His track Home sold 278,000 copies in its opening sales week last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, sending it straight it at number two on Billboard's Digital Songs chart and to 10th spot on the Hot 100, which combines sales, airplay and streaming.

Home is the first Idol winning song since 2008 victor David Cook's The Time Of My Life to make the Hot 100 Top 10 with the 2009 and 2011 champs Kris Allen and Scotty McCreeery both debuting ...