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Taylor Hicks‘ single “Do I Make You Proud” will go on sale next week, after which he’ll probably join his fellow “American Idol” winners as the owner of a No. 1 record. This week, though, one of his fellow finalists has the honor of the highest-charting season five contestant.

That would be Chris Daughtry, whose cover of Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive” enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at No. 43. Hicks’ version of the Doobie Brothers’ “Taking It to the Streets” checks in at No. 69. Position on the singles chart is based on airplay and sales, digital and otherwise.

Both songs are on the “American Idol Season 5: Encores” CD, which entered the Billboard 200 album chart at No. 3 this week. The compilation featuring tracks by this year’s finalists sold close to 154,000 copies, the highest first-week sales ever for an “Idol” collection. The previous record holder was the season one compilation, which sold 146,000 copies in its first week.

“Encores” trails the Dixie Chicks’ new album, “Taking the Long Way,” and another TV-fueled phenomenon, the “High School Musical” soundtrack, on the Billboard 200.

Daughtry and Hicks are also in the top 40 on the Hot Digital Tracks chart, with Daughtry coming in at No. 16 and Hicks in 38th. Hicks’ “Do I Make You Proud” is also No. 21 on the Adult Contemporary chart and will likely rise once it goes on sale.

Songs from the “Encores” CD by Elliott Yamin and runner-up Katharine McPhee made the Pop 100 chart.

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