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04-30-2014, 02:46 AM
YouTube Star Gets a Hit by Turning Rap Song Into Pia** Ballad on 'The Voice'
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YouTube sensation Christina Grimmie, a finalist on NBC's The Voice (http://mashable.com/category/the-voice/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), transformed a song by rapper Drake into a beautiful pia** ballad during Monday's live episode
**w, the studio version of her performance has soared to **. 4 on the iTunes (http://mashable.com/category/itunes/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) top-songs chartThe Voice counts iTunes sales as votes, but when a contestant breaks into the chart's top 10, the singer's sales total is multiplied by five, and then added into the overall votes. Grimmie's ranking will help her avoid getting eliminated on Tuesday's results show.
See also: Inside the 'American Idol' Control Room With Judge Keith Urban (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/american-idol-keith-urban-grumpy-cat/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Grimmie's performance earned rave reviews from her coach Adam Levine, as well as fellow coaches Shakira, Usher and Blake Shelton Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/the-voice-christina-grimmie-itunes-hold-on-cover/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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YouTube sensation Christina Grimmie, a finalist on NBC's The Voice (http://mashable.com/category/the-voice/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), transformed a song by rapper Drake into a beautiful pia** ballad during Monday's live episode
**w, the studio version of her performance has soared to **. 4 on the iTunes (http://mashable.com/category/itunes/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) top-songs chartThe Voice counts iTunes sales as votes, but when a contestant breaks into the chart's top 10, the singer's sales total is multiplied by five, and then added into the overall votes. Grimmie's ranking will help her avoid getting eliminated on Tuesday's results show.
See also: Inside the 'American Idol' Control Room With Judge Keith Urban (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/american-idol-keith-urban-grumpy-cat/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Grimmie's performance earned rave reviews from her coach Adam Levine, as well as fellow coaches Shakira, Usher and Blake Shelton Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/the-voice-christina-grimmie-itunes-hold-on-cover/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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