Phillip Phillips “Home” Makes American Idol History, Bows at #2 on Digital Chart

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Phillip Phillip’s coronation single, “Home” bows at #2 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart this week with 278,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It’s also the second-best digital sales week ever for any Idol contestant. Only original Idol, Kelly Clarkson’s 2009 song “My Life Would Suck Without You” had a higher sales when it debuted with 280,000 downloads!

Country superstar, Carrie Underwood’s best sales week for a song came in 2009, when her “I Told You So” (featuring Randy Travis) debuted with 125,000.

And Phillip beats that other Idol record breaker, David Cook,  whose ” The Time of My Life” debuted in 2008 with 236,000 sales.   “Home” marks the biggest sales week for any “Idol” winner’s coronation single since SoundScan began tracking downloads in 2003.

Two CD singles (before downloads became the prominent way to sell singles)  two Season 2 finalists had larger sales weeks than Phil with their coronation singles

Clay Aiken’s “This Is The Night” CD single debuted with 393,000 and runner-up, Ruben Studdard’s “Flying Without Wings” debuted with 286,000.

Phillips’ debut is also the fourth-largest debut of the year, behind Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend” (521,000), Maroon 5′s “Payphone”  (493,000) and Katy Perry’s “Part of Me” (411,000).

Phillip’s American Idol compilation, Journey to the Final debuted at #11 on the Billboard chart with 24,000 sold.

Via Billboard.com

1. Clay Aiken, This Is the Night (393,000 first-week sales)
2. Ruben Studdard, Flying Without Wings (286,000)
3. Phillip Phillips, Home (278,000)
4. David Cook, Time of My Life (236,000)
5. Kelly Clarkson, A Moment Like This (236,000)
6. Taylor Hicks, Do I Make You Proud (228,000)
7. Scotty McCreery, I Love You This Big (171,000)
8. Carrie Underwood, Inside Your Heaven (171,000)
9. Fantasia, I Believe (142,000)
10. Kris Allen, No Boundaries (134,000)
11. Lauren Alaina, Like My Mother Does (122,000)

Since then, Idol coronation songs (with the exceptions of the Cook and Phillips records) have stopped short of the top 10. Jordin Sparks’ “This Is My Now” peaked at #15, Kris Allen’s “No Boundaries reached #11, Lee DeWyze’s cover of U2′s “Beautiful Day” hit #24 and McCreery’s “I Love You This Big” hit #11.

Phillips placed a total of nine songs on this week’s 200-deep Hot Digital Songs chart, more than any Idol winner since Allen had 11 three years ago. Cook put 17 songs on Hot Digital Songs four years go, which is the record for an Idol winner.

(Yahoo.com)

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  • Anonymous

    I wonder what would happen if Philip decided he didn’t want to perform Home on the Idol tour? I don’t think he will do this, of course, but I could see a major s*itstorm in the media if he did. I remember how the media jumped on how NoBo got pulled from Kris’ tour set after the opening night of the tour — and pretty much everybody hated that song. 

    As for Jessica, I have a feeling she will not have to perform her coronation song on tour, since she’s not even doing it for her promo tour.

  • Anonymous

     Adam is with Fuller?  I thought he broke away for different management?

  • http://twitter.com/cheeseE1 EH

    I think Phillip will definitely be performing “Home’ – probably as his last song with maybe some assistance from the other Idols with the dreaded “oohs” 

    My daughter (14) is a drummer and she said she will volunteer to march across the stage with a snare during “Home” if we end up going to the show in DC, haha.  

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sim-Ai-Khaw/100002537599337 Sim Ai Khaw

    scotty sales is because of scotty. P2 sales is because of the song “Home”. P2  have a very good song. “Home” written and sang live by Greg Holden on April  2012. Greg Holden a great song writer/singer his album “I dont believe you” all song are fantastic and all compose by Greg himself. greg work so hard in this music industry even sing at the subway to promote, greg need to be recognise he is genius his music, so pity he is still unrecognise.

  • Anonymous

    sorry, you’re right. Adam went to an entirely different company. I edited my post, thanks :)

  • Anonymous

    This may be like asking to switch drinking vinegar for gasoline

    *L* I actually have a pretty high tolerance for TSwift. And admit to owning a couple songs even — I love the hilarious vindictiveness in some of her lyrics and do enjoy some catchy-pretty pop on occasion.

    This is a beautiful song — thanks for linking to it. I get the strength in the writing, for sure, though it’s still the sort of music I can only take in a bit of a time before it starts to make me twitchy. 

    Oddly, I like the jazzy, funky rock of Dave Matthews, as well as Damien Rice’s sound (which I guess falls under the big, broad folk umbrella — I find it hard to characterize), so much better than the roots-influenced stuff that I may end up liking P2′s originals more than his winner’s song. I didn’t think the one original song of his I heard was very interesting (or original, for that matter) but I suppose it will be interesting to see how Interscope deals with someone who wants to do that type of music. According to P2 himself, they whiffed when choosing this song, no matter how popular it’s turned out to be, so I guess we’ll see how the artist-label tango plays out this time.

    At some point, I do want to check out the original writer of “Home.” At least for this week, he must feel like he’s won the songwriter’s lottery.

  • Anonymous

    This age group (which buy, buy, buy digital) are just not going to buy many big ballads…to them, that’s “old people’s music.”

    Yup. And therein lies AI’s problem in so many different directions, I think, from the songs it clears, to the audience it attracts, to the expectations for the singers when they come off the show. The kind of big, strong vocals you need to sing those songs don’t always fit well into current music styles. You can shoehorn them in and sometimes it works (Kelly Clarkson’s current uptempo songs) and sometimes it really, really doesn’t (Cook’s TLG).

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I3NQHPT3NA6VGKK22RCMTGOCII Tiffany

    Love the Avett Bros.  They are entertainers.  Love their video of the Laundry Room.  You have to be dead to not at least tap your toe when you watch that.  Growing up I looked down my nose at country/bluegrass when my parents listened to it till Johnny Cash came along.  I remember Jane Pauley on the Today program saying about him “I wonder who gave him a guitar and told him he could sing?”.  She later apologized.   Johnny wasn’t a fabulous singer, but there was just something about him that drew you in.  I had no idea he was so famous overseas until after his death.  My rambling point is, its not always about perfect pitch but about charisma and emoting.  Thats why I love Josh, the emoting and he has charisma on stage and can sing.  I never got Phil but did love his Seager and Home.  So his fans are apparently drawn in by other then singing also.  I think Jessica’s fans are those that are drawn to perfect pitch, etc. 

  • taran33

    Congrats, Phillip! Happy to see him break a record! Can’t wait to hear more from him!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Helyn-Caturan/100002092108929 Helyn Caturan

    I like what you said. Very sensible.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Helyn-Caturan/100002092108929 Helyn Caturan

    You’re right. Now it got me thinking they crucified Jessica for singing song she didn’t really like and here is Phillip also singing a great song but never also like it but then being praised for always being himself.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Helyn-Caturan/100002092108929 Helyn Caturan

    I was thinking the same thing. But I’m clueless as to how he was ever been a labeled a genuis at all when a song was way better when he nver really modified it and just emote? I’m curious what kind of album he going to create in the future. Since basically some of the modification(tunewise for other songs) he made became melody-less.

  • Anonymous

    Phillip has an ability to make his songs believable. He’s def got some kind of X factor because his album is outselling the other S11 releases by a huge factor. So people are interested in more than the single (which is selling like gangbusters on its own).

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Helyn-Caturan/100002092108929 Helyn Caturan

    Scotty is probably the most popular idol of all, that fact that he can sell a cheesy song.

  • Anonymous

    Well Jessica is the only other S11 contestant who has an album out there. Who knows whether he would be outselling Joshua, for example, by the same margin.

    And in general, winners outsell the other Idol contestants when they come off the show. This isn’t anything unusual. Sometimes the runners-up sell a lot right away as wel,l sometimes they don’t. But even the winner is seen as controversial or the “wrong” choice, they still sell well in the first couple weeks after the Idol finale.

    Philip’s single is doing really really well. Better than the past coronation songs. But it’s also a way way WAY better song than any of the other winners were given. The sales are a combination of that fact and the fact that Philip is popular. Which one of those is the bigger factor? Too early to know.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Helyn-Caturan/100002092108929 Helyn Caturan

    Most of his other singles dropped except volcano and we’ve got tonight. Those 2 songs are good as well. I think people are downloading Jessica’s album instead of singles.

  • Anonymous

    Jessica’s album is #84 on iTunes. P2′s album is holding strong at #3. He’s selling more than the single. His non-Home singles also did better than any of the other S11 folk. I’m not picking on them but I think people are seriously underestimating P2′s appeal. ;0

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Helyn-Caturan/100002092108929 Helyn Caturan

    It has nice melody but crappy lyrics, but really overshadowed by HOME.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Helyn-Caturan/100002092108929 Helyn Caturan

    Some of people that were not really his fans since they actually like “HOME” would probably check his other singles too to see if its good too. His album has “Home” is in the compilation too so it boost his album sales also. Most people really just forget other S11 contestants because they never really won anyway. The winner always has boost sales effect. When he finally launch his true album then we can really determine his true appeal.

  • Listening

    I think everyone is shocked by the difference between ranking places for Phillip and Jessica. Maybe not by the fact she’s coming up second to him but by the shear amount of distance. I know I am.

    Jessica was a front runner but from the sales you have the good argument that Phillip was simply more overwhelming popular. It looks like the voting went Phillip and then the rest of season 11 cast are a distant thought.
    You look at the difference on itunes and say maybe Phillip just had a better song then tilt your head and say all of his songs were better than Jessica’s that just don’t ring true. The buying public is just digging him more now.

    I’d love to have seen the break down of the votes for the entire show like they do for Britain’s X-Factor. Then we could see if Phillip was always an overwhelming favorite w/ Idol viewers as he is w/ music buyers

    Now an album w/ there respective genre material might be a game changer or at least get Jessica closer to Phillip in sales. Jessica’s Beyonce stlye  is hot and Phillip’s style well he’s constantly compared to Dave Mathews whose music I don’t know doesn’t feel as popular. I could never really put my finger on Phillips style is it like folksy/rock I don’t know. Or maybe it wont help Jessica if the public didn’tconnect strongly w/ her a nice or even great voice doesn’t cut it with votes translating to sales. We’ll just have to wait and see. I wish them both well they seem like nice people.

  • tucker davis

    Actually ‘Home’ is not included on the album. The album also doesn’t include ‘U Got it Bad’  or ‘Beggin’ which were fan favorites.

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