Top Earning American Idol Contestants

Forbes Magazine is out with a list of the biggest money earning contestants from American Idol. Some are surprises.Some of the top earners were not even winners. Carrie Underwood, Adam Lambert and Clay Akins are all doing pretty good on the career front.  Underwood and Lambert are pulling in the cash. 

Here is the full list.

1. Carrie Underwood: $20 million
2. Chris Daughtry: $6 million (tie), Adam Lambert: $6 million (tie)
3. Fantasia Barrino: $4 million
4. Jordin Sparks: $3 million
5. Kelly Clarkson: $2.5 million
6. Jennifer Hudson: $2 million
7. Kellie Pickler: $1.8 million
8. Clay Aiken: $1.5 million
9. Katharine McPhee: $1 million (tie), David Archuleta: $1 million (tie), David Cook: $1 million (tie)