Interesting that "Heroes (We Could Be)" was #6 on downloads and not even T100 on streams yet managed a combined position of #6. Clearly quite a mismatch this week between sales of Christmas songs and their streams (as we pretty much expected I guess).

 

The Christmas #1 continues a stretch back to 2011 (and 2009) of not surviving the week after Christmas, after pretty much being guaranteed a default extra week at the top in the past.

The Christmas #1 continues a stretch back to 2011 (and 2009) of not surviving the week after Christmas, after pretty much being guaranteed a default extra week at the top in the past.

 

I've beginning to notice this as well. I'm hoping next year we have #1s staying a bit longer, streaming sales should settle down a bit. At least Mark Ronson should get at least 4 weeks at #1 now, unless something else crawls out of the woodwork. And the Voice starts pretty soon :drama:

 

The Script's album has had an incredibly consistent run over the last couple of months!

 

Chart run: 01-07-06-06-11-16-15-09-15-17-15-18-18-17-16

The Script's album has had an incredibly consistent run over the last couple of months!

 

Chart run: 01-07-06-06-11-16-15-09-15-17-15-18-18-17-16

We've seemed to have had a few good recoveries from #1 albums that dropped a lot from the top spot: see Ella Henderson, Olly Murs, Take That, Kasabian. I suspect Ben Howard will recover well during January/February too.

We've seemed to have had a few good recoveries from #1 albums that dropped a lot from the top spot: see Ella Henderson, Olly Murs, Take That, Kasabian. I suspect Ben Howard will recover well during January/February too.

 

Hoping alt-J's album can recover a bit more as well (it's held up well in the last couple of months but stabilising around the 60s and 70s isn't exactly IDEAL, would like to see it at least making its way back into the top 40 for a bit).

 

But yes it does seem the only truly doomed #1 album we had this year was You Me At Six's (and even that did re-enter the top 100 a couple of times after its initial 1-10-33-43-59-73-x chart run, albeit one of those times being a rather underwhelming re-release). Bruce Springsteen could be categorised as 'truly doomed' as well maybe but he's had more than enough success in the past to make up for that, it's amazing he can even still get easy #1 albums in 2014 :P

We've seemed to have had a few good recoveries from #1 albums that dropped a lot from the top spot: see Ella Henderson, Olly Murs, Take That, Kasabian. I suspect Ben Howard will recover well during January/February too.

 

Well yeah, my point was more about it being between #15 and #18 for the last 10 weeks (bar one) but that's true too!

Hoping alt-J's album can recover a bit more as well (it's held up well in the last couple of months but stabilising around the 60s and 70s isn't exactly IDEAL, would like to see it at least making its way back into the top 40 for a bit).

 

But yes it does seem the only truly doomed #1 album we had this year was You Me At Six's (and even that did re-enter the top 100 a couple of times after its initial 1-10-33-43-59-73-x chart run, albeit one of those times being a rather underwhelming re-release). Bruce Springsteen could be categorised as 'truly doomed' as well maybe but he's had more than enough success in the past to make up for that, it's amazing he can even still get easy #1 albums in 2014 :P

I think they could if they get a discount - the indie acts usually receive the best boosts in the January period so perhaps Bombay Bicycle Club could also join them.

 

Yeah, not done too badly for #1 albums this year! A fair bit better than last year and a damn sight better than 2012 with the likes of Paul Weller, Marina and the Diamonds, Newton Faulkner, Elton John and Conor Maynard really bombing down the charts! :P

 

Well yeah, my point was more about it being between #15 and #18 for the last 10 weeks (bar one) but that's true too!

Oh I know, it was just something I noticed! :P But yeah, The Script's chart run is like the album chart's version of 'Stay With Me' for hovering around the Top 20 weeks on end!

It kind of baffles me how The Script still sell so many albums, at this stage how many people could possibly want an album of the same song again and again (effectively)?

 

Plus they're also not very good, but that's entirely subjective.

Largest Climbers:

The Vamps (feat. Shawn Mendes) - Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) - 87 (#163 to #76)

Bing Crosby - White Christmas - 56 (#131 to #75)

Cheryl Cole (feat. Tinie Tempah) - Crazy Stupid Love - 53 (#152 to #99)

Echosmith - Cool Kids - 49 (#123 to #74)

Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas 45 (#141 to #96)

 

Largest Fallers:

Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast - >56 (#100+ from #44)

Imagine Dragons - Demons - >49 (#100+ from #51)

Wealdstone Raider - Got No Fans - 41 (#46 from #5)

Gorgon City (feat. Jennifer Hudson) - Go All Night - 38 (#52 from #14)

One Direction - Where Do Broken Hearts Go - >35 (#100+ from #65)

Singles:

 

New entries ([#] = number of chart singles for artist(s) in order listed):

#6 Alesso feat. Tove Lo - Heroes (we could be) [4; 2]

#67 New World Sound and Thomas Newson feat. Lethal Bizzle - Flutes [1; 1; 16^[A]]

#74 Echosmith - Cool Kids [1]

#96 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas [17^[B]] ^[C]

 

Re-entries:

#75 Bing Crosby - White Christmas [Christmas effect]

#76 The Vamps feat. Shawn Mendes - Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) [gift card effect]

#79 Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord [Christmas effect]

#81 Charli XCX - Boom Clap [gift card effect]

#82 Maroon 5 - Maps [gift card effect]

#85 Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn and Katie Lopez - Do You Want To Build A Snowman? [gift card effect?]

#86 Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas [Christmas effect]

#87 Michael Bublé - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town [Christmas effect]

#89 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride [Christmas effect]

#93 Coldplay - Christmas Lights [Christmas effect]

#94 Fuse ODG feat. Angel - T.I.N.A [gift card effect]

#95 Michael Bublé - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) [Christmas effect]

#99 Cheryl feat. Tinie Tempah - Crazy Stupid Love [gift card effect]

#100 Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX - Fancy [gift card effect]

 

New peaks within the top 100:

#49 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas [from #61]

#68 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me [from #79]

#87 Michael Bublé - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town [from #95; see above]

#89 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride [from #98; see above]

 

Dropping out (* = for the first time since entering):

#44 Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

#51 Imagine Dragons - Demons

#65 One Direction - Where Do Broken Hearts Go

#70 The Peace Collective - All Together Now *

#71 Union J - You Got It All *

#74 James Newton Howard feat. Jennifer Lawrence - The Hanging Tree *

#77 Bring Me The Horizon - Drown *

#78 OneRepublic - Something I Need *

#79 Nicki Minaj feat. Skylar Grey - Bed Of Lies *

#82 Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown - Only

#84 Wankelmut and Emma Louise - My Head Is A Jungle *

#85 East 17 - Stay Another Day

#86 Nicki Minaj feat. Ariana Grande - Get On Your Knees *

#89 Meghan Trainor - Lips Are Movin *

#90 Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This

#93 The Veronicas - You Ruin Me *

#95 Coldplay - Miracles *

#99 Years & Years - Desire *

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

Echosmith [**-74]

New World Sound [**-67]

Thomas Newson [**-67]

 

Albums:

 

New entries ([#] = number of chart albums for artist(s) in order listed):

none

 

Re-entries:

#64 Eminem - Curtain Call - The Hits [reduced price on iTunes]

#68 The 1975 - The 1975 [99p on Google Play]

#79 Chris Brown - X [reduced price on iTunes]

#81 Bon Jovi - Greatest Hits [reduced price on iTunes]

#90 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend - The Best Of [reduced price on iTunes]

#91 Calvin Harris - 18 Months [reduced price on iTunes]

#92 Bastille - VS. - Other People's Heartache Pt. III [99p on Google Play]

#93 Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ [99p on Google Play]

#98 Barbra Streisand - The Ultimate Collection [reduced price on iTunes]

#100 Sia - 1000 Forms Of Fear [reduced price on iTunes]

 

New peaks within the top 100:

none

 

Dropping out (* = for the first time since entering):

#72 Ellie Goulding - Halcyon *

#74 Michael Ball - If Everyone Was Listening... *

#75 Barry Manilow - My Dream Duets *

#76 Rumer - Into Colour *

#77 SOL3 MIO - SOL3 MIO *

#79 Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me

#82 Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems

#88 Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters - lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar *

#95 André Rieu And His Johann Strauss Orchestra - Best Of Christmas *

#99 André Rieu And His Johann Strauss Orchestra - Rieu Royale

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

none

 

Longest running entries (with an unbroken top 100 run since entering for the first time):

 

Singles:

1 57wks Pharrell - Happy

2 55wks Idina Menzel - Let It Go

3 49wks Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

4 47wks John Legend - All Of Me

5 45wks Sam Smith - Money On My Mind

6 36wks Mr Probz - Waves

=7 32wks Coldplay - A Sky Full Of Stars

=7 32wks Sam Smith - Stay With Me

9 30wks Ed Sheeran - Sing

10 29wks Ella Henderson - Ghost

 

Albums:

=1 68wks Arctic Monkeys - AM

=1 68wks London Grammar - If You Wait

3 43wks Pharrell - G I R L

4 42wks Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction

=5 37wks Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love

=5 37wks The Vamps - Meet The Vamps

7 32wks Coldplay - Ghost Stories

8 31wks Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour

=9 29wks Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke - The Best Of

=9 29wks Kasabian - 48:13

 

Dropping out:

Ellie Goulding - Halcyon [from #1]

 

Notes:

^[A] +2 as a member of More Fire Crew

^[B] +1 as a member of Helping Haiti

^[C] Charting for the first time due to the inclusion of streaming in the chart