Lauren Alaina may not have won American Idol, but she’s already proving formidable on the music charts with her first single, “Like My Mother Does.”
The track entered Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100 chart at No. 20, in addition to No. 9 on the trade’s Digital Songs chart, with 121,204 single downloads sold.
This impressive feat marks the highest debut for an Idol runner-up in six years, besting a group that includes David Archuleta and Adam Lambert.
“This is so awesome!” Lauren Alaina said. “American Idol has changed my life, so I’m excited that the songs I performed on there are doing so well.”
“I can’t believe that I have a song out on country radio, much less that so many stations started playing it right away. I can’t wait to get out and meet everybody and thank them personally for playing my song.”
Something tells us she’ll have time. This girl will be around awhile.