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22 January 2021 Share with: Olivia Rodrigo cruises into a second week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart as Drivers License boasts another huge week of sales and streams. The singer, songwriter and actor’s debut original single easily holds on to this week’s top spot, with 117,000 chart sales – a figure three times higher than her closest rival. Drivers License notched up 13.7 million streams this week – the biggest one-week figure for a Number 1 single in two years, since Ariana...

The Wellerman has indeed come for newly minted TikTok star Nathan Evans — or, more appropriately, a record company has come for “The Wellerman.” “Ohhhhhh my God. See how I was a postman on Friday. I have just signed to the biggest record label in the world. I have just signed a deal with Polydor Records. I’ve done it,” he said on TikTok, where he uses the name Nathan Evanss. “I’ve done it. It’s done. It’s done. And I’m releasing a single. I’m releasing a single. I’m ...

Nathan Evans went viral on TikTok with his rendition of The Wellerman THE postman who kicked off the viral sea shanty trend on TikTok has quit his day job to pursue a career in music. Nathan Evans, 26, from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, has been singing sea shanties and other covers of songs on the video-sharing social network since July 2020, but his rendition of The Wellerman in December that went worldwide. With more than 7.7 million views and celebrities such as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ga...

Scootering Magazine Navigation Words and photography: Rik Our man Rik Bardsley lands an interview with ‘the democratic dictator’ Chris Pope of The Chords UK at The Waterloo in Blackpool. The Waterloo bar is an establishment that is fast gaining a reputation for live events, not the least of which is the scooter or Mod lilt to them. The reason for my visit there was to see none other than the legendary Chris Pope & The Chords UK (with new material to boot). For those of you of too tender...

A young Irish DJ is in the UK singles charts with a song he made in his bedroom during the first lockdown and uploaded to the internet. Get Out My Head is currently at No 8 in the UK, and is spending

Rhye Puts Down Roots on New Album Home Rhyes Michael Milosh Courtesy of Rhye Singer Michael Milosh, 45, the driving force behind the alternative R&B collective Rhye, describes himself as a perpetual motion machine. In addition to writing, recording and touring, Milosh is involved in conceiving, directing and producing the groups videos and photographing their album cover art. "I dont want to do one thing," the Canadian musician tells Newsweek. "There was a point when I was touring, I was drivi...

The former Girls Aloud singer, 39, recently celebrated Bobbys sixth birthday, and admitted she was relieved it was the weekend following testing times with her eldest child at home.

Last modified on Tue 9 Mar 2021 05.44 EST Olly Alexander was so certain he was destined for success that he saw a therapist to help him prepare for his future fame. It was 2014 and his band Years & Years had just signed to Polydor when he visited the shrink. “I said: ‘The album’s coming out and I really want it to be successful,’ and he said: ‘What happens if it isn’t?’ I said: ‘Well, that’s not an option because I have planned it in my diary since I was a teenager.’” That...

Pregnant Kimberley Walsh admits she cried homeschooling her son Bobby Natasha Hooper For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Kimberley Walsh confessed she started crying while homeschooling her son Bobby last week, after feeling hormonal due to the pregnancy of her third child.  The former Girls Aloud singer, 39, recently celebrated Bobbys sixth birthday, and admitted she was relieved it was the weekend following testing times with her eldest child.  The soo...

In a clip uploaded to social media on Saturday, the former EastEnders star, 44, is seen holding his five-year-old-son as they watch her unmasking on the ITV show.