Cook reaps download gold

David Cook�s American Idol win is already paying dividends on the music charts.

The 25-year-old singer raked in 942,000 digital downloads in just a week, according to figures released Thursday by Nielsen SoundScan. Cook, from Blue Springs, Mo., last week defeated David Archuleta by a margin of 12 million votes out of the record 97.5 million cast by viewers.

Cook plans to release an album this fall.

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