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Posted by: SevenSeize 11th December 2021, 01:39 PM
Ed Sheeran & Elton John's Merry Christmas could manage a second week at #1 on the singles chart, while some tracks from Juice WRLD's album including Burn or Girl of My Dreams could debut. There's also new songs from Mitski, Tame Impala and Tom Walker
A fourth week at #1 is likely for Adele's 30. There's the second posthumous Juice WRLD release Fighting Demons, along with albums from Paul Weller with An Orchestrated Songbook, Alicia Keys with KEYS and A Boogie wit da Hoodie's B4 AVA
Breakdown of the week
- Saturday: Some information may be posted on social media but it is likely to be missing most streaming data and is unrepresentative.
- Sunday: Official First Look Chart on Radio 1 from 6-7pm. Please do not post spoilers on the forum in advance as this ruins the countdown for any listeners.
- Monday: OCC Top 100 from 5:45pm
- Tuesday: Top 40 update as and when we receive them with requests, this is NOT 100% guaranteed however. The OCC may publish sales flashes of their own accord but likewise, this is not guaranteed. Twitter and social media is your friend for today. Please post any information you find with a source. Do not nag for updates, we will post a top 40 update if we receive one.
- Wednesday: Top 40 update from Music Week from 5:45, and potential top 5 sales but this is not guaranteed.
- Thursday: See Tuesday.
Other notes (please read)
- You may make requests Tuesday to Thursday but outside the top 40, specific positions will not be revealed (unless deemed necessary by a mod).
- Please do not demand a midweek update, one will be posted as and when we receive the information. Patience is a virtue.
- Sales information will be given out as deemed necessary by a moderator, please bear this in mind when making requests. Most requests for sales will be ignored. Any chart requests between No. 41 to 100 will not be answered after Monday's update.
- To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and Spotify threads.
Posted by: SevenSeize 11th December 2021, 01:39 PM
Official First Look Chart: Full Update
Source: OCC
1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas
2 Wham! - Last Christmas
3 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
4 Adele - Easy On Me
5 GAYLE - abcdefu
6 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
7 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
8 George Ezra - Come On Home for Christmas
9 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
10 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
11 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
12 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
13 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
14 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree
15 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name)
16 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
17 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
18 Olivia Dean - The Christmas Song
19 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas
20 Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti
Posted by: SevenSeize 11th December 2021, 01:39 PM
Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC
Missing Data: unknown
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/
1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas (26,107)
2 Wham! - Last Christmas (18,852)
3 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (18,411)
4 Adele - Easy On Me (16,722)
5 GAYLE - abcdefu (13,329)
6-10
8 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
10 George Ezra - Come On Home for Christmas
11-20
11 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
12 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
13 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree
14 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
15 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
17 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
18 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas
19 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
21-30
22 Olivia Dean - The Christmas Song
25 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
26 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
27 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
29 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
30 Camila Cabello - I'll Be Home for Christmas *
31-40
32 John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
33 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
35 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas ^
37 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ^
38 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad ^
40 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe ^
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/
1 Adele - 30 (21,465)
2 Ed Sheeran - = (11,553)
3 Paul Weller - An Orchestrated Songbook (9,295) *
4 ABBA - Voyage (7,756)
5 Michael Bublé - Christmas (5,674)
6-10
7 Juice WRLD - Fighting Demons (3,847) *
8 Elton John - The Lockdown Sessions
9 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Barn (3,044) *
11-20
14 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
15 Doja Cat - Planet Her
18 Oasis - Knebworth 1996
19 Green Day - BBC Sessions *
21-30
25 Rag'n'Bone Man - Life By Misadventure ^
28 Arctic Monkeys - AM
29 King Krule - You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down *
31-40
35 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
39 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together at Christmas ^
Click on the above relevant links.
Posted by: SevenSeize 11th December 2021, 01:40 PM
Wednesday Top 40 ONLY Update
Source: Music Week
Missing Data: unknown
Singles
1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas (42,099)
2 Wham! - Last Christmas (30,393)
3 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (29,667)
4 Adele - Easy On Me (29,188)
5 GAYLE - abcdefu (24,231)
6-10
8 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
10 George Ezra - Come On Home for Christmas
11-20
11 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
12 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
14 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
15 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
16 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree
17 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
18 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas
21-30
21 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
24 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
25 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
26 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
27 Ed Sheeran - Shivers
29 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
30 Olivia Dean - The Christmas Song
31-40
32 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
33 John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
34 D-Block Europe feat. AJ Tracey - Make You Smile *
35 Camila Cabello - I'll Be Home for Christmas *
38 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas ^
40 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ^
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Adele - 30 (47,421) [40,975 physicals]
2 Ed Sheeran - = (24,703)
3 ABBA - Voyage (19,151)
4 Paul Weller - An Orchestrated Songbook (13,559) *
5 Michael Bublé - Christmas (9,698)
6-10
7 Elton John - The Lockdown Sessions
9 Rod Stewart - The Tears of Hercules
10 Juice WRLD - Fighting Demons *
11-20
12 Coldplay - Music of the Spheres
13 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Barn *
15 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
18 Oasis - Knebworth 1996
21-30
22 Doja Cat - Planet Her
24 Rag'n'Bone Man - Life By Misadventure ^
25 James Blunt - The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004 - 2021)
28 Arctic Monkeys - AM
29 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
31-40
31 Green Day - BBC Sessions *
34 Gregory Porter - Still Rising: The Collection ^
38 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together at Christmas ^
NO OTHER SALES INFO
Posted by: SevenSeize 11th December 2021, 01:40 PM
Thursday Top 40 Update
Missing Data:
Singles
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6-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
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Albums
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21-30
31-40
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 11th December 2021, 02:59 PM
I think Burn by Juice WRLD could debut Top 20 despite the Christmas songs if it holds up well enough.
Posted by: Bjork 11th December 2021, 03:07 PM
didn't know there were new albums by Paul Weller and Alicia Keys,
listening to the Paul Weller album now and it's very nice
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 05:43 PM
Hi everyone, it's been a while 
First Look is on in just over 15 and I'm back hosting again tonight x
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:00 PM
Listening in for once - George Ezra for top 5?
Posted by: IdentFan101 12th December 2021, 06:00 PM
I wasn't here on Friday cause it was my birthday.
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:01 PM
20 Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:02 PM
Happy belated birthday!
Posted by: Dancember 12th December 2021, 06:02 PM
likely considering Alexa shenanigans always seems to be over-represented in First Look
Posted by: IdentFan101 12th December 2021, 06:03 PM
Thanks!
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:03 PM
19 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:08 PM
18 Olivia Dean - The Christmas Song
Posted by: dandy* 12th December 2021, 06:10 PM
Hmmmmm BRING BACK EVERTON 
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:11 PM
17 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
16 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:11 PM
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:11 PM
It’s quite nice that Olivia Dean track on first listen!
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:16 PM
15 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name)
14 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:18 PM
13 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
Posted by: Everton 12th December 2021, 06:22 PM
Nice been miss
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:22 PM
12 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
11 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
Posted by: Smint 12th December 2021, 06:23 PM
This is the week that the older Christmas songs likely to peak with a few new entries in the Christmas chart itself.
Posted by: ___∆___ 12th December 2021, 06:23 PM
Wasn’t expecting ‘Seventeen Going Under’ to be in the Top 20 or to be climbing! 
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:24 PM
Kinda thought they would play Ardee and Sam Fender ahead of Band Aid and Elton John!
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:26 PM
Not sure what you mean by older but most will peak in the chart week ending 7/1/22!?
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:26 PM
10 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Posted by: daniellovesmusic 12th December 2021, 06:27 PM
Looks like Michael could fall this week
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:28 PM
Have to say I do like Bubles version of this more than the Perry Como original!
Posted by: jimwatts 12th December 2021, 06:28 PM
Same songs in the top 10 as last week's First Look
Posted by: Smint 12th December 2021, 06:29 PM
Meant all the ACR ones - but you’re correct, They’ll peak on the chart after Christmas
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:29 PM
Me too but I'm not sure I really care for it in either version
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:30 PM
9 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Posted by: daniellovesmusic 12th December 2021, 06:31 PM
This one is one of my favourites 
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:31 PM
I love the lyrics and it reminds me of Home Alone 2 😂
Posted by: daniellovesmusic 12th December 2021, 06:32 PM
Could Sam Fender score his first top 5 in the New Year?
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:33 PM
8 (or 7?) Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:35 PM
I love the Shaky Xmas song, iconic!
I’ve realised all Xmas songs have to have a great first key to be classics - the start of Shaky is just Christmas!!
Posted by: daniellovesmusic 12th December 2021, 06:37 PM
I’ve realised all Xmas songs have to have a great first key to be classics - the start of Shaky is just Christmas!!
I remember Santa’s sleigh came down my road last year and they played Shaky. It was a charity event for a local hospice.
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:37 PM
6 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:38 PM
No better tune!
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:41 PM
5 GAYLE - abcdefu
Guessing #8 was George 
Posted by: Shaky Fan 12th December 2021, 06:41 PM
Much as I like Fairytale of New York I hope Shaky can move above it by Friday!
Posted by: LiamSime 12th December 2021, 06:41 PM
So have they just missed out number 8 lol
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:42 PM
I like this Gayle track but you do get the feeling it’s the first of many artists that labels will be throwing out to follow up the success Olivia Rodrigo had this year!
Posted by: zenon 12th December 2021, 06:42 PM
What is really 'NYPD choir' in the lyrics sounds like NYPD class in FONY!
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:43 PM
Did they just ignore it?
If it is George it’s a bit annoying as it’s not like it’s getting much plays (albeit R2 playlisted it on Friday)!
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:43 PM
I don't think it's particularly like any Olivia song really
Posted by: zenon 12th December 2021, 06:43 PM
That Gayle is going to have a massive 2022!
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:43 PM
New York Police!
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:44 PM
4 Adele - Easy On Me
Posted by: adrianreavill83 12th December 2021, 06:45 PM
I like the new Gayle song
Posted by: Dancember 12th December 2021, 06:46 PM
correct, although oddly the NYPD don't actually have a choir, that was just invented for the song.
the ‘Mickey Mouse Club March’ instead, and the video was later slowed down to fit the beat.
Posted by: Everton 12th December 2021, 06:47 PM
I wonder Adele last week on scr next week 10 week
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:47 PM
3 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
Posted by: zenon 12th December 2021, 06:48 PM
https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/25-things-you-didnt-know-about-fairytale-of-new-york-778774
That is not what I am on about, I know the lyrics are 'NYPD choir' but it sounds like they are singing 'NYPD class' instead.
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:51 PM
https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/25-things-you-didnt-know-about-fairytale-of-new-york-778774
I would have thought they would have they have groups for everything in the police over there!
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:52 PM
2 Wham! - Last Christmas
1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas
George was indeed #8
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:53 PM
It’s Shane McGowan!!
Posted by: zenon 12th December 2021, 06:54 PM
Did you know that George Michael played all the instruments on Last Christmas? He would not even allow Andrew Ridgeley into the studio during it's recording!
Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 12th December 2021, 06:55 PM
sam fender would be #3 had it not been for xmas
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:56 PM
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:57 PM
Poor old Ridgley, took his woman in the video too!!
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 06:57 PM
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 06:57 PM
Merry Christmas is also one of the front-runners for the coveted Christmas Number 1 this year, next week Ed and Elton will team up with LadBaby for a remix of the track, Sausage Rolls For Everyone, where LadBaby will be challenging to break an Official Charts record as the first act to ever gain four consecutive Christmas Number 1s.
Meanwhile, there’s a hotly-contested battle for Number 2 between two festive classics. As it stands, less than 2,00 chart sales are separating Wham!’s Last Christmas and Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You in the runner-up slot. Currently, Wham! are expected to rise one place to Number 2, while Mariah is at Number 3.
More Christmas songs should be in for a rise in the Top 10 this week too. The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl could rise one spot to Number 6 with Fairytale of New York, while George Ezra’s Amazon Original exclusive track Come On Home For Christmas could crack the Top 10 for the first time, rising 18 places to Number 8. It would be the singer-songwriter’s sixth UK Top 10 hit.
Outside the Top 10, Kelly Clarkson could reach a new peak this week with her modern Christmas classic Underneath The Tree. The track is looking to rise three places to Number 14. It previously peaked at Number 15. Other tracks currently on the rise in the Top 20 include Ariana Grande’s Santa Tell Me (16) and Andy Williams’ It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (17).
And finally, Official Charts newcomer Olivia Dean could well gain her first ever UK Top 20 single this Friday. Her Nat King Cole cover The Christmas Song - another Amazon Music exclusive - is seeking to vault 21 places to Number 18.
(lol at "2,00", I'd assumed it must mean 2,000 but if it's close, I expect 200 is more likely?)
Posted by: Shaky Fan 12th December 2021, 06:58 PM
Beat me to it!
Posted by: jimwatts 12th December 2021, 07:01 PM
I think they meant 200.
Funny how Vic & Katie don't seem to realise Last Christmas actually got to #1 already!
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 07:09 PM
Funny how Vic & Katie don't seem to realise Last Christmas actually got to #1 already!
I noticed that myself!Looking forward to seeing Ed’s sales on Monday if they are way ahead as it suggests maybe all physicals have been added!
Posted by: ChRiMbO LeG PiPe 12th December 2021, 07:14 PM
Absolutr disgrace that Last Easter and Cheesy Fad's cheese slice are above REAL TALENT. Women are generally much better singers, and Adele is FAR better than his cheese slices, and Mariah has THE CHRISTMSS SONG OF OUR GENERATION!!!
Posted by: iwan 12th December 2021, 07:18 PM
Fairytale of New York really deserves to be #1 but sadly it will never happen, my favourite christmas song
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 07:35 PM
I actually think it takes away from Wham not to be the biggest number two ever any more!
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 12th December 2021, 07:46 PM
Adele has just had 7 weeks at #1, I don't think she's gonna be losing sleep somehow.
Posted by: Michael Bubré 12th December 2021, 08:02 PM
George Ezra actually lower than he was in First Look last week. Dare we dream of an Amazon shenanigans free top 10 this year. (Having said that Bieber last year didn't even make the top 20 until the week of the actual Christmas chart where he jumped 21-8 and then hit #4 the week after that).
Posted by: Iceman501 12th December 2021, 08:54 PM
Mariah also has that thug in the Christmas hat in the music video and it is shit.
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 12th December 2021, 09:27 PM
IF IT DOES NOT GET A TOP 3 PEAK AFTER CHRISTMAS NOW THEN I STG…. DISGRACEFUL!
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 12th December 2021, 09:28 PM
Either Moves Like Jagger or Wonderwall now takes that title I think.
(Or on a technicality I guess Everything She Wants)
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 12th December 2021, 09:29 PM
Joseph can we please have a :gino: emoji?
Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2021, 09:42 PM
Honestly I think it's a necessity at this point
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 12th December 2021, 09:49 PM
Agreed!
Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 12th December 2021, 09:51 PM
wtf a ginormous
Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 12th December 2021, 09:51 PM
a gundanon
Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 12th December 2021, 09:51 PM
A GINO
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 12th December 2021, 09:55 PM
If Gino had a gundanon he would have been ginormous!
Posted by: Christmasteve201 12th December 2021, 10:02 PM
(Or on a technicality I guess Everything She Wants)
The Pogues?
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 12th December 2021, 10:12 PM
Well on the combined list of all time singles bestsellers the highest ranked #2 is actually 'All Of Me' by John Legend at #11. Disputedly Everything She Wants ranks at #15 as part of the original double A-Side but the list hasn't been updated since 2017 and given how it consistently holds up on streaming, Wonderwall which was then ranked at #19 could be higher now. On the paid for sales only chart Moves Like Jagger ranks highest at #37 with Wonderwall second but if you count Everything She Wants then it is far ahead of them both.
The Pogues don't appear in the Top 50 of either list but could do if they were updated for 2021 they probably would somewhere.
Posted by: JosephCarey 13th December 2021, 06:02 PM
Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC
Missing Data: unknown
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/
1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas (26,107)
2 Wham! - Last Christmas (18,852)
3 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (18,411)
4 Adele - Easy On Me (16,722)
5 GAYLE - abcdefu (13,329)
6-10
8 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
10 George Ezra - Come On Home for Christmas
11-20
11 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
12 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
13 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree
14 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
15 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
17 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
18 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas
19 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
21-30
22 Olivia Dean - The Christmas Song
25 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
26 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
27 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
29 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
30 Camila Cabello - I'll Be Home for Christmas *
31-40
32 John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
33 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
35 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas ^
37 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ^
38 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad ^
40 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe ^
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/
1 Adele - 30 (21,465)
2 Ed Sheeran - = (11,553)
3 Paul Weller - An Orchestrated Songbook (9,295) *
4 ABBA - Voyage (7,756)
5 Michael Bublé - Christmas (5,674)
6-10
7 Juice WRLD - Fighting Demons (3,847) *
8 Elton John - The Lockdown Sessions
9 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Barn (3,044) *
11-20
14 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
15 Doja Cat - Planet Her
18 Oasis - Knebworth 1996
19 Green Day - BBC Sessions *
21-30
25 Rag'n'Bone Man - Life By Misadventure ^
28 Arctic Monkeys - AM
29 King Krule - You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down *
31-40
35 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
39 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together at Christmas ^
Click on the above relevant links.
Posted by: ___∆___ 13th December 2021, 06:06 PM
Album sales look like they have collapsed this week 
Posted by: Sour Candy 13th December 2021, 06:22 PM
Sour is holding super well. Might stay ahead of = come new year's day.
Posted by: adrianreavill83 13th December 2021, 06:27 PM
According to the midweeks it looks like Ewan McVicar is on ACR
Posted by: Snakin' Stevens 13th December 2021, 06:30 PM
Oh-Oh-Gino
Posted by: ChristmasFridays 13th December 2021, 06:31 PM
Sad. Hope he gets a Jan reset
Posted by: Koutafides 13th December 2021, 06:40 PM
The reality is around 2k sales has it a number 14, bloody sad if you ask me
Posted by: Envoirment 13th December 2021, 06:45 PM
Adele down ~9.5k compared to last Monday. Was hoping she might stablise/even increase in sales. Should be on for 50k+ again this week though which is great.
Posted by: jimwatts 13th December 2021, 06:46 PM
Looks like Arz, Dermot and 'Drive' have also gone to ACR, probably 'Spit Of You' as well.
Posted by: Christmasteve201 13th December 2021, 06:53 PM
It’s not that great, you’d think this week and next there would be enough people out Xmas shopping to help her stabilise better or sell more!
Ed/Elton not that far ahead of the rest. It should be safely No1 for a 2nd week though!
Posted by: Jingle Jules 13th December 2021, 06:54 PM
Little Things at 43 is a surprise - don’t know if some of the CD sales were delayed for some reason or if interest is genuinely going beyond the mega fans.
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 13th December 2021, 06:55 PM
OLD Christmas songs or below average new one. To be followed by the most cynical sausage roll record yet.
Countdown to normal service resuming on the charts continues…
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 13th December 2021, 06:56 PM
If Gino was already a TV personality in 1980 then this song would probably have been written about him.
Posted by: 34+35 13th December 2021, 07:00 PM
It’s just Christmas playlists boosting it and the fact it’s one of the few Christmas songs not on ACR. The CD single will obviously help too.
Posted by: Snakin' Stevens 13th December 2021, 07:00 PM
Forgot it was a #1 too until I looked it up online there, hope it does well in the Buzzjack 80s number 1s rating thread!
Posted by: JosephCarey 13th December 2021, 07:01 PM
2 days of Amazon physicals are missing so that explains the album downturn
Posted by: Christmasteve201 13th December 2021, 07:03 PM
Thank goodness!
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 13th December 2021, 07:07 PM
I can't imagine it must be terribly helpful for Adele's album that most people only know one song from it, given how the album chart works in this day and age.
Posted by: Dancember 13th December 2021, 07:41 PM
Less interest, more Alexa deciding to play it (the song's not top 200 on Apple or Spotify).
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 13th December 2021, 08:02 PM
Hopefully when added it will give sales a boost.
Posted by: Michael Bubré 13th December 2021, 08:14 PM
Michael Bublé's version of 'Let It Snow!' showing up at #51 in the midweeks - I assume it's on SCR given that it's only in the low top 200 on Spotify and not charting on Apple? He had a version of that song that was released as long ago as 2003 but that version doesn't seem to be on Spotify any more if it ever was (although there is a live version on a compilation that was released in 2010). It seems the version that is now available (as a bonus track on the new version of his Christmas album) is a newer recording, weirdly it's tagged as '10th Anniversary' on Spotify despite it being 18 years after the older version - of course it's the 10th anniversary of the original release of the Christmas album but this song wasn't on that original album and none of the other new tracks have the '10th Anniversary' tag. Curious x Coming to have 3 versions of that song all charting simultaneously (and fairly close together) if that holds
Also randomly Mariah Carey's version of 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' appearing at #93, had to check to see if that was a new release that I had missed but it is just a track that was on her 1994 Christmas album, just never charted before even in the midweeks. Guess it might drop out again by the end of the week though like Leona/Ne-Yo and Britney did last week (incidentally neither of those have reappeared in this week's midweek update, the order of the Christmas songs seems to be fluctuating quite a bit from week to week).
Posted by: Run_For_Cover 13th December 2021, 08:19 PM
No Britney or Leona/Ne-Yo, so I don’t think it’s looking good for them this week.
Posted by: Shaky Fan 13th December 2021, 08:29 PM
Shaky's coming out on 12"! What was supposed to be a limited release for Black Friday is now a general release through his official webstore. It's the re-press of the 12" with advent calendar sleeve. All copies come with a signed postcard. Release date is this Friday.
Posted by: Christmasteve201 13th December 2021, 08:54 PM
It’s like top 60 on Amazon!
Posted by: Brit 13th December 2021, 09:56 PM
Good to know missing amazon sales, so Adele is not far from last weeks sales probably
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 13th December 2021, 09:56 PM
It was definitely among the many contenders for my votes.
Posted by: Jingle Jules 13th December 2021, 10:05 PM
Good old ABBAlexa. Please can she spam it a bit harder so it makes the Top 40!
Posted by: daniellovesmusic 13th December 2021, 10:45 PM
Mariah’s version of the Darlene Love classic, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”, is set to chart in the UK for the first time ever this week. 
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 13th December 2021, 10:56 PM
Her mining Christmas for new sources of relevancy must look worse in the US where she could fart and get a #1 back in the 90s.
Posted by: madollar 14th December 2021, 11:15 AM
And she invariably did!
Posted by: ClaudiaKinkleman 14th December 2021, 01:25 PM
Well I really didn’t have Elton John getting two number-one singles in my 2021 predictions
Posted by: madollar 14th December 2021, 01:59 PM
He’s about to get three
Posted by: Eric_Blob 14th December 2021, 02:05 PM
Her US success is amazing. She was #1 in the decade-end chart for both the 90's and the 00's. I think she is a great pop star though and I wish she could still get hits. I know Ariana Grande is supposed to be the new version of her, and I sort of like her but it's not the same.
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 14th December 2021, 02:50 PM
I enjoyed her work up to the butterfly album but less so since and i haven't bought a studio album from her since,
Posted by: Bjork 14th December 2021, 03:35 PM
It was crazy how huge Mariah was in the US in the beginning compared to the UK
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 14th December 2021, 03:42 PM
Oh absolutely her popularity was insane in the US back then. She certainly didn’t do too badly in the UK either but it pales in comparison to her success back home. It must be another Madonna/Kylie situation to see her new music flopping now over there.
Posted by: Josh! 14th December 2021, 03:52 PM
Mariah's 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' was one of only two songs she sang in her Xmas special 2021 on Apple TV so it may be seeing a new peak in relevance from this? It also got its own segment on Gogglebox on Friday so it might fade away... but I'm not sure what effects Gogglebox usually has on the midweeks, hahah.
Posted by: Mangø Hø Hø 14th December 2021, 03:57 PM
Are you implying that Kylie flopped with her recent #1 album?
Posted by: slowdown73 14th December 2021, 04:23 PM
I loved Mariah during the 90s but once she changed labels and went more RnB, I lost interest rapidly. She just doesn’t use her voice properly anymore. Ariana Grande is nothing compared to Mariah in the 90s.
Posted by: Bjork 14th December 2021, 04:24 PM
of course her voice changed, like it happens to every human being in this planet 
Posted by: sammy01 14th December 2021, 04:34 PM
Gem seem to be playing it as much as AIWFCIY which must be helping.
Posted by: CJK 14th December 2021, 05:37 PM
As a huge Madonna fan, it really annoyed me at the time that Madonna started not doing so well at just the time Mariah Carey became absolutely huge in the US. I think this probably led to me disliking Mariah. I genuinely can't stand her music now and just avoid her as much as possible (apart from AIWFCIY) which is a lot easier now she's not so successful as well
I know what you mean though. I found it so odd when Madonna missed the Hot 100 in the US for the first time with Hollywood, and when Kylie's singles started peaking outside the Top 40 in the UK, I was like
WHAT???
Posted by: Smint 14th December 2021, 05:53 PM
Until very recently, Mariah conspicously failed to get a no.1 in the UK with an original song of hers - I think she referred to that once or twice in interviews.
Posted by: bluebitchboy 14th December 2021, 06:47 PM
Exactly. Kylie has had no1 albums in 2018, 2019 and 2020. There's few artists that can touch that.
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 14th December 2021, 07:41 PM
Until last year it was an interesting fact that despite her many many US #1s, neither of her UK #1s were actually among them. Without You peaked at #3 and they were spared her and Westlife's butchering of Against All Odds been released as a single.
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 14th December 2021, 07:47 PM
I more meant in terms of the singles market. Kylie and Madonna both spent over twenty years gaining Top 10 after Top 10 and writing themselves into chart history. The fact that since the 2010s they have consistently failed to see the same levels of commercial success. It must have been the same tide turning shock in the US when Mariah started failing on Billboard given she had that same status over there. She never really achieved that stardom in the UK despite been successful.
Posted by: k👠th 14th December 2021, 08:00 PM
Not to detract from her success, but that's not really surprising given the fan base she has built and the current album market. Her relevance on the singles chart is long gone however.
Posted by: Christmasteve201 14th December 2021, 08:33 PM
The Americans love a voice!
Posted by: spiceboy 14th December 2021, 09:11 PM
This so much! It’s bizarre how they spent the 80’s 90’s and 00’s constantly getting top 10 after top 10 then in the 10’s onwards they had such a u turn!? What is their last top 10? All the lovers and Celebration? It was so sudden too I really never saw it coming was so surprised… although Madonna deserved it for the trash she released from MDNA!
Posted by: Smint 14th December 2021, 09:41 PM
Wasn’t it the decline of the physical market that did it for them? And once streaming was in Game over.
Posted by: Shaky Fan 14th December 2021, 09:43 PM
Looking on the Ed Sheeran webstore there appear to have been copies of the CD signed by Elton. Anyone know when they were made available?
Posted by: ___∆___ 14th December 2021, 09:45 PM
About a week or so ago and they literally sold out in under 5 minutes.
Posted by: Shaky Fan 14th December 2021, 10:04 PM
where were they announced? I normally spot things like that. Oh well, still managed to get one of the Ed ones.
Posted by: ___∆___ 14th December 2021, 11:43 PM
Via the Elton John mailing list
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 15th December 2021, 12:08 AM
Yes. Definitely. Their decline on the singles chart came at a time when CD singles stopped being so readily available in shops - and arguably they both relied heavily on physical singles to achieve a lot of their chart positions. Then came the point where Radio 1 dumped them.
Posted by: Bjork 15th December 2021, 07:31 AM
^and since streaming it's even worst cos playlists are more ageist than R1 :/
just realised Alicia Keys is not even top 100 with her new album, there are no physicals yet (out in Feb) but crazy to see her not even make the top 100
Posted by: Sour Candy 15th December 2021, 09:59 AM
The craziest thing is that they released it without physicals. It might chart later though.
Posted by: Rob 15th December 2021, 10:31 AM
Does Radio 1 even matter to a chart's placement these days? Their playlists feeling increasingly less relevant to get a decent chart position.
Posted by: 34+35 15th December 2021, 10:54 AM
Defiantly feels like the charts dictate their playlist now, rather than the other way round like it was for years.
Posted by: Bjork 15th December 2021, 11:07 AM
It's Streaming playlists that matter rather than R1 playlist
and sadly those always (mis-)treat old artists like if they were the plague :/
Posted by: ChristmasFridays 15th December 2021, 11:30 AM
and sadly those always (mis-)treat old artists like if they were the plague :/
I don't think their deliberately mistreating them, it's just their audience is younger than even R1s typical demographic. I'd imagine in ten years time some of the biggest streaming names will still be playlisted that are about now alongside a new wave.
I agree with what others are saying about R1 being less relevant for a hit though.
Posted by: Bjork 15th December 2021, 11:47 AM
I'd say they're deliberately mis-treating them
when everytime Avril Lavigne or Kelly Clarkson or Kylie releases a single it's like track #76 on NMF
Posted by: Sour Candy 15th December 2021, 02:15 PM
Kylie/Avril are like 400th most streamed artists, I don't think they have any reason to place them super high on the NMF by default. The fans will listen to them then regardless.
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 15th December 2021, 03:52 PM
We have 'Santa Baby' to thank for that (or curse)
Posted by: Sour Candy 15th December 2021, 05:02 PM
The season when Dean Martin becomes a streaming force 
Posted by: JosephCarey 15th December 2021, 06:33 PM
Wednesday Top 40 ONLY Update
Source: Music Week
Missing Data: unknown
Singles
1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas (42,099)
2 Wham! - Last Christmas (30,393)
3 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (29,667)
4 Adele - Easy On Me (29,188)
5 GAYLE - abcdefu (24,231)
6-10
8 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
10 George Ezra - Come On Home for Christmas
11-20
11 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
12 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
14 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
15 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
16 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree
17 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
18 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas
21-30
21 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
24 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
25 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
26 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
27 Ed Sheeran - Shivers
29 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
30 Olivia Dean - The Christmas Song
31-40
32 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
33 John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
34 D-Block Europe feat. AJ Tracey - Make You Smile *
35 Camila Cabello - I'll Be Home for Christmas *
38 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas ^
40 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ^
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Adele - 30 (47,421) [40,975 physicals]
2 Ed Sheeran - = (24,703)
3 ABBA - Voyage (19,151)
4 Paul Weller - An Orchestrated Songbook (13,559) *
5 Michael Bublé - Christmas (9,698)
6-10
7 Elton John - The Lockdown Sessions
9 Rod Stewart - The Tears of Hercules
10 Juice WRLD - Fighting Demons *
11-20
12 Coldplay - Music of the Spheres
13 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Barn *
15 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
18 Oasis - Knebworth 1996
21-30
22 Doja Cat - Planet Her
24 Rag'n'Bone Man - Life By Misadventure ^
25 James Blunt - The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004 - 2021)
28 Arctic Monkeys - AM
29 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
31-40
31 Green Day - BBC Sessions *
34 Gregory Porter - Still Rising: The Collection ^
38 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together at Christmas ^
NO OTHER SALES INFO
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 15th December 2021, 06:37 PM
Sam almost Top 10 despite Christmas songs.
(Looking like it will finish in a :gino: #3 this week with Christmas songs removed so if it does not get a Top 3 peak in the new year I will be FEWMIN!)
Posted by: sprock-93 15th December 2021, 06:39 PM
great sales jump for 30 by Adele!
Posted by: CJK 15th December 2021, 06:39 PM
Looks like Ed/Elton on lock for second week at No.1.
Seems close between Wham and Mariah, but actually closer between Mariah and Adele.
Top 20 for my fave Christmas song (Chris Rea) 
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 15th December 2021, 06:42 PM
Nooo Kelly, wrong way! Go back up!
Posted by: Envoirment 15th December 2021, 06:53 PM
Glad to see album sales jump up quite a bit. Adele's sales are down less than 1k from the same stage last week. I wonder if she can do 70k+ again. *_*
Posted by: Brit 15th December 2021, 06:56 PM
Looks like Adele will do 70k again this week, that will put the album over 500k sold and with Xmas week next week it could go over 600k by end of year
Posted by: Christmasteve201 15th December 2021, 06:59 PM
Thank goodness for the sales bounce in the albums, looks much more respectable!
What sales (streams) did the Buble ‘Christmas’ album peak on last year, 20k?
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 15th December 2021, 07:20 PM
Those sales are much better now.
Posted by: LiamSime 15th December 2021, 07:39 PM
The fact D-Block Europe are on track to get ANOTHER top 40 hit even with the massive amount of Christmas songs is very disappointing, I haven’t listened to this one and don’t plan to unless it gets played on the chart show, I quite like AJ Tracey normally but anything that involves D-Block is a big no go.
Posted by: Maestro 15th December 2021, 07:41 PM
I imagine Adele will end up at #2 by the end of the week again.
Not sure if I’m potentially incorrect here but it looks like Driving Home for Christmas is potentially underperforming this year in comparison to previous years
Posted by: CJK 15th December 2021, 08:13 PM
It was No.13 this week last year... so you're right.
Posted by: Robbie 15th December 2021, 08:47 PM
What sales (streams) did the Buble ‘Christmas’ album peak on last year, 20k?
Posted by: Christmasteve201 15th December 2021, 08:48 PM
Going to be around that this year then too I suspect!
Posted by: ___∆___ 15th December 2021, 08:53 PM
(Looking like it will finish in a :gino: #3 this week with Christmas songs removed so if it does not get a Top 3 peak in the new year I will be FEWMIN!)
Can’t believe how well it’s holding up
Really thought it would have been swept away by the Christmas songs
Posted by: Michael Bubré 15th December 2021, 09:52 PM
'Driving Home For Christmas' actually reached a new all-time peak on Spotify the other day! So it must be doing a bit worse on other platforms than usual I guess.
Posted by: Bjork 15th December 2021, 10:02 PM
Think its cos of Apple
They have an exclusive cover of Driving Home for Xmas by Dermot Kennedy
And they’re pushing that like Alexa does with her exclusives
So the Dermot cover is higher than the original
Which is just lowtop 40
Posted by: jimwatts 15th December 2021, 10:09 PM
On Amazon, it hadn't made the top 20 until 5 days ago - it's since gone 20-18-15-11-8...
Posted by: Run_For_Cover 15th December 2021, 10:19 PM
Great to see Adele's sales haven't dropped to much to much.
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 15th December 2021, 10:29 PM
All those weeks at #11 for 'Driving Home For Christmas'
Posted by: Hadji 15th December 2021, 10:36 PM
If LadBaby get Xmas #1, they’ll beat Spice Girls' record of most consecutive Xmas #1s and Ed Sheeran will also be the first artist since Westlife in 1999 to score four #1s in the same year
Posted by: Herbs 15th December 2021, 10:41 PM
And to me it's looking an almost certainty
The Ed/Elton collaboration needs to get bigger, or something random and unexpected needs to be released and blow up!
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 15th December 2021, 10:41 PM
It's almost as if they are both chasing the record books...
Posted by: Robbie 16th December 2021, 12:12 AM
Posted by: Charis 16th December 2021, 01:00 AM
Do we know where westlife are in albums chart?
Posted by: Liam.k. 16th December 2021, 01:02 AM
#8
Posted by: Run_For_Cover 16th December 2021, 02:37 AM
Would that mean Little Mix are at #6 or #11?
Posted by: jimwatts 16th December 2021, 07:09 AM
Just realised only 4 songs in last week's Top 40 are at their peak positions to date: the #1 (which always is), the Amazon exclusives at #26 & #39, and SZA - I Hate U at #38. Everything else is either on its way down or an old song coming back up. Not sure what the average is, except it's definitely more than that. Fortunately it looks like there'll be a few more this week.
Posted by: Rob 16th December 2021, 11:03 AM
So much tragedy in one post.
Posted by: Charis 16th December 2021, 11:09 AM
at least westlife did it on their own - no collaboration and no abusive collaborations either
Posted by: gooddelta 16th December 2021, 11:37 AM
The Ed/Elton collaboration needs to get bigger, or something random and unexpected needs to be released and blow up!
I think the Boris Johnson thing is the only competition, depends if people's anger boils over into (vastly) increased sales this year.
I'm not actually sure that LadBaby going for a less recognisable song will help them, even with Ed and Elton on it. I know it will have been No.1 for two weeks but Merry Christmas is hardly going to be a classic singalong in the minds of the general public at this stage like, funnily enough, the Shakin' Stevens song we were expecting would have been. Then again, I guess a lot of people buying it will care not for how it sounds, and more about the cause it's supporting.
Either way, 100-130k sales would be my prediction and it's not absolutely insurmountable that The K*nts could get up that way too with media focus and social media support in the right places.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 16th December 2021, 01:39 PM
The Kunts are also releasing 7 versions of their single tomorrow, with more during the week I'd imagine!
Posted by: ChristmasFridays 16th December 2021, 01:59 PM
Thought The Beatles had the record?
Posted by: Lukuzz 16th December 2021, 02:15 PM
God damn Kelly is never gonna get a new peak is she ?!
Posted by: Everton 16th December 2021, 04:08 PM
Still pray Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad top 40
Posted by: ben08 16th December 2021, 04:44 PM
They had 4 Christmas no. 1s but not consecutively (1963, 1964, 1965, 1967).
They had 4 no. 1s in 1963 according to all the music papers and the BBC chart but not in Record Retailer (which is what the OCC use for their "official" charts).
Posted by: ChristmasFridays 16th December 2021, 05:10 PM
They had 4 no. 1s in 1963 according to all the music papers and the BBC chart but not in Record Retailer (which is what the OCC use for their "official" charts).
The Spice Girls didn't have four consecutively either, so it will be The Beatles and the Spice Girls record of 3 that gets broken. Let's give the old bands their due...
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 16th December 2021, 07:14 PM
The Kunts for Christmas #1!
Posted by: Snakin' Stevens 16th December 2021, 08:07 PM
Didnt they enter the top 40 for the first time the week after Christmas last year (the chart where Wham were #1) *checks*
Edit yep they did!
Posted by: Christmasteve201 16th December 2021, 09:04 PM
Yeh it did, hopefully it repeaks this year
Posted by: Botchia 16th December 2021, 10:04 PM
Let's go Kunts
Posted by: Robbie 16th December 2021, 10:38 PM
^
It's now 10 versions of the song that are being released at midnight.
Posted by: Mangø Hø Hø 16th December 2021, 11:31 PM
Imagine if they actually beat Ladbaby et al to number one!
Posted by: Christmasteve201 16th December 2021, 11:33 PM
They do seem to have momentum wifey everything that’s happened. I would just love a decent chart battle to reinvigorate the chart on Xmas week with Ladbaby and Kunts breaking 70k and then we will have Ed/Elton, Adele and the Wham/Mariah/Pogues selling 45k so sales will be Bouant!
Posted by: Mangø Hø Hø 16th December 2021, 11:36 PM
Indeed a Christmas chart battle would be exciting but you promised you wouldn't call me wifey in public
Posted by: Herbs 16th December 2021, 11:41 PM
Would love Kunts to challenge but I can only see a comfortable number one for Ladbaby
Posted by: Michael Bubré 16th December 2021, 11:50 PM
I can't see it beating LadBaby but I do think the news of the last couple of weeks has been perfectly timed for it to challenge for #2.
They are at 25/1 on bet365... hmm x
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 17th December 2021, 12:34 AM
An actual neck to neck battle between them would be some unexpected excitement…
I’d be rooting for the Kunts for the lolz and also because f**k the government and f**k Boris!
Posted by: Christmasteve201 17th December 2021, 01:04 AM
My wifis down
Posted by: Jingle Bell Dot 17th December 2021, 04:42 AM
Ewwww this sausage roll shite really coming for #1 again.
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