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The hit actuality singing rivals American Idol has been a part of widespread tradition since 2002 and this 12 months it is lastly coming to an end. In 2016, American Idol will crown its 15th and shutting winner. The sequence has moreover had 11 judges, along with musicians Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, and Harry Connick, Jr. For eight consecutive years the reality current was #1 throughout the scores, nonetheless has been declining in repute since 2011, ensuing within the current's cancellation.

Of the 14 earlier American Idol winners, many have gone on to develop into pretty worthwhile and have amassed some spectacular web worths. Winners Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson are two Idol winners who've turn into big success tales and household names.  Not all Idol winners had that luck though. Winners Lee DeWyze and Caleb Johnson have not been able to capitalize on their victories as lots as others. On the flip side, not all Idol runners up pale into obscurity, each. Adam Lambert, Jennifer Hudson, and Chris Daughtry are three notable Idol alums who didn't win nonetheless have gone on to good success. Hudson, particularly, has had an unbelievable career. She gained the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007 for her operate in Dreamgirls.

Here are the Top 10 Most Successful American Idol Winners.

#10: Taylor Hicks

Net worth: $2 million

Hicks gained American Idol in 2006 and has launched three studio albums. He took up a residency in Las Vegas, first at Bally's after which at Paris Las Vegas. Taylor moreover co-owns an Alabama BBQ restaurant generally known as Saw's Juke Joint. He starred in a stage manufacturing of Grease and had a #1 single with "Do I Make You Proud".

#9: Kris Allen

Net worth: $2.5 million

Allen was the winner of American Idol in 2009 when he defeated Adam Lambert in an upset. His self-titled album on Jive Records did successfully, nonetheless his subsequent two albums would solely receive common success. On New Year's Day 2013 Kris Allen was involved in a head-on automotive crash and it was thought that he might certainly not play music towards after needing plenty of wrist operations.

#8: Scotty McCreery

Net worth: $3 million

Scotty McCreery gained the tenth season of American Idol in 2011. He was the youngest male singer to win the reality sequence.  He has launched three studio albums and two of those reached #1 on the U.S. Country chart. McCreery has supplied higher than 2.5 million albums and has had three Platinum singles whereas discovering out at North Carolina State University.

#7: Ruben Studdard

Net worth: $3 million

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Studdard gained the second season of American Idol in 2003, beating out the favored Clay Aiken.  He has gone on to launch six studio albums and is a popular singer amongst followers of R&B, pop, and gospel music. Ruben competed on the NBC actuality TV sequence The Biggest Loser and misplaced 119 kilos. He moreover starred in a nationwide tour of Ain't Misbehavin' in 2008.

#6: Fantasia Barrino

Net worth: $3 million

Fantasia gained American Idol in 2004 and has since launched 4 studio albums. The singer will also be an actress and starred in a Lifetime movie about her life. She has moreover carried out in three reveals on Broadway. Fantasia gained one Grammy Award and has been nominated for 10 others.

#5: Phillip Phillips

Net worth: $3.5 million

The 2012 winner of American Idol is so good that his mom and father named him twice.  His debut album The World from the Side of the Moon supplied over 1,000,000 copies and produced the hit single "Home" which was licensed 4x Platinum throughout the US and Canada. Phillips filed a lawsuit towards his document label 19 Recordings in 2015 calling them "oppressive". If his recording career ever tanks, Phillips would possibly make a superb residing as a Dave Matthews impersonator.

#4: David Cook

Net worth: $5 million

Cook gained American Idol in 2008 and had a worthwhile self-titled debut album on RCA Records which reached #3 on the Billboard 200 chart. He launched the album This Loud Morning in 2011 to common success. Cook and the label parted strategies sooner than he launched his latest album in 2015. He moreover co-wrote the David Nail hit "Kiss You Tonight".

#3: Jordin Sparks

Net worth: $10 million

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Jordin Sparks gained American Idol in 2007 and was the youngest winner throughout the historic previous of the sequence. She launched a pair of albums and had a string of worthwhile singles from 2007 to 2009. Sparks made a comeback in 2015 with the album Right Here, Right Now. She has moreover branched out in to showing,  starring in In The Heights on Broadway along with in the film Sparkle with Whitney Houston.

#2: Kelly Clarkson

Net worth: $28 million

Kelly Clarkson was the first winner of American Idol in 2002 and alongside Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson, is most well-known of any of the Idol winners. She has launched seven studio albums and has taken residence three Grammy Awards. Clarkson has had  #1 songs in every the U.S. and the UK and was the 14th best-selling artist of the 2000s.

#1: Carrie Underwood

Net worth: $75 million

Carrie Underwood gained American Idol in 2005 and has gone on to turn into the current's most worthwhile alum ever along with a few of the well-known singers on this planet. The pop/nation crossover artist has supplied higher than 65 million albums worldwide, all 5 of her albums have reached #1 on the U.S. Country charts, and three have moreover reached #1 on the Billboard 200. Underwood has had six consecutive #1 singles on the U.S. Country chart and is the female artist with primarily probably the most #1 hits on that chart since 1991. She has gained higher than 140 awards along with 7 Grammys.