Daughtry Review

Daughtry is the eponymous debut album of the American rock band, Daughtry, the band formed and fronted by American Idol season five finalist Chris Daughtry.

The album was released on November 21, 2006 by RCA Records and 19 Recordings Limited. The first single released from the album is "It's Not Over".

The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, behind Jay-Z's Kingdom Come. It sold approximately 304,000 copies in its first week, making it the second-highest first week sales of any American Idol singer who did not win the competition (the highest first week sales of any American Idol singer to date is Clay Aiken's Measure of a Man, with over 613,000 copies sold in its first week).

Despite Daughtry coming in fourth place in the fifth season, the album beat out first week sales of the season's winner, Taylor Hicks, whose eponymous debut album sold 298,000 copies in its first week. The album also came close to beating the first week sales of the season four winner, Carrie Underwood, whose CD Some Hearts sold 315,000 copies in its first week of release.

The album was certified Platinum on December 21, 2006. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 in its ninth week on the chart, for the issue dated February 3, 2007, becoming the first album from an Idol alumni to top the Billboard 200 since Ruben Studdard's Soulful album in December 2003. The album's weekly sales over the number two album, Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture, was a mere 130 copies, the slimmest margin between number one and number two on the Billboard 200.