The Voice pushes John Legend up the charts (#3 Official Midweeks)

[Matt]

Here's more proof of how successful The Voice has become - after it was performed by Jaz and Becky on last night's show, John Legend's Ordinary People has climbed to #2 on the iTunes singles chart, leapfrogging Fun's 'We Are Young'. It previously peaked at #27 in the Official Chart in 2005.

His album 'Get Lifted' has also surged up to #4, having previously peaked at #13.

Amazing :D

[Roy Mars III]

brilliant news :worship:

[Black Dagger]

It's massive :amazed:

And it's getting amazing stuff back into the charts <3.

Oh and another thing, Roy, stunning avatar <3.

[Maia]

The Voice having a massive impact on the charts as opposed to X Factor stuff all the time :worship:

[Marc]

John Legend is bloody brilliant.

[Roy Mars III]

John Legend is bloody brilliant.

that he is

[Marc]

he is that.

[Doogle]

Wow! XF & BGT never got a song that high up. And if they did idc because John Legend >>>

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

wasnt fast car like #1 last year after that guy did it on bgt :suspect:

[Doogle]

Think it peaked at #4 after BGT.

[Marc]

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[Doogle]

Get that away from here now

[MTVN]

Got to 27 in the 4 hours between the Voice ending and the chart deadline, and already up to number 2 today, pretty impressive

[GiRTh]

This is great news.

[Matt]

Update: Less than a day since The Voice was broadcast, Ordinary People has sold enough copies to propel it to #27 in this week's Official Chart, equalling its previous peak :o

[Strictly Jake]

I knew this would happen. I love the voice. I think I even prefer it to the x factor and thats coming from a huge fan of x factor. The voice is a brilliant show with amazing talent on it. Much better talent than any other show similar. All of the judges I love. First audition show tom won me over. Second audition show Jessie won me over. Third Danny won me over. And the fourth I think everyone kind of fell in love with will.i.am. I think it was clear how passionate he was about that song and the fact he cried at the end. And actually listening to the lyrics properly I got very emotional. And its such a great song that deserves to chart better than it originally did so Im glad.

[Brother Leon]

I laughed when Jessie said the other girl done it slightly better than the original.


Auto gas :laugh:

[Visage]

Ordinary People was one of those songs that I never really heard/cared about, that is until The Voice and I love it, can't believe I really didn't notice it the first time around.

[Matt]

#3 in the official midweeks!

[Smithy]

Wow! XF & BGT never got a song that high up. And if they did idc because John Legend >>>

Frankie did the goo goo dolls iris and that hit #2 i think

[Doogle]

Oh, I didn't remember that being associated with X Factor. I hate everything :bored:

[Mrluvaluva]

No. 4 in the official charts this week.

There are a lot of songs in the Top 100 singles that have sales influenced from TV shows/adverts. I always find it interesting. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield and Phil Oakey/Giorgio Moroder are just a few this week.