So glad "Chandelier" is still top 40, amazing chart run! I thought it wouldn't even last a whole month in the top 40. :wub:

I think the 'gift card effect' is and will get less and less each year - 2 years ago all my nieces and nephews wanted for Christmas was iTunes cards, This year it was all about Spotify subscriptions.

 

You're probably right - although there may just be a massive increase in streaming sales (as there has been this year I think) instead :P

Still loving 'Last All Night (Koala)' :wub: ~ shame about the drop :snif:

 

'Blame' :music:

Wham climbing! Great song! :D

Wham has climbed significantly! Maybe Mariah & The Pogues will too? Should see some monster streaming figures...

Hurray for Shakin' Stevens making it in the end :cheer: caught the tail end of it though :( also next to Wizzard too :D my two favourites :)

Gorgon City had dropped to well outside the top 40 on iTunes by the end of the week so yes, it's pretty likely they'll be gone.

 

They were #15 on Christmas Eve and then still top 40 some of Christmas day/then dropped to ~70ish but have since been climbing (in both streams/sales). I really hope they've held on or will be back next week. :(

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Wham!

Last Christmas

The Final | 1986

 

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51u5cT3tENL._AA160_.jpg

 

Chart Run 1984 (double A side with Everything She Wants): 2-2-2-2-2-3-8-11-21-33-38-51-67 [13 wks]

Chart Run 1985: 32-10-6-6-14-36-68 [7 wks]

Chart Run 1986: 63-47-45-71 [4 wks]

Chart Run 2007: 50-23-14-16-40 [5 wks]

Chart Run 2008: 67-36-26-27-45 [5 wks]

Chart Run 2009: 53-39-41-34 [4 wks]

Chart Run 2010: 57-53-56-61 [4 wks]

Chart Run 2011: 55-26-28-34 [4 wks]

Chart Run 2012: 55-34-41-35 [4 wks]

Chart Run 2013: 44-40-36-68 [4 wks]

 

Chart Run: 39-36-35-28

 

Original release date: 1984

Format: download only track

Label: Epic Records

 

Sales: 1,700k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

Wham! were an English musical duo formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in the early 1980s. They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with an American band.

 

Wham! have sold more than sold 25 million certified records worldwide from 1982 to 1986. - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

1982 03 Young Guns (Go For It) -1-

1983 08 Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) -2-

1983 02 Bad Boys -3-

1983 04 Club Tropicana -4-

1983 15 Club Fantastic Megamix -NAS-

1984 01 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go -1-

1984 01 Freedom -2-

1984 02 Last Christmas / Everything She Wants -1- MILLION SELLER

1985 01 I'm Your Man -2-

1985 06 Last Christmas (1985 re-issue)

1986 01 The Edge Of Heaven -3-

They were #15 on Christmas Eve and then still top 40 some of Christmas day/then dropped to ~70ish but have since been climbing (in both streams/sales). I really hope they've held on or will be back next week. :(

 

The sales from Xmas day onwards will have been a lot higher than the previous days though. They're still only #57 on iTunes so I'd be surprised if they were back next week but it's possible it could be back eventually (like Sub Focus' 'Turn Back Time' last year).

Love a bit of Wham Last Christmas :wub:

They were #15 on Christmas Eve and then still top 40 some of Christmas day/then dropped to ~70ish but have since been climbing (in both streams/sales). I really hope they've held on or will be back next week. :(

 

It was well behind Last All Night and that's already been and gone so I doubt it highly.

It's Ed Sheeran's first ever Number 1 single! :o

Ed Sheeran's first EVER #1 :o *.*

Ed Sheeran's first ever UK #1!!

insert additional comment about how this was Ed's first #1

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Ed Sheeran

Sing

x | 2014

 

http://i.imgur.com/qZNyF8q.png

 

Chart Run: 1-2-3-3-4-7-8-10-14-15-19-23-24-26-27-26-29-33-36-30-26-22-25-34-36-44-44-39-37-27

 

Release date: 01-06-2014

Format: digital single

Label: Warner Music

 

Chart sales: 700k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he moved to London in 2008 to pursue a musical career. In early 2011, Sheeran released an independent extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project, which caught the attention of both Elton John and Jamie Foxx. He then signed to Asylum Records. His 2011 debut album, +, containing the singles "The A Team" and "Lego House", was certified quintuple platinum in the United Kingdom. In 2012, he won two BRIT Awards for Best British Male and British Breakthrough. "The A Team" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.

 

Sheeran began to be known in the United States in 2012. He made a guest appearance on Taylor Swift's fourth studio album, Red, and wrote songs for One Direction. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards and he performed the song in duet with Elton John during the ceremony. He spent much of 2013 touring North America as the opening act for Taylor Swift's Red Tour. His second studio album is titled x, read as "multiply", and is scheduled for worldwide release on 23 June 2014. He was nominated for Best New Artist at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2011 03 The A Team -1- MILLION SELLER

2011 04 You Need Me, I Don't Need You -2-

2011 09 Drunk -4-

2011 05 Lego House -3-

2012 35 Hush Little Baby (Wretch 32 Feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 25 Small Bump -5-

2012 34 Wish You Were Here (Ed Sheeran, Richard Jones, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford & David Arnold)

2012 07 (All Along The) Watchtower (Devlin Feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 07 Everything Has Changed (Taylor Swift Feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 18 Give Me Love -6-

2013 13 I See Fire -OST-

2014 18 One -IG1-

2014 01 Sing -1-

2014 08 Don't -IG2/2-

2014 01 Thinking Out Loud -IG5/3-

2014 43 Photograph -IG7-

2014 59 Afire Love -IG3-

2014 49 I'm A Mess -AT-

2014 46 All Of The Stars -OST-

2014 57 Nina -AT-

2014 60 Bloodstream -IG4-

2014 62 Tenerife Sea -AT-

2014 71 Runaway -AT-

2014 38 Make It Rain -OST-

Was Sing really his first ever UK #1? :o I thought The A Team was a big #1 :unsure:

Gorgon City won't be re-entering anytime I think.

 

Can't say this climb wasn't expected, at least it didn't re-enter top 20.

Ed sheeran and his first EVER number 1, how I will miss Jameela :(

this reminds me Don't will probably be back in the top 20 :drama: it'll be a long while before we have an Ed-free chart show.