It could still yet make #1 next week (although unlikely, granted) as its streams will go through the roof this weekend.

 

But downloads are likely to fall back to normal from Friday too!

Did seem strange to publise the campaign this late in the week if earlier it could have had a better chance

The twitter campaign has been going all week about how to download various versions and stream for 30 seconds with the volume up - they still seem to think they have a chance even tho I have been tweeting them the reality!

The twitter campaign has been going all week about how to download various versions and stream for 30 seconds with the volume up - they still seem to think they have a chance even tho I have been tweeting them the reality!

 

You make that sound like everyone should just give up... even if Last Christmas is unlikely to be the Christmas #1 there's still the week after (which will be heavily boosted with Christmas streaming) to find a new peak or even just to re-peak.

True, but think they want the Christmas No1!

The twitter campaign has been going all week about how to download various versions and stream for 30 seconds with the volume up - they still seem to think they have a chance even tho I have been tweeting them the reality!

 

That's almost like popping a child's balloon with a pin and laughing at them.

That's almost like popping a child's balloon with a pin and laughing at them.

 

ChristmasEve201 should be renamed the ChristmasEveGrinch. :P

Lol I only tweeted them once but it was just frustrating me that they didn't know how things work. John Mortimer seems to be involved again - they guy who manned the RAGE campaign. Now that was a Christmas chart battle - must have been 50 pages on the ITunes thread that week - even my mates were talking about it!!

Lol I only tweeted them once but it was just frustrating me that they didn't know how things work. John Mortimer seems to be involved again - they guy who manned the RAGE campaign. Now that was a Christmas chart battle - must have been 50 pages on the ITunes thread that week - even my mates were talking about it!!

 

He's Jon Morter actually.

He's Jon Morter actually.

 

That’s explains so much

 

There’s SO many versions of WHam! Charting on iTunes now.

 

Must be 11/12 versions in the top 200 :lol:

Wham at 1, 20, 49, 84, 98, 100, 110, 127, 173, 197, 205, 223, 349, 384, 466, 529, 567, 568, 642, 729 and 730.

 

21 versions in the top 800. :o Surely in the lead now combined.

Blimey! What has caused this late surge of support?

I suppose seeing as sales are fairly low for this time of year, all it takes is 50,000 or so people to suddenly support Wham! by downloading a copy for them to actually surge to the top this week. That could happen in one day if there's enough promo. It's not outside the realms of possibility.

Kworb, as of 1.7 hours ago:

 

1.0000 Ed Sheeran

0.7317 Wham!

0.5696 Eminem

 

Wham! nowhere close to being #1 combined.

Kworb Combined & Weighted Update: Top 50

(as of 0.6 hours ago)

 

01 - 1.0000 - Ed Sheeran - Perfect (Combined - 3 versions)

02 - 0.7649 - Wham! - Last Christmas (Single Version) (Combined - 6 versions) 🎄

03 - 0.5637 - Eminem - River (feat. Ed Sheeran)

04 - 0.2927 - Rita Ora - Anywhere

05 - 0.2290 - Rak-Su - Dimelo (feat. Wyclef Jean & Naughty Boy) [X Factor Recording] (Combined)

06 - 0.2179 - P!nk - Beautiful Trauma

07 - 0.1998 - Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot

08 - 0.1925 - Camila Cabello - Havana (feat. Young Thug) (Combined)

09 - 0.1653 - MK - 17

10 - 0.1434 - Stormzy - Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2 (feat. MNEK)

 

11 - 0.1421 - James Arthur - Naked

12 - 0.1254 - Clean Bandit - I Miss You (feat. Julia Michaels)

13 - 0.1247 - NF - Let You Down

14 - 0.1215 - Craig David - I Know You (feat. Bastille)

15 - 0.1197 - Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Combined) 🎄

16 - 0.1145 - Jax Jones - Breathe (feat. Ina Wroldsen)

17 - 0.1082 - Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves

18 - 0.1028 - Marshmello - Silence (feat. Khalid)

19 - 0.0974 - The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) (Combined) 🎄

20 - 0.0872 - Elbow - Golden Slumbers

 

21 - 0.0775 - P!nk - What About Us

22 - 0.0705 - Jason Derulo - Tip Toe (feat. French Montana)

23 - 0.0691 - Sam Smith - Too Good at Goodbyes

24 - 0.0626 - Post Malone - rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)

25 - 0.0615 - CNCO & Little Mix - Reggaetón Lento (Remix)

26 - 0.0564 - Sam Smith - One Last Song

27 - 0.0510 - Ralph McTell - Streets of London (feat. The Crisis Choir & guest vocalist Annie Lennox)

28 - 0.0497 - Big Boi - All Night

29 - 0.0490 - Dua Lipa - New Rules

30 - 0.0463 - Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas 🎄

 

31 - 0.0448 - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Holy Mountain

32 - 0.0432 - Sia - Chandelier

33 - 0.0412 - Taylor Swift - Gorgeous

34 - 0.0389 - Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 🎄

35 - 0.0382 - Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

36 - 0.0375 - Eminem - Walk On Water (feat. Beyoncé)

37 - 0.0375 - Khalid - Young Dumb & Broke

38 - 0.0373 - Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

39 - 0.0357 - Ramz - Barking

40 - 0.0357 - ZAYN - Dusk Till Dawn (feat. Sia)

 

41 - 0.0355 - Roy Wood & Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 🎄

42 - 0.0348 - Camila Cabello - Never Be the Same

43 - 0.0337 - Gwen Stefani - You Make It Feel Like Christmas (feat. Blake Shelton) 🎄

xx - 0.0335 - Rak-Su - I'm Feeling You (X Factor Recording)

44 - 0.0335 - Rag'n'Bone Man - Grace

45 - 0.0319 - Tom Walker - Leave a Light On

46 - 0.0309 - Paloma Faith - Guilty

47 - 0.0294 - David Guetta & Afrojack - Dirty Sexy Money (feat. Charli XCX & French Montana)

48 - 0.0289 - RAYE & Mr Eazi - Decline

49 - 0.0273 - Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill

50 - 0.0273 - Clean Bandit - Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)

Quite shocked Gwen is at 43 and Sia is nowhere in sight! How'd it get that high - just airplay?

Quite shocked Gwen is at 43 and Sia is nowhere in sight! How'd it get that high - just airplay?

 

Sia's not that far behind - she's at #65 and likely just outside the top 50 on the combined versions chart posted above.

Gwen has a TV special called You Make It Feel Like Christmas on Sky Arts. I'm not sure whether it's aired already or if Dec 23rd is its first showing, but it's currently viewable on Now TV. Maybe that's helping her song to some extent?

It was on Sky Arts on Sunday, and repeated on Sky One yesterday