That's Heisenberg money! (give or take a stack :)
Forbes has released its list of Top Earning American Idols for 2013:
1. Carrie Underwood – 31 million (83 million over the past 5 years)
2. Kelly Clarkson – 7 million
3. Phillip Phillips/Adam Lambert (tie) – 5 million
5. Chris Daughtry – 4 million
6. Scotty McCreery – 3 million
7. Taylor Hicks – 2.5 million
8. Fantasia Barrino/Kellie Pickler (tie) – 1.5 million
10. Katharine McPhee/Jennifer Hudson (tie) – 1 million
Here’s a list from Forbes of total gross income since 2009 based on how many years they’ve each made the Forbes annual list
Since 2009:
1. Carrie Underwood = 83 million (5 years)
2. Kelly Clarkson = 33.4 million (5 years)
3. Chris Daughtry = 27.2 million (5 years)
4. Jennifer Hudson = 14.5 million (5 years)
5. Kellie Pickler = 14.3 million (5 years)
6. Adam Lambert = 12.5 million (3 years)
7. Jordin Sparks = 11.8 million (4 years)
8. Scotty McCreery = 7 million (2 years)
9. David Cook = 6.8 million (4 years)
10. Clay Aiken = 5.7 million (3 years)
11. Fantasia Barrino = 5.5 million (2 years)
12. David Archuleta = 5.5 million (4 years)
13. Phillip Phillips = 5 million (1 year)
14. Katharine McPhee = 3.1 million (3 years)
15. Taylor Hicks = 2.8 million (2 years)
16. Kris Allen = 1.7 million (1 year)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2014/01/14/top-earning-american-idols-2013/
That's Heisenberg money! (give or take a stack :)
I do believe Simon Cowell predicted that outcome.