So does anyone know when a single at No. 2 last had a weekly sale of 450,000? I can't think of anything even over 250,000 this decade (I know Westlife's What Makes a Man and Christmas Time by The Darkness both did over 200,000 and made Christmas No.2).

 

Has it ever happened?

Wham!'s Last Christmas sold about 450k as well I think, in whatever year it was released. Not sure if anything's been bigger than that.

Wham!'s Last Christmas sold about 450k as well I think, in whatever year it was released. Not sure if anything's been bigger than that.

1984. Number two behind the original Band Aid

well Joe McElderry now...

Anyone got Last Christmas' actual (or to nearest thousand) for its biggest week at #2? Wasn't it #2 for at least a couple of weeks, maybe 3?

 

It sold about 1.3m IIRC, Joe won't get anywhere near that (even if he makes #1 which I think he will pretty soon)

'Last Christmas' was No.2 for 5 Weeks, between 1984 & 1985.

It is the biggest Selling UK No.2 Hit.

 

Its initial Top 10 Weeks:,

 

2-2-2-2-2-3-8

 

Then, it re-entered the Top 10 for Christmas/New Year

1985/1986:,

 

10-6-6

 

Only 1 other No.2 Christmas Song has spent so long at No.2.

The now forgotten 'Santo Natale', ('Merry Christmas'), by David

Whitefield, in 1954/1955:,

 

6-2-2-2-2-2-5

Edited December 21, 200915 yr by zeus555

'Last Christmas' was No.2 for 5 Weeks, between 1984 & 1985.

It is the biggest Selling UK No.2 Hit.

 

Its initial Top 10 Weeks:,

 

2-2-2-2-2-3-8

 

Then, it re-entered the Top 10 for Christmas/New Year

1985/1986:,

 

10-6-6

 

Only 1 other No.2 Christmas Song has spent so long at No.2.

The now forgotten 'Santo Natale', ('Merry Christmas'), by David

Whitefield, in 1954/1955:,

 

6-2-2-2-2-2-5

 

Are you not fogetting "The Floral Dance" in 1977...6 weeks behind "Mull Of Kintyre?" Not exactly Christmas song, but shifting quite a lot.

Thanks for the response, Dave.

 

Yes - I'm aware that 'The Floral Dance' was No.2 for

6 Weeks - Christmas/New Year 1977/1978. However, it was

a Christmas No.2 HIT - NOT a Christmas SONG. I was

only refering to No.2 Hits that were about Christmas - not

No.2 Hits that were merely at that Position, over Christmas.....

Edited December 22, 200915 yr by zeus555