AngelaKD

Literally every single radio station in the US, regardless of genre, played the song today. You can't buy promo like that.

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is #2 on the album chart. Now that's commitment to the eclipse theme!

CNCO aren't just "from Syco". They too are a manufactured group formed on a Simon Cowell produced music reality show. The show was "La Banda" and it was on Univision, a US based Spanish language channel.

Probably one of two ways: Gifting the song on iTunes or handing out pre-paid vouchers. I'm not sure what the rules are about when gifted songs are counted, at purchase or redemption. Vouchers obviously would count at redemption.

Love this song!!

With the decreasing number of sales needed to chart on iTunes, I'm surprised more artists don't try this strategy. It takes fewer than 300 daily DLs to be in the T50 of the U.K. iTunes chart. Buying that amount every day for a week (especially if you put your song on discount), isn't that expensive a proposition if you are wealthy.

I apologize if this has been asked, but do the 3 charting songs have to be from a single album, specifically the artist's current release? I'm thinking of a situation where an artist passes away and many old singles re-chart, from various album releases. Or an artist could release 2 5-6 song EPs simultaneously (or within a week or two of each other) to skirt the rule.

The prize is that you are signed to SYCO (or an affiliated label). But as with all label deals, it's a fairly one-sided contract. Almost all the obligations are on the artist side. Every winner, except the one that came after Louisa, has gotten an album release so far. One has to assume that was to make a quick buck, not because SYCO was required to.

I don't think he knew what to do with them. They are more indie, folkie than straight up pop. Simon's playbook is limited.

5H is a Syco act in name only. All their success is due to the patience and effort of LA Reid at Epic. Now that he is gone from the company it remains to be seen if they remain a priority.

The full concert is on YouTube. No ad breaks, no commentary.

Usher performed last Tuesday on the Voice US finale and sang REM's Everybody Hurts in a duet with the not-yet-revealed winner. They both said it was a tribute to Manchester. https://youtu.be/JszPlO41_lo

Is this a special remix/feature for the U.K.market only? The version charting in the US doesn't include Louisa.

Bruno is now #1 on Pop AirPlay and will get the published #1 Sunday.

It moved his EP, didn't it? It's #5 on the ITunes album chart. Much better bargain too.

It says "The Voice" right in the song title. If you don't bother to read the name of the song or listen to the preview, you're pretty oblivious.

That's almost certainly why they decided against calling it a "winner's single". They know it will be called a flop due to the timing and lack of streams. So why set their winner up for failure? They should have made ALL the songs from the live finals available to DL. It would have primed the Voice viewers to buy.

IMO, the first thing that needs to happen is to get a definitive answer to "What is a single?" Until that happens, it won't matter about changing the streaming ratio or messing with playlists. Either every individual song/track is eligible for the Singles chart or the definition has to be reworked to restrict it to conform with what is thought of as a "single".

You just have to do what we do here in the States--invent award shows! In addition to the Grammys, we have: the American Music Awards, the People's Choice Awards, the MTV awards, the Nickelodeon (Kids and Teens version) awards, the iHeart Radio awards, the Billboard awards. Then the country genre has at least 3 different awards shows, urban music has the BET awards....

VoiceUK alumna Becky Hill

Lea has fans who will show up and front load anything she puts out. It'll disappear off the charts within 24 hours.

Do you mean on general principle or because it was a pile of meh?

Super Bowl is for established hits only. They would never let her sing a new song.

Pre-game: National Anthem--Luke Bryan America the Beautiful--Hamilton original Broadway cast members Halftime: Lady Gaga with Tony Bennett

The song is for a Super Bowl commercial that was previewed. Yes, we get previews of the advertisements playing during the big game, LOL!