I assume they booked the 10th/11th for the final because they thought Sports Personality of the Year would be on the 18th so it did not clash but that is now four days later on the 22nd.

Edited October 22, 201113 yr by zenon

http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-new...le-starts-here/

 

This article popped up today!

http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-new...le-starts-here/

 

This article popped up today!

 

Like I said, unless the OCC specifically changed its 'rules' (this article shows they haven't) anyone who said the Xmas chart is announced on the 18th was wrong :P

 

They seem to have forgotten about Steve Brookstein, saying That's My Goal was the first X Factor #1 - I don't blame them, he's a pretty forgettable person :lol:

Edited October 25, 201113 yr by Bré

Like I said, unless the OCC specifically changed its 'rules' (this article shows they haven't) anyone who said the Xmas chart is announced on the 18th was wrong :P

 

They seem to have forgotten about Steve Brookstein, saying That's My Goal was the first X Factor #1 - I don't blame them, he's a pretty forgettable person :lol:

I saw that and I think they meant the first Christmas #1. Except they missed the word Christmas!

the xfactor winner single comes out two weeks b4 xmas apparently.

I saw that and I think they meant the first Christmas #1. Except they missed the word Christmas!

 

I saw it too and commented on their mistake. They'll probably delete my comment, just like they did with many people's comments last week on other chart news. The OCC encourages commenting, but they don't seem to like it when people actually do it.

the xfactor winner single comes out two weeks b4 xmas apparently.

 

XF ends on Saturday 11th but they've not yet said what date the single will be out. They may wait until Monday 20th.

XF ends on Saturday 11th but they've not yet said what date the single will be out. They may wait until Monday 20th.

We can always hope they forget to release it at all :P

Ahhhh, but they now have a week to record an ALBUM and get the Xmas number one album - sales would be astronomical if they can pull it off (I think they can)!

Surely the 25th December as that's actually Christmas? I remember in 2005 listening it to on my radio on Christmas Day

I did wonder whether these financially uncertain times were going to cause the first skipped chart at xmas for 30 years, and that would be why the X Factor single was out a week early, but it says in the OCCs own article it's the chart announced on the day so I can't figure out what's going on. Maybe the X Factor are going to spend an additional week asking it's viewers to vote for which song should be the winner's single, thus guaranteeing a popular (amongst x factor fans anyway) release. Or perhaps they are hoping that facebook etc campaigners will be split by the confusion and won't all target the same week, thus leaving both weeks clear for X Factor?

 

By my reckoning there have been 7 occasions when xmas day coincided with a chart announcement day since the BBC backed official charts started in 1969.

Between 1969 and Nov 1987 the new chart was announced first on a Tuesday lunchtime (or Weds after a Bank Holiday Mon), xmas day was a Tues in 1973, 1979 and 1984. The first two of those didn't see a new chart for that week, not even published retrospectively. 1984 DID see a new chart that was in theory due to have been announced on the day itself but I suspect it was actually revealed on 26th or 27th Dec instead or else published retrospectively in Music Week.

Since late 1987 new charts have been announced on a Sunday and this has coincided with xmas day in 1988, 1994, 2005 and now 2011. In 1988 the new chart was announced a day late on Mon 26th Dec but apparently it was still recognised (somewhat inaccurately) as the year's xmas chart by the industry. 1994 was the first time a new chart really was announced on the day but I have no idea whether Xmas TOTP were able to get the exclusive that year, which of course they did in 2005 since they were on air prior to the chart show that day. I've no idea yet whether there will even be a new chart on xmas day this year but according to the OCC there will, and they should know I suppose.