{"id":811664,"date":"2026-10-23T19:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811664\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:28:09","slug":"babydoll-singer-becomes-first-welsh-artist-to-top-uk-singles-chart-in-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811664\/","title":{"rendered":"Babydoll singer becomes first Welsh artist to top UK singles chart in 15 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jamie Miller has become the first Welsh artist to top the UK singles chart in 15 years with his viral TikTok hit, Babydoll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Miller, who is originally from Pontprennau in Cardiff, narrowly beat Tate McRae and her single Housewife to claim the top spot on the UK Number 1 on Friday, according to the Official Charts Company. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The achievement means Miller is the first Welsh artist since 2011 to earn a UK Number 1 single &#8211; after Sian Evans&#8217; feature on DJ Fresh&#8217;s Louder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Miller, 29, told Charts: &#8220;I don&#8217;t even know what to say other than thank you so much for getting me Number 1, this is the biggest thing that&#8217;s ever happened to me in my life, I love you guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He is also the first solo male Welsh artist in 41 years to top the singles chart, after Shakin&#8217; Stevens&#8217; 1985 timeless festive hit, Merry Christmas Everyone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Babydoll was released on 7 August &#8211; months after Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cq5yndllj8d8o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">considered quitting music<\/a> &#8211; and exploded after actress Jennifer Love Hewitt posted videos which featured the track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamie Miller has become the first Welsh artist to top the UK singles chart in 15 years with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-811664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}