December 22, 20187 yr I think it's quite clear how different Ava and LadBaby are though, and what their future prospects as artists stand to be... Plus, I think 'artist' is probably stretching it when all he did was verbalise what he thought was a funny gag over a SingStar backing track of a Starship song.
December 22, 20187 yr Has a song that was denied the Xmas #1 ever gotten to #1? Just a question, might have been a brain fart
December 22, 20187 yr Has a song that was denied the Xmas #1 ever gotten to #1? Just a question, might have been a brain fart Joe McElderry climbed to #1 the week after!
December 22, 20187 yr Also: Chef - Chocolate Salty Balls (PS I Love You) Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You (I believe)
December 22, 20187 yr Also: Chef - Chocolate Salty Balls (PS I Love You) Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You (I believe) Especially for you debuted at No.2 WK ending 10 December 1988, Selling 62,000 copies. Then 17/12/88... 130,000 24/12/88... 109,000 31/12/88 (Xmas week)... 187,000 07/01/89... No.1.. 66,000 14/01/89... No.1... 69,000 21/01/89... No.1... 73,000 28/01/89... No.3... 57,000 04/02/89... No.6.. 37,000 It sold 555,000 in 1988 alone becoming the 4th best seller of that year. It sold 289,000 in 1989 and was the 32nd seller of that year. It was the 21st best selling single of the 80s with 844,000 copies sold. Cliff Richard debuted at No.7 WK ending 3 December selling 30,000 copies. Then 10/12/88... No.1... 132,000 17/12/88... No.1.... 159,000 24/12/88... No.1... 171,000 31/12/88 (Xmas week)... 213,000 07/01/89...No.5... 48,000 (77% drop in sales!) Mistletoe and wine sold 753,000 alone in 1988 becoming the best seller of that year. It was the 31st best seller of the 80s with 774,000 copies sold. Edited December 22, 20187 yr by Danny89
December 22, 20187 yr Joe McElderry climbed to #1 the week after!lol explains why I can’t remember it, the first time I saw his name my brain echoed a resounding “who?” so yeah I can see Ava doing this, settling for a less memorable new year’s #1, like when people forgot river was a #1
December 22, 20187 yr Wonder how many it's sold today alone then - as it hadn't been announced, people may have thought it was still contributing. Could already be 20k in the bag for next week... It already sold 10k yday according to iTunes data!
December 22, 20187 yr Especially for you debuted at No.2 WK ending 10 December 1988, Selling 62,000 copies. Then 17/12/88... 130,000 24/12/88... 109,000 31/12/88 (Xmas week)... 187,000 07/01/89... No.1.. 66,000 14/01/89... No.1... 69,000 21/01/89... No.1... 73,000 28/01/89... No.3... 57,000 04/02/89... No.6.. 37,000 It sold 555,000 in 1988 alone becoming the 4th best seller of that year. It sold 289,000 in 1989 and was the 32nd seller of that year. It was the 21st best selling single of the 80s with 844,000 copies sold. Cliff Richard debuted at No.7 WK ending 3 December selling 30,000 copies. Then 10/12/88... No.1... 132,000 17/12/88... No.1.... 159,000 24/12/88... No.1... 171,000 31/12/88 (Xmas week)... 213,000 07/01/89...No.5... 48,000 (77% drop in sales!) Mistletoe and wine sold 753,000 alone in 1988 becoming the best seller of that year. It was the 31st best seller of the 80s with 774,000 copies sold. Thanks for the great sales figures here Dan. Funny how Mistletoe & Wine still sold 48k in the first week of January 1989. There were huge sales slumps for Xmas songs like now. Albeit some modern Xmas releases do continue to sell for longer than the old ones e.g. Leona in 2013 was still top 100 on iTunes until 2/1/14 I think. Sonit performed more like a normal new release!
December 22, 20187 yr Back in the days of physical releases you could never be sure when you might get another chance to buy Christmas songs. I’m sure that’s why they continued to sell for a few weeks into the new year.
December 22, 20187 yr Back in the days of physical releases you could never be sure when you might get another chance to buy Christmas songs. I’m sure that’s why they continued to sell for a few weeks into the new year. Yes, I remember buying Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo in early January! Edited December 22, 20187 yr by Rosemerry 🤶🎁🎄
December 23, 20187 yr True like sometimes the shops would keep them in storage all week and bring them out to the shelves in November but there was no guarantees so they would sell in to January!
December 23, 20187 yr It already sold 10k yday according to iTunes data! Maybe some people don't realize the charts not on Sunday anymore. Or maybe some are only discovering it now its been announced
December 24, 20187 yr Has a song that was denied the Xmas #1 ever gotten to #1? Just a question, might have been a brain fart Babe
December 24, 20187 yr Has a song that was denied the Xmas #1 ever gotten to #1? Just a question, might have been a brain fart Babe
December 24, 20187 yr [/late] Fair play to LadBaby ending up getting the #1 by a pretty big margin (even beating Mariah's SCR sales), it's great that it's been a success for the charity. Horrendous song though. Looking forward to when we can all forget it ever happened. Great to see Ariana getting another top 10 debut, really liked 'imagine' on first listen, I guess it's not a proper single so I may not hear it many more times though. And yayy for Elton making the top 20 again and John/Yoko, Sir Sir Paul and Slade entering the top 40 *.*
December 25, 20187 yr Top 40 Album Chart Summary: 21 December - 27 December 01 | 01 | 52 | Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman http://is3.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music128/v4/c1/7b/a9/c17ba975-34aa-ee68-d3c9-e1db840fa06b/075679886613.jpg/170x170bb-85.jpg NE: 39-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-2-1-1-2-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-4-3-2-4-5-3-4-3-2-1-1 Sales: 1,500k+ Certification: 5x Platinum Charting Songs From This Album: 03 This Is Me (Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble) 16 Rewrite the Stars (Zac Efron & Zendaya) 20 The Greatest Show (Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Zendaya & The Greatest Showman Ensemble) 22 A Million Dreams (Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman & Michelle Williams) 24 Never Enough (Loren Allred) 48 The Other Side (Hugh Jackman & Zac Efron) 55 Come Alive (Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Daniel Everidge, Zendaya & The Greatest Showman Ensemble) 71 From Now On (Hugh Jackman & The Greatest Showman Ensemble) Chart History: 2018 01 The Greatest Showman ~ Million Seller 02 | 03 | 05 | Michael Bublé - love NE: 1-2-3-3-2 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold 03 | 02 | 39 | George Ezra - Staying at Tamara's NE: 1-2-3-3-4-5-4-5-5-5-3-2-2-3-4-4-5-4-4-5-4-4-4-7-6-6-11-6-7-6-10-9-11-14-11-9-2-3 Sales: 600k+ Certification: 2x Platinum 04 | 04 | 04 | Roy Orbison & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Unchained Melodies NE: 8-6-4-4 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 05 | 05 | 04 | Take That - Odyssey NE: 1-5-5-5 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold 06 | NE | 01 | Bruce Springsteen - Springsteen on Broadway NE: 6 Sales: 30k+ Certification: - Charting Songs From This Album: 04 Dancing in the Dark 05 Born in the USA 09 My Hometown 13 Tougher Than the Rest 16 Born to Run 20 Brilliant Disguise 26 The Ghost of Tom Joad 94 The Rising Chart History: 1975 17 Born to Run 1978 14 Darkness on the Edge of Town 1980 02 The River 1982 03 Nebraska 1984 01 Born in the U.S.A. ~ Million Seller 1985 33 The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle 1985 41 Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. 1986 04 Live 1975-1985 (Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band) 1987 01 Tunnel of Love 1992 01 Human Touch 1992 02 Lucky Town 1993 04 In Concert: MTV Unplugged 1995 01 Greatest Hits ~ Million Seller 1995 16 The Ghost of Tom Joad 1998 50 Tracks 1999 23 18 Tracks 2001 12 Live in New York (Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band) 2002 01 The Rising 2003 15 The Essential 2003 28 The Essential [special Edition] 2005 01 Devils & Dust 2005 63 Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition 2006 33 Hammersmith Odeon London '75 (Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band) 2006 04 We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions 2007 21 Live in Dublin (Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band) 2007 01 Magic 2009 01 Working on a Dream 2009 03 Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band) 2010 07 The Promise 2010 35 The Collection: 1973-84 2012 01 Wrecking Ball 2014 01 High Hopes 2014 84 The Spirit of Radio 2015 91 Passaic Night 2015 49 The Ties That Bind: River Collection 2016 02 Chapter & Verse 2018 06 Springsteen on Broadway 07 | 06 | 08 | Andrea Bocelli - Sì NE: 1-4-7-7-6-9-6-7 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 08 | 12 | 05 | Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop NE: 15-20-13-12-8 Sales: 90k+ Certification: Silver 09 | 07 | 70 | Michael Bublé - Christmas NE: 3-5-2-1-3-2-2-1-1-15-94 RE: 5-4-2-3-3-4 RE: 58-37-14-13-10-7-9-8 RE: 38-29-27-17-13-10-7-10 RE: 98-21-23-26-19-15-15-12-22 RE: 16-16-7-10-10-11-6-7-8-9 RE: 30-16-16-13-12-14-12-10-14-8 RE: 63-17-12-16-16-7-7-9 Sales: 2,800k Certification: 9x Platinum 10 | 11 | 06 | Olly Murs - You Know I Know NE: 2-9-17-16-11-10 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold -x- 11 | 16 | 11 | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born NE: 1-2-1-2-2-6-8-13-14-16-11 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold 12 | 09 | 09 | Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) NE: 5-3-3-11-5-7-8-9-12 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 13 | 14 | 10 | Jess Glynne - Always In Between NE: 1-3-6-8-10-13-15-12-14-13 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 14 | 17 | 05 | Buddy Holly & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - True Love Ways NE: 14-12-10-17-14 Sales: 90k+ Certification: Silver 15 | 13 | 04 | Cliff Richard - Rise Up NE: 4-15-13-15 Sales: 90k+ Certification: Silver 16 | 10 | 05 | Little Mix - LM5 NE: 3-5-11-10-16 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 17 | 20 | 05 | Paul Heaton - The Last King of Pop NE: 10-22-28-20-17 Sales: 70k+ Certification: Silver 18 | 18 | 12 | Rod Stewart - Blood Red Roses NE: 1-3-4-6-8-12-13-19-18-18-18-18 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 19 | 08 | 02 | The Carpenters & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - The Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra NE: 8-19 Sales: 40k+ Certification: - 20 | 19 | 222 | Queen - The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III NE: 63-70-76-70-64-67 RE: 2-3-4-2-2-3-3-4-8-6-5-10-8-11-12-17-18-19-21-28-27-24-26-33-33-35-43-49-46-43-34-35-33-42-49-42-41-41-56-53-70-55-51-66-78-80-53-50-60- -45-48-42-43-44-47-64-49-56-36-44-43-50-52-53-62-69-57-63-69-67-71-77-80-77-99 RE: 87-92-85-90-93-92-89-81-74-33-36-45-38-53-62-71 RE: 74-65-59-74-65-70-78-67-75-84-85-36-38-58-85-95-83 RE: 94-97 RE: 87-84-62-67-70-70-58-55-54-88-83-97 RE: 77-45-42-42-42-57-50-45-26-28-34-20-29-49-70-62-72-86-92-99-96 RE: 93-91-82-72-70-97-67-44-40-38-42-46-53-50-52-66-57-59-65-79-76-79-68-80-91-93 RE: 86 RE: 72-50-53-58-68-72-72-77-73-82-62-58-68-70-61-52-51-55-59-74-80-72-78-70 RE: 86-72-66-60-82-86-94-93 RE: 80 RE: 49 RE: 66 RE: 89-90-34-7-7-5-12-19-20-19-20 Sales: 2,000k+ Certification: 6x Platinum -x- 21 | 21 | 06 | Aled Jones & Russell Watson - In Harmony NE: 8-18-25-22-21-21 Sales: 70k+ Certification: Silver 22 | 25 | 23 | Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again NE: 4-1-1-1-1-2-1-2-4-4-8-7-9-10-13-16-19-21-24-21-24-25-22 Sales: 300k+ Certification: Platinum 23 | 23 | 43 | Paloma Faith - The Architect NE: 1-8-7-6-8-7-9-9-11-13-13-11-13-18-24-17-15-38-29-16-21-18-24-17-25-12-13-16-20-25-35-37-47-45-64-75-97-95 RE: 22-31-35-23-23 Sales: 300k+ Certification: Platinum 24 | 22 | 02 | André Rieu & his Johann Strauss Orchestra - Romantic Moments II NE: 22-24 Sales: 20k+ Certification: - 25 | 27 | 05 | Boyzone - Thank You & Goodnight NE: 6-24-31-27-25 Sales: 60k+ Certification: Silver 26 | 15 | 02 | Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams: Live in Buenos Aires NE: 15-26 Sales: 30k+ Certification: - 27 | 24 | 03 | Clean Bandit - What Is Love? NE: 19-24-27 Sales: 40k+ Certification: - 28 | 26 | 05 | Mumford & Sons - Delta NE: 2-14-21-26-28 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 29 | 28 | 02 | KIDZ BOP Kids - Kidz Bop 2019 NE: 28-29 Sales: 20k+ Certification: - 30 | 30 | 04 | Rita Ora - Phoenix NE: 11-26-30-30 Sales: 50k Certification: - -x- 31 | 36 | 17 | Ariana Grande - Sweetener NE: 1-3-4-5-9-9-10-11-15-15-10-16-25-29-36-36-31 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 32 | 34 | 04 | Alfie Boe - As Time Goes By NE: 10-27-34-32 Sales: 40k+ Certification: - 33 | 31 | 03 | Daniel O'Donnell - Walkin' in the Moonlight NE: 23-31-33 Sales: 30k+ Certification: - 34 | 37 | 94 | Ed Sheeran - ÷ NE: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-1-2-1-2-2-1-1-1-2-3-2-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-4-3-4-5-6-4-6-6-4-2-1-2-1-1-2-3-4-3-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-5-7-6-8-6-6-6-6-8-7-5-6-5- -7-8-8-8-7-10-10-11-7-11-9-13-14-12-13-13-14-14-18-22-27-28-39-37-34 Sales: 3,200k+ Certification: 10x Platinum 35 | 38 | 07 | Barbra Streisand - Walls NE: 6-17-28-34-41-38-35 Sales: 50k+ Certification: - 36 | 32 | 03 | Katherine Jenkins - Guiding Light NE: 17-32-36 Sales: 30k+ Certification: - 37 | 33 | 03 | The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships NE: 1-33-37 Sales: 60k+ Certification: Silver 38 | 43 | 58 | Elton John - Diamonds http://is5.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music118/v4/9d/b4/8c/9db48cd1-b594-68e3-feb1-fb6c3dad6a4b/17UM1IM17132.jpg/170x170bb-85.jpg NE: 5-10-15-11-12-13-12-10-11-13-20-25-34-36-39-48-52-55-51-50-45-49-49-63-54-57-63-53-61-68-78-82-73-76-60-65-63-65-57-64-73-62-68-63-69-71-73-68-61-65-72-54-48-29-26-38-43-38 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold Charting Songs From This Album: 01 Are You Ready for Love? 01 Candle in the Wind 01 Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee) 01 Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me (with George Michael) 01 Sacrifice 01 Something About the Way You Look Tonight 02 Rocket Man 02 True Love (with Kiki Dee) 03 Nikita 04 Daniel 04 Electricity 04 I'm Still Standing 04 Song for Guy 04 Your Song 05 Crocodile Rock 05 I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues 06 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 07 Pinball Wizard 07 Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting 07 Sad Songs (Say So Much) 08 Blue Eyes 09 I Want Love 10 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 10 The One 10 Written in the Stars (with LeAnn Rimes) 11 Circle of Life 11 Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word 12 Philadelphia Freedom 14 Can You Feel the Love Tonight? 14 Island Girl 15 Believe 15 Part-Time Love 15 The Bitch is Back 16 That's What Friends Are For (with Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder) 20 Kiss the Bride 22 Someone Saved My Life Tonight 24 Step Into Christmas 24 This Train Don't Stop There Anymore 31 Honky Cat 33 Little Jeannie 37 Bennie & The Jets 51 Empty Garden 70 Tiny Dancer Chart History: 1970 05 Elton John 1971 02 Tumbleweed Connection 1971 20 17-11-70 1972 42 Madman Across the Water 1972 02 Honky Château 1973 01 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player 1973 01 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ~ Million Seller 1974 01 Caribou 1974 01 Elton John's Greatest Hits ~ Million Seller 1975 02 Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy 1975 05 Rock of the Westies 1976 06 Here & There 1976 03 Blue Moves 1977 06 Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II 1978 08 A Single Man 1979 41 Victim of Love 1980 56 Lady Samantha 1980 12 21 at 33 1980 24 The Very Best of Elton John 1981 12 The Fox 1982 13 Jump Up! 1982 39 Love Songs 1983 07 Too Low for Zero 1984 02 Breaking Hearts 1985 03 Ice On Fire 1986 24 Leather Jackets 1987 43 Live in Australia (Elton John & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) 1988 18 Reg Strikes Back 1989 01 Sleeping with the Past 1990 01 The Very Best of Elton John ~ Million Seller 1992 02 The One 1993 05 Duets 1995 03 Made in England 1995 04 Love Songs ~ Million Seller 1997 03 The Big Picture 1999 29 Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida 2000 07 One Night Only: The Greatest Hits 2001 02 Songs from the West Coast 2002 03 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 ~ Million Seller 2004 21 Peachtree Road 2006 06 The Captain & the Kid 2007 02 Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits 2010 12 The Union (Elton John & Leon Russell) 2012 01 Good Morning to the Night 2013 03 The Diving Board 2016 06 Wonderful Crazy Night 2017 05 Diamonds 39 | 39 | 35 | The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) NE: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-2-6-5-9-9-11-13-15 RE: 14 RE: 31-31 RE: 37 RE: 31 RE: 18-71 RE: 97 RE: 21-32-61-83 RE: 48 RE: 4-20-23-37-39-39 Sales: 1,700k+ Certification: Platinum 40 | 35 | 06 | The D-Day Darlings - I'll Remember You NE: 15-23-27-34-35-40 Sales: 40k+ Certification: - -x- 67 | 29 | 02 | XXXTentacion - Skins 71 | 40 | 02 | Van Morrison - The Prophet Speaks
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