Danny Gokey Is ‘American Idol�s’ Top-Debuting Artist Of 2010

19 Recordings/RCA Nashville recording artist Danny Gokey is closing out 2010 with the best first-week sales of any debut album this year by an American Idol finalist. Gokey's My Best Days, released March 2, scanned in excess of 65,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan, outpacing opening-week sales on other 2010 debut releases, including those from American Idol Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze and runner-up Crystal Bowersox.

Gokey's My Best Days set multiple chart records upon its release, including the best first-week sales of any debut country male in 18 years and, with more than 19,000 downloads, earning the best opening-week digital album sales ever recorded by a debut country act.