Every year, American Idol contestants debut near the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their new singles. For example, David Archuleta’s “Crush” debuted at #2. Even “Light On” by David Cook debuted at #17. Adam. … Just thought I would add that Clay Aiken’s first single debuted at #1 sold 300000 every week and his 1st album debuted at #1 SOLD 613000 1ST Week. And as we all know Mr.Aiken gets ZERO radio play. …

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