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Terrence Cunningham scores biggest blind audition hit on The Voice

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Terrence Cunningham chats with the coaches following his blind audition on The Voice. (NBC Photo)

Terrence Cunningham chats with the coaches following his blind audition on The Voice. (NBC Photo)

Terrence Cunningham, the guy who was basically homeless for a time upon moving to Los Angeles, scored the biggest hit of the blind auditions on Season 14 of The Voice.

Terrence was one of just three Season 14 contestants to crack the Top 200 on the iTunes singles chart by noon the day after his audition aired.

He was the only one to crack the Top 100.

Perhaps more impressively, his cover of “My Girl” remained among the Top 20 songs on the iTunes R&B/Soul chart for more than a week after his debut on The Voice.

Terrence told the media that he arranged his unique version of “My Girl” for a friend’s wedding. It also made for the perfect dedication to his daughter when he got the opportunity to audition on national TV.

Thirty-six years old and originally from the D.C. area, Terrence struggled when he made the move to L.A. in hopes of taking his music career to the next level.

He told Voice Views that he’d often crash at hotels, then spend most of the day at Starbucks until check-in time arrived again because he had no where else to stay.

Now he’s a member of Team Alicia Keys and an early favorite on Season 14. He was also one of only five singers to turn all four chairs during the blind auditions.

Below, you’ll find a complete rundown of which blind audition songs charted and where they landed on the charts.

The other two contestants to crack the iTunes Top 200 by noon the day after their audition aired were Molly Stevens of Team Kelly Clarkson and Christiana Danielle of Team Alicia.

A couple of other songs eventually made that chart — including “Sex and Candy” by Drew Cole and “Dream a Little Dream” by Livia Faith — but not by noon the next day.

For the sake of fairness, that’s when I took all of these rankings because that’s when voting ends following a live episode of The Voice.

Also, as I always note, chart to chart comparisons are difficult. The pop and country charts are tougher to climb than the others, for instance.

You’ll note that Pryor Baird of Team Blake scored the only number one hit on a genre chart during the blinds. Also worth noting is that JessLee was the only montaged singer to get her audition song in the Top 200 on a genre chart. That seldom happens.

Here’s the complete rundown. Again, all rankings are as of noon the day after the audition aired.

Overall singles chart

#56 — Terrence Cunningham (Team Alicia), “My Girl”

#171 — Molly Stevens (Team Kelly), “Heavenly Day”

#200 — Christiana Danielle (Team Alicia), “Hotline Bling”

Blues singles chart

#1 — Pryor Baird (Team Blake), “I Don’t Need No Doctor”

Country singles chart

#74 — Justin Kilgore (Team Kelly), “Tomorrow”

#87 — Dallas Caroline (Team Blake), “Always on My Mind”

#125 — Spensha Baker (Team Blake), “Blackbird”

#134 — Jackie Verna (Team Adam), “Peter Pan”

#143 –Kaleb Lee (Team Blake), “Never Wanted Nothing More”

#152 — Jordon Kirkdorffer (Team Blake), “In Case You Didn’t Know”

Latino pop single chart

#12 — Johnny Bliss (Team Alicia), “Preciosa”

Pop singles chart

#51 — Jorge Eduardo (Team Kelly), “Despacito”

#62 — Livia Faith (Team Alicia), “Dream a Little Dream of Me”

#63 — Jaclyn Lovey (Team Alicia), “Can’t Help Falling in Love”

#65 — Brynn Cartelli (Team Kelly), “Beneath Your Beautiful”

#96 — Rayshun LaMarr (Team Adam), “Don’t Stop Believing”

#113 — Brett Hunter (Team Blake), “She’s a Bad Mama Jama”

#147 — Hannah Goebel (Team Kelly), “If I Ain’t Got You”

#148 — Stephanie Skipper (Team Adam), “Piece by Piece”

#169 –JessLee (Team Blake), “I’m With You”

#170 — Shana Halligan (Team Alicia), “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”

R&B singles chart

#3 — Terrence Cunningham (Team Alicia), “My Girl”

#10 — Christiana Danielle (Team Alicia), “Hotline Bling”

#22 — Davison (Team Adam), “To Love Somebody”

#37 — Sharane Callister (Team Alicia), “Make It Rain”

#43 — Kelsea Johnson (Team Alicia), “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”

#46 — Gary Edwards (Team Adam), “What’s Going On”

#175 — Tish Haynes Keys (Team Adam), “Chain of Fools”

#179 — Mia Boostrom (Team Adam), “Pillowtalk”

Rock singles chart

#8 — Molly Stevens (Team Kelly), “Heavenly Day”

#12 — Drew Cole (Team Adam), “Sex and Candy”

#15 — Britton Buchanan (Team Alicia), “Trouble”

#43 — Wilkes (Team Blake), “One Headlight”

#55 –Dylan Hartigan (Team Kelly), “Danny’s Song”

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