No, mostly because James Arthur wasn't Christmas Number One. :P

 

The last one must've been Matt Cardle in 2010.

:cry:

No, mostly because James Arthur wasn't Christmas Number One. :P

 

Good point. But apart from that...

Edited December 12, 20168 yr by The Hit Parade

Ladbrokes

 

3/1 Friends of Jo Cox

4/1 Matt Terry

6/1 Louis Tomlinson/Steve Aoki

6/1 Saara Aalto

7/1 Zayn Malik/Taylor Swift

8/1 London Hospices Choir

 

I've never even heard of Matt Terry or Saara Aalto? :huh:

I've never even heard of Matt Terry or Saara Aalto? :huh:

Contestants of X Factor, the winner is Matt Terry.

 

Even I knew it, although I don't watch because I'm not in the UK.

Contestants of X Factor, the winner is Matt Terry.

 

Even I knew it, although I don't watch because I'm not in the UK.

 

I should have guessed :rolleyes:

 

I wish I could travel to Mars to get away from Cowell, or better still, send *him* there... :lol:

Ladbrokes

 

13/8 Matt Terry

4/1 Friends Of Jo Cox

5/1 London Hospices Choir

6/1 Louis Tomlinson/Steve Aoki

12/1 Zayn Malik/Taylor Swift

12/1 Inspiral Carpets

12/1 Honey G (ignoring that her single isn't out until 23/12 :lol:)

20/1 Clean Bandit

25/1 Little Mix

25/1 Mariah Carey

25/1 Calvin Harris

25/1 Cliff Richard

the bookies really are underestimating Mariah with her streaming advantage. She probably won't be #1 or 2 but she's definitely worth better odds than 25/1 personally & Inspiral Carpets won't even be top 20, or even top 40!

Inspiral Carpets won't even be top 20, or even top 40!

 

Why not?

Why not?

it'll get less news coverage than the Jo Cox & Hospice Choir. Could be wrong though but I'm not sure christmas campaigns are a big force anymore. It's difficult to tell how this one will do but I really can't see it making the top 20, maybe 26 or something at highest & it's not going to be very high on streaming!

Edited December 12, 20168 yr by XMAS Rob S~

Is there much news coverage now at all? I reckon it'll depend on how far it gets spread on social media among groups of folk of a certain age who like bands like Stone Roses / Oasis etc.

 

Mind you, I bought it in 1994, not going to buy it again.

I doubt Inspiral Carpets will get anywhere tbh. They'll only be a low top 40 sales hit at best and with no streaming likely to miss the Top 100 altogether.

the bookies really are underestimating Mariah with her streaming advantage. She probably won't be #1 or 2 but she's definitely worth better odds than 25/1 personally & Inspiral Carpets won't even be top 20, or even top 40!

 

It must be that not many people are betting on Mariah rather than the bookies don't think it will happen.

 

I don't think it will either, but I agree 25/1 is good value.

Can you have it each-way for the Christmas #1 by the way or is it win only?

 

 

I doubt Inspiral Carpets will get anywhere tbh. They'll only be a low top 40 sales hit at best and with no streaming likely to miss the Top 100 altogether.

 

Can somebody explain this "no streaming" thing to me that everyone has started talking about? I just listened to it on Spotify, why is that any different to Mariah Carey?

Can somebody explain this "no streaming" thing to me that everyone has started talking about? I just listened to it on Spotify, why is that any different to Mariah Carey?

Mariah is going to have a lot of streams whereas Inspiral will have close to no streaming

Mariah is going to have a lot of streams whereas Inspiral will have close to no streaming

 

Right. So it's not a rule or anything, where a track has to be officially "re-released" for streams to count? Well, again, depends on the uptake of social media. I'd love to see you all proven wrong :P

Edited December 12, 20168 yr by richie

Its available on streaming services but its not guaranteed an awful lot due to the nature of the song whereas Mariah is guaranteed around 400k a day at weekends especially!

Yeah, I just wasn't sure if there was some new rule. I don't doubt Mariah will be everywhere you go this weekend (assuming shops use streaming services nowadays) but I do reckon the Carpets will get enough to be in the charts. They wouldn't have odds if people weren't betting, and people wouldn't be betting unless there was a chance.

Yeah, I just wasn't sure if there was some new rule. I don't doubt Mariah will be everywhere you go this weekend (assuming shops use streaming services nowadays) but I do reckon the Carpets will get enough to be in the charts. They wouldn't have odds if people weren't betting, and people wouldn't be betting unless there was a chance.

But then honey g is 12/1 yet her single isn't even out until the 23rd.. so people are betting on her even though there's 0% chance

She has several tracks on Spotify so it isn't impossible. Just unlikely. But who knows what might happen.