Posted December 25, 20204 yr Anyone else listening to this instead of the Christmas chart? I decided it would actually be more interesting given that I roughly know what the official chart will look like! :D Apparently it includes all plays in shops and pubs as well as on the radio since 1/1/2000 - no idea how they estimate that! The definition of “Christmas song” evidently includes anything that happened to be out at Christmas. Anyway it’s a chart and it’s a bit different so I’m enjoying it. I’ll post it after the programme.
December 25, 20204 yr That does sound like a cool chart, it is annoying it’s on at the same time as the official chart though 🤣🤣 I guess there’s BBC Sounds 😛
December 25, 20204 yr Any plays in pubs, restaurants etc. should be registered with the PRS to generate royalty payments. I assume they are using that to calculate their figures.
December 25, 20204 yr Anyone else listening to this instead of the Christmas chart? I decided it would actually be more interesting given that I roughly know what the official chart will look like! :D Apparently it includes all plays in shops and pubs as well as on the radio since 1/1/2000 - no idea how they estimate that! The definition of “Christmas song” evidently includes anything that happened to be out at Christmas. Anyway it’s a chart and it’s a bit different so I’m enjoying it. I’ll post it after the programme. Will turn over to this at 4 after the chart. In fact may do so now. Edited December 25, 20204 yr by CHRIS-TMAS
December 25, 20204 yr That does sound like a cool chart, it is annoying it’s on at the same time as the official chart though 🤣🤣 I guess there’s BBC Sounds 😛 Yeah why didn't they think and put it on 4-7 and let Gary have his dinner. :D I believe he's live today.
December 25, 20204 yr Author 40 Darlene Love - Winter Wonderland 39 Darlene Love - All Alone on Christmas 38 Crystals - Santa Claus is Coming to Town 37 Michael Bublé - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 36 Bon Jovi - Please Come Home for Christmas 35 Cliff Richard - Mistletoe and Wine 34 Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 33 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power of Love 32 Coldplay - Christmas Lights 31 Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby 30 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree 29 Chris de Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling 28 Mud - Lonely This Christmas 27 David Essex - A Winter’s Tale 26 Dean Martin - Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! 25 Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know 24 Darkness - Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End) 23 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 22 Andy Williams - It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 21 Gabriella Cilmi - Warm this Winter 20 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - The Power of Love 19 Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 18 Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree 17 Queen - Thank God it’s Christmas 16 Pretenders - 2000 Miles 15 Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping 14 Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas 13 East 17 - Stay Another Day 12 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 11 Paul McArtney - Wonderful Christmastime 10 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War is Over) 9 Band Aid - Do they Know it’s Christmas? 8 Elton John - Step into Christmas 7 Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 6 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 5 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas 4 Wizzard - I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday 3 Wham! - Last Christmas 2 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You 1 The Pogues / Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
December 25, 20204 yr A little story that Gary told. The compiler in charge of the first few Now albums had to fight the bosses to include Stop The Cavalry on the very first Now Christmas as they said it wasn't a Christmas song and shouldn't be included. Edited December 25, 20204 yr by CHRIS-TMAS
December 25, 20204 yr Author No big surprises in the Top 10 but great to see the Pogues at the top. Further down there are some real oddities though. A forgotten 2008 top 30 hit by Gabriella Cilmi placing well. Two versions of the Power of Love appearing even though it isn’t really a song that people choose to stream at Christmas. On the other hand the most streamed Christmas song not to make the list is Santa Tell Me. I guess that’s not too surprising as it’s become more popular relatively recently and probably has a younger audience on average.
December 25, 20204 yr I would say they are, only ever appear in the top 50 airplay in December each year!
December 26, 20204 yr Not surprised that Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande and Leona Lewis aren’t in that list. BBC Radio 2 usually caters to older people.
December 26, 20204 yr Not surprised that Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande and Leona Lewis aren’t in that list. BBC Radio 2 usually caters to older people. I guess the fact those songs have only been available since 2013 gave them less time to rack up airplay which I imagine made a big difference to this chart. Gabriella Cilmi being the top song released this century is a surprise still, though I do admittedly hear it a lot this time of year.
December 26, 20204 yr Not surprised that Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande and Leona Lewis aren’t in that list. BBC Radio 2 usually caters to older people. But Kelly and Leona are?
December 26, 20204 yr I would say they are, only ever appear in the top 50 airplay in December each year! They are. Kelly’s at 30 and Leona is at 23. Edited December 26, 20204 yr by HurtMyHands
December 26, 20204 yr It’s got nothing to with Radio 2 - it’s all Christmas songs played across all platforms since 2000
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