American Idol contestants discography explained

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 affiliated 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 25 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, contestants had a total of 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 1

Kelly Clarkson

See main article: 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"
• "Up to the Mountain"
• "Because of You"
• All I Ever Wanted
  • "My Life Would Suck Without You"
  • "I Do Not Hook Up"
  • "Already Gone"
  • "All I Ever Wanted"
• "Don't You Wanna Stay"
• Stronger
  • "Mr. Know It All
  • "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
  • "Dark Side"
• "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
• Greatest Hits: Chapter One
  • "Catch My Breath"
  • "Don't Rush"
  • "People Like Us"
• "Tie It Up"
• Wrapped in Red
  • "Underneath the Tree"
  • "Wrapped in Red"
• "PrizeFighter"
• Piece by Piece
  • "Heartbeat Song"
  • "Invincible"
  • "Piece by Piece"
• "Second Hand Heart "
• "Softly and Tenderly"
• "This Is For My Girls"
• Meaning of Life
  • "Love So Soft" / "Move You"
  • "I Don't Think About You"
  • "Heat"
• "Christmas Eve"
• "Broken & Beautiful"
• "I Dream in Southern"
• "I Would've Loved You"
• "I Dare You"
• "Under the Mistletoe"
• "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
• When Christmas Comes Around...
  • "Christmas Isn't Canceled (Just You)"
  • "Glow"
  • "Santa, Can't You Hear Me"
  • "You For Christmas"
• Kellyoke
• "You're Drunk, Go Home"
• "Don't Fence Me In"
• Chemistry
  • "Mine" / "Me"
  • "Favorite Kind of High"
  • "Lighthouse"
• "From the Jump"
• "If I We Were You"
• "Sweet December"
• DJ Play a Christmas Song" (Remix)

Justin Guarini

• 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

• 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)
  • "Celebrity High"

Tamyra Gray

• The Dreamer
  • "Raindrops Will Fall"

RJ Helton

• Real Life
  • "Even If"
  • "My Devotion"

Ryan Starr

• "My Religion"
• "Love Gone Bad"
• "Stranded"
• "7am"
• "Eyes of a Child"
• "Blue"
• "Broken"

AJ Gil

• "She's Hot"
• Love Me Later
• Life, Death & Resurrection
  • "I Live"

Jim Verraros

• Unsaid and Understood
• Rollercoaster
  • "You Turn It On"
  • "I Want You"
  • "You're Getting Crazy"
  • "Outside"
  • "Welcome to Hollywood"
• Do Not Disturb
  • "Touch (Don't U Want 2)"
  • "Electric Love"
  • "Do Not Disturb"

Season 2

• • "God Bless the USA"
  • "What the World Needs Now"

Ruben Studdard

• "Flying Without Wings" / "Superstar"
• Soulful
  • "Sorry 2004"
  • "What If"
• I Need an Angel
  • "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"
• Letters from Birmingham
  • "June 28th (I'm Single)"

Clay Aiken

See main article: 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"
• 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
  • "On My Way Here"
• The Very Best of Clay Aiken
• Tried and True

Kimberley Locke

• 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
  • "Finally Free"

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)
  • "Photograph"
• 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"
• "On the Weekend"
• "Tied Together"
• "Doin' Me Right"

Corey Clark

• Corey Clark

Charles Grigsby

• Charles Grigsby (EP)

Vanessa Olivarez

• "The One"
• The One (The Remixes)
• "As Vain As You"
• Butterfly Stitch EP
• Butterfly Stitch – Live at The Loft

Season 3

Fantasia Barrino

See main article: 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"
• The Definition Of...
  • "No Time for It"
  • "Sleeping with the One I Love"
  • "When I Met You"
• Christmas After Midnight
• Sketchbook
  • "Enough"
  • "PTSD"

Diana DeGarmo

• "Dreams"
• Blue Skies
  • "Emotional"

Jasmine Trias

• "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
  • "Don't Let Go"

John Stevens

• Red
  • "Come Fly with Me"

Jennifer Hudson

See main article: 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
  • "Where You At"
  • "I Remember Me"
  • "No One Gonna Love You"
  • "I Got This"
• "Think Like a Man"
• JHUD
  • "I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)"
  • "Walk It Out"
  • "It's Your World"
  • "I Still Love You"
• "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
• Respect
  • "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)"
• "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
• The Gift of Love

Jon Peter Lewis

• "Turn to Grey"
• Stories from Hollywood
  • "Stories from Hollywood"
• "It's Christmas"
• "If I Go Away/Man Like Me"
• Break the Silence
• Jon Peter Lewis (EP)
  • "Crazy Love"

Camile Velasco

• "Hangin On"
• "Guava Jelly" (feat. Stephen Marley)
• Koy
  • "Super Star"

Leah LaBelle

• "Sexify"
• "Lolita"
• "What Do We Got To Lose?"
• Love to the Moon (EP)

William Hung

• Inspiration
• Hung for the Holidays

Season 4

Carrie Underwood

See main article: 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!"
• "Home Sweet Home"
• Play On
  • "Cowboy Casanova"
  • "Temporary Home"
  • "Undo It"
  • "Mama's Song"
• "Remind Me"
• Blown Away
  • "Good Girl"
  • "Blown Away"
  • "Two Black Cadillacs"
  • "See You Again"
• "Somethin' Bad"
• • "Something in the Water"
  • "Little Toy Guns"
• Storyteller
  • "Smoke Break"
  • "Heartbeat"
  • "Chaser"
  • "Church Bells"
  • "Dirty Laundry"
  • "Forever Country"
• "The Fighter"
• "The Champion"
• Cry Pretty
  • "Cry Pretty"
  • "Love Wins"
  • "Southbound"
  • "Drinking Alone"
• My Gift
  • "Hallelujah"
• "Tears of Gold"
• My Savior
• "I Wanna Remember"
• "If I Didn't Love You"
• Denim & Rhinestones
  • "Ghost Story"
  • "Hate My Heart"
  • "Out of That Truck"

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
  • "Witness"
• 3
  • "You Take Yourself with You"

Vonzell Solomon

• My Struggle

Constantine Maroulis

• Constantine

Nadia Turner

• "Standing on Love"

Nikko Smith

• Revolution

Jessica Sierra

• Deepest Secret EP

Other

Mario Vazquez

• Mario Vazquez
  • "Gallery"

Season 5

Taylor Hicks

See main article: 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
  • "Over It"
  • "Love Story"
• Unbroken
  • "Had It All"
• Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You
  • "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
• Hysteria
  • "Lick My Lips"
• I Fall in Love Too Easily
  • "Night and Day"
• Christmas Songs
  • "Jingle Bell Rock"
  • "Carol of the Bells"

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
  • "Warm Me Up"
• 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

See main article: 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"
• "By the Way"
• "Long Way Down"
• "By the Way"
• "Had Enough"
• Leave This Town
  • "No Surprise"
  • "You Don't Belong"
  • "Life After You"
  • "September"
• "Waitin' for the Bus / Jesus Just Left Chicago"
• 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"
• It's Not Over...The Hits So Far
  • "Torches"
• Cage to Rattle
  • "Deep End"
  • "As You Are"
• Dearly Beloved
  • "World on Fire"
  • "Heavy Is the Crown"
  • "Changes Are Coming"
• "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
• "Artificial"

Paris Bennett

• "Midnight Train to Georgia"
• Princess P
  • "Ordinary Love"
  • "Duet"
  • "My Boyfriend's Back" (Promo only)

Kellie Pickler

See main article: 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
  • "Tough"
  • "100 Proof"
• The Woman I Am
  • "Someone Somewhere Tonight"
  • "Little Bit Gypsy"
  • "Closer to Nowhere"
• "The Man with the Bag"
• "Feeling Tonight"
• "If It Wasn't for a Woman"

Ace Young

• "Father Figure"
• "Scattered"
• Ace Young
  • "Addicted"

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

See main article: Mandisa discography.

• True Beauty
  • "Only the World"
  • "God Speaking"
  • "Voice of a Savior"
• Christmas Joy EP
  • "Christmas Makes Me Cry"
• 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"

Others

Ayla Brown

• Forward
• Ayla Brown
• Let Love In

Brianna Taylor

• Brianna Taylor (EP)
• Fireworks at the Fairground

Season 6

• American Idol Season 6: Greatest Hits

Jordin Sparks

See main article: Jordin Sparks discography.

• Jordin Sparks (EP)
  • "This Is My Now"
• Jordin Sparks
  • "Tattoo"
  • "No Air"
  • "One Step at a Time"
• Battlefield
  • "Battlefield"
  • "S.O.S (Let the Music Play)"
  • ""Don't Let It Go to Your Head""
• "Art of Love"
• "I Am Woman"
• "Is This Love"
• Sparkle
  • "Celebrate"
• "Skipping a Beat"
• ByeFelicia (Mixtape)
  • "It Ain't You"
• Right Here Right Now
  • "Double Tap"
  • "Right Here Right Now"
  • "They Don't Give"
• 1990 Forever (EP)
  • "Real Love"
• Sounds Like Me (EP)
  • "Unknown"
  • "Red Sangria"
• "Pink"
  • "Homebody"
• Cider & Hennessy
  • "A Baby Changes Everything"
• "You Still Think of Me"
• "Love Me Like I Am"
• "What Are We Fighting For"
• "Stop This Feeling"
• "DNA"
• "Stadiums"
• "Deaux"
• The Gift of Christmas (EP)
• No Restrictions
  • "Call My Name"
  • "Remember"
  • "More Than Enough"

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
  • "Your Touch"

Melinda Doolittle

• Melinda Doolittle (EP)
  • "My Funny Valentine"
• "It's Your Love"
• Coming Back to You

LaKisha Jones

• LaKisha Jones (EP)
• So Glad I'm Me
  • "Let's Go Celebrate"

Chris Richardson

• Chris Richardson (EP)
• Come Right Back to You
  • "All Alone"
• "Far Away" (as featured artist)

Phil Stacey

• Phil Stacey (EP)
• Phil Stacey
  • "If You Didn't Love Me"
• 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 Scarnato

• StrongHeart
  • "Girls Night Out"

Gina Glocksen

• Gina Glocksen – EP

Chris Sligh

• Running Back to You
  • "Empty Me"
  • "Arise"

Stephanie Edwards

• "On Our Way"
• "Here I Am"

Brandon Rogers

• Automatic

Others

Sarah Burgess

• One
  • "Dangerouz"
  • "I'm So Crushed"
• Didn't Matter That

Sean Michel

• The Thrill of Hope

Season 7

David Cook

See main article: David Cook discography.

• "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"
• "Dream Big"
• 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"
• "The Last Song I'll Write for You"
• "Laying Me Low"
• "Wait for Me"
• Digital Vein
  • "Criminals"
  • "Broken Windows"
  • "Heartbeat"
• Chromance'
  • "Gimmie Heartbreak"
• "Death of Me"
• The Looking Glass
  • "Red Turns Blue"
  • "Strange World"
  • "Fire"
• "TABOS"
• "Dead Weight"
• "This Time Tomorrow 16"

David Archuleta

See main article: 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"
• "I Wanna Know You"
• Fan Pack (EP)
• Christmas from the Heart
  • "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
• For the Fans
• "Somos El Mundo"
  
• The Other Side of Down
  • "Something 'Bout Love"
  • "Elevator"
  • "Falling Stars"
• Forevermore
  • "Forevermore"
  • "Nandito"
  • "I'll Never Go"
  • "Rainbow" (Remix)
• Glad Christmas Tidings
• "Drummer Boy"
• Begin
  • "Broken"
• No Matter How Far
  • "Don't Run Away"
• Orion
• Leo
• "Workin"
• Postcards in the Sky
  • "Numb"
  • "Up All Night"
  • "Invisible"
  • "Seasons"
  • "Postcards in the Sky"
• Winter in the Air
  • "Christmas Every Day"
• "Anymore"
• Therapy Sessions
  • "Paralyzed"
  • "Ok, All Right"
  • "Switch"
• "Losin' Sleep"
• "Movin'"
• "Beast"
• "What a Beautiful Name"
• "Faith in Me"
• "Up"
• "I'm Yours"
• Afraid to Love"
• "Hell Together"

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
  • "You Are"
• Only a Mountain

Brooke White

• High Hopes and Heart Break
  • "Hold Up My Heart"
  • "Radio Radio"
• Gemini EP
• Winter EP
• Undercover EP
• White Christmas
• Banner 4 July EP
• Never Grow Up: Lullabies and Happy Songs
• Lost EP }
• Calico

Carly Smithson with We Are the Fallen

• Tear the World Down
  • "Bury Me Alive"

Kristy Lee Cook

• Why Wait
  • "15 Minutes of Shame"
• "Airborne Ranger Infantry"
• "Wherever Loves Go"
• "Lookin' for a Cowgirl"
• All Kinds of Crazy

Michael Johns

• Hold Back My Heart
  • "Heart on My Sleeve"

Ramiele Malubay

• "We Are One (This Christmas)"
• "Kaya"
• "More to Me"
• "Here I Am"

Amanda Overmyer

• Solidify
  • "Play On"
  • "Love Me Like You Want"

Dani Noriega (as Adore Delano)

See main article: Adore Delano discography.

• "24/7"
• Till Death Do Us Party
  • "D T F"
  • "I Adore U"
  • "Party"
  • "Hello, I Love You"
  • "I Look Fuckin' Cool"
  • "My Address is Hollywood"
  • "Jump the Gun"
  • "Give Me Tonight"
• "Superstar"
• "Oh No She Betta Don't"
• After Party
  • "Dynamite"
  • "Take Me There"
  • "I.C.U."
• "The T"
• Whatever
  • "Negative Nancy"
  • "Whole 9 Yards"
  • "27 Club"
• Dirty Laundry (EP)

Season 8

Kris Allen

See main article: 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"
• "Let It Be"
• Kris Allen
  • "Live Like We're Dying"
    • • "The Truth "Alright with Me"
• Thank You Camellia
  • "The Vision of Love"
• Waiting for Christmas (EP)
• Horizons
  • "Prove It to You"
• Letting You In
  • "Waves"
  • "Love Will Find You"
• "A Little Bit of Christmas"
• Acoustic Tapes (EP)
• Somethin' About Christmas
• Letting You In: Acoustic Performances (EP)
• 10 (EP)
• Pole Vaulter

Adam Lambert

See main article: 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
  • "You Are So Beautiful"
• My Best Days
  • "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me"
  • "I Will Not Say Goodbye"
• Non-album song
  • "Second Hand Heart"

Allison Iraheta

• "Slow Ride" (with Adam Lambert)
• Just like You
  • "Friday I'll Be Over U"
  • "Scars"
  • "Don't Waste the Pretty"

Anoop Desai

• All Is Fair
  • "My Name"
• Zero.0

Scott MacIntyre

• Heartstrings

Michael Sarver

• Michael Sarver
  • "You Are"
  • "Cinderella Girl"
  • "Ferris Wheel"
• Christmas

Season 9

• American Idol Season 9

Lee DeWyze

• "Beautiful Day"
• "Hallelujah"
• "Falling Slowly" (with Crystal Bowersox)
• "The Boxer"
• "Everybody Hurts"
• Live It Up
  • "Sweet Serendipity"
  • "Beautiful Like You"
• Frames
  • "Silver Lining"
  • "Fight"

Crystal Bowersox

See main article: 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 Urban

• Heart of Me
  • "Heart of Me"

Siobhan Magnus

• Moonbaby
  • "Beatrice Dream"
  • "Black Doll"

Andrew Garcia

• "Crazy"

Todrick Hall

• Somebody's Christmas
• MTV's Todrick: The Music, Vol. 1
• Straight Outta Oz
  • "Low"
• Forbidden
• Haus Party, Pt. 1
  • "Glitter"
  • "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels"
  • "I Like Boys"
• Haus Party, Pt. 2
  • "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels"
  • "Wig"
  • "Fag"
  • "Dripeesha"
  • "Y.A.S."
• Quarantine Queen
  • "Mask, Gloves, Soap, Scrubs"
• Haus Party, Pt. 3
  • "Blue"
  • "Pink Dreams"
• Femuline
  • "Boys in the Ocean"
  • "Rainin' Fellas"

Tori Kelly

• Handmade Songs
  • "Confetti"
• Foreword
  • "Dear No One"
• Unbreakable Smile
  • "Nobody Love"
  • "Should've Been Us"
• Hiding Place
  • "Help Us to Love"
  • "Never Alone"
  • "Psalm 42"
• Inspired by True Events
  • "Change Your Mind"
  • "Sorry Would Go A Long Way"
  • "Language"
• Solitude
  • "Time Flies"
  • "Unbothered"
• A Tori Kelly Christmas
  • "Let It Snow"
  • "25th"

Season 10

Scotty McCreery

See main article: Scotty McCreery discography.

• 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"
• Seasons Change
  • "Five More Minutes"
  • "This Is It"
  • "In Between"
• Same Truck
  • "You Time"
  • "Damn Straight"
  • "It Matters to Her"
• "Cab in a Solo"

Lauren Alaina

See main article: Lauren Alaina discography.

• 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"
• Sitting Pretty on Top of the World
  • "Getting Good"
  • "Getting Over Him"

Haley Reinhart

• American Idol Season 10 Highlights: Haley Reinhart EP
• "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Casey Abrams)
• Listen Up!
  • "Free"

James Durbin

• American Idol Season 10 Highlights: James Durbin EP
• Memories of a Beautiful Disaster
  • "Stand Up"
  • "Love Me Bad"
  • "Higher Than Heaven

Casey Abrams

• Casey Abrams
  • "Get Out"
  • "Simple Life"

Stefano Langone (as Stefano)

• "I'm on a Roll"
• "Yes to Love"

Pia Toscano

• "This Time"

Thia Megia

• "One Day"

Naima Adedapo

• Untitled EP
  • 'Free Your Mind"

Ashthon Jones

• "Lookout"

Chris Medina

• What Are Words
  • "What Are Words"

Season 11

Phillip Phillips

See main article: Phillip Phillips discography.

• Phillip Phillips: Journey to the Finale
• American Idol Season 11 Highlights
• The World from the Side of the Moon
  • "Home"
  • "Gone, Gone, Gone"
• Behind the Light
  • "Raging Fire"
  • "Unpack Your Heart"
• Collateral
  • "Miles"
  • "Into the Wild"
• "Bring It On Home"
• "Hold on to Your Love"
• Drift Back
  • "Dancing with Your Shadows
  • "Love Like That"

Jessica Sanchez

• "Change Nothing"
• Jessica Sanchez: Journey to the Finale
• American Idol Season 11 Highlights
• Me, You & the Music
  • "Tonight"

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 Testone

• In This Life
  • "I Will Not Break"

Colton Dixon

See main article: Colton Dixon.

• A Messenger
  • "Never Gone"
  • "You Are"
• Anchor
  • "More of You"
  • "Through All of It"
  • "Limitless"
• The Calm Before the Storm
• Identity
  • "All That Matters"
• Colton Dixon (EP)
  • "Miracles
• "Let It Snow"
• "Made to Fly"
• Canvas
  • "Build a Boat"

DeAndre Brackensick

• "Her Crazy"

Heejun Han (as HeeJun)

• "Bring the Love Back"

Erika Van Pelt

• My Independence
  • "Listen, Learn, Then Delete"

Season 12

Candice Glover

• Music Speaks
  • "I Am Beautiful"
  • "Cried"

Kree Harrison

• "All Cried Out"

Angie Miller

• "You Set Me Free
• "This Christmas Song"
• Weathered

Janelle Arthur

• "What You Asked For"

Paul Jolley

• "Healed"

Season 13

Caleb Johnson

See main article: Caleb Johnson.

• Testify
  • "As Long as You Love Me"
  • "Only One"
  • "Fighting Gravity"
• Born from Southern Ground (credited as Caleb Johnson & the Ramblin' Saints)
  • "Holding On"
  • "Hanging with the Band"

Jena Irene Asciutto

See main article: Jena Irene Asciutto.

• "We Are One" (credited as Jena Irene)
• "Unbreakable"
• Innocence (EP)
  • "Innocence"
  • "You Gotta Help Me"
• Cold Fame

Alex Preston

• "The Light Was Already Here"
• Alex Preston
• A Work in Progress

Jessica Meuse

• "Done"
• "Rio Grande"
• Halfhearted

Sam Woolf

• Pretend

CJ Harris

• "In Love"

Dexter Roberts

• Dream About Me
  • "Dream About Me"
• Dexter Roberts Unplugged, Vol. 1

Majesty Rose

• Bloom
• "Plunge"
• "People Hold On"

MK Nobilette

• "Make Believe"

Ben Briley

• Outlier

Emily Piriz

• "One of Those Nights"

Queen Burns as Queen Naija

• "Medicine"
• "Karma"
• Queen Naija EP
  • "Butterflies"
  • "War Cry"
• "Away From You"
• "Good Morning Text"
• Missunderstood
  • "Butterflies Pt. 2"
  • "Pack Lite"
  • "Lie to Me"
  • "Set Him Up"

Remi Wolf

• You're a Dog
  • "Guy"
  • "Sauce"
  • "Shawty"
• I'm Allergic to Dogs!
  • "Woo!"
  • "Photo ID"
  • "Disco Man"
  • "Hello Hello Hello"
• Juno
  • "Liquor Store"
  • "Quiet on Set"
  • "Grumpy Old Man"
  • "Guerrilla"
  • "Sexy Villain"
  • "Anthony Kiedis"
  • "Front Tooth"
• Big Ideas
  • "Cinderella"
  • "Toro"
  • "Alone in Miami"
  • "Motorcycle"
  • "Soup"

Season 14

Nick Fradiani

See main article: Nick Fradiani.

• Hurricane
  • "Beautiful Life"
  • "Get You Home"
  • "All on You"
• Where We Left Off (EP)
  • "I'll Wait for You"
• "Hallelujah"
• "Scared" (acoustic)
• Past My Past

Clark Beckham

See main article: Clark Beckham.

• "Champion"

Jax

• "Forcefield"
• "La La Land"
• "Like My Father"
• "Victoria's Secret"
• "Cinderella Snapped"
• "Iconic"

Rayvon Owen

See main article: Rayvon Owen.

• Cycles (EP)
• "Air"
• "Gold"
• "Space Between"

Adanna Duru

• "Transparent Soul"

Sarina-Joi Crowe

• "Hold On Me"

Season 15

Trent Harmon

See main article: Trent Harmon.

• Trent Harmon
  • "Falling"
• You Got 'Em All
  • "There's a Girl"
  • "You Got 'Em All"

La'Porsha Renae

See main article: La'Porsha Renae.

• "Battles"
• Already All Ready
  • "Good Woman"
  • "Already All Ready"
• "Solo"
• "My Empty"
• "Fallen"
• The Odessy of Love, #I: Battle Bayou
  • "Black Swan"
• The Odessy of Love, #II: Dead Read Sea
• The Odessy of Love, #III: Covenant Cove
• The Odessy of Love, #IV: Sea's Spring

Season 16

Maddie Poppe

See main article: Maddie Poppe.

• "Going, Going, Gone"
• "Keep On Movin' On"
• Whirlwind
  • "First Aid Kit"
  • "Made You Miss"
  • "Not Losing You"
• "One That Got Away"
• "Peace of Mind"
• "Screw You a Little Bit"
• "Good Enough to Let You Go"
• "Bring It On Home"
• Christmas From Home

Caleb Lee Hutchinson

See main article: Caleb Lee Hutchinson.

• Johnny Cash Heart

Gabby Barrett

See main article: Gabby Barrett.

• "River Deep"
• Goldmine
  • "I Hope"
  • "The Good Ones"
  • "Footprints on the Moon"
  • "Pick Me Up"
• Chapter & Verse
  • "Glory Days"

Season 17

Laine Hardy

See main article: Laine Hardy.

• "Flame"
• Here's to Anyone

Season 18

Just Sam

See main article: Just Sam.

• Africando

Season 19

Chayce Beckham

See main article: Chayce Beckham.

• "23"
• "Can't Do Without Me"
• Doin' It Right
  • "Tell Me Twice"
  • "Till the Day I Die"

Season 20

Noah Thompson

See main article: Noah Thompson.

• Middle of God Knows Where
  • "One Day Tonight"

Season 21

Iam Tongi

See main article: Iam Tongi.

• "I'll Be Seeing You"
• "The Winner Takes It All"
• "Why Kiki?"

Season 22

Abi Carter

See main article: Abi Carter.

• "This Isn't Over"
• Ghosts in the Backyard

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20100926074022/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1645025/20100803/story.jhtml 'American Idol' Music Rights Move From Sony To Universal
2. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/american-idol-switches-labels-to-universal/ ‘American Idol’ Switches Labels To Universal
3. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/08/our-company-town-blog-has-learned-that-the-struggling-music-powerhouse-american-idol-brand-has-left-its-longtime-sony-music-h.html 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. http://www.fanpop.com/spots/kelly-clarkson/articles/44304/title/american-idol-chart-achievements-fred-bronson AMERICAN IDOL CHART ACHIEVEMENTS