Watch: Cork singer Allie Sherlock goes viral (again). This time with 16 million views

Allie Sherlock received millions of hits when a British magician posted a clip to social media  

A still from the viral Allie Sherlock clip of the Cork singer performing Coldplay's 'Viva la Vita'.

She’s the busking sensation from Douglas, Co. Cork, who shot to fame as a 13-year-old with her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2018. Now the singer, who picked up her first guitar, aged just eight, stopped passers-by in their tracks with her husky rendition of Coldplay’s 'Viva la Vita' that’s gone viral.

Her unique voice and remarkable range caught the attention of thousands when it was first posted two years ago, but it was when celebrity magician Ben Taylor shared it on his own social media this weekend that things really took off.