Phillip Philip’s “Home” Could Sell 200K This Week (UPDATED WITH SALES NUMBERS)

By On 08/03/2012 · 236 Comments · In American Idol, Phillip Phillips

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UPDATED:  Entertainment Weekly has posted exact sales numbers for “Home” from Sunday – Thursday.

A rep at Interscope tells EW that the track sold 105,725 copies on iTunes from Monday through Wednesday — a whopping 1,100 percent increase over the same three-day period the previous week, when it moved 8,814 iTunes units.

All told, it’s shifted approximately 155,000 copies on iTunes from Sunday through Thursday this week,

The numbers are included with an interview with Phillip. On how he feels about the song home he says:

I never said anything bad about the song; I just said it’s not really my style. I’m more into jazz stuff. But it’s an amazing song, and I love it. Each time I play it, I’m getting it more and making it more of me. The more I play it, I have a lot more fun with it, and the band, they’ll change it up. So it’s coming to be a lot more me. It used to be I just kind of went in blind with a song that I didn’t really know, but it’s coming along a lot better now, and I’m enjoying it.

On being heard in the recording process:

You know, it’s mixed feelings. It’s a lot of fun, and it’s also a lot of give and take — for both sides, not just me — the producer and other people as well. I know what my sound is. I’m just trying to get it out there how I can explain it. I’m not trying to write or put out some music that doesn’t represent me. I told people before all this, I’d rather sell 10,000 records that represent me than 2 million that don’t represent me at all. But it’s coming along well, and I’m excited about it. I’m excited to get the music started. And there are a few musicians I want to get out on it I’ve connected with, so I’m excited to get the production down.

What’s awesome about this Olympic exposure for Phillip is that he’s being heard by MILLIONS of people outside of the Idol bubble. Read the rest of the EW interview HERE.

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Phillip Phillip’s coronation single, “Home” is predicted to have a huge sales week in the period ending on August 5, according to Billboard. The big sales are fueled by recent exposure during the women’s Olympic gymnastics coverage on NBC.

“Home’s” Olympic exposure may be over. It was not played during tonight’s  (August 2) all around gymnastics competition. Still, “Home has been sitting at No. 1 on iTunes since Tuesday night (July 31). With the release of the music video tonight, the wave begun by Olympic coverage may continue even without continued coverage.

Check out Billboard’s stats below.  If the predictions come to pass, Phillip could have a much to celebrate next week.

  • Home could sell around 200,000 downloads by Aug. 5, the end of the sales week. In the most recent week (ending July 29), only Flo Rida’s “Whistle,” sold more than with 237,000.
  • In the week ending July 29, it earned a 69% increase in downloads, selling 40,000 for the week (up from 24,000 a week earlier).
  • “Home” reentered the Digital Songs chart at No. 47 and the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 84.
  • If “Home” sells around 200,000 downloads, it could move straight into the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.
  • “Home”  debuted and peaked at No. 10 on the Hot 100 in May after Phillip’s Idol win.
  • It debuted with 278,000 downloads and has sold 617,000 to date in the U.S.

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  • Karen C

    As someone else has said, in the real world, the singers we respond to aren’t as exposed..we either like their songs or not.

    I think this is the biggest difference between new artists that are launched through Idol and those that are not.  When  a new artist is normally launched, and their song becomes a hit, usually we know little or nothing about the artist at first.  If they become popular and well known, it’s because their song became a hit.  From AI, we know the singer before, what they were like on the show, and have some idea of what kind of music they want to do, but until their original albums come out we don’t always know what kind of music they are putting out. They still do well in most cases, because of their popularity on the show, but not necessarily because they had a big hit single that really broke them through.   Maybe that is part of the problem with radio play, and that the record companies aren’t really promoting them like they would normally for new artists.   

  • Anonymous

    Ahh good idea, I hadn’t thought to check the station on All Access. That is a good way to cross reference spins, thanks!

  • http://twitter.com/ItsMyT1me Lori

    I keep reading about how “lucky” Phillip is for having Home handed to him. This is nothing new. Here are just a few other “lucky” Idols who had platinum selling singles handed to them.

    Time of My Life AND Light On – David Cook
    Live Like We’re Dying – Kris Allen
    Whaddaya Want From Me – Adam Lambert

    Personally, I’m glad these guys were lucky enough to have these songs handed to them. Radio, at least for me, was better for it.

  • Anonymous

    Oh lordy, I’m not a huge fan of this song but I just woke up from a nap with
    “gonna make this house your home.”

  • Anonymous

    They played Home again on the Olympics tonight, previewing the final upcoming womens gymnastics event.

  • rodolfochengcanepa

    “I´m going to make this place your home”

  • Anonymous

    I saw it.  Are there more women’s gymnastic events?  I thought it was finished.  It was great to hear “Home” in any case.

  • hayes

    The individual apparatus finals. Each event has at least one American girl competing still, so maybe NBC will still play Home, especially because of the reception it has gotten.

  • Anonymous

    they didn’t play “Home” during the individual all-around finals, and there were 2 American girls in that (won gold and finished tied for 3rd). So I have my doubts they will use the song during the individual event finals — it seems to have been used simply for the team event.

  • Anonymous

    I’m not a fan of P2, but I do like the song. It’s interesting as I believe no other coronation song has followed the success arc of “Home” that is, Having a sudden resurgence 3 months later.

  • http://twitter.com/ItsMyT1me Lori

    They used Home at least twice again last night, maybe three times. I caught short bios for both McKayla and Gabby and each one used Home as background music. I’m not sure, I think I might have heard it a third time when I was coming back from commercial break during the competition. So it looks like they may stick with Home through the event finals that continue on Monday and then conclude on Tuesday. What a nice run for Phillip and Home.

    BTW, Home is still at #2 after Sunday night’s exposure but it has gained in the popularity bars. It is currently at 85% of Flo Rida’s sales.

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