Alex Warren scores longest-running number one this decade

US singer Alex Warren’s hit song “Ordinary” has spent 12 weeks at number one in the UK, marking the longest reign since Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” in 2017.

The track, which Warren wrote for his wife after their wedding, has amassed 107 million streams in the UK and has broken the 70-year-old record for the most consecutive weeks at number one by a US artist, surpassing Slim Whitman’s “Rose Marie.”

Additionally, “Ordinary” remains the biggest song on Spotify in the UK, with 33% more streams than its closest competitor.

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