4. Clay Aiken
Runner-up, Season 2
Number of albums sold: 5,169,000
Net worth: $6 million
Clay Aiken’s first album titled Measure of a Man was rewarded the certification of multi-platinum by RIAA. He went on to release five more studio albums. At present, Clay Aiken is not only a singer and a songwriter, but he is also a politician and activist. He even ran for Congress in North Carolina’s second congressional district. Not something you would have expected from the season 2 runner-up, is it?
