Crowned American Idol with 58% of the 22,000,000 votes
Never in the bottom 3 in the American Idol Vote
Top 30 Performance of 'Respect' #1 in the TOP 5 Auditions
Second Performance of 'Without You' named best of competition by Simon Cowell
Singing 'Star Spangled Banner' in Washington DC on September 11th, 2002
Singing with Reba McEntire
Charts/Awards
AMA Nomination ~ Best New Pop/Rock Artist
BMA ~ Best Selling Single of 2002
Biggest leap in the history of Billboard Charts (#52 to #1) beating the Beatles' previous record
236,000+ copies of BYL/AMLT sold in first week
Hot 100 in Billboard in sales alone ~ #1 for 5 straight weeks
Gold double-sided single
Only RIAA Certified single of 2002
Radio/Television Poll
Z 100 Favorite New Artist of 2002
Rick Dees' Top 100 Songs of 2002 #61
#1 on TRL for BYL and AMLT
E!'s Rank ~ Entertainer of the Year #20
A&E #1
VH1 Women Who Rocked 200 #14
CTV Best Moment of the Year #2
In Print
PopStar! Magazine's Most Adorable
EW Entertainers of the Year #5
TV Guide and VH1's 100 Greatest Musical Moments on TV #10
In Touch Magazine's 50 Most Fascinating Stars #41
Popstar! Magazine's Best Styles This Year #7
J-14 Magazine's HOTTEST STARS #14
Stuff Magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World #91
Entertainer of the Year
USA Today's One of Six Stars Who Changed Entertainment
Online Polls
E!'s Rank Online Poll #1 Entertainer of the Year
Made ChannelOne's Hall of Fame
First Female Solo Artist to make ChannelOne's Hall of Fame
Netscape 2002's Hottest Newcomer
TeenPeople.com's Best Boys and Girls This Year #1
TeenPeople.com's "Which celeb would you most like to invite over for Thanksgiving dinner?" #1
#1 for five months on the Female Celeb Voting Booth
Miscellaneous
National Tour with soldout shows