'American Idol' Winner Phillip Phillips Earns First Gold Record

After setting a show record for first-week sales, the season 11 victor's coronation song "Home" tops 500,000 in sales.

Phillip Phillips' first single "Home" has gone gold, marking sales in excess of 500,000 units -- 523,477 to be exact, according to management and publishing company Pulse Recordings, which represents the song's co-writer and producer Drew Pearson. This week alone, it sold more than 27,000 copies. 

Congratulations to Phillip on his first Gold record. He's had a very busy week since the start of the Tour: performing in major events, visiting radios to promote the tour and his single, shooting a music video for 'Home', etc, all only less than one month after surgery. So here's a highlighted recap for the all the Phillip Phillips' fans here:

Phillip performing 'Home' at the MLB All Star Game:

Phillip performing 'Nice and Slow':

Phillip performing 'Volcano' with Jessica Sanchez:


Phillip with Elise:

Phillip performing Disease:

One on One Interview with link in case video doesn't embed because he's so pretty here:

The Point Interview:


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