‘American Idol’ notes: Phillip Phillips, Carrie Underwood, Adam Lambert
For this Tuesday “American Idol” notes, we’re going to start things off with some pretty massive airplay achievements from Phillip Phillips: the man is really in rarefied air when it comes to just how well his single “Home” is doing on the radio.
It’s not so much the fact that the song is now #6 on the Mediabase Hot AC chart (otherwise known as Billboard’s Adult Pop Songs chart) that is most impressive; it’s that the song is still gaining spins even after all of the Olympics hype has died down. “Home” may still have a challenge reaching #1, but a spot in the top 4 really is not that far away at all. If you look back at some past “American Idol” contestants from season 5 on, there are only a small handful who have had this sort of airplay success with a single: Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, Jordin Sparks, and David Cook. The challenge for Phillip now will be coming up with another single that is just as good, as Adam and Jordin are really the only two that really managed to do this.
On the even-more-difficult Top 40 chart, Phillip’s track has already made it all the way up to #27, and you can really just add this to the plethora of other achievements with this song. “Home” is the first coronation song since David Cook to land a top ten debut on the Billboard Hot 100, and it has also sold more than a million records.
Carrie’s new CMA Awards promo – Just for fun, check out the latest promo featuring Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley for the 2012 CMA Awards below. The show airs on ABC November 1, and watching this makes us sad that Brad is not a judge on this upcoming season after he was rumored to be in talks.
An Adam Lambert reminder – Finally, we just wanted to put out there into the world that Adam Lambert’s new single “Trespassing” is now open for requests on the radio. So be sure to call in and ask for the song, that way we can have some chart talk here to go along with what we have for “Home.”
sogosueme
October 14, 2012 @ 5:09 am
Interesting that you say that Adam was the one who followed up his first hit single with a second hit single, considering the fact that he has only sold 1 platinum single and 1 gold single, whereas Cook has sold 2 platinum singles and 1 gold singles. LOL
Of course that was all ages ago, and their singles from their respective Sophomore albums have all floppity-flopped. Sadly I really don’t think that Trespassing is the single that is going to change that fact.
Jo
October 10, 2012 @ 1:50 pm
People who can’t sing like Phillip Phillips get a hit song and people who can sing better than most anybody in the entire world like Adam Lambert can’t get radio to play him. What is wrong with this picture? Even American Idol votes for the same guys who can’t sing every year. Good voices just aren’t a requirement anymore, I guess.
melody
October 10, 2012 @ 9:29 am
American radio is tough,but Adam and his fans are tougher.
While we wait for radio to catch up to the amazing Trespassing,Adam is gaining a massive amount of fans around the globe.
Amalia W.
October 9, 2012 @ 8:02 pm
If there’s justice in this world, Traspassing shall be played by all stations in USA (in the rest of the world is pretty much done). However, they are busy playing “Gangman style” and other similar CRAP.
Quality, originality and outstanding interpretation/voice seem to be of no interest for today’s radio stations.
Hep.
October 9, 2012 @ 6:32 pm
If there is any justice and fairness left in this old world then “Trespassing” should be a huge hit all over this planet,hopefully in a real talent vs. manufactured pop success that in the end the real deal will win out,the real deal is Adam Lambert!!