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Billboard has released its year-end charts, and they’re littered with former Idols.

Four Idol champs finished in the top 100 on Billboard’s Top Artists of 2012 chart, and they’re all former winners.

Kelly Clarkson led the pack at number 16, squeezing in between Carly Rae Jepsen at 15 and Lady Gaga at 17. Adele, of course, topped the chart.

Other Idols landing spots included Carrie Underwood at number 31, Scotty McCreery at 93 and Phillip Phillips at 95.

Carrie and Scotty finished fifth and seventh, respectively, on the year-end country albums chart, and Kelly Clarkson’s single “Stronger” was seventh on the 2012 Hot 100 singles chart.

“Stronger” also topped the adult contemporary song chart for 2012 and helped Kelly land the top spot on the adult pop artist chart.

Over on the Christian charts, Season 5 Idol contestant Mandisa landed eighth among 2012 albums (“What If We Were Real”) and 31st among 2012 singles (“Waiting for Tomorrow”).

Here are other 2012 rankings of note:

Billboard 200 (albums)
14 — Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away”
24 — Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger,” released in 2011
32 — Scotty McCreery’s “Clear As Day,” released in 2011
53 — Daughtry’s “Break the Spell,” released in 2011
188 — Adam Lambert’s “Trespassing”

Hot 100 (singles)
7 — Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger”
49 — Phillip Phillips’ “Home”
66 — Carrie Underwood’s “Good Girl”
70 — Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away”