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Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. CREDIT: YouTube/The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Jimmy Fallon and 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. Advertisement

Olivia Rodrigo takes pole position in the race for the U.K. No. 1, though she faces a strong challenge from another teen, The Kid Laroi.

Music Business Worldwide January 25, 2021 It started, as so many of these stories do, on pint three, in the pub. Two decades ago, Mark Lewis and Martin Toher were growing tired of their day jobs as major record company A&Rs. Adding to the ever-present precariousness of their careers was the industry consolidation swirling around them: Lewis’s home of London Records had been recently acquired by Warner Music Group, while Toher’s employer, A&M, had been rolled up into Mercury Records. “A lo...

TikTok sea shanty star quits job as postman as single crashes Top 10 Nathan Evans is one of the main figures of ShantyTok Nathan Evans CREDIT: Nathan Evans/TikTok The man behind the current 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’. Advertisement In a TikTok posted last week, Evans said he had quit his day job thanks to the soci...

Chart success for Airdries sea shanty star Wellerman singer Nathan Evans is set to see his newly-released viral single enter this weeks chart. Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other ...

Sea Shanty TikTok Takes on Nickelbacks "Rockstar" Published Jan 25, 2021 Since TikToks sea shanty community, which is affectionately known on the app as #shantytok, started gaining viral popularity early this year, one of the genres rising stars Nathan Evans got his own record deal with Polydor thanks to his version of "The Wellerman." Now, more musicians are cashing in on the trend, namely Nickelback, who have taken part in a shanty cover of their song "Rockstar." The #shantytok mix of the 20...

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Nathan Evans Evans rose to viral fame earlier this month after posting TikTok videos performing traditional sea shanties -- the type of work song originally sung by sailors on large merchant ships. Nathan Evans, the Scottish singer and former postman behind TikToks "sea shanty" craze, has sailed his way to a record deal with Universals Polydor Records, the U.K.-based label confirmed Friday (Jan. 22). Evans rose to viral fame earlier this month after posting TikTok videos performing traditional...

Scottish postman Nathan Evans reveals that he has signed with Polydor Records after his clip performing traditional folk tune The Wellerman in his bedroom went viral.

Sea shanty storms UK top 40 following TikTok craze