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Originally Posted by Diesel
There's not much bonus in winning Idol anyway in terms of post show sales.
Only four people have sold more than 3 million albums in the shows history.
Those would be Carrie Underwood (easily the shows biggest hit and longest sustained hit), Kelly Clarkson (who's popularity has largely faded), Chris Daughtry (who has outsold his season's winner 8 to 1 with one less release) and Clay Aiken (who had his last two releases fail to break 200,000 and 100,000).
To be fair, the last three seasons of competitors only have 1 release for most of them...but none of them will get close to that 3 million mark with even two more releases.
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This.
Anyone who takes Idol seriously and thinks it will produce quality chart-topping artists are clearly overestimating the show. It's simply just guilty-pleasure entertainment. I'm bored, I want music, I tune in to Idol. That's it. Sure, once in a while, someone will make it big, but winning or being in the competition does not translate to actual success most of the time. There's a reason these guys haven't been discovered prior to Idol.