Top 10 American Idol Winners: Where Are They Now?

we're checking in with our favorite winners from this popular singing competition show welcome to Ms mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 American Idol winners where are they now before we begin we publish new content every day so be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos for this list we're taking a look at former American Idol winners and what they've been up to since appearing on the show however we're excluding superstars like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood because let's be honest everyone knows they're killing it number 10 Phillip Phillips ever since he took the crown on the 11th season of American Idol Phillip Phillips has been hard at work spurred by the enormous success of his coronation song home the best-selling song of any Idol winner to date Phillips released the pop rock albums the world from this side of the Moon and behind the light in 2012 and 2014 respectively the former is gone gone gone and the latter's raging fire both achieved moderate degrees of success with raging fire being used for the 2014 NHL Awards this is one Idol winner who has yet to show any signs of slowing down [Music] number nine Candice Glover to say that Candice Glover is an American Idol veteran would be a serious understatement the South Carolina native was eliminated in seasons nine and eleven before battling back to win season 12 in the aftermath of her victory flubber signed a record deal with 19 Recordings Interscope and proceeded to release her debut studio album music speaks the following year [Music] the album was a critical success but only managed to sell 19,000 copies in the first week a record low at the time for an American Idol winner not to worry though as Glover is working on a new album and in 2017 appeared in the Broadway musical home for the holidays live on Broadway number 8 Caleb Johnson Caleb Johnson's road to American Idol success was a bumpy one having been cut from seasons 10 and 11 before finally breaking through and winning season 13 unfortunately his post idol career hasn't been much smoother his debut album testified was recorded faster than any other American Idol debut in the competition's history but unfortunately failed to generate much buzz with critics or fans and didn't perform well on the charts hopefully things will pick up for the North Carolina rock and roller in the future [Music] number seven lead to wise this former paint salesman from Mount Prospect Illinois has kept himself busy ever since winning American Idols ninth season DeWyze who'd already released two albums as a member of the lead a wise band before appearing on the show has released four solo albums since with the first peaking at number 19 on the US Billboard 200 how do you look me in the eyes and tell me much like many other Idol winners the wise didn't stay with his initial major label for long leaving RCA in 2011 and signing with Vanguard Records two years later since appearing on the show DeWyze has performed all over North America gotten married and won a Teen Choice Award so he's essentially done it all [Music] number six Chris Allen while he's perhaps best known as the man who upset fan favorite Adam Lambert on the eighth season of American Idol Chris Allen has nevertheless continued to produce music at a frenetic pace ever since his unlikely victory back in 2009 the Arkansas natives self-titled post idol album made it to number 11 on the US Billboard 200 chart and he followed that up with additional albums in 2012 2014 and 2 in 2016 an enthusiastic philanthropist Allen has used his musical talents to raise money for a variety of causes since his big win and continues to give back whenever he can [Music] number five David Cook David Cook started off his post idol career with a bang as just one week removed from his win over runner-up David Archuleta he saw eleven of his songs debut on the Billboard Hot 100 the most for a debut artist since the Beatles dropped 14 back in 1964 [Music] he followed up the record-setting feet with a self-titled album that produced the hit singles the time of my life and light on before going platinum in the u.s. two albums and a world tour later cook tie the knot with his longtime girlfriend and in 2016 made his last American Idol appearance when he performed a tribute to the late David Bowie number four Taylor Hicks since managing to steal the hearts of fans and judges alike on route to winning the fifth season of American Idol Taylor Hicks has been a busy man after making the usual post idol victory rounds of releasing a solo album and appearing on talk shows Hicks landed the role of teen angel in a Broadway production of grease he then followed that up by becoming the first winner in American Idol history to score a long-term Las Vegas residency [Music] a year later he appeared in an episode of Law & Order Special Victims Unit where he played get this a judge on a fictional reality singing program oh and Weird Al Yankovic parodied him number three Fantasia Barrino if you don't know what Fantasia Barrino has been up to since winning the third season of American Idol then ya haven't been paying attention now professionally known as just Fantasia the North Carolina natives debut album was nominated for three Grammys and its lead single truth is held the number one position on the Billboard Hot adult R&B airplay chart for 14 weeks she later landed a role in a Broadway production of the color purple taking home a theatre World Award for her performance of course she hit the big time when she won her first Grammy in 2011 for her song bittersweet [Music] success seems to follow Fantasia wherever she goes number two Scotty McCreery country singer Scotty McCreery has seemingly done it all since winning American idols tenth season from dropping chart-topping albums and scooping up Academy of Country Music Awards to raising money for various humanitarian causes and attending university it's clear that the singer is quite the chameleon the youngest male winner in Idol history mccrary's musical pedigree has continued to expand in recent years and to date he sold upwards of two million albums seeing as how he still in his mid-20s it would appear that McQueary has only scratched the surface of his musical potential [Music] you've never seen number one Jordin Sparks few Idol winners have achieved the level of success that Jordin Sparks has her post idol debut album sold more than a million copies and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 her collaboration with Chris Brown no air earned her a Grammy nomination and is to date one of the all-time best-selling songs released by an American Idol winner sparks is also an accomplished actress having appeared in a handful of films and TV shows since her 2007 win Sparks has toured the world dated Jason Derulo and even appeared on Broadway seeing as how her last album dropped in 2015 though here's hoping she gets back in the studio ASAP do you agree with our picks check out these other great clips from ms mojo and subscribe for new videos every day [Music]

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Length: 8min 58sec (538 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 03 2018