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Olivia Rodrigo’s mammoth hit Drivers License has passed with flying colours into a fifth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart. 

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Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License speeds into a fourth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

Trivium’s Matt Heafy has shared a heavy metal cover of sea shanty ‘Wellerman’ – listen to it below.The frontman is the latest to hop on the newfound TikTok trend of sea shanties, which was kickstarted by Scottish postman Nathan Evans.Putting his own spin on the popular sailor anthem, Heafy reworked the track on his Twitch account on Monday (February 1) mixing it with some raging riffs and thunderous drum kicks.You can watch a snippet of the sea shanty cover below:Evans recently revealed that he quit his job as a postman after his rendition of the 19th-century sea shanty ‘Soon May The Wellerman Come’ landed in the UK Top 10.He has since released ‘Wellerman’ as an official single after signing a record deal with Polydor.

Nathan Evans was absolutely delighted when he hit No1 The Official Big Top 40 chart with his Wellerman sea shanty - and his reaction was priceless. Last night, the UK’s biggest chart show revealed the song Wellerman had reached the top spot, knocking Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License down.

It’s official: sea shanties are still big news and are set to stay that way for at least another two to three days. Maybe even through to Thursday evening.

Nathan Evans, from Airdrie, has scored a No1 hit single, topping The Official Big Top 40 chart with his ancient Scottish sea shanty.Last night, , the UK’s biggest chart show revealed the song Wellerman had reached the top of the commercial radio chart with a remix by 220 KID x Billen Ted going in at No3 to give him two hits in the Top 3.Evans knocked Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License off the top spot and is beating Ed Sheeran’s Afterglow, which is at No4 in the chart.His Wellerman sea shanty first took the world by storm on the social media channel TikTok.The video was viewed more than nine million times while celebs such as Andrew Lloyd-Webber started duetting with Nathan.Speaking about his chart success, Nathan Evans said: “It’s wild.

Sea Shanty hitmaker Nathan Evans has admitted Alexa is having problems playing his song to fans.The postie and Tik Toker from Airdrie who just signed a deal with Polydor records has been racing his way up to the top of the charts with his viral sea shanty Wellerman and is currently at number three in the UK.However, not everyone who has tried to hear his song has managed to get hold of it - because Alexa keeps playing them the wrong version.For some bizarre reason Alexa keeps defaulting to Bristol based a capella group The Longest Johns version of the song with is on their collection of nautical songs Between Wind and Water and was recorded in 2018.Nathan took to his Tik Tok to try and resolve the problem but didn't manage to fix it

Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License races to a third week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

In the space of a few weeks, Nathan Evans has gone from unknown postman to major label-signed chart star. 

Taylor Swift has become the latest artist to be given the sea shanty treatment – check out the US Navy Band’s ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ parody below.The singing style became a viral craze on TikTok this month largely due to a rendition of ‘Wellerman’ by postman Nathan Evans, whose online fame led to him quitting his day job after landing a major record deal.Taking to Twitter on Monday (January 25), the US Navy Band got in on the action by posting a shanty take on Swift’s 2012 break-up anthem.“We were very much into this music before it was cool,” the band captioned the clip, which sees them perform socially distanced in a large hall.This sea shanty parody may VERY MUCH not be your jam… I'm so thankful for the talent,

The Roots have shared a cover of Olivia Rodrigo‘s ‘Driver’s License’ in the style of a sea shanty.The Tonight Show host and his house band are the latest to hop on the newfound TikTok trend of sea shanties, a trend kickstarted by Scottish postman Nathan Evans.Putting their own spin on Rodrigo’s record-breaking hit, which recently became the fastest song in history to reach 200million Spotify streams, Fallon and The Roots’ 45-second rendition of the mega hit can be watched below.Evans recently revealed that he quit his job as a postman after his rendition of the 19th-century sea shanty ‘Soon May The Wellerman Come’ landed in the UK Top 10.He has since released ‘Wellerman’ as an official single after signing a record deal with Polydor.

Have we reached peak shanty yet? You might think that Nickelback getting involved is the death knell. But seemingly not, as the latest TikTok fad is still resulting in deals aplenty.Today it’s the turn of The Longest Johns, who hit the UK top 40 on Friday with their version of nineteenth century song ‘Soon May The Wellerman Come’.

Wellerman’s journey to chart success continues as a dance remix of the shanty sails straight to Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart.

TikTok star Nathan Evans has gone from postman to Polydor in a very short amount of time.

TikTok star Nathan Evans is heading for the highest new entry on this week’s Official Singles Chart with his Sea Shanty debut single Wellerman.

Scots postie who kicked off a viral sea shanty TikTok trend is poised to enter the top 10 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart.Nathan Evans, from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, has become an internet star after his Wellerman hit caught the attention of stars including Gary Barlow and Andrew Lloyd Webber.The 26-year-old, who has now given up his day job with the Royal Mail, has gone on to sign a record deal with Polydor Records.The song is set to be the highest new entry on the charty, according to the official first look, based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.Evans previously told how he first started singing the genre in a bid to bring everyone together during tough times.He said: "Back in the day when the shanties were sung,

BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “I did a sea shanty back in July 2020, just because someone had asked in a comment under one of my videos.“So I uploaded that and it reached 1.1m views.

The Scottish postman behind the viral sea shanties TikTok craze has signed a mega record deal.

Fred Bronson As new musical genres gain popularity, they are often acknowledged with their own genre-specific Billboard charts. Over the years, disco and reggae are among the musical genres awarded their own tallies.

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