She left it too long for sure. I think she'll still get a decent #1 album on okay sales, but the era will fizzle out pretty quickly.

Black Beatles to be huge, please.

I would call myself a fan of Emeli Sande based on the material, duets everything from the Our Version of Events era. Sadly i do not like anything i have heard from the new album and so far remain bitterly disappointed. I fully understand the lack of boost from the X Factor performance as i believe it is a weak song and the type of song that wouldn't be a hit for anyone.

601 Ariana Grande Santa Tell Me

 

I feel like this has much more of a chance of being the big Christmas classic that so many want Kelly and Leona to be. It certainly helps that Ariana is on the top of her game right now. I wouldn't be surprised if it got an even higher peak again this year.

12. Robbie Williams - Love My Life

41. Emeli Flopdé - Breathing Underwater

131. Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

 

Will be interesting to see if a similar fate befalls Sam Smith.

Oh I hope so

I'm sure Hurts would have gone top 10 for Emeli if she'd performed it. Surprised at that decision. I do love Breathing Underwater though. I'm sure it really boosted her pre-orders though!

601 Ariana Grande Santa Tell Me

 

I feel like this has much more of a chance of being the big Christmas classic that so many want Kelly and Leona to be. It certainly helps that Ariana is on the top of her game right now. I wouldn't be surprised if it got an even higher peak again this year.

It reached number 68 last year (edit: 2 years ago), and it seems to do well on streaming - so I think it could challenge for a top 50 position this year.

Lmao I bet it will Sam Smith who does an Adele and goes stratospheric while Emeli flops as a Duffy :drama:

Has Crystal Fighters shown up anywhere after their XTRA Factor performance, never heard of them before but their All Night song was so catchy its been stuck on my head all day.

 

That "Juju On That Beat" thing is horrific. Thankfully it seems to be fallen a bit, so maybe, if I'm extremely lucky, I'll never have to hear it agian.

Has Crystal Fighters shown up anywhere after their XTRA Factor performance, never heard of them before but their All Night song was so catchy its been stuck on my head all day.

 

 

It's a fantastic track which thankfully made the radio 1 B list for a couple of weeks, surprised they performed on XF tbh, if they'd played on the main show it would have been huge!

It reached number 68 last year (edit: 2 years ago), and it seems to do well on streaming - so I think it could challenge for a top 50 position this year.

 

Is 68 it's peak on the year it was released?

No, it was a year afterwards - likely helped by her having Problem and Break Free smash that year.

Did it not chart in the year it was released?

I think it was the week after Xmas 2014 - I remember Ariana having like 3 or 4 singles in between #60 and #70.

31. Luv - Tory Lanez

37. Black Beatles (feat. Gucci Mane) - Rae Sremmurd

45. Just Say (feat. Tinashe) - KDA

Santa Tell Me was released in 2014 so it did peak in the year it was released, if it didn't chart last year!

Omg Black Beatles is going to be huge isn't it!

45. Just Say (feat. Tinashe) - KDA

Great to see this making big progress. Would love for it to give Tinashe her 2nd top 40 hit. It's really grown on me since I saw the video for it, I actually hated it at first, but it's Tinashe, so perseverance was the only option! :P