1. Carrie Underwood
Winner, Season 4
Number of albums sold: 20,120,000
Net worth: $70 million
It is certainly no surprise that Carrie Underwood has bagged the number one spot on our list of the 12 most successful American Idol contestants. This simple country girl entered the show in a pink tee and jeans and has now turned into one of the most glamorous and successful singers in her preferred music genre. Carrie has in her name thirteen Grammy nominations, out of which she has won seven. She also holds the Guinness World Record for Most Country Number 1s for a Female Artist in the U.S. These are just the highlights, as she has received several Academy of Country Music Awards, Billboard Awards and American Music Awards. Her awards shelf must be full to the brim! In addition to awards, her net worth is more than the rest of the contestants on the list by a very large margin. I think we would all agree: American Idol was the best thing Carrie Underwood ever did.
