Surprising Idol fans everywhere, American Idol winner, Phillip Phillips, told a radio DJ recently that his debut album would not come out until January or February of 2013, bucking the typical practice of the winner and runner-up releasing debuts in time for holiday sales.
Now, in a brief interview with the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Phillip confirms that the album will not be out until early January.
Having just interviewed him a month ago, I didn’t set up a time to talk to him but I did get my picture taken and asked him quickly about his album release. He confirmed it wasn’t coming out until early January instead of the Christmas season. He also feels better, post kidney stone surgery, though isn’t 100%. I joked that he wasn’t quite ready to run a marathon. He isn’t much of an exercise guy anyway, he said. He walks at most. (The virtues of being 21!).
In case you didn’t know, January is a dead zone for album sales. The upside? Phillip will have very little competition, perhaps even hitting the #1 spot on the Billboard 200. Bragging rights! The downside, his first week sales will be scary low. The only hope of decent sales will be for the album to grow some legs and keep selling! Here’s hoping Interscope has a really solid plan in place to promote the heck out of the new record once it drops…
