Update 3:<\/b> Now that Nick Fradiani has been crowned the fourteenth “American Idol” winner, single “Beautiful Life” is no longer the potential coronation single. It is this year’s “Idol” victory single.<\/p>\n
On the heels of Fradiani’s victory over Clark Beckham, the song is now up to #5 on the all-genre iTunes single sales chart. It was positioned at #27 when Wednesday’s results show hit the airwaves.<\/p>\n
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Update 2:<\/b> Moments before FOX’s two-hour “American Idol” finale hit the airwaves, contestant Nick Fradiani’s potential coronation single “Beautiful Life” was positioned at #27 on the all-genre iTunes sales chart.<\/p>\n
Contestant Clark Beckham’s “Champion” followed at #43.
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Update:<\/b> As of 12:45PM ET Wednesday, Nick Fradiani’s “Beautiful Life” continues to outpace Clark Beckham’s “Champion” on iTunes.<\/p>\n
The respective “Idol” singles are positioned at #27 and #38, respectively, on the all-genre iTunes sales chart.<\/p>\n
Unlike NBC’s “The Voice,” FOX’s “American Idol” does not ascribe voting power to iTunes sales. The chart positions only speak to each song’s appeal to music buyers.<\/p>\n
“Idol” will reveal its fourteenth victor during Wednesday’s two-hour results show.
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While iTunes activity does not contribute to the “American Idol” vote, it does allow audience members to demonstrate their preferences.<\/p>\n
Thus far, buyers prefer contestant Nick Fradiani’s potential coronation single “Beautiful Life” to Clark Beckham’s “Champion.”<\/p>\n
As of press time, which comes thirty minutes after the culmination of Tuesday’s west coast “Idol” broadcast, Fradiani’s “Beautiful Life” is positioned at #40 on the all-genre iTunes single sales chart.<\/p>\n
Beckham’s “Champion” is #57.<\/p>\n
Because iTunes is only one forum in which viewers can state their preferences — and not even one that impacts the vote — one should not view the advantage for Fradiani’s song as proof that he will win this year’s “Idol” crown.<\/p>\n
Last year’s iTunes hierarchy perfectly demonstrates the hazard of such an assumption. Contestant Jena Irene’s “We are One” held a far more considerable sales advantage over Caleb Johnson’s “As Long As You Love Me” — #87 to #223 shortly after the finale aired — but Johnson ended up winning the competition.<\/p>\n
Fradiani and Beckham performed the songs during Tuesday’s final “American Idol” performance show. The winner will be crowned during Wednesday night’s two-hour broadcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[19,4198,4197,4072,255,4070],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n