Wellerman: Viral TikTok sea shanty is heading for this week's Official Singles Chart

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

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.

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

The New Mutants reclaims the Number 1 spot on this week’s Official Film Chart.

Lindsay Lohan is offering her support to a fan!

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.

telling the BBC: “I was a postman on Friday. Now I have just signed to the biggest record label in the world”.A version of ‘The Wellerman’ by The Longest Johns is already sitting at number 37 in the latest UK singles chart.

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.

Tolu Makay is on course to make her first appearance on the Official Irish Singles Chart with her cover of The Saw Doctors' N17 with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

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

JoJo Siwa, the 17-year-old YouTube personality who has TOTALLY charmed us, confirmed some amazing news on January 22!

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.

Olivia Rodrigo drifts in at Number 1 for a second week on the Official Irish Singles Chart with Drivers License.

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

Long-awaited sequel Bill & Ted Face The Music climbs to Number 1 on the Official Film Chart thanks to digital downloads only.

TikTok has been at the epicentre of some odd trends over the past few months, from people showing off their best attempt at Drake’s “Toosie Slide” to the kind-of epic “Ratatouille” musical.

Barry Gibb earns his first solo UK Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook (Vol. 1).

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