Following his runner-up placing at Eurovision in May 2022, the COVID-19 Lockdown TikTok sensation, Essex singer-songwriter Sam Ryder, has reached no.2 in the UK charts with the international smash "Spaceman", performed at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee concert and with his idols Queen at Wembley Stadium in tribute to Taylor Hawkins, and ended the year at the top of the UK album charts with his debut album.