Phillip Phillips has over 700 million streams on Spotify and 1.2 billion streams on Pandora.
34 Facts About Phillip Phillips
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Phillip Phillips was born in Albany, Georgia, to Sheryl and Phillip LaDon "Donnie" Phillips, Sr.
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Phillip Phillips moved with his family to Leesburg, Georgia when he was 12.
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Phillip Phillips has two older sisters, LaDonna, the eldest, and Lacey.
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Phillip Phillips graduated from Albany Technical College with a major in Industrial Systems Technology, but missed the graduation ceremony due to his obligations to American Idol.
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Phillip Phillips was mentored by his long-time friend and brother-in-law, Benjamin Neil, whom he credits for piquing his interest in music.
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Phillip Phillips won a local singing competition, "Albany Star," in 2010.
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One of the show's executive producers, Megan Michaels-Wolflick, stated "I remember the day in Savannah in 2011 when Phillip Phillips walked in the room and I thought, "This guy is going to win this season.
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On February 23,2012, Phillips was chosen as one of the Top 25 semi-finalists, and was voted into the Top 13.
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Phillip Phillips had eight procedures while he was performing on Idol, and considered quitting the show due to the pain.
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Phillip Phillips performed the National Anthem at the opening game of the 2012 World Series on October 24,2012.
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Phillip Phillips performed at the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on December 6,2012.
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Phillip Phillips performed "Home" on the PBS Independence Day celebration TV special, A Capitol Fourth.
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Phillip Phillips performed "Home" on the CNN Heroes special aired on December 2,2012, and the CBS's A Home for the Holidays on December 19,2012.
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Phillip Phillips has appeared at the American Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards.
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The album was produced by Gregg Wattenberg, with Phillips writing or co-writing the majority of the disc.
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In January 2013, Phillips appeared on the cover of Billboard magazine with Interscope Records founder and CEO and American Idol mentor, Jimmy Iovine.
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On January 29,2013, Phillips began a tour in North America as the opening act for Matchbox Twenty.
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Phillip Phillips joined Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood as the only American Idol winners to receive this nomination.
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In March 2013, Phillips stated that he was "always writing" and that his second studio album would be released sometime in 2014.
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Phillip Phillips launched the Behind The Light Fall Tour 2014 in the US to support his second album.
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Former Idol judge Simon Cowell said Phillip Phillips was the only contestant he liked after he left the show.
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Jennifer Lopez, who was a judge on the eleventh season, revealed that Phillips is her favorite American Idol winner.
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Phillip Phillips performed at the 2016 Invictus Games closing ceremony in Orlando, Florida on May 12,2016.
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On June 17,2016, Phillips started a co-headlining tour with Matt Nathanson at the San Diego County Fair and ending on August 13 at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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On October 18,2017, Phillips performed at the CMT Artists of the Year awards, where he did a cover of Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road", which won Song of the Year.
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In January 2018, Phillips appeared in an episode of Hawaii Five-0, playing a diamond smuggler.
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Phillip Phillips performed "The Magnetic Tour" from February 9,2018 to April 14,2018 with over 40 shows to support the album.
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In September 2019, Phillips teamed with American Authors and Maddie Poppe on a new version of the song "Bring It on Home".
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On May 3,2020, Phillips returned to American Idol and opened the Top 10 by performing "Home".
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On July 17,2021, Phillips performed "Home" in support of the Project Angel Food telethon.
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Phillip Phillips was invited back to the twenty-first season of American Idol to be a mentor for the contestants during Hollywood week.
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On December 26,2014, Phillips announced his engagement to girlfriend Hannah Blackwell.
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Phillip Phillips has supported DoSomething, National Park Foundation, NCIRE - the Veterans Health Research Institute, Save The Music Foundation, and Habitat for Humanity.