A YOUNG musician said she is “completely shocked” after her rendition of an Adele song was played almost 11 million times.

Grace Davies, 18, from Langho, uploaded a cover of Hello by Adele onto social media music site SoundCloud, which has been played 10.8 million times by people across the world.

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The former Clitheroe Royal Grammar pupil finished her studies at St Mary’s College in Blackburn this year and has been completely taken back by the popularity of the cover.

The talented musician, who released her first EP My Kingdom in August said she almost took the cover down before she realised how well it had done.

She said: “It was completely weird. I just uploaded it onto SoundCloud because I’m the biggest fan of Adele.

“I put it up and after a week I was tempted to take it down because I didn’t think it was the best quality.

“But when I checked it I saw I had more than 100,000 views. I couldn’t believe it and from then on it just went up and up and hasn’t stopped.

“It went to 400,000 then 500,000 and then it hit a million and I was so excited, it was unbelievable.”

The full-time singer who used to gig every Friday at Angles Restaurant in Longridge and still lives with mum Cheryl, 53, and dad, Bill, 57, has had thousands of comments about the song and has begun trending on the website.

Ms Davies said: “My Dad has been checking the website every day and he will say ‘you’ve gone up another million’. It sounds so surreal when he does it, it’s out of this world.

“I’ve been wanting to find a way of breaking out to a wider area. I’ve got a big fanbase where I live and this has been just perfect for me .

“I’ve got singers and writers asking to collaborate with me and I’ve had DJs saying that they love my voice and they want me to sing on their tracks.”

Looking to the future, the singer is hoping for a huge 2016 after the covers success.

She said: “I can’t wait for next year. I’m currently writing towards a second EP and I’m very excited about it.

“I’ve had so much support off my family, my parents have been amazing and have been behind me all the way, they wouldn’t let me do this every day if they didn’t think I would succeed.”

Grace’s cover is available to listen to at soundcloud.com/gracedmusic/hello-adele.