Music Genre: Pop

American Idol’s season-six champ returns with a sophomore disc that charted at No. 7 with first-week sales of 48,000 albums.

This million-selling, Top-10 pop disc gave birth to the Top-5 single “I Knew I Loved You.”

Clarkson’s 4th studio album debuted at No. 1; “My Life Would Suck Without You” topped the singles chart.

Peaked at number 3

Top-10 pop disc

Million-selling pop disc reached number 6. “”Blue (Da Ba Dee)”” was a Top-10 single.

Disc debuted at No. 3. “With Love” became a Top-25 single.

Grammy-nominated disc peaked at No. 2

Debuted at No. 5

Album peaked at 6. “Life Is a Highway” became a Top-10 pop single.

Top-5 disc. Nearly 3 million copies sold.

A No. 2 debut

Thomas’ second solo effort debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s album chart with sales of 122,000 copies.