Halfway through Taylor John Williams’ performance on The Voice Tuesday night, I typed these words: “I smell an iTunes hit.” Well, within an hour of the show ending, that was already turning out to be true. The singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon, was already sitting at number 83 on the iTunes Top 200, a better ranking…
Taylor John Williams caught a break in the battle round, when Gwen Stefani allowed him to advance despite a so-so performance of “Jolene.” He didn’t need a break in the knockout round. Singing “Mad World,” he turned in a performance that Pharrell Williams called “hypnotic” and that Gwen said had “the whole room in a…
Adam Levine pitted two of his most powerful female vocalists against one another in the knockout round Tuesday night. And in a close decision, Mia Pfirrman earned the right to represent Team Adam in the live rounds in two weeks. The 19-year-old from Temple City, Calif., performed Christina Perri’s “Human,” delivering a cover of the…
Ricky Manning turned in one of the most celebrated performances of Season 7 on The Voice Tuesday night. But he still needed a steal to advance to the live rounds. The 19-year-old from Cape Coral, Fla., performed Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball.” How well did it go? Adam Levine called it “ridiculously incredible.” Gwen Stefani called…
