'Idol' winner Cook reaps 940,000 downloads

Written by Yahoo News

Friday, 30 May 2008

NEW YORK (AP) — David Cook's "American Idol" win is already paying dividends on the music charts. The 25-year-old singer raked in 942,000 digital downloads in just a week, according to figures released Thursday by Nielsen SoundScan. The numbers are from the week ending Sunday. Runner-up on the Fox show, David Archuleta, amassed 323,000 downloads in the same period. The next closest "Idol" contender was Jason Castro, with 64,000 downloads. Cook, from Blue Springs, Mo., last week defeated the 17-year-old Archuleta of Murray, Utah, by a margin of 12 million votes out of the record 97.5 million cast by viewers. He wasn't the only one whose downloads jumped markedly. George Michael, Carrie Underwood and ZZ Top all saw huge increases in downloads after making guest appearances on the show. Cook plans to release an album this fall. ___ On the Net: http://www.americanidol.com/ Maybe you are looking for: R. Kelly Two-Steps Back to Court Maroon 5 expands new album with DVD, B-sides Jim McKay remembered as broadcaster, family man R&B legends the O'Jays still riding "Love Train" UK singer Alison Moyet on road with Yazoo reunion Newer items: Pearl Jam wows Bonnaroo with 3-hour performance U2 to reissue 3 albums with rarities Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79 MySpace Music to stage its 150th Secret Show About $275,000 donated to Chapman organization Popular items: Lady Antebellum living up to the buzz with debut CD Malawi court approves Madonna adoption: lawyer Idol's David Cook tops iTunes download charts Cowell: Clear winner in Davids edition of 'Idol' Country star Shania Twain, husband splitting up Add as favourites (7) | Views: 33 Be first to comment this article Write Comment Name: E-mail Comment: Code:* I wish to be contacted by email regarding additional comments