Luke Kennedy's voice tops iTunes charts

The Voice Queensland contestants Luke Kennedy. PIC: Jamie Hanson Source: The Courier-Mail

QUEENSLAND'S The Voice contestant Luke Kennedy has shot to the top of the iTunes charts with his single from Sunday night's show.

His rendition of Time To Say Goodbye from Sunday night's showdown episode entered the charts in the top 10 and steadily crept up to number one overnight.

It is the first time this year a contestant on the show has topped the iTunes charts.

Single sales are important for the contestants because each download counts as two votes for them to progress through to the competition.

His nearest competitor in the charts is Melbourne jazz singer Emma Pask who is sitting at number with her version of Mas Que Nada.

Voting closes tonight at 6pm, eligible downloads are only counted until noon today.

James Walker and Jac Stone, Queensland's other two contestants, also performed on Sunday night but their singles failed to make an impact on the charts

They will find out their fate in tomorrow night's live results show.

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Voice finalists to hit ARIA charts

Here are your first four artists who managed to snatch the first of the finals berths. Courtesy The Voice, Nine Network.

THE Voice contestants are set to finally crack the top 10 on the ARIA charts this weekend with viewers escalating their support of those heading to the finals.

While she had to endure a nervous sing-off to secure her final spot, teenager Jackie Sannia's Arithmetic leading the charge up the iTunes charts today.

The original, by respected New Zealand singer songwriter Brooke Fraser, has also climbed into the top 100, according to chart analyst Gavin Ryan in a mid-week sales update.

Other potential top 10 hits include finals competitors Harrison Craig with Michael Buble's Home, Michael Paynter with Ricki Lee Jones's The Horses and Steve Clisby's rendition of God Bless the Child.

As predicted when his appearance was announced last week, American artist and British series coach will.i.am enjoyed The Voice-assisted boost to his chart fortunes.

His gold single #thatpower should burst into the top 5 on the ARIA charts from this week's No.16, even though it remains at the higher iTunes price point of $2.19.

Ryan also predicts that Robin Thicke is headed for his first Australian No.1 with Blurred Lines featuring Pharrell Williams.

If so, it will knock off Daft Punk's Get Lucky, which also features Williams as guest vocalist, from the top spot.

Buble is likely to lose his stranglehold on the album No.1 to Rudimental's debut record, ironically titled Home.

The ARIA charts are announced on Sunday.

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