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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:23, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Mat and Savanna Shaw

  • ... that Mat and Savanna Shaw's cover of "The Prayer" went viral at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, after which they released their debut album that was ranked 54th on the Billboard 200?
    Sources:
    1. Johnson, Lottie Elizabeth (2020-05-15). "The story behind Utah's viral daddy-daughter singing duo". Deseret News. Archived from the original on 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

      The article notes: "So they forged ahead and recorded and posted their own rendition of “The Prayer.” Within a few days, after later posting the video to Facebook, Mat Shaw sent a screenshot to his daughter. He had circled the number of views: 2,700. ... The numbers kept rising. And rising. And rising. The video has surpassed 6 million views."

    2. Zellner, Xander (2020-11-05). "The father-daughter duo's 'Picture This' opens atop Classical Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

      The article notes: "Utah-based father-and-daughter duo Mat & Savanna Shaw make their Billboard chart debut, arriving at No. 1 on the Emerging Artists chart (dated Nov. 7), thanks to the pair's debut studio album Picture This. The LP launches at No. 1 on the Classical Albums chart and No. 54 on the all-genre Billboard 200 with 12,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It includes the act's version of Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion's "The Prayer," which has drawn over 7.8 million YouTube views since it posted in March."

Created by Cunard (talk). Self-nominated at 11:05, 3 January 2021 (UTC).