17 year old Nashville-based singer/songwriter GAYLE who is of Scottish descent, is #1 on the United World Chart for a 2nd week with her global smash hit "abcdefu", scoring another 266,000 points (up 2%) and a total of 1,217,000 so far! She is currently the 2nd biggest song of 2022 behind Adele's "easy on me" on the year-to-date chart!
"abcdefu" ended the 13-week no.1 run of Adele's 'Easy On Me' last week, lifting to #1 in its 10th week on the United World chart! The song is Gayle’s debut single, released on August 13, 2021, via Atlantic and Arthouse Records, and was co-written by Gayle with Sara Davis and David Pittenger, and produced by Pete Nappi: "the song "came from a place of trying so hard to be the nice, respectful ex-girlfriend, to the point where it was negatively affecting me" Gayle told Tongue Tied Mag, explaining the inspiration behind the song: "After the breakup, I was trying really, really hard to be a nice person—like, overcompensating for it—like, the week after we broke up, I called him and was, like, 'Hey, bud!' and 'What's up, my friend?!'". On March 31, 2021, Gayle revealed on Instagram that she had dislocated her middle finger, and the X-ray scan from the hospital was used for the single's album art!
"abcdefu" was a viral hit on TikTok and Instagram, and by December 2021, it had surpassed 100 million global streams! The singer has since released different versions of the song, including the demo, a "chill version", and an "angrier version". "abcdefu" just hit a new peak at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and holds at #1 on the Global Excl. US for a 5th week, and is #2 on the Billboard Global 200 after topping the chart for 4 weeks! The viral hit reached #1 in the UK in January, in its 9th week on the Official chart, and has also topped the weekly charts in Austria, Finland & Germany where it holds at #1, and in Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Malaysia, Norway, Sweden & Switzerland. It has reached #2 in Australia, Belgium, Lithuania & Singapore, #3 in Canada, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, New Zealand & Portugal, #4 in France, Greece & Hungary, #5 in India & Slovakia, and top 10 in Denmark, Italy & Japan (Billboard Hot Overseas)! "abcdefu" has already been certified 2x Platinum in Brazil for 80,000 sales units, Platinum in Austria (30,000) & Canada (80,000) and Gold in France (100,000), Italy (35,000), New Zealand (15,000), Portugal (5,000), the UK (400,000) & the US (500,000)!
