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"Phillip Phillips has earned the highest ever American Idol digital debut sales on record with his single &amp;#039;Home&amp;#039;.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, the American Idol winner&amp;#039;s new track came in at number two on the Digital Songs chart this week, with 278,000 downloads sold.   This makes &amp;#039;Home&amp;#039; the biggest selling debut single of any Idol winner.  The song is also the second biggest selling digital sale in American Idol history, only behind first season winner Kelly Clarkson&amp;#039;s 2009 single &amp;#039;My Life Would Suck Without You&amp;#039;.  Phillips, competed in the finale of season 11 of American Idol, during which time he underwent eight different surgeries.  The 21-year-old recently had a further kidney operation postponed due to illness. Watch Phillip Phillips sing &amp;#039;Home&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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