Now that three of the Top 4 finalists from AI8 have released their debut albums, I thought it was high time to update this list, which includes the Billboard ranking (in parenthesis):

Clay – “Measure of a Man” – 612,859 (#1)
Ruben – “Soulful” – 416,569 (#1)
Carrie – “Some Hearts” – 314,549 (#2)
chris – “daughtry” – 303,677 (#2)
Taylor – “Taylor Hicks” – 298,199 (#2)
Kelly – “Thankful” – 297,381 (#1)
David C – “David Cook” – 279,578 (#3)
Fantasia – “Free Yourself” – 239,389 (#8)
Bo – “The Real Thing” – 226,976 (#4)
Jennifer – “Jennifer Hudson” – 217,185 (#2)
Adam – “For Your Entertainment” – 198,466 (#3)
David A – “David Archuleta” – 182,927 (#2)
Jordin – “Jordin Sparks” – 119,119 (#10)
Katharine – “Katharine McPhee” – 115,761 (#2)
Blake – “Audio Day Dream” – 97,500 (#10)
Elliott – “Elliott Yamin” – 90,439 (#3)
Kris – “Kris Allen” – 80,072 (#11)
Kellie – “Small Town Girl” – 79,133 (#9)
Bucky – “Bucky Covington” – 60,814 (#4)
Josh – “Joshua Gracin” – 57,048 (#11)
Justin – “Justin Guarini” – 57,000 (#20)
Kim – “One Love” – 56,894 (#16)
Diana – “Blue Skies” – 46,795 ( #52)
Tamyra – “Dreamer” – 39,091 (#23)
Allison – “Just Like You” – 31,656 (#35)
Mandisa – “True Beauty” – 17,140 (#43)
Phil – “Phil Stacey” – 15,135 (#43)
LaToya – “Love and Life” – 12,546 (#82)
Mario – “Mario Vasquez” – 11,812 (#80)
Melinda – “Coming Back to You” – 10,803 (#58)
Brooke – “High Hopes & Heartbreak” – 9,835 (#50)
Kristy Lee – “Why Wait” – 9,548 (#49)
Constantine – “Constantine” – 8,918 (#75)
Paris – “Princess P” – 6,320 (#133)
Michael – “Hold Back My Heart” – 4,913 (#97)
Jasmine – “Jasmine Trias” – 4,855
John Stevens – “Red” – 4,349
Ace – “Ace Young” – 4,137 (#160)
Chris Sligh – “Running Back to You” – 4,073 (#190)
Jim Verraros – “Rollercoster” – 1,571
Lakisha Jones – So Glad I’m Me” – 1,415
Corey – “Corey Clark” – 557
Ayla Brown – “Forward” – 300

Coming in 2010, debuts from Jason Castro, Danny Gokey, and Michael Sarver…