17 year old Nashville-based singer/songwriter GAYLE who is of Scottish descent, is #1 on the United World Chart for a 5th week with her global smash hit "abcdefu", scoring another 264,000 points, including 147,000 from streaming (up 3%), 29,000 from sales and 88,000 from airplay (up 5%), the most played song globally!
"abcdefu" ended the 13-week no.1 run of Adele's 'Easy On Me', 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 ended up becoming the single's cover 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" has peaked at #3 this week on the Billboard Hot 100, and holds at #1 on the Global Excl. US for an 8th week, and at #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, Belgium (Wallonia), Finland, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Malaysia, Norway, Sweden & Switzerland. It has reached #2 in Australia, Belgium (Flanders), Lithuania & Singapore, #3 in Canada, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, New Zealand & Portugal, #4 in France, Greece & Hungary, #5 in India, Russia & Slovakia, and top 10 in Denmark, Italy, Japan (Billboard Hot Overseas) & Poland! "abcdefu" has already been certified 2x Platinum in Brazil and Canada for 80,000 and 160,000 sales units respectively, and is Platinum in Austria (30,000), Italy (100,000), and New Zealand (30,000) and Gold in France (100,000), Germany (200,000), Portugal (5,000), Spain (30,000), the UK (400,000) & the US (500,000)!
