From ‘Idol’ Taylor Hicks has No. 1 single
Season five “American Idol” champion Taylor Hicks’ soulful rendition of “Do I Make You Proud” will debut on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart to be published Thursday.
The silver-haired Alabama native sold 190,000 physical singles and another 38,000 digital downloads of the track, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Season two runner-up Clay Aiken scored the No. 1 spot with “This Is the Night” with a whopping 393,000, staving off winner Ruben Studdard’s “Flying Without Wings” (286,000).
