Maddie Poppe was 17 and admits she was despondent. She’d auditioned for Season 10 of The Voice, failed to turn a chair and felt that she’d missed out on a big opportunity. She went on to release a debut EP of songs she had written, but found herself in college, writing songs and working…
The Voice Top 4 take the stage tonight in the Season 14 performance finale. Each singer will perform three times, singing a new cover, a new single and a duet with their coaches. In recent seasons, those duets have not counted in terms of iTunes voting. This season? There’s not a mention of whether…
When Hollywood Records released the three American Idol “winner’s” singles on Friday, Caleb Lee Hutchinson quickly surged in front on the iTunes singles chart. Then came Sunday’s American Idol performance finale. And more fans started weighing in. By 2 a.m. Monday morning, Maddie Poppe’s “Going Going Gone” had surged nearly 40 spots on the chart,…
Chloe Kohanski dropped her debut single Monday afternoon. And it rocks, just like you knew it would. And if The Voice doesn’t promote the hell out of it … Well, let’s just say a show criticized for not creating a star should seize the opportunity when it presents itself. “This song is kinda different from…
Who has the iTunes edge entering The Voice finale? That would probably be Britton Buchanan, the singer who needed an instant save to survive last week’s show. Britton has placed three songs in the iTunes Top 10 entering Monday night’s show compared to two Top 10 songs apiece for Brynn Cartelli and Kyla Jade. Spensha…
Chalk up another strong week on social media for Brynn Cartelli and Britton Buchanan. In fact, if followers were votes, they’d win up taking the top two spots on Season 14 of The Voice in a landslide. Brynn remains far and away the fan favorite on Instragram and has about 2,000 more Twitter followers than…
The Top 3 on American Idol — Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Gabby Barrett and Maddie Poppe — will each take the stage three times tonight to try to convince viewers that they deserve the Season 16 title. Each singer will perform a hometown dedication, their new “winner’s” singer and a redo of a song they’ve already…
Who has the inside track on the Season 14 crown on The Voice? Who knows? Teen phenom Brynn Cartelli led Voice contestants two straight weeks in overnight streaming on Apple Music and has two Top 10 singles heading into the finals. But it’s Jennifer Hudson background singer Kyla Jade who has led contestants on…
Kelly Clarkson hosted the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night and created more than a little buzz with her opening monologue. Kelly, who is from Texas, said producers wanted her to initiate a moment of silence on behalf of those slain in the school shooting last week in Sante Fe. Well, anyone who has watched…
At this point, the most successful singing show alumni of them all is Camila Cabello. And the 21-year-old Cuban-American singer added another accomplishment to her long list at Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards. Camila walked away with the show’s Billboard Achievement Award. Her debut solo album Camila hit number one on the Billboard 200. Her…
