Niall Horan's Debut Single Is A Top 10 Hit Once More

Forbes

09-04-2025

Niall Horan may not be in the middle of an album rollout, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the charts. The former One Direction member hasn't shared a new full-length in nearly a year, but he still manages to stay relevant, engaging his fanbase and keeping his name on the weekly rankings with strategic releases and reissues. Many musicians disappear during downtime, but Horan is keeping his wins going, all without dropping new tunes.
This week, Horan's strategy pays off once again, as the musician returns to a pair of charts in the United Kingdom with a track that's nearly a decade old — but somehow, still a hit in 2025.
Horan's debut solo single "This Town" makes a somewhat surprising return to the Official Physical Singles and Official Vinyl Singles charts in the U.K. The pop ballad, which helped kick off his own career years ago, is back in a huge way.
"This Town" reappears on both lists this frame, settling at No. 8 on each of them. That's quite the placement for a tune that was released almost a decade ago.
Earlier in 2025, Horan announced a repressing of "This Town" on seven-inch vinyl. Packaged as a double single alongside "Slow Hands," copies of the pair of tunes were restocked on his website. At the same time, he also made his The Show, Live on Tour deluxe vinyl available again after an earlier sellout.
Apparently, that simple announcement — and the opportunity to own the single in a physical format once again — was more than enough to drive fans to buy. Thanks to those reissues, the track is experiencing a notable surge on the charts.
This isn't the first week in which 'This Town' has performed well on either the Official Vinyl Singles or Physical Singles rankings. The tune has now spent just three weeks on the vinyl-only tally and four on the physical list. The cut has previously reached the top spot on both.
Despite the fact that it was originally released nearly 10 years ago, the cut only debuted on these U.K. sales-based charts this February. That late arrival is due in part to its late-in-life vinyl pressing. When it hit, it became Horan's second No. 1 on the vinyl tally and, even more impressively, his first leader on the physical ranking after three earlier tracks peaked at No. 2.
"This Town" was released in September 2016 as Horan's first solo single following One Direction's hiatus. It served as the lead track from his debut album Flicker, and quickly became a hit around the world. The emotional ballad reached No. 9 on the U.K. singles chart and climbed to No. 6 in Ireland, where Horan is originally from.