Taylor Hicks vs Phillip Phillips

Taylor HicksWinner, American Idol season 5 (2006)37Career score#28 of 688
Phillip PhillipsWinner, American Idol season 11 (2012)50Career score#15 (tie) of 688

Phillip Phillips has the higher career score: 50 against 37 for Taylor Hicks.

Where Taylor Hicks leads

No measure.

Where Phillip Phillips leads

  • Certified single units (RIAA): 5M against 500K
  • Hot 100 entries: 4 against 2
  • Billboard 200 albums: 6 against 2
  • Studio albums: 4 against 2
  • Wikipedia pageviews: 272K against 247K

The parts of the score

Each bar shows how much of the part a singer gets. The number is the points, out of the points of the part.

  1. Certified units25 points

    RIAA-certified album and single units in the United States, for releases from the start of the show on.

    Taylor Hicks: 7.5
    Phillip Phillips: 13.3
  2. Billboard charts25 points

    Entries on the Billboard Hot 100, and albums on the Billboard 200 counted three times, for releases from the start of the show on.

    Taylor Hicks: 11.5
    Phillip Phillips: 16.3
  3. Grammy Awards20 points

    Grammy nominations after the show; a win counts twice.

    Taylor Hicks: 0
    Phillip Phillips: 0
  4. Studio albums10 points

    Studio albums released after the show.

    Taylor Hicks: 4.3
    Phillip Phillips: 6.3
  5. Current interest20 points

    Views of the English Wikipedia article in the last 12 months.

    Taylor Hicks: 13.8
    Phillip Phillips: 14

The figures

Each measure links to its ranking. The sources of these figures are listed at the end of this page.

MeasureTaylor HicksPhillip Phillips
Certified units
Certified album units (RIAA)1M1M
Certified single units (RIAA)500K5M
Billboard charts
Hot 100 entries24
Billboard 200 albums26
Grammy Awards
Grammy nominationsNoneNone
Grammy winsNoneNone
Studio albums
Studio albums24
Current interest
Wikipedia pageviews247K272K

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