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American Idol Season 5: Encores

American Idol Season 5: Encores is compilation album released on May 23, 2006 and contains one cover song from each of the top 12 finalists during season 5 of the television show American Idol. It is the only American Idol album that does not feature an ensemble track by all the contestants, and is the first year in which several individual finalists made the popular music charts. The album sold over 154,000 units in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, behind the Disney Channel Original Movie's High School Musical Soundtrack and the Dixie Chicks' Taking the Long Way, thus becoming the best-selling debut any American Idol compilation disk.[2] It was also number two on Top Soundtracks, number four on Top Digital Albums and number six on Top Internet.

American Idol Season 5: Encores

May 23, 2006

2006

47:19

Various producers

With five albums in the Top 10, American Idol became the most successful soundtrack franchise of any motion picture or television program, beating out Star Wars.[3] This Season 5 album sold 381,075 copies by September 2, 2006.

– keyboards

Cheche Alara

Loren Gold – keyboards

– organ, keyboards

Tommy Barbarella

Derek Bramble – organ, bass, organ, producer, engineer

Johnny Britt – trumpet, horn arrangements

Tom Ralls – trombone

Derrick Edmondson – saxophone

Michael Fell – harmonica

Rob "Fonksta" Bacon – guitar

Michael Herring – acoustic guitar

Eamon Ryland – pedal steel, bottleneck guitar

– guitar

Greg Suran

– violin

Eric Gorfain

Daphne Chen – violin

Leah Katz – viola

– cello

Richard Dodd

Dorian Crozier – percussion, drums, engineer, associate producer, drum programming

Ramon Yslas – percussion

Mabvuto Carpenter – backing vocals

Belle Johnson – backing vocals

Mika Lett – backing vocals

Abraham McDonald- backing vocals

Michael Anderson – bass, backing vocals, engineer, associate producer, production coordination

Stephen Lu – orchestration

Craig Burbidge – engineer, mixing

Colin Miller – mixing

David Kutch – mastering