In order to view the gallery, please allow Manage Cookies. For access to all our exclusive celebrity videos and interviews — Subscribe on YouTube! More News. His fifth and latest studio album, Letting You In , came out in , though a decade after his Idol win, he did release an album called 10 , which featured reworked songs from his previous albums. One year before his reality TV appearance, Allen wed his high school sweetheart, Katy O'Connell, and the two have since welcomed two sons and a daughter.
His self-titled album was released later that year and has since been certified platinum, and he followed that up with 's This Loud Morning and 's Digital Vein. Tragically, his older brother, Adam, died of brain cancer in , and he returned to Idol that year to perform "Permanent" in his sibling's honor. In , Cook married Racheal Stump in Nashville.
At 17, Jordin Sparks became the youngest contestant to win American Idol in She's also tried her hand at acting, making her Broadway debut in and her big-screen debut in 's Sparkle with the late Whitney Houston, and has released a series of perfumes.
She took a five-year hiatus from recording, putting out a mixtape in followed by her third studio album, Right Here Right Now , in After a three-year relationship with Jason Derulo ended in , Sparks went on to marry fitness model Dana Isaiah in , and the pair welcomed a son in In a tough season that featured singers Katharine McPhee, Chris Daughtry and Kellie Pickler -- who all went on to find success -- Taylor Hicks became the oldest singer to win American Idol at age He has since released three studio albums, with his last coming out in He performed in Grease both on Broadway in and in the national tour the following year, and he became the first Idol winner to have a long-term residency in Las Vegas, which began in At 21, country cutie Carrie Underwood beat out runner-up Bo Bice to become season 4's winner in Now 37, Underwood is a multi-platinum-selling recording artist who has sold 70 million records worldwide.
In , Underwood was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Underwood has released six studio albums, with the most recent being 's Cry Pretty. She welcomed her second child, rumored to be fathered by fellow Idol contestant Antwaun Cook, in , and married businessman Kendall Taylor in Ruben Studdard snagged Idol glory in , defeating Clay Aiken by a small margin to take home the prestigious title.
Now a gospel singer, Studdard made his Broadway debut in Reigning from Fort Worth, Texas, Kelly Clarkson is the first and arguably the most successful singer to take home the title of American Idol champion. The then year-old beat out runner-up Justin Guarini for the top prize in September They usually leave The Voice a bit disappointed. The coaches on The Voice have always lobbied for the winners to receive more opportunities from being on the show.
Shelton and Adam Levine have both spoken out about this many times in the past. On both shows, there have been winners whose careers flopped. However, The Voice winners are twice as likely to come forward with their experiences facing a lack of support from the record label.
Even though they won a record deal on the show, this does not automatically guarantee that they won the support of the label. They were all either dropped from the label or left on their own after signing the contract.
The Voice has more of a competitive nature where the real stars are the coaches, not the winners. Whereas American Idol molds singers into true artists by introducing them to the process behind creating original music. This became more clear as The Voice began airing two seasons a year and not letting each winner have their own moment to bask in their win.
Season 21 will finally be the first season that will not get a season following immediately after. In the first season of American Idol , nobody knew how well the show would be received by viewers at home.
Clarkson signed a contract with Sony after the show. Clarkson left the American Idol label and signed a deal with Atlantic Records in Javier Colon who won the first season of The Voice did not find instant fame like Clarkson after his win. He parted ways with Republic Records after the show. He did not hesitate to speak out about how he felt the label failed him. Both Javier and Clarkson described working under their contracts in a similar way.
Now Clarkson is one of the biggest stars in the music industry and Colon has not been able to find the same success. She released five incredibly successful studio albums under this contract. After 12 years with Arista Nashville, Underwood left the label. In the case of Underwood, she was able to make a smooth transition to the new label. She has become the most successful American Idol winner of all time though some die-hard Clarkson fans may dispute this.
The most successful winner of The Voice is without question Cassadee Pope. The song also charted in New Zealand and Canada. While many people thought that Adam was robbed of a victory that he rightfully earned, Adam went on to enjoy amazing success by recording solo work and fronting Queen. Seventeen-year-old Scotty McCreery was the youngest male contestant to win the title of American Idol winner.
Scotty went on to have an amazing country career. He has won an American Country Award. Phillip Phillips auditioned with Stevie Wonder's song Superstition. His final performance, Home , went on to be the best-selling American Idol coronation song.
Candice had previously auditioned for season 9 and season 11, which made her third time the best try. Following her American Idol win, she released her debut album, Music Speaks. Caleb Johnson auditioned with an original song Into The Void , which impressed the judges. Like Candice Glover, he had also auditioned on two different seasons of the show before he finally won season He released his debut album Testify in , which was recorded in just three weeks. Nick had previously auditioned for the talent show with his band Beach Avenue, but they did not get far.
Following his win on the show, he released his debut single Beautiful Life , which debuted at number 93 on the Billboard Hot chart.
He went from strength to strength during the season and even wrote down every criticism the judges gave him in his journal. His debut single Falling debuted on the iTunes chart at number Maddie released her debut album Whirlwind after the show. She later went on to tour with Ingrid Michaelson. Laine Hardy previously auditioned for American Idol but did not get through. He auditioned again at the behest of production.
He made it to the final and beat runner-up Alejandro Aranda.
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