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Nov 21
Music Album charts, American Idol Comments Off
Question: Who really won in the face off between David Cook and David Archuleta?
Both American Idol finalists did pretty well for themselves. Cook, the winner, released his album on November 20 and the sound is pretty true to what got him the win on Idol (even with the schlocky The Time of My Life tacked on). Cook won the Best Reality/Variety Star at the Teen Choice Awards and already has an appearance on Saturday Night Live and an endorsement deal with Sketchers. His first post-Idol single stalled at No. 17 on the Billboard singles chart, and it’s too early to know how the album is going to do. (It’s probably worth noting that his single The Time of My Life peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on the AC chart.)
Archuleta came in second place, released his album a week earlier, and generally put together a record that hangs its hat on ballads. He’s got a cameo-gig on iCarly and also appeared at the Teen Choice Awards. His single, Crush, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and his album also hit No. 2 this week on the charts.
Whether or not Archuleta is really having more success or is just a week ahead of Cook remains to be seen. And for the record, Cook had a reasonably active 6-year rock career before his Idol appearance. This might be the first Idol year where both the winner and the runner-up had long-term success.
