{"id":121406,"date":"2018-11-20T02:05:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T06:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=121406"},"modified":"2018-11-20T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T16:21:17","slug":"voices-kirk-jay-tyke-james-reagan-strange-faring-well-itunes-despite-voting-rule-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/11\/20\/voices-kirk-jay-tyke-james-reagan-strange-faring-well-itunes-despite-voting-rule-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The Voice&#8217;s Kirk Jay, Reagan Strange, Tyke James Faring Well On iTunes Despite Voting Rule Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Update:<\/b> iTunes purchases do not count as votes for season fifteen of &#8220;The Voice,&#8221; but several of Monday&#8217;s recordings are still faring well on the digital store.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time at 11:15AM ET, Kirk Jay&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;m Already There&#8221; occupies the #10 position.  Reagan James&#8217; &#8220;You Say&#8221; follows at #23, while Tyke James&#8217; &#8220;(Everything I Do) I Do It For You&#8221; sits at #24.<\/p>\n<p>Chevel Shepherd&#8217;s &#8220;Little White Church&#8221; (#38) also boasts a Top 40 position.<\/p>\n<p>In past seasons, iTunes purchases counted toward the weekly vote total.  Songs that entered the store&#8217;s Top 10 had their iTunes vote totals multiplied by five.<\/p>\n<p>As per the official voting rules, iTunes is not a voting factor this season.  The only official voting channels are the app, the website, Xfinity X1, and Apple Music streaming.<br \/>\n====<\/p>\n<p>According to the official rules for season fifteen, iTunes purchases no longer count as votes for NBC&#8217;s &#8220;The Voice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite that change (or, perhaps, because fans are not <i>aware<\/i> of the change), several songs from Monday&#8217;s episode are faring well on the store&#8217;s all-genre sales chart.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time at 1AM ET Tuesday, Kirk Jay&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;m Already There&#8221; leads the way at #20.<\/p>\n<p>Tyke James&#8217; &#8220;(Everything I Do) I Do It For You&#8221; follows at #26, while Reagan Strange&#8217;s &#8220;You Say&#8221; sits at #37.<\/p>\n<p>Other &#8220;Voice&#8221; recordings in the Top 100 include Chevel Shepherd&#8217;s &#8220;Little White Church&#8221; (#54) and Chris Kroeze&#8217;s &#8220;Let It Be&#8221; (#72).<\/p>\n<p>Per the official rules, the applicable voting methods are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Official App<br \/>\n&#8212; Official Website<br \/>\n&#8212; Xfinity X1<br \/>\n&#8212; Apple Music streaming<\/p>\n<p>Twitter voting will apply for Instant Saves and the December 10 duets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"iTunes purchases no longer count as votes for NBC&#8217;s &#8220;The Voice.&#8221;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[11832,11833,177,11834],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Voice&#039;s Kirk Jay, Reagan Strange, Tyke James Faring Well On iTunes Despite Voting Rule Change<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Update: iTunes purchases do not count as votes for season fifteen of &quot;The Voice,&quot; 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