Nathan Evans completes his journey from postman to viral sensation to chart-topping smash as his hit ’Wellerman' takes the Number 1 spot on this week’s UK Official Singles Chart. The remix of the sea shanty with 220 Kid and Billen Ted climbs to 1 this week, after Evans' first TV performance of the track on last week’s episode of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.

Scottish postman Nathan Evans has signed a record label with Polydor and quit his day job, a mere month after storming TikTok with sea shanties. His rendition of 'The Wellerman' literary exploded in just a matter of weeks, and it had also made people interested in sea shanties as well. The 26-year-old said it goes to show that if you keep going anything can happen, BBC reports.

Scottish postman Nathan Evans has become a worldwide sensation after he posted a shanty song on his TikTok, which has started a new trend. In late December he shared 'Soon May the Wellerman Come', a sea shanty song about sailors on a whale-boat, which went on to become upgraded by other singers, and has reached up millions of views by now. Sea Shanty TikTok has exploded in the meantime, and Spotify also now has a “sea shanty season” playlist. BBC, Guardian, and many others report on the story.