If Wham miss out by a few sales due to the lack of information from the UK Chart company that will be a disgrace. We should be better informed to know how close this race actually is today.

 

 

No because that may lead to a form of chart fixing in that people who had no intention of streaming or downloading the track may do so to get it to No.1. :D

Currently streaming Wham! on Spotify and downloaded a copy on amazon. With it being so close, every little helps!

Currently streaming Wham! on Spotify and downloaded a copy on amazon. With it being so close, every little helps!

 

Well, I wouldn’t bother streaming since Thursday streams are just made up anyway :P

My iTunes video chart is showing Wham! in all the Top 6 spots. No idea how many sales that means.

Zero, considering music video sales don't count (unless they started counting them when they added YouTube?).

Zero, considering music video sales don't count (unless they started counting them when they added YouTube?).

Ah OK, well in that case I’ve probably ended 2020 with my silliest comment. :D

 

The fans who are buying them must think it counts though!

I notice that today's industry update hasn't made its way onto here yet, but I can confirm that Wham! are #1 today and LadBaby are #74!

I notice that today's industry update hasn't made its way onto here yet, but I can confirm that Wham! are #1 today and LadBaby are #74!

 

What! :o source?

Can Wham! finally make No.1 with Last Christmas?

by Andre Paine

December 31st 2020 at 10:21AM

 

 

Mariah Carey has done it. And now Wham! could be about to repeat her trick of taking a Christmas classic to No.1.

 

Last Christmas (Sony CG) could finally reach a new peak at the top of the charts on Friday (January 1). The single (actually a double A-side with Everything She Wants) by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley was famously held off the top spot by Band Aid for five weeks during December 1984.

 

In the Midweek sales flash, the beloved ’80s pop duo were just 89 sales behind Mariah Carey, who was on 34,888 by the end of Tuesday (Official Charts Company).

 

All I Want For Christmas Is You is attempting a return to the summit after LadBaby usurped Carey’s hit on Christmas Day. Carey’s festive favourite has already earned two weeks at No.1 and is chasing a third non-consecutive week at the top.

 

Crucially, though, Wham! have sales momentum. As festive streaming continues in late December, Last Christmas’ sales were up 11.2% week-on-week compared to 4.5% for Mariah Carey by the end of Tuesday. Wham! could now have pulled ahead of their chart rival.

 

Wham!’s last No.1 single was The Edge Of Heaven in 1986. The duo had four No.1s between 1984 and 1986.

 

Last Christmas has so far spent eight non-consecutive weeks at No.2 since 1984.

 

And there's a vintage feel to the albums chart, too. Michael Buble's 2011 LP Christmas is ahead of Taylor Swift's Evermore in the battle for the year-end No.1. It would be the first time that Buble's festive collection has reached the summit since its initial release nine years ago.

 

Sales for Michael Buble's Christmas (Warner Records) have now topped 3.1 million.

 

 

 

 

 

The above report was posted earlier today, but no mention of Wham! been #1, mind you it was posted 10:30 this morning

I dont get how Wham could be #1 in today's update? Mariah is ahead on all streaming services isn't she and downloads sales are so low to even sell a couple of hundred downloads would be very obvious.

I dont get how Wham could be #1 in today's update? Mariah is ahead on all streaming services isn't she and downloads sales are so low to even sell a couple of hundred downloads would be very obvious.

They weren't even a hundred copies behind earlier in the week so it's not that impossible

I dont get how Wham could be #1 in today's update? Mariah is ahead on all streaming services isn't she and downloads sales are so low to even sell a couple of hundred downloads would be very obvious.

 

Considering Mariah's streams aren't that far ahead, especially consdering both are on ACR, Wham! could easily beat her through their higher downloads. A couple hundred downloads is all it would take to get Wham! ahead of her. And considering they have 10+ versions charting on amazon it looks like they could do it! :cheer:

 

 

hope they do it, Mariah has had her time

Amazon Download Chart

 

Last Christmas -

8, 16, 18, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 49, 50, 52, 55, 57, 71, 76

 

Another boost on Amazon and now 5 versions in the Top 20 and holding every position from 19-31 :lol: even if sales are low it could make a difference

 

8, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 44, 46,.

so if I understand it well, Wham were 89 sales behind on Wed mids but are now ahead on today mids,

so with this extra push on Amazon downloads, it should be enough to guarantee the #1

I notice that today's industry update hasn't made its way onto here yet, but I can confirm that Wham! are #1 today and LadBaby are #74!

Do you happen to have the stats?

so if I understand it well, Wham were 89 sales behind on Wed mids but are now ahead on today mids,

so with this extra push on Amazon downloads, it should be enough to guarantee the #1

They were 89 behind on Tuesday. On Wednesday Mariah was out streaming them and then today they've had a massive sales increase. In the end it may come down to what the OCC estimate for today!

so if I understand it well, Wham were 89 sales behind on Wed mids but are now ahead on today mids,

so with this extra push on Amazon downloads, it should be enough to guarantee the #1

They were 89 behind on Tuesday. On Wednesday Mariah was out streaming them and then today they've had a massive sales increase. In the end it may come down to what the OCC estimate for today!

So this chart will still be dominated by Christmas songs :zzz:

 

It's a bit depressing I think that a Christmas song will still be #1 when the chart is revealed on January 1st.

Well, it still is Christmas :dancing: