Slade, another Christmas classic and another use of the Xmas abbreviation

SLADE - Wonderful stuff!! The original Christmas pop song.

 

I love a bit of Buble!

In at number 1 47 years ago today, now it's number 26 in 2020! Hearing 'Merry Xmas Everbody' used to signify the start of Christmas at one time. It's still a good song bit perhaps is a bit too raucous to enjoy these days.

I always hated the ending of this track, its so high pitched

25 | 33 | 26th week

 

Leona Lewis

One More Sleep

 

 

1st single from Christmas, With Love

Released: 5th November 2013

Label: RCA / Syco

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (14/12/2013) | 34-3-3-15-x

RE (20/12/2014) | 80-92-92-x

RE (31/12/2015) | 83-x

RE (22/12/2016) | 91-70-76-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 75-36-36-19-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 42-28-19-8-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 43-29-25-15-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 72-33-25

 

Sales: 800k+

Certification: Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

03 Sales

07 Audio Streaming

41 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British singer, songwriter and animal welfare campaigner. She was born and raised in the London Borough of Islington, London, where she attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of The X Factor in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music. Her winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", peaked at number one for four weeks on the UK Singles Chart and it broke a world record for having 50,000 digital downloads within 30 minutes. In February 2007, Lewis signed a five-album contract in the United States with Clive Davis's record label, J Records.

 

Lewis's success continued with the release of her debut album, Spirit, in 2007; it went 10× platinum in the United Kingdom and became the fourth best selling album of the 2000s. The lead single, "Bleeding Love", spent seven weeks at number one. She achieved international recognition with the album in 2008 when it topped charts around the world. Spirit has sold more than eight million copies worldwide, and "Bleeding Love" peaked at number one in over 30 countries, becoming the best-selling single of 2008. As a result, she was proclaimed 'Top New Artist' by Billboard in 2008. Under the guidance of Cowell and Davis, Lewis released her second UK number-one album Echo and recorded the theme song for the film Avatar in 2009, while embarking on her first UK arena tour, The Labyrinth, in 2010.

 

In 2011, Lewis released the non-album single "Collide", a collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii, and her first extended play, Hurt: The EP. Her third album, Glassheart, was released in 2012. It marked a new creative direction for Lewis, drawing inspiration from dubstep and electronic music. However, it failed to match the commercial performance of her two previous albums, peaking at number three on the UK Albums Chart and becoming her first to not be certified platinum. Lewis began to record material for her first Christmas album during her Glassheart Tour, which took place in mid 2013. Christmas, with Love was released later that year. Its lead single, "One More Sleep", peaked at number three in the UK. With this chart entry, Lewis became the first British female solo artist to achieve eight top 5 singles, surpassing Olivia Newton-John's record of seven.

 

With a career starting in 2006, Lewis is the second best-selling act, behind One Direction, to have emerged from The X Factor franchise, having sold 20 million records worldwide. Lewis has won two MOBO Awards, an MTV Europe Music Award, and two World Music Awards. She is also a six time Brit Awards and three time Grammy Award nominee. Lewis is known for her expansive four octave vocal range, power, technical control and, in particular, her frequent use of the falsetto register. Aside from her musical career, Lewis is a philanthropist and an animal welfare campaigner for World Animal Protection and is a supporter of other animal rights charities and organisations; she is also a vegetarian. In 2014, Lewis made her film debut in the supporting role of Elena in the romantic comedy musical, Walking on Sunshine. In 2016, Lewis made her Broadway debut as Grizabella in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats; she played the role from that July to October. - Wikipedia

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2006 01 A Moment Like This -1-

2007 01 Bleeding Love -2- MILLION SELLER

2007 46 Forgiveness -B-SIDE-

2007 25 Footprints In The Sand

2007 61 Whatever It Takes -AT-

2007 73 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face -AT-

2007 97 Take A Bow -AT-

2008 02 Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand -3-

2008 05 Forgive Me -4-

2008 01 Run -5- MILLIONAIRE

2008 98 Misses Glass -AT-

2009 02 Happy -1-

2009 29 Stop Crying Your Heart Out -AT-

2010 14 I Got You -2-

2011 04 Collide (Leona Lewis & Avicii) -NAS-

2011 08 Hurt -EP-

2012 07 Trouble (feat. Childish Gambino) -1-

2013 03 One More Sleep -1-

2015 51 Fire Under My Feet -1-

 

3 x #1 | 8 x Top 5 | 10 x Top 10 | 11 x Top 20 | 13 x Top 40 | 19 x Top 100

 

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Leona Lewis

 

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Anyone remember the 1998 remix of Slade? The trance bits were actually really good, kinda sounded like Sash! Then Noddy and the boys crashed the party...

 

One More Sleep is good but tbh I’ve gone off it a bit, reminds me of an ex :(

Edited December 11, 20205 yr by Thom Xmas Kite

Nice to see the chart run for Meduza and Dermot Kennedy staying relatively stable too despite all of this! Glad it hasn't dropped much.

I always hated the ending of this track, its so high pitched

 

ITS CHRRIIIISSSTMASSSSSS!!!!

Probably didn't appreciate this the first time it came out but this is a modern Christmas classic from Leona.

I love this Leona track!

One More Sleep is a modern Christmas classic.

Shame Leona isn't higher, love this. Hopefully she'll climb up next week.

'One More Sleep' is fantastic and I love Leona's Christmas album. It is JOYOUS.

Hoping Kid LAROI is top 20

My favorite modern Christmas song :wub:

Anyone remember the 1998 remix of Slade? The trance bits were actually really good, kinda sounded like Sash! Then Noddy and the boys crashed the party...

 

One More Sleep is good but tbh I’ve gone off it a bit, reminds me of an ex :(

Great song by Leona Lewis. I love it so much. Very 1960s sounding.

First time in probably 5 or more years I'm actually listening to radio 1 and following this. Come on Mariah!

24 | 21 | 4th week

 

Justin Bieber

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

 

 

Non-album single

Released: 12th November 2020

Label: Def Jam Recordings

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (26/11/2020) | 93-48-21-24

 

Sales: 30k+

Certification: -

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

 

__ Sales

39 Audio Streaming

__ Video Streaming

 

Biography

 

There’s a moment in a 2020 interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe where Justin Bieber begins—quietly, hesitantly—to cry. “It was hard for me being that young and being in the industry, and not knowing where to turn, and everyone telling me they love me, and just turning their back on you in a second,” Bieber says, each clause kicking up memories like dust. The point isn’t to weep with or for him—he had more dreams come true in his first 25 years than most people manage in a lifetime. But he’s also one of the few pop stars of his generation to have truly grown up in public, weathering the cable newsification of celebrity culture in the internet era while still trying to develop as both an artist and a person. Even early on, you could tell he had his eye on the future, balancing a doe-eyed wholesomeness with earnest attempts at hip-hop and R&B, material that suited him as a kid with material that reflected his growth into adolescence and adulthood. Some teen-pop singers end up trapped in amber; Justin Bieber has, knocks and all, kept swimming.

 

Born in London, Ontario, in 1994, Bieber was famously discovered when his future manager, Scooter Braun, stumbled on some performance videos that Bieber’s mom had uploaded to YouTube to share with family and friends. Braun, who understood not only Bieber’s appeal but the potential of the internet, encouraged him to keep making videos and keep the equipment cheap—an approach that not only helped Bieber’s growing fanbase to understand that he was still just a kid like them, but drafted a new blueprint for how artists could reach audiences in the digital era. With the exception of a voice change around 2011, 2009’s My World, 2010's My World 2.0 and 2012's Believe are more or less of a piece: the sound of a boy trying to stick the landing into puberty. Released in 2015, Purpose showed Bieber developing a more thoughtful connection to his material, including collaborations with vanguard pop producers like Diplo, Skrillex and benny blanco. After a five-year break during which Bieber underwent significant personal changes—including a detox from touring life, a diagnosis of Lyme disease and a epiphanic marriage to Hailey Baldwin—he came back with 2020’s Changes. “People have been putting me on a pedestal,” Bieber told Apple Music. ""I didn’t ask for that. Obviously I love making music, but there are a lot of people that love making music and they’re not in the position that I’m in. I’m just trying to steward that wisely, steward my relationship wisely. I want people to take a look at my story—hopefully, my words can make a difference.” - iTunes

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2010 11 One Time -1-

2010 71 Love Me -PS-

2010 62 One Less Lonely Girl -2-

2010 76 Favorite Girl -PS-

2010 03 Baby (feat. Ludacris) -3-

2010 98 U Smile -5-

2010 84 Never Let You Go -PS-

2010 09 Eenie Meenie (Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber) -4-

2010 33 Somebody To Love -6-

2011 34 Never Say Never (feat. Jaden Smith) -1-

2011 14 Next To You (Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber)

2011 21 Mistletoe -1-

2011 91 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (feat. Usher) -PS-

2012 02 Boyfriend -1-

2012 07 Live My Life (Far East Movement feat. Justin Bieber)

2012 39 Turn To You (Mother's Day Dedication) -PS-

2012 34 Die In Your Arms -PS-

2012 30 All Around The World (feat. Ludacris) -4-

2012 22 As Long As You Love Me (feat. Big Sean) -2-

2012 16 Beauty And A Beat (feat. Nicki Minaj) -3-

2012 68 Beautiful (Carly Rae Jepsen & Justin Bieber)

2013 68 Nothing Like Us -AT-

2013 02 #thatPOWER (will.i.am feat. Justin Bieber)

2013 56 Lolly (Maejor Ali feat. Juicy J & Justin Bieber)

2013 14 Heartbreaker -PS1-

2013 20 All That Matters -PS2-

2013 28 Hold Tight -PS3-

2013 41 Wait For A Minute (Tyga & Justin Bieber)

2013 28 Recovery -PS4-

2013 31 Bad Day -PS5-

2013 34 All Bad -PS6-

2013 30 PYD (feat. R Kelly) -PS7-

2013 37 Roller Coaster -PS8-

2013 39 Change Me -PS9-

2013 33 Confident (feat. Chance The Rapper) -PS10-

2014 100 Gas Pedal (Sage The Gemini feat. Justin Bieber & IamSu)

2015 03 Where Are Ü Now (Skrillex & Diplo as Jack Ü feat. Justin Bieber) MILLIONAIRE

2015 01 What Do You Mean? -1- MILLIONAIRE

2015 01 Sorry -2- MILLIONAIRE

2015 15 I'll Show You -IG-

2015 01 Love Yourself -3- MILLIONAIRE

2015 25 Company -4-

2015 33 Mark My Words -AT-

2015 34 The Feeling (feat. Halsey) -AT-

2015 41 Purpose -AT-

2015 38 No Pressure (feat. Big Sean) -AT-

2015 44 Children -AT-

2015 50 No Sense (feat. Travis Scott) -AT-

2015 61 Life Is Worth Living -AT-

2015 63 Been You -AT-

2015 74 We Are (feat. Nas) -AT-

2015 77 Get Used To Me -AT-

2015 88 Trust -AT-

2015 94 All In It -AT-

2016 01 Cold Water (Major Lazer feat. Justin Bieber & MØ) MILLIONAIRE

2016 02 Let Me Love You (DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber) MILLIONAIRE

2016 63 Deja Vu (Post Malone feat. Justin Bieber)

2017 01 Despacito (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber) MILLIONAIRE

2017 01 I'm The One (DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne) MILLIONAIRE

2017 05 2U (David Guetta feat. Justin Bieber)

2017 02 Friends (Justin Bieber & BloodPop®) -NAS-

2018 03 No Brainer (DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo)

2019 01 I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber) MILLIONAIRE

2019 29 Don't Check On Me (Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber & Ink)

2019 17 10,000 Hours (Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber)

2020 05 Yummy -1-

2020 61 Get Me (feat. Kehlani) -IG-

2020 08 Intentions (feat. Quavo) -2-

2020 29 Forever (feat. Post Malone & Clever) -AT-

2020 04 Stuck With U (Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber) -NAS-

2020 07 Holy (feat. Chance The Rapper) -1-

2020 17 Lonely (Justin Bieber & benny blanco) -2-

2020 21 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree -NAS-

2020 09 Monster (Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber)

 

7 x #1 | 17 x Top 5 | 22 x Top 10 | 31 x Top 20 | 52 x Top 40 | 74 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Justin Bieber

 

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23 | 76 | 4th week

 

The Kid LAROI

WITHOUT YOU

 

 

Album track from F*CK LOVE (SAVAGE)

Released: 6th November 2020

Label: Columbia Records

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (19/11/2020) | 93-76-x

RE (10/12/2020) | 76-23

 

Sales: 20k+

Certification: -

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

 

__ Sales

__ Audio Streaming

__ Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Australia's the Kid LAROI made a rapid ascent to fame at the tail end of the 2010s thanks in part to his connection with Juice WRLD, who mentored the teenage rapper on tour and later collaborated with him on the 2020 breakout track "Go." After several singles and an EP, he issued the mixtape F*CK LOVE in July of that year.

 

Born in Sydney but raised in the New South Wales outback town of Broken Hill, Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard learned to love hip-hop and R&B music from his mother, who turned him on to albums by Fugees, Tupac, and Erykah Badu. After moving back to the Waterloo neighborhood of Sydney, Howard began performing at the age of 13 using the name the Kid LAROI. His debut EP, 14 with a Dream, was released independently in 2018 when he was only 14. That same year, he earned national attention as a finalist on the Triple J Unearthed competition and landed a spot opening for American rapper Juice WRLD on his Australian tour. The two musicians struck up a friendship, with Juice WRLD helping to mentor LAROI in the industry.

 

A contract was struck with Columbia Records and Lil Bibby's Grade A Productions in 2019 and helped LAROI's single "Let Her Go" find a wider audience. 2020 proved to be his breakthrough year, however, first with the Lil Tecca collaboration "Diva," followed by his Juice WRLD-assisted hit "Go." The track helped LAROI's first mixtape, F*CK LOVE, reach number three on the Australian chart and an impressive number eight in the U.S. - iTunes

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2020 43 GO (The Kid LAROI & Juice WRLD) -1-

2020 44 SO DONE -2-

2020 66 ALWAYS DO -AT-

2020 23 WITHOUT YOU -AT-

 

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 0 x Top 10 | 0 x Top 20 | 1 x Top 40 | 4 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

The Kid LAROI

 

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