It has always happened in the field of arts and in the field of sports. One artist or a sportsperson creates a record or a milestone.

Their future counterparts come to break those records to build new milestones which define their aura and brings out.

A new identity of those records. Carrie Underwood set a benchmark for herself and her would be colleagues by winning the Fourth Season of “American Idol” in 2005.

After her win, she rose to fame as the most popular contestant of  “American Idol”. Until this time, Kelly Clarkson beat her to be the most poular figure in “American Idol”.

Using a combination of album and singles sales and radio plays  to determine rankings that covered eight years of contestants, Billboard magazine arrived at Kelly Clarkston as numero uno.

Kelly Clarkson has sold 10.6 million albums, 15.9 million tracks and has had 4.2 million radio plays. Carrie Underwood rose to fame after she won.

The Fourth season of “American Idol” and gained a cult status in the live music performance scenario. She later became a five Grammy winner to consummate her mark in the world of music. Kelly Clarkson was always in the radar of music lovers after she became the winner of the very first season of “American Idol”.

She made her debut under RCA Records after her win. She went on to try her hand in acting, too, by playing Brenda Lee in the Television drama “American Dreams”.The list of the popular names of  “American Idol” according to Billboard magazine are as follows :1. Kelly Clarkson (Season 1 winner)

2. Carrie Underwood (Season 4 winner)

3. Chris Daughtry (Season 5, fourth place)

4. Jordin Sparks (Season 6 winner)

5. David Cook (Season 7 winner)

6. Clay Aiken (Season 2 runner-up)

7. Kellie Pickler (Season 5, sixth place)

8. David Archuleta (Season 7 runner-up)

9. Fantasia Barrino (Season 3 winner)

10. Rubben Studdard (Season 2 winner)

11. Kris Allen (Season 8 winner – last year)

12. Adam Lambert (Season 8 runner-up)

13. Jennifer Hudson (Season 3, seventh place)