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London -- The long forgotten sea shanty has been enjoying a renaissance on social media and is now moving into popular music with two U.K. artists landing record deals, following their online performances.Scottish postman Nathan Evans and Bristol folk band The Longest Johns signed record deals last week, with Evans even securing a No.1 record in the U.K.

James Middleton has been missing from our social media feeds for six weeks – but on Friday he made a hilarious return, and we couldn't be happier.The brother of Kate Middleton has clearly been keeping abreast of trends during his break, as he triumphantly returned with his own rendition of the Sea Shanty TikTok craze.MORE: Kate Middleton's brother James shares exciting news during lockdownThe trend – started by Royal Mail worker Nathan Evans – sees social media users perform centuries-old songs

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

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.

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

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

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

Goldie Lookin Chain have shared ‘WELLEND’, their sea shanty parody which lampoons certain fans of Paul Weller – you can watch their version below.The Newport comedy hip-hop group are the latest act to get in on the current TikTok sea shanty craze, which has seen the singing style go viral this month largely due to postman Nathan Evans’ rendition of ‘Wellerman’.Goldie Lookin Chain’s Rhys Hutchings has now shared his take on ‘Wellerman’ with ‘WELLEND’, which specifically mocks those Weller fans

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

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 sea shanty craze has quit his job as a postman after his single crashed into the Top 10.Nathan Evans, 26, helped bring exposure to the craze on the social media app with his version of ‘Wellerman’.The track was a cover of The Longest Johns’ version of the 19th-century sea shanty ‘Soon May The Wellerman Come’. The Bristol band’s version also went viral on TikTok last year.Evans has since released ‘Wellerman’ as an official single after signing a record deal with Polydor.

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

so-called #ShantyTok. Going viral by crooning traditional sea shanties — “Drunken Sailor” among the most well known — landed former mail carrier Nathan Evans a contract with record label Polydor, the Scottish Sun reported.

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.

Nathan Evans, the Scottish postman who became a sensation on TikTok with his sea shanty performances, has signed a record deal with Polydor.

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks, you'll be aware that sea shanties are the latest global music trend sparked by TikTok.

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.

TikTok‘s viral Sea Shanty craze.Royal Mail worker Nathan Evans became a viral hit on the social media app in December, where his performances of the traditional sailor songs garnered millions of views.Nathan’s biggest hit came in the form of the New Zealand folk song ‘The Wellerman’ – which has been viewed a staggering 4.3 million times.Now, Snow has posted his own version of the song on Twitter with the caption: “Sea shanties! Bringing us in the Pandemic together as never before!” You can view

timelessly chic fisherman sweaters.The trend apparently began with Scottish musician and mail carrier Nathan Evans, 26, who shares solo performances of today’s hits and folk music on TikTok. A recent clip of Evans’ rendition of “Soon May the Wellerman Come,” originally shared in December, has since been scooped by a number of other songmen of social media, each of whom added their own harmonies to the buoyant ditty.

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