The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times, among other mainstream media, posted articles embedding the video and announcing the forthcoming appearance. On May 12, DeGeneres' announcement of Chance's booking on the show was broadcast at different times across the U.S. On the afternoon of May 11, Yahoo! Music reported: "As of this writing, the video has had more than 36,000 views so far, and he's even been invited to perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The video had about 10,000 views when DeGeneres first saw it. That afternoon, Ryan Seacrest and Ellen DeGeneres linked the video on their Twitter accounts, as did celebrity Ashton Kutcher later that evening.ĭeGeneres first saw the video after Chance's brother, Tanner Chance, wrote to her show suggesting she watch it. Later in the day, TVGuide, The Huffington Post, and Yahoo! Music's video blog, Video Ga Ga, also posted articles embedding the video TVGuide mentioned that a Facebook fan page had already been started for Chance. The next morning, it was embedded on, which reported finding the video via BuzzFeed, a website that attempts to track and predict emerging viral internet memes. At least two social websites, GossipBoy.ca and, posted video embeds on May 10, 2010. Chance began playing the piano at age eight and had several years of piano lessons before he first went viral.Ĭareer 1997–2010: Musical beginnings Ĭhance's cover of Lady Gaga's " Paparazzi" was posted to YouTube on April 28, 2010, and for almost two weeks, the video generated low views. The youngest child of Scott and Lisa Chance, he has an older sister, Alexa, and an older brother, Tanner, both of whom also make music.