Between September 10th through now, five Idol singles landed at #1 on the Billboard music charts. Season 4’s Carrie Underwood is continuing to impact the charts with her duet, “Remind Me,” with Brad Paisley. The song landed at #1 on the Hot Country Songs and the Hot Country Songs Detections charts for the week of September 10th. Brad and Carrie will team up once again on November 9th when they co-host “The 45th Annual CMA Awards” live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. This year’s show marks the fourth year that the duo has co-hosted the show together.
Reigning American Idol Scotty McCreery makes his second #1 appearance on the charts with his latest single, “The Trouble With Girls,” which arrived on the Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart on September 17th. Scotty is sure to have more hits in his future, as he’s releasing his debut album, Clear As Day, on October 4th.
Season 5’s Mandisa was on at the top of the Christian Recurrents chart for two weeks with “Stronger,” which also spent a week at #1 on Billboard’s Christian Adult Contemporary Recurrents charts this week.
The American Idols have now accumulated 307 #1s to date, counting all national, domestic charts compiled by the Billboard Information Group.
Kelly Clarkson - 60
Carrie Underwood - 52
Chris Daughtry (Daughtry) - 38
Fantasia - 30
Ruben Studdard - 16
Jennifer Hudson - 15
Mandisa - 14
Clay Aiken - 11
Kimberley Locke - 8
David Cook - 7
Josh Gracin - 7
Jordin Sparks - 7
Adam Lambert - 5
David Archuleta - 4
Kellie Pickler - 4
Elliott Yamin - 4
Kris Allen - 3
Taylor Hicks - 3
American Idol Finalists - 2
Bo Bice - 2
Jason Castro - 2
Bucky Covington - 2
Blake Lewis – 2
Scotty McCreery - 2
Chris Sligh - 2
Paris Bennett - 1
Diana DeGarmo - 1
Lee DeWyze - 1
Tamyra Gray - 1
William Hung - 1