The Pogues and Leona suffers the fact that their Christmas songs are local UK hits...It would be different if they were US hits.. that translate on being at the bottom of the biggest and GLOBAL Christmas playlist "CHRISTMAS HITS"(guess lots of uk listeners played this playlist too) ...look where is Kelly and others in that playlist

 

The Pogues are Irish to be pedantic.

The Pogues are Irish to be pedantic.

Still UK HIT

To Leona's credit, last year she got to #95 on the Global chart with ~55% of her streams coming from the UK. This year she made it to #55 on the Global chart with a little under 40% from the UK. The UK is a big enough market to have international influence in its own right, so maybe she could further establish in future years. Or it's a random fluke. Tune in 365 days from now and find out :P

To Leona's credit, last year she got to #95 on the Global chart with ~55% of her streams coming from the UK. This year she made it to #55 on the Global chart with a little under 40% from the UK. The UK is a big enough market to have international influence in its own right, so maybe she could further establish in future years. Or it's a random fluke. Tune in 365 days from now and find out :P

It is a playlist factor..OMS has a much higher position on Christmas Pop playlist (still not as important as the one I write before tho)

 

Yes Kylie Minogue Santa Baby top 50 Globally for 2 days s brilliant for her. There is Eartha, Arianna and Michael Bublé versions also

 

She reached number 39 globally just yesterday and number 81 in US spotify with 1.1 million streams which is a first for her...

It was probably added to many US spotify playlists as the Santa Baby of choice...

Edited December 26, 20186 yr by Dark Horse

All that payola for Kylie! :o

Spotify Daily Chart Update (25/12)

 

IT'S CHRISTMAS!

 

01 01 Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You [1,637,877]

02 02 Wham! – Last Christmas [1,601,415]

03 03 Brenda Lee – Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree [1,420,633]

04 05 Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas? [1,375,789]

05 06 Michael Bublé – It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas [1,329,841]

06 04 The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) [1,223,475]

07 11 Andy Williams – It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year [1,115,451]

08 09 John & Yoko – Happy Xmas (War Is Over) [*NEW PEAK*] [1,103,529]

09 12 Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime [*NEW PEAK*] [1,073,070]

10 07 Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me [1,060,621]

 

11 13 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock [*NEW PEAK*] [1,036,062]

12 08 Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas [1,009,789]

13 10 Elton John – Step Into Christmas [1,003,472]

14 15 Bing Crosby – White Christmas [960,885]

15 14 Shakin' Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone [894,122]

16 18 Frank Sinatra with The B. Swanson Quartet – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow [*NEW PEAK*] [784,442]

17 22 The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride [779,703]

18 17 Michael Bublé – Holly Jolly Christmas [773,779]

19 23 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree [*NEW PEAK*] [754,713]

20 16 Leona Lewis – One More Sleep [728,240]

 

21 20 Sam Smith – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

22 32 Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) [*NEW PEAK*]

23 19 Justin Bieber – Mistletoe

24 21 Kylie Minogue – Santa Baby

25 29 Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! [*NEW PEAK*]

26 25 Coldplay – Christmas Lights

27 33 José Feliciano – Feliz Navidad

28 35 Michael Bublé – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

29 27 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody

30 31 The Jackson 5 – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

 

31 39 Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

32 44 Burl Ives – A Holly Jolly Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

33 28 Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

34 46 Perry Como - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra) [*NEW PEAK*]

35 36 Jona Lewie – Stop the Cavalry

36 53 Daryl Hall & John Oates – Jingle Bell Rock [*NEW PEAK*]

37 41 Boney M. – Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord

38 45 Eartha Kitt with Henri René & His Orchestra – Santa Baby

39 49 Brett Elderedge – Baby, It's Cold Outside (feat. Meghan Trainor) [*NEW PEAK*]

40 34 Pretenders – 2000 Miles

 

41 54 Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas

42 43 The Jackson 5 – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus [*NEW PEAK*]

43 52 Chuck Berry – Run Rudolph Run

44 42 Britney Spears – My Only Wish (This Year)

45 56 Mariah Carey – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) [*NEW PEAK*]

46 57 Tony Bennett – Winter Wonderland [*NEW PEAK*]

47 50 Mud – Lonely This Christmas

48 63 Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me

49 58 Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY – December 1975)

50 48 Sia – Santa's Coming For Us

 

51 40 Idina Menzel – Baby It's Cold Outside (feat. Michael Bublé)

52 64 Ariana Grande – Santa Baby [*NEW PEAK*]

53 51 Meghan Trainor – I'll Be Home

54 59 Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych & John Williams – Carol of the Bells

55 71 Michael Bublé – I'll Be Home For Christmas

56 47 Michael Bublé – Cold December Night

58 78 Dean Martin – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer [*NEW PEAK*]

59 68 The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick

60 62 Gwen Stefani – You Make It Feel Like Christmas (feat. Blake Shelton) [*NEW PEAK*]

61 84 Ella Fitzgerald – Sleigh Ride [*NEW PEAK*]

63 70 Michael Bublé – White Christmas (feat. Shania Twain)

64 100 Dean Martin – Baby It's Cold Outside [*NEW PEAK*]

65 69 East 17 – Stay Another Day

66 97 Queen – Thank God It's Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

67 76 Michael Bublé – Jingle Bells (feat. The Puppini Sisters)

68 108 Nat King Cole – Joy To The World [*NEW PEAK*]

69 113 Frank Sinatra – Mistletoe and Holly [*NEW PEAK*]

70 65 Destiny's Child – 8 Days of Christmas

71 85 Cliff Richard - Mistletoe and Wine

73 93 Michael Bublé – All I Want For Christmas Is You

74 111 Bing Crosby – Do You Hear What I Hear? [*NEW PEAK*]

75 121 Christina Aguilera – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

77 143 Nina Nesbitt – Oh Holy Night [*NEW PEAK*]

79 94 The Ronettes – Frosty the Snowman

80 123 Frank Sinatra – Jingle Bells [*NEW PEAK*]

81 132 Bing Crosby – It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

82 149 Donny Hathaway – This Christmas

83 159 Devin Dawson – Christmas Time Is Here [*NEW PEAK*]

84 91 Michael Bublé – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

85 131 Ariana Grande – Last Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

86 66 The Vamps – Jingle Bell Rock

87 171 Johnny Mathis – Sleigh Ride [*NEW PEAK*]

88 145 Celine Dion - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

89 109 Michael Bublé – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

90 136 Frank Sinatra – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

91 104 Greg Lake – I Believe in Father Christmas

92 80 The Crystals – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

93 114 Bing Crosby – Winter Wonderland

94 126 Mike Oldfield – In Dulce Jubilo

95 172 George Ezra – White Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

96 166 *NSYNC – Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays [*NEW PEAK*]

97 173 Mel & Kim – Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

98 169 Carpenters – Sleigh Ride [*NEW PEAK*]

99 NE John Legend – Bring Me Love [*NEW PEAK*]

100 118 Chris de Burgh – A Spaceman Came Travelling

 

102 74 Olivia Holt – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

103 141 Michael Bublé – Santa Baby

104 146 Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans – Here Comes Santa Claus

105 120 Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know

106 137 Aled Jones – Walking In The Air

107 82 98º – What Christmas Means To Me

108 92 Matt Terry – When Christmas Comes Around

110 190 Ella Fitzgerald – Frosty The Snowman [*NEW PEAK*]

111 181 Train – Shake Up Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

112 148 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Baby It's Cold Outside

113 130 The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping

114 161 Judy Garland – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

115 194 Christina Aguilera – This Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

116 NE Elvis Presley – Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) [*NEW PEAK*]

117 165 Michael Bublé – Silent Night

118 107 Jamie Cullum – Show Me The Magic

119 154 Michael Jackson – Rockin' Robin

120 NE Hannah Kerr – Winter Wonderland [*NEW PEAK*]

121 164 Nat King Cole – Deck The Hall

122 NE Mariah Carey – O Holy Night [*NEW PEAK*]

125 200 Jessie J – Man With The Bag [*NEW PEAK*]

126 NE Brett Elderedge – Christmas Time Is Here [*NEW PEAK*]

127 RE Backstreet Boys – Christmas Time [*NEW PEAK*]

128 NE Brett Elderedge – A Holly Jolly Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

129 105 Ariana Grande – Snow In California

130 180 Michael Bublé – Blue Christmas

131 184 Gene Autry – Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) [*NEW PEAK*]

133 98 Sia – Candy Cane Lane

134 103 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Winter Wonderland

135 116 Kylie Minogue – At Christmas

137 NE Justin Bieber – The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (feat. Usher) [*NEW PEAK*]

138 NE Norah Jones – It's Not Christmas 'Til You Come Home [*NEW PEAK*]

139 NE James TW – Last Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

140 RE Michael Bublé – Mis Deseos / Feliz Navidad (feat. Thalia)

141 157 The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

142 NE Jordan Smith – Grown-Up Christmas List [*NEW PEAK*]

145 RE Dean Martin – Silver Bells

148 RE Michael Bublé – Ave Maria

149 199 The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) [*NEW PEAK*]

150 RE Michael Bublé – Winter Wonderland

 

151 NE Andreas Weise – Before Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

152 RE Bing Crosby – The Little Drummer Boy [*NEW PEAK*]

153 NE Mariah Carey – Silent Night [*NEW PEAK*]

154 RE The Crystals – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

155 NE Sheffield – You and Me and Christmastime [*NEW PEAK*]

156 134 Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas (feat. Martina McBride)

157 RE Frank Sinatra – The First Noel

159 NE ROZES – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) [*NEW PEAK*]

160 RE Michael Bublé – The Christmas Song

161 RE Michael Bublé – Frosty The Snowman

165 RE Thurl Ravenscroft – You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch [*NEW PEAK*]

166 142 fun. – Sleigh Ride

167 NE Natalie Taylor – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

168 NE Kelly Clarkson – Wrapped in Red [*NEW PEAK*]

171 NE Justin Bieber – Christmas Love [*NEW PEAK*]

173 RE Michael Bublé – Silver Bells

174 RE Burl Ives – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

176 NE LeAnn Rimes – I Still Believe in Santa Claus (North Pole Mix) [*NEW PEAK*]

177 NE Bing Crosby – Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) [*NEW PEAK*]

178 RE John Williams – Main Title from Home Alone ("Somewhere in My Memory")

180 RE Johnny Mathis – When a Child Is Born

181 NE JES – I'll Be Home For Christmas [*NEW PEAK*]

186 RE David Essex – A Winter's Tale

187 RE Mel Tormé – The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire)

189 RE Coldplay – Christmas Lights (Live From Spotify London)

190 RE Bing Crosby – Silent Night

191 RE Carpenters – Merry Christmas Darling

192 RE Brenda Lee – Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Re-Recorded Version)

194 RE Otis Redding – Merry Christmas Baby

195 RE The Ronettes – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

198 NE Andy Williams – Sleigh Ride [*NEW PEAK*]

Non-Christmas Top 40 34

 

01 57 Ariana Grande - thank u, next

02 62 Ava Max - Sweet but Psycho

03 72 Post Malone - Wow.

04 76 Post Malone - Sunflower - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

05 78 Halsey - Without Me

06 101 George Ezra - Shotgun

07 109 Mark Ronson - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart

08 123 Travis Scott - SICKO MODE

09 124 Kodak Black - ZEZE

10 132 Hugh Jackman - The Greatest Show

11 135 Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life

12 143 Keala Settle - This Is Me

13 144 Dave - Funky Friday

14 146 Ziv Zaifman - A Million Dreams

15 147 Little Mix - Woman Like Me

16 158 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

17 162 Marshmello - Happier

18 163 benny blanco - Eastside

19 164 Ariana Grande - imagine

20 169 Jess Glynne - Thursday

21 170 Calvin Harris - Promises

22 172 James Arthur - Rewrite The Stars

23 175 Zac Efron - Rewrite The Stars

24 179 Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba

25 182 Meek Mill - Going Bad

26 183 Ellie Goulding - Close To Me

27 184 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams

28 185 Lady Gaga - Shallow

29 188 Loren Allred - Never Enough

30 193 Billie Eilish - when the party's over

31 196 Russ splash - Gun Lean

32 197 Post Malone - Better Now

33 199 XXXTENTACION - SAD!

34 200 Charli XCX - 1999

 

(that took a while!)

It's a disgrace that Lady Gaga's Christmas Tree is not among the top ten of Xmas songs.

It is a playlist factor..OMS has a much higher position on Christmas Pop playlist (still not as important as the one I write before tho)

Yeah, and playlists are generally how most hit songs that are confined to one market generally cross over to international audiences; it's seen that something is perceived well enough to combat its foreign unfamiliarity. It has to start off contrived but before you know it, it's seamlessly integrated as 'one of the hits'. This isn't 100% certainly what's happening here but it can't be ruled out.

Nice to see Hannah Kerr crack the Top 200 :o Not one of the ones I've been streaming but I wouldn't have expected her to make any indents!

The Waitresses not even in the top 100 is an utter disgrace! I've heard it non-stop on the radio!!!

The Waitresses not even in the top 100 is an utter disgrace! I've heard it non-stop on the radio!!!

They probably are top 100 in actuality as they have multiple versions!

 

Of course it's a shame they are not top 100 anyway, but they're only in some of the playlists and not on the biggest one.

WHY/HOW is Shotgun 6th?

destinys child are criminally low

WHY/HOW is Shotgun 6th?

EOY effect, plus Christmas taking away from the Hot Hits UK effect.

To Leona's credit, last year she got to #95 on the Global chart with ~55% of her streams coming from the UK. This year she made it to #55 on the Global chart with a little under 40% from the UK. The UK is a big enough market to have international influence in its own right, so maybe she could further establish in future years. Or it's a random fluke. Tune in 365 days from now and find out :P

 

No doubt her duet with Calum Scott gave her higher visibility globally this year compared to last year too, it's still in the Canadian charts and creeps up in US iTunes every little while, and is still doing well overall on Spotify and iTunes across Europe/Asia.

Edited December 26, 20186 yr by HurtMyHands

The chart is made first and foremost for the music business though, and it's not helpful for new product to be overshadowed by Christmas songs - hence why they changed the rule in the first place.

 

Christmas songs are part of the music business as well. I'm pretty sure some label executives would be very happy with 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' finally becoming a #1. If the OCC didn't want it to be contending for #1 they could easily just ban the song from charting at all, I think this rule change was just to prevent a situation where the entire top 40 is decades old Christmas songs.

 

The Pogues are Irish to be pedantic.

 

If you want to truly be pedantic, only one member of The Pogues was actually from Ireland. They formed in London and Shane MacGowan is from Kent, he only lived in Ireland during his early childhood. Their music was very Irish but the band itself was British.

lol Pogues are a UK band, McGowan's family was Irish but he was born in the UK and the band formed in London

+ Kirsty MacColl was also British

The chart is made first and foremost for the music business though, and it's not helpful for new product to be overshadowed by Christmas songs - hence why they changed the rule in the first place.

 

This is exactly what I meant, it would be embarrassing for the industry hence why they've tried to change the rules so much on Xmas songs and generally!

This is exactly what I meant, it would be embarrassing for the industry hence why they've tried to change the rules so much on Xmas songs and generally!

Embarrassing for a classic song to hit #1.... like Three Lions did earlier this year?

 

There's nothing embarrassing about the world's most popular Christmas song finally making it to #1 in the chart week that includes Christmas Day. In fact, it's a MASSIVE achievement and goes to show just how impressive it is when the OCC have hindered it significantly.