Down (Jay Sean song)
The song was able to reach number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and overtook the Black Eyed Peas after their 26 week reign at number one. It made Jay Sean the first British act to reach a Billboard Hot 100 number-one single since Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" in 2008, as well as the fourth British act overall this decade. It is the best-selling single by a British/European male artist in North America since Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" in 1997.It is also the first by a British Asian artist since Freddie Mercury in 1980.