It is also the best-selling single by a British/European male artist in North America since Elton John 's `` Candle in the Wind '' in 1997 , and the first by a British Asian artist since Freddie Mercury in 1980 .
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 , and it is the first by a British Asian artist since Freddie Mercury in 1980 .