It’s safe to say that Alex Warren’s life has been anything but “Ordinary,” since his breakthrough smash of the same name came out a year ago on Feb. 7, 2025.  It’s been a whirlwind for the 25-year old singer/songwriter, as the unabashedly romantic song — praising an extraordinary, enduring love so great it makes the angels jealous — took over the airwaves and streaming outlets, topping chart after chart.

Among the highlights for the song are 10 weeks at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 and being named Billboard’s Song of the Summer. It has been streamed more than 2.4 billion times around the world, and spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Global 200 chart.

Propelled by the song’s success, Warren was nominated for a best new artist Grammy and won best new artist at the MTV Video Music Awards and the iHeart Awards.

He also made some famous friends along the way, duetting with Jelly Roll on their collaboration, “Bloodline,” which they performed together at Stagecoach. He also shared stages with Luke Combs and Ed Sheeran, and showed up to do the “Lush Life” dance with Zara Larsson at Jingle Bal.

While there were too many highlight to go through every one, below, Warren goes through some of his top moments of the past year — and how he still remains incredulous that his song, written for his wife Kouvr Annon, has become a universal hit around the world.