List of American Idol Hot 100 singles
This is a list of songs recorded by alumni of the popular American televised singing competition American Idol that have charted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
All Hot 100 Singles
The following Idol songs have charted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Titles on a yellow background are active singles, which appear on the Hot 100 of the current issue of Billboard magazine. Artists' names listed in bold indicate their Hot 100 debut single.
| Entry Date | Single | Artist | Peak | Weeks on Hot 100 |
RIAA Cert. | Known Sales Figures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9/21/2002 | A Moment Like This (b/w "Before Your Love") |
Kelly Clarkson (Season 1, Winner) |
#1 | 20 | Gold | 1,000,200 (combined digital and physical sales) |
| 2 | 5/03/2003 | God Bless the U.S.A. | American Idol Finalists (Season 2 Finalists) |
#4 | 8 | Gold | |
| 3 | 5/17/2003 | Miss Independent | Kelly Clarkson | #9 | 20 | Gold | |
| 4 | 6/28/2003 | This Is the Night (b/w "Bridge Over Troubled Water") |
Clay Aiken (Season 2, Runner-Up) |
#1 | 16 | Platinum | 1,000,000 (physical sales) |
| 5 | 6/28/2003 | Flying Without Wings (b/w "Superstar") |
Ruben Studdard (Season 2, Winner) |
#2 | 10 | Gold | 751,000 (physical sales) |
| 6 | 9/20/2003 | Low | Kelly Clarkson | #58 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 11/22/2003 | Invisible | Clay Aiken | #37 | 20 | Gold | |
| 8 | 1/03/2004 | Sorry 2004 | Ruben Studdard | #9 | 20 | ||
| 9 | 3/27/2004 | 8th World Wonder | Kimberley Locke (Season 2, 3rd Place) |
#49 | 20 | ||
| 10 | 4/03/2004 | Solitaire (b/w "The Way") |
Clay Aiken | #4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 7/03/2004 | I Want to Live | Josh Gracin (Season 2, 4th Place) |
#45 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 7/10/2004 | I Believe | Fantasia (Season 3, Winner) |
#1 | 11 | 500,000 (physical sales) | |
| 13 | 7/17/2004 | Dreams | Diana DeGarmo (Season 3, Runner-Up) |
#14 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 8/28/2004 | Breakaway | Kelly Clarkson | #6 | 46 | Gold | 850,000 (digital sales) |
| 15 | 12/18/2004 | Since U Been Gone | Kelly Clarkson | #2 | 46 | Platinum | 1,820,000 (digital sales) |
| 16 | 1/22/2005 | Nothin' to Lose | Josh Gracin | #39 | 20 | Gold | |
| 17 | 1/22/2005 | Truth Is | Fantasia | #21 | 20 | ||
| 18 | 2/12/2005 | Baby Mama | Fantasia | #60 | 12 | ||
| 19 | 4/23/2005 | Behind These Hazel Eyes | Kelly Clarkson | #6 | 34 | Gold | 926,000 (digital sales) |
| 20 | 4/30/2005 | Free Yourself | Fantasia | #41 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 5/07/2005 | When You Tell Me That You Love Me | American Idol Finalists (Season 4 Finalists) |
#39 | 4 | ||
| 22 | 7/02/2005 | Inside Your Heaven (b/w "Independence Day") |
Carrie Underwood (Season 4, Winner) |
#1 | 12 | Gold | 1,002,000 (combined digital and physical sales) |
| 23 | 7/09/2005 | Inside Your Heaven (b/w "Vehicle" featuring Richie Sambora) |
Bo Bice (Season 4, Runner-Up) |
#2 | 7 | Gold | |
| 24 | 8/13/2005 | Stay With Me (Brass Bed) | Josh Gracin | #47 | 16 | ||
| 25 | 9/03/2005 | Because of You | Kelly Clarkson | #7 | 37 | Gold | 1,050,000 (digital sales) |
| 26 | 11/19/2005 | Jesus, Take the Wheel | Carrie Underwood | #20 | 24 | Gold | 1,140,815 (digital sales) |
| 27 | 1/21/2006 | Walk Away | Kelly Clarkson | #12 | 29 | Gold | 800,000 (digital sales) |
| 28 | 3/25/2006 | The Real Thing | Bo Bice | #56 | 16 | 148,644 (digital sales) | |
| 29 | 5/06/2006 | Don't Forget to Remember Me | Carrie Underwood | #49 | 17 | ||
| 30 | 6/10/2006 | Wanted Dead or Alive | Chris Daughtry (Season 5, 4th Place) |
#43 | 3 | 49,202 (digital sales) | |
| 31 | 6/10/2006 | Takin' It to the Streets | Taylor Hicks (Season 5, Winner) |
#69 | 4 | 15,931 (digital sales) | |
| 32 | 7/01/2006 | Do I Make You Proud | Taylor Hicks | #1 | 7 | 450,000 (physical sales) 86,573 | |
| 33 | 7/15/2006 | Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Katharine McPhee (Season 5, Runner-Up) |
#12 | 4 | 150,000 (physical sales) 131,000 | |
| 34 | 7/15/2006 | My Destiny | Katharine McPhee | #60 | 2 | 79,000 (digital sales) | |
| 35 | 7/29/2006 | Gallery | Mario Vazquez (Season 4, Top 13) |
#35 | 20 | ||
| 36 | 9/16/2006 | Before He Cheats | Carrie Underwood | #8 | 64 | Platinum | 2,070,000 (digital sales) |
| 37 | 11/18/2006 | Change Me | Ruben Studdard | #94 | 1 | ||
| 38 | 11/18/2006 | Red High Heels | Kellie Pickler (Season 5, 6th Place) |
#64 | 11 | 87,000 (digital sales) | |
| 39 | 11/28/2006 | It's Not Over | Daughtry | #4 | 29 | Platinum | 1,620,000 (digital sales) |
| 40 | 1/13/2007 | And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going | Jennifer Hudson (Season 3, 7th Place) |
#60 | 13 | 13,845 (digital sales) | |
| 41 | 2/17/2007 | Over It | Katharine McPhee | #29 | 16 | 522,000 (digital sales) | |
| 42 | 2/17/2007 | Wasted | Carrie Underwood | #37 | 20 | 365,000 (digital sales) | |
| 43 | 3/17/2007 | Movin' On | Elliott Yamin (Season 5, 3rd Place) |
#61 | 1 | 26,395 (digital sales) | |
| 44 | 3/17/2007 | Home | Daughtry | #5 | 37 | Gold | 1,280,000 (digital sales) |
| 45 | 4/07/2007 | Wait for You | Elliott Yamin | #13 | 30 | Gold | 836,469 (digital sales) |
| 46 | 4/21/2007 | When I See U | Fantasia | #33 | 23 | 180,000 (digital sales) | |
| 47 | 5/05/2007 | A Different World | Bucky Covington (Season 5, 8th Place) |
#58 | 20 | 168,000 (digital sales) | |
| 48 | 5/12/2007 | I'll Stand By You | Carrie Underwood | #6 | 5 | 340,000 (digital sales) | |
| 49 | 5/12/2007 | Never Again | Kelly Clarkson | #8 | 16 | Gold | 886,000 (digital sales) |
| 50 | 5/12/2007 | Up to the Mountain | Kelly Clarkson featuring Jeff Beck |
#56 | 2 | 47,000 (digital sales) | |
| 51 | 6/09/2007 | This Is My Now | Jordin Sparks (Season 6, Winner) |
#15 | 4 | 180,000 (digital sales) | |
| 52 | 6/09/2007 | You Give Love a Bad Name | Blake Lewis (Season 6, Runner-Up) |
#18 | 4 | 195,000 (digital sales) | |
| 53 | 6/09/2007 | A Broken Wing | Jordin Sparks | #66 | 2 | 21,903 (digital sales) | |
| 54 | 6/09/2007 | I (Who Have Nothing) | Jordin Sparks | #80 | 1 | 18,162 (digital sales) | |
| 55 | 6/09/2007 | Time of the Season | Blake Lewis | #99 | 1 | 14,748 (digital sales) | |
| 56 | 6/23/2007 | I Wonder | Kellie Pickler | #75 | 10 | 198,000 (digital sales)[1] | |
| 57 | 7/05/2007 | Because of You | Reba McEntire duet with Kelly Clarkson |
#50 | 15 | 207,000 (digital sales) | |
| 58 | 8/25/2007 | Over You | Daughtry | #18+ | 23+ | 779,000 (digital sales) | |
| 59 | 8/26/2007 | So Small | Carrie Underwood | #17 | 20 | 527,000 (digital sales) | |
| 60 | 10/13/2007 | Tattoo | Jordin Sparks | #8+ | 16+ | 1,041,989 (digital sales) | |
| 61 | 1/05/2008 | Do You Hear What I Hear | Carrie Underwood | #90 | 1 | ||
| 62 | 1/19/2008 | All-American Girl | Carrie Underwood | #68+ | 2+ | 63,000 (digital sales) | |
| 63 | 1/19/2008 | No Air | Jordin Sparks duet with Chris Brown |
#69+ | 2+ | 106,413 (digital sales) |
Overview
Most Hit Singles
Of the 63 songs that have made the Hot 100, Kelly Clarkson has the most charted hits, with 11, followed by Carrie Underwood, with 9. Fantasia and Jordin Sparks have had 5 hits each; Chris Daughtry has had 4; Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard, Josh Gracin, and Katharine McPhee have all had 3 hits; while Bo Bice, Taylor Hicks, Kellie Pickler , Elliott Yamin, and Blake Lewis have each had two hits apiece. Kimberley Locke, Diana DeGarmo, Mario Vazquez, Jennifer Hudson, and Bucky Covington have all had one hit single to date.
Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, and Chris Daughtry are all tied with having the most top 5 hits, all with two each.
Kelly Clarkson has had the most top ten hits, with 7. Carrie Underwood follows, with 3, while Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard, and Daughtry have each had 2 top ten hits.
Clarkson has also had the most top 40 hits, with 8, with Carrie Underwood following closely behind with 6. Other contestants with multiple top 40 hits are Clay Aiken (3), Fantasia (3), Daughtry (3), Ruben Studdard (2), Katharine McPhee (2), and Jordin Sparks (2).
Carrie Underwood holds the record for the highest-selling single ("Before He Cheats"), which sold to more than 2 million copies. The song has also spent 64 weeks on the chart, longer than any other single by an Idol contestant.
Contestants from season five have produced the most hits with 14, followed by season four, with 12 (excluding "When You Tell Me That You Love Me"). Season one and season two each have produced 11 hits (excluding Season 2's "God Bless the U.S.A."), while Season three and season six have each produced 7 hits. Overall, 61 hits have been produced by contestants from all six seasons.
Most Weeks on Chart
Of the 972 cumulative weeks for all singles on the Hot 100, Kelly Clarkson's singles have spent the most weeks on the charts (276), followed by Carrie Underwood (165), Chris Daughtry (92), Fantasia (86), Josh Gracin (50), Clay Aiken (44), Ruben Studdard, Elliott Yamin (31 each), Jordin Sparks (25), Bo Bice, Katharine McPhee (22), Kellie Pickler (21), Kimberley Locke, Mario Vazquez, Bucky Covington (20 each), Jennifer Hudson (13), Taylor Hicks (11), Diana DeGarmo, and Blake Lewis (5 each).
Even though Kelly Clarkson is the only Season 1 finalist to score a hit single, songs from Season 1 contestants have spent more weeks on the chart than from any other season (276). 208 weeks have been cumulated from Season 4 contestants (plus 4 weeks for "When You Tell Me That You Love Me"), followed by Season 5 (197 weeks), Season 2 (145 weeks + 8 weeks for "God Bless the U.S.A."), Season 3 (104 weeks), and Season 6 (30 weeks)
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
The following songs failed to reach the Hot 100, but managed to make the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles charts.
| First Week |
Single | Artist | Bubbling Under Peak |
Hot 100 Equivalent |
Weeks Bubbling Under |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/05/2003 | Superstar | Ruben Studdard | #12 | #112 | 10 |
| 12/27/2003 | The Trouble with Love Is | Kelly Clarkson | #1 | #101 | 10 |
| 6/10/2006 | Moody's Mood for Love | Elliott Yamin | #1 | #101 | 1 |
| 6/10/2006 | Think | Katharine McPhee | #21 | #121 | 1 |
| 8/05/2006 | Favorite State of Mind | Josh Gracin | #19 | #119 | 1 |
| 12/30/2006 | Hood Boy | Fantasia featuring Big Boi |
#3 | #103 | 4 |
| 6/09/2007 | This Love | Blake Lewis | #2 | #102 | 2 |
| 6/09/2007 | When the Stars Go Blue | Blake Lewis | #10 | #110 | 2 |
| 6/09/2007 | I Need to Know | Blake Lewis | #19 | #119 | 1 |
| 7/14/2007 | Sober | Kelly Clarkson | #10 | #110 | 2 |
| 12/22/2007 | Break Anotha | Blake Lewis | #10 | #110 | 1 |
Footnotes