• Ashlee Simpson's 'Autobiography' album opens at #1 in US with 398,000 units sold

  July 29, 2004
  Little Sis finally has the upper hand on Big Sis.
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  Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo keep top-selling singles in U.S. and Canada

  July 16, 2004
  For a second straight week, the two finalists in American Idol 3 -- the "mononamed" Fantasia and Diana DeGarmo -- have the top two singles in sales in both the U.S. and Canada.
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  Fantasia Barrino's 'I Believe' and Diana DeGarmo's 'Dreams' both reach Billboard Top 20

  July 8, 2004
  On the Billboard Hot 100 charts, which evaluate both airplay and sales, the contestants of American Idol 3 have now surpassed the contestants of American Idol 1, although they still lag behind Idol 2.
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  Fantasia Barrino's 'I Believe' outsells Diana DeGarmo's 'Dreams' to keep #1 spot in U.S.

  July 8, 2004
  This time, the record buying audience agreed with the American Idol voting audience.
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  Ruben Studdard's remix single 'What If?' with Kayne West opens to dismal sales

  July 8, 2004
  We have no idea what the record is for the largest percentage decline in sales between one commercial single and its follow-up in the first week of release -- but whatever it is, American Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard may have just broken it.
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  'Idol 3' Fantasia Barrino's 'I Believe' track debuts at #1 on Billboard Hot 100

  July 1, 2004
  American Idol 3 winner Fantasia (who has officially dropped her last name, Barrino) may have only sold about half the quantity of singles as Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard did in the official debut week, but she now has accomplished something that Ruben never has: reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles and tracks chart.
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  'Idol 3' winner Fantasia Barrino's 'I Believe' single hits #1 with 142,141 units sold

  June 30, 2004
  American Idol still rules the U.S. charts. But has a little tarnish developed around the edges?
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  Fantasia Barrino's debut single opens at #14, as Diana DeGarmo's single waits in wings

  June 25, 2004
  Time for American Idol 3 to see if it can generate as much success at record stores as it did on the airwaves.
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  'Idol 3' winner Fantasia Barrino and runner-up Diana DeGarmo plan June singles

  June 3, 2004
  Could we have a repeat brewing of last June's battle between American Idol finalists?
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  Original 'Idol' finalist Tamyra Gray's 'The Dreamer' album only debuts at #23 on U.S. charts

  June 2, 2004
  In a somewhat disappointing debut, American Idol 1 fourth-place finisher Tamyra Gray's debut CD, entitled The Dreamer, only managed to reach #23 in its first week on the Nielsen SoundScan U.S. Album Sales chart (also known as the Billboard 200) for the week ended May 30, 2004. Tamyra's CD thus becomes the first of the five CDs released by Idol finalists through major labels to fail to reach the Top 20 in its debut.

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