Welsh singer Jamie Miller has become the first male solo Welsh artist to top the U.K. Singles Chart in 41 years with ‘Babydoll’, according to a Billboard report on the chart achievement. The report said the singer told the Official Charts Company that this was "the biggest thing that's ever happened to me."

BBC News reported that Miller is the first Welsh artist since 2011 to earn a UK Number 1 single. The BBC said the achievement followed Sian Evans' feature on DJ Fresh's track ‘Louder’, and its headline described Miller as the first Welsh artist to top the UK singles chart in 15 years.

The two outlets frame the milestone differently. Billboard's measure counts male solo Welsh artists over a span of 41 years, while the BBC's measure counts Welsh artists of any kind over 15 years. Neither report explains the difference between the two figures, and the sources do not reconcile them.

The Billboard report named the Official Charts Company as the body to which the singer spoke, and the BBC report named Sian Evans as the artist whose earlier feature on Louder preceded Miller's Number 1. Beyond these points, the reports provide no further detail on the chart run, the singer's background or the timing of the achievement.

Sources: Billboard: Jamie Miller Becomes First Male Solo Welsh Artist to Top U.K. Singles Chart in 41 Years With ‘Babydoll’; BBC News: Babydoll singer becomes first Welsh artist to top UK singles chart in 15 years.