)"
- "Kaya"
- "More to Me"
- "Here I Am"
Amanda Overmyer- Solidify
- "Play On"
- "Love Me Like You Want"
Josiah Leming- Angels Undercover EP
- Punk Ass Rain EP
- Come On Kid
- Another Life
Season 8Kris Allen{{main|Kris Allen discography}}- Season 8 Favorite Performances
- "Heartless"
- "Ain't No Sunshine"
- "Apologize"
- "Falling Slowly"
- "What's Going On"
- "Make You Feel My Love"
- "No Boundaries"
- Kris Allen
- "Live Like We're Dying"
- "Let It Be"
- "The Truth (with Pat Monahan)
- Thank You Camellia
- Horizons
Adam Lambert{{main|Adam Lambert discography}}- Season 8 Favorite Performances
- "Mad World"
- "A Change Is Gonna Come"
- "One"
- "Cryin'"
- "Slow Ride" (with Allison Iraheta)
- "The Tracks of My Tears"
- "Feeling Good"
- "No Boundaries"
- Take One
- For Your Entertainment
- "For Your Entertainment"
- "Whataya Want from Me"
- "Time for Miracles"
- "If I Had You"
- Trespassing
- "Better Than I Know Myself"
- "Never Close Our Eyes"
Danny Gokey- Non-album song
- My Best Days
- "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me"
- "I Will Not Say Goodbye"
- Non-album song
Allison Iraheta- "Slow Ride" (with Adam Lambert)
- Just like You
- "Friday I'll Be Over U"
- "Scars"
- "Don't Waste the Pretty"
Anoop DesaiScott MacIntyreMichael Sarver- Michael Sarver
- "You Are"
- "Cinderella Girl"
- "Ferris Wheel"
- Christmas
Season 9Lee DeWyze- "Beautiful Day
- "Hallelujah"
- "Falling Slowly" (with Crystal Bowersox)
- "The Boxer"
- "Everybody Hurts"
- Live It Up
- "Sweet Serendipity"
- "Beautiful Like You"
- Frames
Crystal Bowersox{{main|Crystal Bowersox discography}}- "Up to the Mountain"
- "Falling Slowly" (with Lee DeWyze)
- "Black Velvet"
- "Me and Bobby McGee"
- Farmer's Daughter
- "Farmer's Daughter"
- "Ridin' with the Radio"
Casey James- "Let's Don't Call It a Night"
- "Crying on a Suitcase"
Aaron Kelly- "I Can't Wait for Christmas"
Tim UrbanSiobhan Magnus- Moonbaby
- "Beatrice Dream"
- "Black Doll"
Andrew GarciaSeason 10Scotty McCreery- American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery
- American Idol Season 10 Highlights: Scotty McCreery EP
- Clear as Day
- "I Love You This Big"
- "The Trouble with Girls"
- "Water Tower Town"
- Christmas with Scotty McCreery
- See You Tonight
- "See You Tonight"
- "Feelin' It"
Lauren Alaina- American Idol Season 10: Lauren Alaina
- American Idol Season 10 Highlights: Lauren Alaina EP
- Wildflower
- "Like My Mother Does"
- "Georgia Peaches"
- "Eighteen Inches"
- "Barefoot and Buckwild"
- "Road Less Traveled
- "Next Boyfriend"
- "Road Less Traveled"
- "Doin' Fine"
Haley Reinhart- American Idol Season 10 Highlights: Haley Reinhart EP
- "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Casey Abrams)
- Listen Up!
James Durbin- American Idol Season 10 Highlights: James Durbin EP
- Memories of a Beautiful Disaster
- "Stand Up"
- "Love Me Bad"
- "HIgher Than Heaven
Casey AbramsStefano Langone (as Stefano)- "I'm on a Roll"
- "Yes to Love"
Pia ToscanoThia MegiaNaima AdedapoAshthon JonesTim HalperinChris MedinaSeason 11Phillip Phillips- Phillip Phillips: Journey to the Finale
- American Idol Season 11 Highlights
- The World from the Side of the Moon
- "Home"
- "Gone, Gone, Gone"
Jessica Sanchez- "Change Nothing"
- Jessica Sanchez: Journey to the Finale
- American Idol Season 11 Highlights
- Me, You & the Music
Joshua Ledet- American Idol Season 11 Highlights
Hollie Cavanagh- American Idol Season 11 Highlights
- "Outer Limit"
Skylar Laine- American Idol Season 11 Highlights
- "Settle Down"
Elise TestoneColton DixonDeAndre BrackensickHeejun Han (as HeeJun)Erika Van Pelt- My Independence
- "Listen, Learn, Then Delete"
Season 12Candice GloverKree HarrisonAngie Miller- "You Set Me Free"
- "This Christmas Song"
- Weathered
Janelle ArthurPaul JolleySeason 13Caleb Johnson- Testify
- "As Long as You Love Me"
- "Only One"
Jena IreneAlex Preston- "The Light Was Already Here"
Sam WoolfDexter RobertsBen BrileyEmily PirizSeason 14Nick FradianiClark BeckhamJax- "Forcefield"
- "La La Land"
Rayvon OwenAdanna DuruSeason 15Season 16References1. ^'American Idol' Music Rights Move From Sony To Universal> 2. ^‘American Idol’ Switches Labels To Universal 3. ^American Idol jumps from Sony Music home to Universal Music Group 4. ^[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0317929620100803 UPDATE 1-American Idol dumps Sony label for Universal] 5. ^AMERICAN IDOL CHART ACHIEVEMENTS
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