Which Winners of ‘The Voice’ Have Found the Most Success? (PHOTOS)
The Voice has a new king: Carter Rubin walked away as the winner of Season 19 on December 15.
Only time will tell whether he’ll be able to channel his reality TV success into record sales. But in the meantime, scroll down to see how the other winners are doing, based on their monthly listener count on Spotify.
Jordan Smith (Season 9)
5.2m listeners
Smith, who broke Voice records with his full-length debut, released a Christmas album and was featured in Spotify’s popular Christmas Hits and Christmas Pop playlists in 2019.
Danielle Bradbery (Season 4)
1.2m listeners
Bradbery was nominated for a 2017 CMT Music Award for her performance of “Close” with Thomas Rhett and Nick Jonas.
Cassadee Pope (Season 3)
936k listeners
After restructuring her team, splitting with her record label, and ending a relationship in one year, Pope returned in 2018 with her first single in two years: “Take You Home.”
Brynn Cartelli (Season 14)
100k listeners
Cartelli, who became the NBC show’s youngest winner by claiming the trophy at age 15, signed with Atlantic Records in December 2019.
Sawyer Fredericks (Season 8)
86k listeners
On Spotify, Fredericks says his sophomore album, Hide Your Ghost, takes him back to his “free range folk” sound, a blend of blues, Latin, jazz, and roots rock.
Javier Colon (Season 1)
55k listeners
Interestingly enough, Spotify has informed us that Quezon City, Philippines, is the top place where people listen to this acoustic-soul singer.
Alisan Porter (Season 10)
41k listeners
After finding childhood fame as the star of the 1991 film Curly Sue, Porter is enjoying a helluva second act!
Chris Blue (Season 12)
38k listeners
Thanks to The Voice, this ordained worship leader has a nationwide congregation enjoying his gospel, soul, and R&B tracks.
Tessanne Chin (Season 5)
32k listeners
Chin was already a star back in Jamaica, but she was encouraged to expand her fanbase as a Voice contestant by another Jamaican: “It Wasn’t Me” singer Shaggy.
Chevel Shepherd (Season 15)
31k listeners
The Voice‘s young winner released debut single “Broke Hearts” on Spotify, among other tunes and it’s clearly struck a chord with listeners.
Sundance Head (Season 11)
30k listeners
The Voice wasn’t this soulful country singer’s first brush with reality TV: He previously competed on American Idol.
Chloe Kohanski (Season 13)
15k listeners
Kohanski’s following grew in October 2019 when her song “Come This Far” was used on Grey’s Anatomy — for a steamy Owen/Amelia scene, no less!
Todd Tilghman (Season 18)
13k listeners
You can listen to two of the Season 18 winner’s Voice performers on Spotify.
Carter Rubin (Season 19)
13k listeners
The Season 19 winner’s Voice performances are available on Spotify.
Maelyn Jarmon (Season 16)
10k listeners
The first Team John winner continues to establish herself as an artist and even returned to perform in the Season 17 finale. Select songs are available on her Spotify page for listeners.
Jake Hoot (Season 17)
10k listeners
After winning Season 17, Hoot released his debut single “Better Off Without You” on Spotify, and that was just the beginning.
Jermaine Paul (Season 2)
6k listeners
Prior to his time on The Voice, Paul shared a Grammy nomination with Alicia Keys for their cover of Luther Vandross’ “If This World Were Mine.”
Josh Kaufman (Season 6)
5k listeners
Fun fact: Before he landed a spot on The Voice, this soul singer was entertaining customers at an Indianapolis-area Potbelly Sandwich Shop.
Craig Wayne Boyd (Season 7)
5k listeners
Boyd released debut album Stuck in My Head in 2017, more than two years after his win.
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