I think you're overstating Oprah's influence hugely here. The song had already hit #1 in most of the major music markets around the world and as such its success shouldn't be seen as that much of a surprise.
Ms Lewis had been the hot sales gainer for two weeks on the Hot100, seen the biggest % airplay rise among Hot100 songs and sold the second highest amount of downloads in the USA BEFORE the Oprah appearance.
The young Brit had also knocked Usher off the top of the iTunes chart whilst halfway across the Atlantic flying to Chicago after completing a month of European promotion.
With Oprah her song is #1, without Oprah she'd have probably just missed out and hit #2. She may have got that same small boost from other promo.
The Oprah effect? Nah. Talent + song + hard work = success.
I think you're overstating Oprah's influence hugely here. The song had already hit #1 in most of the major music markets around the world and as such its success shouldn't be seen as that much of a surprise.
Ms Lewis had been the hot sales gainer for two weeks on the Hot100, seen the biggest % airplay rise among Hot100 songs and sold the second highest amount of downloads in the USA BEFORE the Oprah appearance.
The young Brit had also knocked Usher off the top of the iTunes chart whilst halfway across the Atlantic flying to Chicago after completing a month of European promotion.
With Oprah her song is #1, without Oprah she'd have probably just missed out and hit #2. She may have got that same small boost from other promo.
The Oprah effect? Nah. Talent + song + hard work = success.