courtesy of YouTube/StormzyMusic / NewsMusic / NewsStormzy earns his first UK No 1 single with Vossi Bop‘I’m over the moon, I’m on top of the world’ShareLink copied ✔️May 4, 2019May 4, 2019TextThom Waite Stormzy has reached yet another big career milestone, his first UK No 1 single, with his new track “Vossi Bop”, released April 25. The track won a fairly close race against Taylor Swift to reach 94,495 combined sales and streams, the second biggest opening week of any song this year (after Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings”, obviously). “I’m over the moon, I’m on top of the world,” the grime icon told BBC Radio 1, when they called him up to break the news. “It feels weird, though. Very weird.” VOSSI BOP - OFFICIAL #1 SONG IN THE COUNTRY!!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS, OVERWHELMED WITH JOY THANK YOU SO MUCH! ❤️🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/EdXWthB5oO— #MERKY (@stormzy) May 3, 2019 “Vossi Bop” has also earned another accolade: with 12.7 million listens on streaming services, it’s beaten the record for most streams in a week for a rapper, topping Drake’s “In My Feelings” from 2018. Stormzy will headline Friday night at Glastonbury this year – another huge achievement, of course – but we’re sure he’ll still have time for his publishing imprint and philanthropic work as well. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhen did UK underground rap get so Christian? Why listening parties are everywhere right nowA night out with Feng, the ‘positive punk’ of UK UgDoppel-gäng gäng gäng: 7 times artists used body doublesWesley Joseph is the Marty Supreme of R&B (only nicer) How Turnstile are reinventing hardcore for the internet ageWill these be the biggest musical moments of 2026?Rising singer Liim is the crooning voice of New York CityFrench producer Malibu is an ambient antidote for the chronically online10 musicians to watch in 202610 great albums you may have missed in the last three monthsZukovstheworld on the UK Ug scene: ‘It’s modern pop music’