TRANENT singer Caitlyn Vanbeck’s first single flew up the charts when it was released on Monday.

Within hours the singer’s fans were downloading and streaming her single I’m Sorry, pushing it into the top 20 of the iTunes Country download chart.

By Tuesday Caitlyn, 19, was at No 3, leapfrogging Taylor Swift.

She was delighted by the support, thanking her fans.

On Monday evening, she told her supporters: “Only released today and we are number 20 in the Country charts. How amazing!”

Caitlyn has a huge fanbase following her appearances on ITV show The X Factor. Video footage of her 2016 audition, when she performed Piece by Piece by Kelly Clarkson, has been watched 69 million times around the world.

Dad Paul said the new single, written by songwriter Darren Alboni with James Breedwell and Tom Hershman, had been released independently and there are plans to follow it up with an album and video.

Mr Alboni was delighted with the support given to the single, which he pointed out was made with no industry backing.

The release of her first single comes as she prepares to take to the stage at Edinburgh Pride on June 16. Organisers of the festival, which Caitlyn appeared at last year, said she had been a big hit last time.