Hannah Blackwell is well-known as the wife of Phillip Phillips. Phillips’ enormous popularity is mirrored in his staggering sales figures. He has sold 7.5 million digital singles and 2.7 million albums in the United States alone, including album streaming equivalent sales. Furthermore, he has over 800 million Spotify streams and an astounding 1.2 billion Pandora streams.
Phillips’ journey to popularity began with an audition in Savannah, Georgia, where he wowed the judges by performing Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition.” Megan Michaels-Wolflick, one of the show’s executive producers, recalls Phillips entering the audition room and proclaiming her certainty that he would win that season.
Steven Tyler leaned towards Jennifer Lopez and gave a forewarning about Phillips’ potential during his original audition for American Idol.
The judges were so impressed that they asked Phillips to play a second song, during which he masterfully demonstrated his guitar prowess by performing a magnificent rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”
This outstanding performance catapulted him to the Hollywood rounds and, eventually, to the Las Vegas round, establishing him as a viable candidate.
Phillip Phillips Wife: Meet Hannah Blackwell
Around seven years ago, Phillip and Hannah first connected at a Mission Change event, a charity operated by Phillip’s sister. The winner of American Idol in 2012, Phillip, and Hannah recently tied the knot. According to People magazine, Phillip looked dapper in a tuxedo by Billy Reid, while Hannah looked gorgeous in a wedding gown created by Hayley Paige.
There were 250 of their closest friends and family members present for the wedding ceremony, which was held at the Resora Plantation in Albany, Georgia. The couple will continue their celebrations after the wedding with a Southern-style event on Saturday night before leaving for their honeymoon the following week.
Hannah posted on Instagram after Phillip proposed to her over the previous Christmas break, sharing that she had been dreaming of being married to Phillip for more than 20 years.