David Cook’s Debut Album Is A Hit

“American Idol” winner David Cook’s new album made its highly successful debut on the music charts this past Wednesday.

His self-titled, first album sounded off at No. 3 on the Billboard charts. It also reached Number 1 on the digital album chart selling 59,000 digital copies which set a new record for best debut from an Idol winner since 2006.

Cook sold nearly 100,000 more copies than his rival David Archuleta and twice as many copies as season seven champion Jordin Sparks. (Archuleta, whose debut opened at No. 2 last week, dropped to No. 11 in its second week.)

Meanwhile, the album’s first single, “Light On,” continues to be extremely popular on the Internet and radio.