Alex Warren Scores Maiden U.K. No. 1 With Viral Hit ‘Ordinary’

Influencer-turned-musician Alex Warren has secured his first No. 1 single in the U.K. with the viral hit “Ordinary” (March 21). The song ends the week as the most-streamed track in the country (5.6 million streams).  

It knocks Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” from the summit, which hit No. 1 on March 7, almost five years after its initial release in 2020. The track gave Roan her first-ever chart-topper in the U.K., besting her previous high of No. 2 with “Good Luck, Babe!” in 2024.

Warren, meanwhile, is on something of a hot streak in his musical journey. Having started his career in the mid 2010s as a YouTuber before becoming a co-founder of the collaborative TikTok group The Hype House during lockdown, the 24-year-old made his debut on the Official U.K. Singles Chart last year with “Before You Leave Me” (No. 80), and by the close of 2024, he’d netted two top 40 hits — “Carry You Home” (No. 23) and “Burning Down” (No. 33). 

“Ordinary,” his first release of 2025, began its ascent at the start of March after catching fire on TikTok. “Thank you to the U.K. for the No. 1 single of the week. I promise I won’t let you down — I’ll make you proud,” Warren said in a statement issued via the Official Charts Company.

Warren also appears twice more further down the chart. The aforementioned “Carry You Home” climbs to No. 20, while “Burning Down” finishes at No. 28. 

Elsewhere, Roan scores this week’s highest new entry with “The Giver” landing at No. 2. The country-pop bop becomes her fourth U.K. top 10 single, and her first to debut inside the top 10 upon release.

Doechii’s “Anxiety” scales a new peak at No. 3, marking the rapper’s highest charting single in the U.K. to date. Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” follows at No. 4, while Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” rounds out the top five. Other notable appearances include alt-metal group Sleep Token, who celebrates its first-ever entry into the chart as “Emergence” hits No. 17. Following her first BRIT Awards win as a solo act, JADE’s “FUFN (F–k You for Now)” debuts at No. 25, while Ravyn Lenae’s breakout hit “Love Me Not’ earns a new peak of No. 26.

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