Clay Aiken discography

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Clay Aiken discography
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Clay Aiken during the Jukebox Tour in Merrillville, IN, August 23, 2005
Studio albums7
EPs1
Compilation albums2
Singles18
B-sides2
Music videos5
DVDs2

The discography of Clay Aiken, an American pop music singer, consists of seven studio albums, eighteen singles, one extended play, two Double A-side CDs (B-sides) and five music videos.

Contents

After his appearance on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003 he signed with RCA Records. His first solo album, Measure of a Man (2003), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With 613,000 copies sold in its first week, this was the highest-selling debut for a solo artist in 10 years, [1] and to date the highest debut of any Idol. The album received a double Platinum certification from the RIAA on November 17, 2003.

Aiken's second album was a holiday album titled Merry Christmas with Love (2004), which set a new record for fastest-selling holiday album in the Soundscan era (since 1991). [2] The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and tied Céline Dion's record for the highest debut by a holiday album in the history of Billboard magazine. Merry Christmas with Love sold over 1,000,000 copies retail in six weeks and was the best-selling holiday album of 2004, receiving RIAA Platinum certification on Jan. 6, 2005. This album was re-released in August 2009.

His third album A Thousand Different Ways (2006) debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and his fourth album On My Way Here (2008) debuted at number four. His first four studio albums debuted in the top five on the Billboard 200.

After the release of On My Way Here, Aiken and RCA parted ways and he signed with Universal Music's Decca Records. His first album with Decca, Tried and True , was released on June 1, 2010 and debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbumPeak chart positionsCertificationsSales
US
[7]
US Internet
[7]
US Digital US Holiday US Christian
[7]
CAN
[7]
NZ
[8]
2003 Measure of a Man [A] [9] 11129
2004 Merry Christmas with Love
  • Released: November 16, 2004
  • Label: RCA
  • Format: CD, digital download
4411
2006 A Thousand Different Ways
  • Released: September 19, 2006
  • Label: RCA
  • Format: CD, digital download
2226
2008 On My Way Here
  • Released: May 6, 2008
  • Label: RCA
  • Format: CD, digital download
44225
2010 Tried and True
  • Released: June 1, 2010
  • Label: Decca
  • Format: CD, digital download
92158 [15]
2012Steadfast
  • Released: March 27, 2012
  • Label: Decca
  • Format: CD, digital download
120
2024Christmas Bells Are Ringing
  • Released: November 22, 2024
  • Label: Alvis, Inc.
  • Format: CD, digital download
"" denotes the album didn't chart.

Compilation albums

YearAlbumPeak chart positionsSales
US
[17]
US Internet
2009 Playlist: The Very Best of Clay Aiken
  • Released: March 31, 2009
  • Label: Legacy
    (#8869747028)
  • Format: ECD
    Note: liner notes, artwork included
17310
  • US: 10,000
    (as of January 2010) [18]
2010X2: A Thousand Different Ways/Measure of a Man
  • Released: September 28, 2010
  • Label: Legacy
    (#768404)
  • Format: CD

EPs

YearEPSales
2006

All Is Well

  • Released: November 28, 2006
  • Label: RCA
    (#02699)

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionAlbum
US
[7]
US
AC

[7]
US
Christ
CAN
[7]
NZ
[8]
2003"This Is the Night"11311Non-album single
"Bridge over Troubled Water"29
2004"Invisible"37847 Measure of a Man
"The Way"41
"Solitaire"27
"I Will Carry You"25
"Measure of a Man"
"The First Noel"9American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics
"Silver Bells"
(duet with Kimberley Locke)
16
"Winter Wonderland"13 Merry Christmas with Love
2005"O Holy Night"37
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing /
O Come All Ye Faithful"
27
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"32
"Mary, Did You Know?"3532
2006"Without You"28 A Thousand Different Ways
2007"A Thousand Days"28
2008"On My Way Here" [B] 26 On My Way Here
2011"Bring Back My Love"33Steadfast
2024"Do You Hear What I Hear?"Christmas Bells Are Ringing

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Double A-side CDs

YearAlbumPeak chart positionsCertificationsSales
US
[7]
CAN
[7]
NZ
[8]
2003 "Bridge Over Troubled Water"/"This Is the Night"
  • Released: June 3, 2003
  • Label: RCA (#51785)
  • Format: CD
11
  • US: Platinum [10]
  • CAN: 6× Platinum [11]
2004 "The Way"/"Solitaire"
  • Released: March 16, 2004
  • Label: RCA (#60199)
  • Format: CD
4 [20] 1

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Single certifications

YearTitle US [22] CAN
2003"Bridge Over Troubled Water"Platinum6× Platinum [23]
2004"Invisible"Gold

DVDs

YearVideo detailsNotes
2004Live – A Clay Aiken Christmas
  • Released: December 10, 2004
  • Studio: RCA/BMG
    (#66261)
  • Format: DVD
2010Tried and True Live
  • Released: July 27, 2010
  • Studio: Decca
    (B001432209)
  • Format: DVD

Music videos

YearVideoAlbumDirector(s)
2003"This Is the Night"
(Never released)
Bridge Over Troubled Water/This Is the Night Matthew Rolston [27]
2004"Invisible"
"The Way"
Measure of a Man Diane Martel
2005"Proud of Your Boy" Aladdin Disney
2007"A Thousand Days" A Thousand Different Ways
2008"On My Way Here"
(Internet release)
On My Way Here

Other recordings

YearSingleAlbum
2003"What the World Needs Now"
(with Season 2 Finalists)
American Idol Season 2:
All-Time Classic American Love Songs
"On the Wings of Love"
"God Bless the U.S.A.
(Proud to Be an American)"
(with Season 2 Finalists)
"The First Noel"American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics
  • Label: RCA
"O Come All Ye Faithful"
"Silver Bells"
(duet with Kimberley Locke)
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
(with Season 2 Finalists)
2004"Without You" [C]
(duet with Kimberley Locke)
One Love
  • Label: Curb
2005"Proud of Your Boy" [D] Disneymania, Vol. 3
2007"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"Crooner's Christmas
2010"I Believe We Can" [E]
(duet with Chaka Khan)
Phineas and Ferb – Summer Belongs to You
  • Label: Walt Disney

See also

References

Notes

Footnotes

  1. Aiken CD Highest-Selling Debut Album Since 1993 wral.com. November 6, 2003. Retrieved 2009-08-08
  2. Rogers, Steve. Clay Aiken's "Merry Christmas With Love" holiday album debuts to record sales realitytvworld.com. November 29, 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-08
  3. Decca Records – Clay Aiken Retrieved 2010-04-08
  4. Clay Aiken Leaves His Record Label People. by David Caplan. February 20, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  5. Mansfield, Brian. Clay Aiken's 'Tried and True' track listing USA Today, Idol Chatter. April 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-05
  6. 'Tried and True' Clay Aiken debuts in the Top 10 USA Today. June 9, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-09
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Clay Aiken | Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "charts.nz – Discography Clay Aiken" . Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  9. 1 2 RCA Press Release, certified triple platinum, retrieved 2006-08-24
  10. 1 2 3 4 RIAA Clay Aiken albums Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 CRIA – Clay Aiken albums [ permanent dead link ] Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  12. Clay: Another wobbly sales week content.usatoday.com. October 11, 2006. Retrieved 2009-08-10
  13. Idol Chatter 12-22-2010
  14. 1 2 3 Mansfield, Brian. Bonus sales numbers contentusatoday.com. July 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-09
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 26, 2004. Retrieved 2014-12-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. Mansfield, Brian. 'Idol' album sales: Fantasia sells best; Chris Sligh, Josiah Leming debut USA Today. September 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-23
  17. "Clay Aiken – Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard . Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  18. Mansfield, Brian. The best-selling Idol albums from 2009 USA Today Idol Chatter. January 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-17
  19. How the American Idol coronation singles stack up, part 1 usatoday.com. June 4, 2009.
  20. "Clay Aiken chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  21. DOWN THE STRETCH... billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-08-10
  22. "RIAA – Clay Aiken single". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  23. "Gold & Platinum Certification – July 2003". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  24. A Clay Aiken Christmas (2004) (TV) |The Internet Movie Database, Retrieved 2010-05-22
  25. RIAA Clay Aiken video longform Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  26. Ehlers, Matt A classic move Archived 2010-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Newsobserver. March 12, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-13
  27. Moss, Corey.Clay Aiken's 'Night' Video Says 'This Is The Soul' mtv.com. July 14, 2003. Retrieved 2009-08-09
  28. "Phineas And Ferb "Summer Belongs To You" And "Nerds Of A Feather"". Disney Dreaming. July 16, 2010. Archived from the original on July 18, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-18.