Daughtry: Daughtry

CML call number: CD ROCK Daughtry
Ben Sisario wrote in the New York Times: "The crowd at Irving Plaza quieted to a hush on Monday night as Chris Daughtry spoke between songs, asking his fans to sing along on his next number. 'I assume you guys have the record,' he said, and a collective, largely female shriek answered in the affirmative. With music sales chronically sluggish these days, not every artist can make such an assumption. But Mr. Daughtry, the brawny 'American Idol' rocker with the cleanshaven scalp who was voted off last year in one of the series's biggest upsets, has good reason to be confident. Though on 'Idol' he reached only as high as No. 4, Mr. Daughtry now has one of the biggest hits of the season. His debut album, 'Daughtry' (RCA), opened at No. 2 on the Billboard chart when released in November, and it has remained in the upper ranks of the Top 10 almost every week since, reaching the top spot twice. Dismal statistics have become regular news for the music industry. … But with broad support from radio, 'Daughtry' has been holding strong. Through Sunday it had sold just under two million copies in the United States" (3/22/07).