Who Was the Most Successful American Idol Winner EVER? See Where ALL the Winners Are Now

Kelly Clarkson (2002): Our very first American Idol winner is now three-time Grammy winner with seven studio albums! Her latest, Piece by Piece, was released in 2015 and scored her two new Grammy nominations. [Getty Images]

Ruben Studdard (2003): Studdard is still making music. In 2014, he released a covers album. AND around the same time, the 6'3 singer drop 119 pounds on NBC's The Biggest Loser. [Getty Images]

Fantasia Barrino (2004): Fantasia as she's better known as, has remained busy over the last ten years. She's released four studio albums, starred in a Lifetime movie about herself and also appeared on Broadway! We can expect the Grammy winner to release a new solo album this year. [Getty Images]

Carrie Underwood (2005): This country star went on to become American Idol's most successful singer to date! Carrie is the only artist to score six consecutive No. 1 albums on the Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. She's also a seven-time Grammy winner and an 11-time ACM Award winner. [Getty Images]

Taylor Hicks (2006): Hicks has remained one of the highest-earning Idols in recent years. According to Forbes, the singer keeps the cash rolling in with his Las Vegas residency, tour dates, and his co-ownership of an Alabama BBQ restaurant called Saw's Juke Joint. [Getty Images]

Jordin Sparks (2007): Sparks is one of the more successful winners of the franchise, with three studio albums and a leading role in Whitney Houston's final film, Sparkle. Sparks scored a Grammy nomination for her collaboration with Chris Brown, "No Air," back in 2009. Sparks released her third studio album, Right Here, Right Now, in 2015. [Getty Images]

David Cook (2008): After releasing two albums with RCA Records, Cook split from the label in 2012 and re-located to Nashville, Tennessee. He released Digital Vein, his first independent release since pre-Idol, in 2015. [Getty Images]

Kris Allen (2009): This was one of the most surprising upsets in Idol history. Allen topped Adam Lambert for the season eight title! His debut single, "Live Like We're Dying," became a hit in 2009, but he made major headlines for a devastating car crash in 2013 that rendered him almost unable to play music. Thankfully, Allen recovered and released his third studio album, Horizons, in 2014. Now, in 2016, Allen is expecting his second child with his high school sweetheart whom he made his wife. [Getty Images]

Lee DeWyze (2010): DeWyze split from RCA Records just one year after winning Idol. He then released his debut album, which peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200. His "Blackbird Song" was featured in season four of "The Walking Dead". [Getty Images]

Scotty McCreery (2011): Scotty was the youngest male winner at the age of 17 years old. He was second youngest overall all to Jordin Sparks who was 17 at the time of her win. McCreery has become a certifiable star in the country music world, selling more than 2.5 million albums and scoring three Platinum-certified singles, all while attending college at North Carolina State University. His third studio album, featuring the single "Southern Belle," is expected out early this year. [Getty Images]

Phillip Phillips (2012): Phillips' song, "Home," was selected as the theme for NBC's Olympics coverage, among other TV projects, one of his most successful achievements to date. Idol also picked up one of Phillips' tracks, with "Gone, Gone, Gone" serving as the season twelve send-off song. He's released two studio albums post-Idol, but filed a bombshell lawsuit against 19 Recordings in early 2015. In court docs obtained by ET, Phillips called his contract with 19 "oppressive." [Getty Images]

Candice Glover (2013): Glover's debut album, Music Speaks, was released in 2014, but failed to produce a hit single. According to social media posts, Glover claims to be working on a follow-up album. In the meantime, she's keeping busy performing at corporate and professional sporting events. [Getty Images]

Caleb Johnson (2014): Johnson released his album 'Testify' less than three months after his win. He then parted ways with his label less than nine months later. "I want to find the right home and the right team of people that are going to get behind my music and really do something," he told Billboard at the time. "What's the point of doing it if the [label] isn't going to do anything?" [Getty Images]

Nick Fradiani (2015): Fradiani's first single, "Beautiful Life," co-written by Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba, barely cracked the Billboard Hot 100 in May of last year, and we're still waiting for that debut album. [Getty Images]