David Cook: solid gold
Reigning champion David Cook passed the 500,000 mark on this week's Billboard album sales chart. Cook held the No. 10 slot for the second week in a row, putting the sales total on his post-show debut at 582,000.
A couple random stats on Cook's achievement and where this places him in the Idol firmament:
-- According to Yahoo's Charts blog, "This is the longest run in the top 10 for a debut album by an "American Idol" winner since Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts" logged 25 weeks in the top 10 in 2005-2006... This also matches Jennifer Hudson's four-week run in the top 10 as the best recent showing by a debut album by an Idol contestant."
-- By my count, this makes Cook's album the all-time 15th best selling Idol alum album. (Nine Idol alum albums have gone platinum.)
-- Cook's victory single "Time of My Life" has now spent more than 10 weeks on the Billboard adult contemporary charts. According to Americanidol.com, this makes "him one of 15 solo male artists to do so for 10 weeks or more since the chart began in 1961."
And let us not forget the most important statistic of all, David's birthday. This Saturday, DC turns 26. A very happy birthday to our champion!
-- Richard Rushfield
Photo: Fox
Congratulations, King Cook!
Posted by: Widya | December 18, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Congrats David Cook! Gold is a very nice present for your B-day, and I'm sure Platinum is not far away either...
Thank you Richard for compiling this list, made me so proud of David to read it. In this tough economic climate, he still manages to be a success and keep up with the big guns.
Posted by: Joanna | December 19, 2008 at 08:28 AM
Congratulations, David Cook. You have worked hard and deserve it all. I love love LOVE your new CD, every single song on it! I look forward to many more singles being released from this fantastik album. YAY! Now to platinum album!
Posted by: Squirrellygirl | December 19, 2008 at 08:29 AM
As I am reading this article I am listening to the incredible album by David. I love the album and I have every word memorized. My vote for top idol of all time goes to .... DAVID COOK!! Happy Birthday.
Posted by: Tammy | December 19, 2008 at 04:46 PM
David you are the best. Hope you know it by now.
Congratulations on your stellar album and achieving Gold.
And this week, what is it about $715,000 total to date? Platinum isn't far off, just around the corner.
You deserve every bit of it.
Happiest of Birthdays and a Merry, Merry Christmas and a Very, Very Happy New Year with much success and happiness and love for you!
Love ya XO
Posted by: Vicki (ladynsearch) | December 23, 2008 at 09:31 PM
I'm from the Philipppines!! am so happy for David Cooks new successes! He has not been only Idol in America but in the Philippines as well!! and I belive the world for that matter. I'm just so happy that finally he had released his new album.I have long waitied for it. ROCK ON DAVID!!!!
Posted by: Augie Jude Quipotla | January 03, 2009 at 11:05 PM