November 28, 20178 yr With only 3 charts before the Christmas chart it is looking wide open in both the Singles and Album chart for the Christmas number 1 spot. The low sales really add to the unpredictability as something could quite easily come out of the pack with the right amount of Promo. Prefer it to the years when the #1 was a foregone conclusion however just hope we get a deserved Christmas #1 (in both charts).
November 28, 20178 yr Craig David to climb into the Top 20/15 by Friday :dance: I really hope so! Such a good tune
November 28, 20178 yr With only 3 charts before the Christmas chart it is looking wide open in both the Singles and Album chart for the Christmas number 1 spot. The low sales really add to the unpredictability as something could quite easily come out of the pack with the right amount of Promo. Prefer it to the years when the #1 was a foregone conclusion however just hope we get a deserved Christmas #1 (in both charts). 4 charts. I agree with your point though - I would be satisfied with either an actual Christmas song snatching it or Anywhere by Rita. Even Perfect would be a fitting Christmas #1 despite not liking it originally. It's been Ed's year after all. I'm still backing Last Christmas though.
November 28, 20178 yr Author Think it'll be between Last Christmas and Perfect myself, that's if there is actually going to be a Wham for #1 campaign.
November 28, 20178 yr Unless Spotify start promoting Wham! more I don't see why they'd overtake Mariah tbh. Maybe on downloads I guess but I don't think that'd be enough to overcome her streaming advantage. Very hard to predict the Xmas #1 this year!
November 28, 20178 yr Author Unless Spotify start promoting Wham! more I don't see why they'd overtake Mariah tbh. Maybe on downloads I guess but I don't think that'd be enough to overcome her streaming advantage. Very hard to predict the Xmas #1 this year! Wham will probably get quite a lot of downloads on Christmas week, as the song famously was denied of a #1 position so it seems likely there'll be a fan campaign to get it to finally make #1 as a tribute.
November 28, 20178 yr 3 charts, Dec 1st , 8th, 15th and then Christmas Chart on Dec 22nd. Yeah I didn't read your post properly. :lol:
November 28, 20178 yr With only 3 charts before the Christmas chart it is looking wide open in both the Singles and Album chart for the Christmas number 1 spot. The low sales really add to the unpredictability as something could quite easily come out of the pack with the right amount of Promo. Prefer it to the years when the #1 was a foregone conclusion however just hope we get a deserved Christmas #1 (in both charts). I can see the X Factor winners track taking it for a week or 2 if the track takes off before the Christmas chart is revealed
November 28, 20178 yr Agree with you on 'Last Christmas' , it is the bookies favourite and there is plenty of time for some momentum, wouldn't mind betting there is another George Michael documentary lined up before Christmas.
November 28, 20178 yr The Wham for Christmas No1 campaign only has 276 followers on twitter! How many on the Facebook page I assume it has too?
November 28, 20178 yr I think if Rak Du win X Factor might have it, ironically when running away from thr battle! Adele singing Fast Love??
November 28, 20178 yr The Wham for Christmas No1 campaign only has 276 followers on twitter! How many on the Facebook page I assume it has too? About 26k. Still early days, it is a campaign that just needs to peak at the right time.
November 28, 20178 yr I don't think a 'Wham for #1' campaign on social media needs to be that successful. 'Last Christmas' is going to be streamed like crazy regardless and will naturally have the people's backing, much like 'One Last Time'.
November 28, 20178 yr The twitter page states clearly that a download is worth a lot more than a stream and they've urged everyone to download it!
November 28, 20178 yr Rita closing the gap on Spotify and increasing her lead on iTunes. Surely she can do this? Please!!
November 28, 20178 yr What is the lowesr ever sales for a Christmas no1 single and album? It wouldn’t surprise me if both statistics are achieved this year. I think I remember reading Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman had the lowest Christmas no1 single in last 10-15 years but they still sold about 90k and recent single sales have been well below those levels for quite some time and can’t see them recovering much with such a paltry pre-Christmas release schedule this year!
November 28, 20178 yr I really dont want Wham to be the Christmas number 1. That said, i find it so frustrating that so many of the Christmas songs that are all stable classics were never Number 1 hits.
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