2008 Woodie Awards
Daughtry Disc Tops Charts
Debut of Former Idol Finalist Makes Waves
By Andrew Aschenbrenner
4/18/07 - Entertainment
Chris Daughtry is probably best-known for being the fourth-place finalist on last year's season five of American Idol. Now, he and his rock band are breaking the Idol mold with their self-titled album DAUGHTRY. Yes, the name is all caps.
The disc sold over one million copies after five weeks of release, rising to the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 albums soon after. So far, it has sold over 2 million copies, outselling Idol season 5 winner Taylor Hicks' debut album 3-to-1. The single It's Not Over debuted at #1 on VH1's VSPOT Top 20 Countdown, and has been a Top 10 single on Amazon.com and iTunes.
It is worth noting that Daughtry recorded this album even before he assembled his band, so the disc was done absent his current band. The band should boost his viability as an artist. He turned down an offer to be the lead singer of Fuel after being voted off American Idol, instead signing a record deal with Clive Davis. His debut album has set records for how fast it has sold. He has even been compared to Bon Jovi and Nickelback's Chad Kroeger, but he has been criticized by some because his songs sound so much like those of Creed and the aforementioned Nickelback.
It is rare that I find an album where I like every song, but this is one of them. I'm also encouraged that this is only Daughtry's first album, and the potential sophomore slump notwithstanding, he and his band have promise. This CD has risen above competition, still ranking #1 on the Billboard rock chart after almost five months in release.In my humble opinion, every one of the tracks merits radio play.
DAUGHTRY has undoubtedly sold on the strength of the heavily-played It's Not Over, but it is a solid album top to bottom, including the song What I Want, which features Slash on guitar, and Home, the current send-off tune on American Idol. Subsequent albums will have to answer to the similarities between songs and also to other bands.
The disc sold over one million copies after five weeks of release, rising to the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 albums soon after. So far, it has sold over 2 million copies, outselling Idol season 5 winner Taylor Hicks' debut album 3-to-1. The single It's Not Over debuted at #1 on VH1's VSPOT Top 20 Countdown, and has been a Top 10 single on Amazon.com and iTunes.
It is worth noting that Daughtry recorded this album even before he assembled his band, so the disc was done absent his current band. The band should boost his viability as an artist. He turned down an offer to be the lead singer of Fuel after being voted off American Idol, instead signing a record deal with Clive Davis. His debut album has set records for how fast it has sold. He has even been compared to Bon Jovi and Nickelback's Chad Kroeger, but he has been criticized by some because his songs sound so much like those of Creed and the aforementioned Nickelback.
It is rare that I find an album where I like every song, but this is one of them. I'm also encouraged that this is only Daughtry's first album, and the potential sophomore slump notwithstanding, he and his band have promise. This CD has risen above competition, still ranking #1 on the Billboard rock chart after almost five months in release.In my humble opinion, every one of the tracks merits radio play.
DAUGHTRY has undoubtedly sold on the strength of the heavily-played It's Not Over, but it is a solid album top to bottom, including the song What I Want, which features Slash on guitar, and Home, the current send-off tune on American Idol. Subsequent albums will have to answer to the similarities between songs and also to other bands.
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