The latest single from WA loop artist and The Voice Australia 2018 winner Sam Perry failed to cut through on the Australian charts this past week.
Perry’s post-victory cut, Trust Myself, debuted at #78 on the Singles chart, marking the second lowest debut from a winner on The Voice.
The placing of Trust Myself follows on from a particularly rough few years for local acts on the ARIA charts.
Earlier this month, Sydney outfit 5 Seconds Of Summer became the first local act to hit #1 on the Singles chart in almost two years.
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NSW artist and winner of the first season of The Voice Australia, Karise Eden’s post-win single in 2012, You Won’t Let Me, had the highest debut out of any other in the show’s history, claiming #5 and going Gold.
Eden is followed by 2014 winner Anja Nissen, whose Anja Nissen LP debuted at #11 on the Albums chart, while 2013 winner Harrison Craig and last year’s victor Judah Kelly debuted at #18 and #19 respectively on the Singles chart with Broken Vow and Count On Me.
2015 winner Ellie Drennan claimed #25 on the Singles chart with Ghost and 2016 winner Alfie Arcuri holds onto the title of the lowest debut, with Cruel landing at #89.
Speaking with The Music last week, Perry said he was in talks with his new label, Universal Music, as to the best plan of attack moving forward with his career.
“We’re talking about pushing my live show more and we’re going to sit down and talk about what path I want to go on, rather than them making me do things,” Perry said.
“I’ve toured for five years and I understand that it takes a lot of hustle, and I’ve got a mortgage to pay, so I’m not just going to sign a contract that signs away my rights.
“I’ve already got the music, I’ve already got sets and I’ve already got shows, whereas, I think a lot of the others are in cover bands or don’t write their own material.”
Perry is also set to fly out to LA and have meetings set up by his coach on The Voice, Kelly Rowland.
Past winners of The Voice have had a single allocated to them by the label, whereas Perry pushed to co-write his own.
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