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The song, jointly credited to Nathan Evans and remixers 220 Kid and Billen Ted by the Official Charts Company (OCC), reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. [25] A new version of "Wellerman" with German folk band Santiano was released as a single on 19 February 2021. [ 26 ]
Nathan Alexander Evans (born 19 December 1994) is a Scottish singer and songwriter. Evans first gained fame in 2020 by posting videos of himself singing sea shanties on social media service TikTok. In 2021, he released a cover of the folk song "Wellerman", which peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart and also charted in several other countries.
The accompanying official video was directed by Michael Baldwin and was released on 25 June 2021, along with the release of the song. In the official video, Evans appears in Seaford, East Sussex, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Brighton, Haywards Heath, Crawley, City of London, West Wickham and Crystal Palace, London.
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On 27 December 2020, Scottish musician and TikTok user Nathan Evans uploaded a video of himself singing the sea shanty 'Soon May the Wellerman Come', which quickly went viral. Others sang their own version, or added their own contribution to the video from Evans.
Billen Ted was one of the remixers of Nathan Evans' "Wellerman", listed with a main artist credit by the OCC alongside 220 Kid, another of the record's remixers. On 22 January 2021, Scottish musician Nathan Evans released his version of the sea shanty "Soon May the Wellerman Come" with his version being similar to that of British folk group The ...
In 2021, sea shanties trended on TikTok after a viral rendition of the sea-themed song "Wellerman," performed by Scotland-based postman Nathan Evans and popularly mistaken to be a shanty, inspired users to seek and perform songs in the genre. [181] [182] [183]
Nathan Evans' "Wellerman" became the best-performing single of 2021, while ABBA's (pictured) "Voyage" became the best-performing album of the year. The GfK Entertainment charts are record charts compiled by GfK Entertainment on behalf of the German record industry.