Interesting to see the difference to last year, thanks Dan. Xmas chart might not be so horrid if the trend for less Christmas listening compared to 2020 keeps up. Shame Leona seems to be one of those impacted most by this currently though :nocheer:

official Christmas watch for this week

24 [44] Mariah Carey (LY #14)

28 [54] Wham (LY #20)

44 [87] Pogues (LY #26)

49 [99] Bublé (LY #35)

52 [RE] Shaky (LY #33)

58 [RE] Brenda Lee (LY #52)

66 [RE] Band Aid (LY #38)

70 [RE] Kelly C (LY #46)

72 [RE] Elton (LY #49)

74 [RE] Wizzard (LY #61)

78 [RE] Ariana Grande (LY #N/A)

80 [RE] Chris Rea (LY #55)

85 [NE] George Ezra (Alexa) [NEW]

86 [RE] Andy Williams (LY #79)

Bieber (Alexa) (LY #48)

Jess Glynne (Alexa) (LY #63)

Slade (LY #69)

Leona (LY #72)

Bobby Helms (LY #86)

John & Yoko (LY #87)

Paul McC (LY #90)

Bublé (Holly Jolly) (LY #91)

 

next week's watch (here's where we could start seeing big boosts, though Mariwham surely won't go anywhere near the top 3 - I'll start tracking 2LY positions for a better idea of where songs could be charting next week I.e. somewhere between those two positions for the most part)

xx [24] Mariah Carey (LY #02) (2LY #08)

xx [28] Wham (LY #03) (2LY #13)

xx [44] Pogues (LY #08) (2LY #22)

xx [49] Bublé (LY #13) (2LY #32)

xx [52] Shaky (LY #14) (2LY #26)

xx [58] Brenda Lee (LY #19) (2LY #42)

xx [66] Band Aid (LY #15) (2LY #23)

xx [70] Kelly C (LY #20) (2LY #49)

xx [72] Elton (LY #18) (2LY #39)

xx [74] Wizzard (LY #23) (2LY #44)

xx [78] Ariana Grande (LY #N/A) (2LY #33)

xx [80] Chris Rea (LY #22) (2LY #59)

xx [85] George Ezra (Alexa) [NEW]

xx [86] Andy Williams (LY #36) (2LY #61)

Bieber (Alexa) (LY #21)

Jess Glynne (Alexa) (LY #28)

Slade (LY #32) (2LY #47)

Leona (LY #33) (2LY #43)

Bublé (Holly Jolly) (LY #37) (2LY #79)

Bobby Helms (LY #38) (2LY #73)

Paul McC (LY #39) (2LY #81)

John & Yoko (LY #40) (2LY #68)

Bieber (Mistletoe) (LY #43) (2LY #58)

Ronettes (LY #51) (2LY #75)

Dean Martin (LY #54) (2LY #98)

Kylie (LY #57)

Liam Payne (LY #58)

José F (LY #59)

Coldplay (LY #72) (2LY #84)

Katy P (LY #73) (2LY #78) *song will be on ACR this year*

Sam Smith (LY #75)

Bing (LY #78) (2LY #82)

Darkness (LY #82)

Frank Sinatra (LY #85)

Sia (LY #96) (2LY #56)

Darlene (LY #98)

Meghan Trainor (LY #99)

Jamie Cullum (Alexa) (LY #100)

East 17 (LY N/A) (2LY #96)

xx [78] Ariana Grande (LY #N/A) (2LY #33)

 

This did enter at #16 on the corresponding week last year! (was only starred out the previous week due to being behind at least 3 'positions' tracks, but it overtook 'pov' the week after)

It's time we made a petition to finally get Geraldine her Xmas #1

It's time we made a petition to finally get Geraldine her Xmas #1

A campaign we could all get behind.

Far too many for my liking.

any predictions before we get the first mids?

Christmas Carnage is here... midweek update has a whopping 39 songs top 100 including five Alexa songs and it's not even December. OCC really need to sort this mess out by next year, god forbid what will happen if Boris ""cancels"" Christmas cos of the latest Covid variant, we may end up having 39 Christmas songs in the Top 40.

 

03 [24] Mariah Carey (LY #02) (2LY #08)

05 [28] Wham (LY #03) (2LY #13)

18 [52] Shaky (LY #14) (2LY #26)

19 [44] Pogues (LY #08) (2LY #22)

20 [49] Bublé (LY #13) (2LY #32)

23 [58] Brenda Lee (LY #19) (2LY #42)

25 [85] George Ezra (Alexa) [NEW]

27 [66] Band Aid (LY #15) (2LY #23)

29 [72] Elton (LY #18) (2LY #39)

30 [70] Kelly C (LY #20) (2LY #49)

31 [74] Wizzard (LY #23) (2LY #44)

32 [NE] Olivia Dean (Alexa) [NEW]

33 [78] Ariana Grande (LY #16) (2LY #33)

36 [80] Chris Rea (LY #22) (2LY #59)

41 [NE] Camila Cabello (Alexa) [NEW]

42 [86] Andy Williams (LY #36) (2LY #61)

43 [RE] Taylor Swift (Alexa*) [n/a]

50 [RE] Bobby Helms (LY #38) (2LY #73)

51 [RE] Bublé (Holly Jolly) (LY #37) (2LY #79)

52 [RE] Ronettes (LY #51) (2LY #75)

53 [RE] Slade (LY #32) (2LY #47)

54 [RE] Leona (LY #33) (2LY #43)

56 [RE] John & Yoko (LY #40) (2LY #68)

57 [NE] Bublé (Christmas Sweater) [NEW]

60 [RE] Bieber (Mistletoe) (LY #43) (2LY #58)

65 [RE] Dean Martin (LY #54) (2LY #98)

66 [RE] Paul McC (LY #39) (2LY #81)

69 [RE] José F (LY #59)

72 [NE] Kelly C & Ariana [NEW]

75 [RE] Sia (Snowman) [n/a]

77 [RE] Nat King Cole [n/a]

78 [RE] Kylie (LY #57)

80 [RE] Coldplay (LY #72) (2LY #84)

85 [RE] Bing (LY #78) (2LY #82)

87 [RE] Darlene (LY #98)

88 [RE] Jona Lewie [n/a]

89 [RE] Jackson 5 [n/a]

92 [RE] Frank Sinatra (LY #85)

93 [NE] Alessia Cara (Alexa) [NEW]

 

Bieber (Alexa) (LY #21)

Jess Glynne (Alexa) (LY #28)

Liam Payne (LY #58)

Katy P (LY #73) (2LY #78) **

Sam Smith (LY #75)

Darkness (LY #82)

Sia (Santa) (LY #96) (2LY #56)

Meghan Trainor (LY #99)

Jamie Cullum (Alexa) (LY #100)

East 17 (LY N/A) (2LY #96)

 

*exclusive new version of the song on Alexa accounting for most of its sales

**song was on SCR but will now be on ACR

Yeah I know people love to harp on that it's only one month a year, it's really 5 weeks now and it's the same old songs every single year. It was okay pre streaming era where there was maybe 10 songs at its absolute peak but this is ridiculous tbh - I'd be here for a rule for songs older than 5 years to be excluded, at least then it'd be newer fresher Christmas songs at least.

and I used to be very pro-Christmas classics being in the chart but you're right it's definitely gone too far now, it never used to be this dominant for this many weeks. Mariah and Wham have their #1 peaks now so we don't even have that to cheer for anymore.

Something should be done about it. It was fine during the download era, there was a bit of a phenomenon in the first few years around 2005-2007 due to a large amount of people buying digital copies of them for the first time but after that they reappeared with minimal impact each year, usually only Mariah and The Pogues would make the Top 20 half way through December.

 

5 weeks of complete dominance is a different story.

Yeah I agree also. The fact that Mariah is already at #2 in the midweeks is ridiculous. I want to blame streaming services and playlists but at the end of the day people are still choosing to play these playlists so it kind of seems fair.

 

I’m hoping it’s still some sort of pandemic effect that is causing people to stream the songs so early. And I reckon the snow has had a big influence also.

I'm here for it personally, pushes out a lot of rubbish in last week's top 40 :D

Yeh it doesn’t bother me either!

I happy not seen Lewis Capaldi in chart. We got old song all year stuck at bottom 100 to 71 and got do something with mr brightside. Does the killers mr brightside hold record appearing Most chart of years must been 6 years now

@1465998528631746562

Midweek carnage update coming later, here's Friday's official chart positions..

03 [24] Mariah Carey (LY #02) (2LY #08)

04 [28] Wham (LY #03) (2LY #13)

16 [44] Pogues (LY #08) (2LY #22)

17 [52] Shaky (LY #14) (2LY #26)

20 [49] Bublé (LY #13) (2LY #32)

22 [58] Brenda Lee (LY #19) (2LY #42)

23 [66] Band Aid (LY #15) (2LY #23)

28 [74] Wizzard (LY #23) (2LY #44)

29 [70] Kelly C (LY #20) (2LY #49)

30 [72] Elton (LY #18) (2LY #39)

31 [78] Ariana Grande (LY #16) (2LY #33)

33 [80] Chris Rea (LY #22) (2LY #59)

36 [85] George Ezra (Alexa) [NEW]

38 [86] Andy Williams (LY #36) (2LY #61)

42 [RE] Bobby Helms (LY #38) (2LY #73)

46 [NE] Olivia Dean (Alexa) [NEW]

47 [RE] Leona (LY #33) (2LY #43)

48 [RE] Slade (LY #32) (2LY #47)

51 [RE] Ronettes (LY #51) (2LY #75)

52 [RE] Bublé (Holly Jolly) (LY #37) (2LY #79)

53 [RE] John & Yoko (LY #40) (2LY #68)

54 [RE] Paul McC (LY #39) (2LY #81)

56 [RE] Bieber (Mistletoe) (LY #43) (2LY #58)

59 [NE] Camila Cabello (Alexa) [NEW]

60 [RE] Taylor Swift (Alexa*) [n/a]

62 [RE] Dean Martin (LY #54) (2LY #98)

64 [RE] José F (LY #59)

73 [RE] Sia (Snowman) [n/a]

74 [NE] Bublé (Christmas Sweater) [NEW]

77 [RE] Nat King Cole [n/a]

79 [RE] Bing (LY #78) (2LY #82)

80 [RE] Kylie (LY #57)

81 [RE] Coldplay (LY #72) (2LY #84)

82 [RE] Jona Lewie [n/a]

85 [RE] Frank Sinatra (LY #85)

87 [NE] Kelly C & Ariana [NEW]

91 [RE] Jackson 5 [n/a]

92 [RE] Darlene (LY #98)

98 [RE] Pretenders [n/a]

 

Bieber (Alexa) (LY #21)

Jess Glynne (Alexa) (LY #28)

Liam Payne (LY #58)

Katy P (LY #73) (2LY #78) **

Sam Smith (LY #75)

Darkness (LY #82)

Sia (Santa) (LY #96) (2LY #56)

Meghan Trainor (LY #99)

Jamie Cullum (Alexa) (LY #100)

East 17 (LY N/A) (2LY #96)

 

*exclusive new version of the song on Alexa accounting for most of its sales

**song was on SCR but will now be on ACR

Midweek

01 [NE] Ed & Elton [NEW]

03 [04] Wham (LY #02) (2LY #07)

04 [03] Mariah Carey (LY #01) (2LY #06)

05 [16] Pogues (LY #04) (2LY #14)

06 [17] Shaky (LY #06) (2LY #16)

08 [20] Bublé (LY #13) (2LY #25)

09 [22] Brenda Lee (LY #15) (2LY #32)

10 [36] George Ezra (Alexa) [NEW]

11 [23] Band Aid (LY #08) (2LY #15)

12 [30] Elton (LY #10) (2LY #24)

13 [29] Kelly C (LY #16) (2LY #39)

16 [31] Ariana Grande (LY #11) (2LY #31)

18 [38] Andy Williams (LY #28) (2LY #50)

21 [28] Wizzard (LY #19) (2LY #34)

24 [54] Paul McC (LY #32) (2LY #72)

25 [33] Chris Rea (LY #17) (2LY #46)

27 [46] Olivia Dean (Alexa) [NEW]

31 [48] Slade (LY #26) (2LY #36)

32 [42] Bobby Helms (LY #34) (2LY #61)

33 [47] Leona (LY #25) (2LY #29)

35 [53] John & Yoko (LY #29) (2LY #56)

36 [59] Camila Cabello (Alexa) [NEW]

37 [51] Ronettes (LY #41) (2LY #70)

39 [60] Taylor Swift (Alexa*) (LY #95) (2LY #71)

40 [52] Bublé (Holly Jolly) (LY #30) (2LY #64)

42 [56] Bieber (Mistletoe) (LY #36) (2LY #52)

43 [62] Dean Martin (LY #43) (2LY #84)

44 [64] José F (LY #51)

45 [87] Kelly C & Ariana [NEW]

47 [NE] Abba [NEW]

48 [RE] Mud (LY #86)

49 [82] Jona Lewie (LY #89)

50 [NE] Summer Walker (Alexa) [NEW]

52 [79] Bing (LY #63) (2LY #67)

53 [74] Bublé (Christmas Sweater) [NEW]

54 [73] Sia (Snowman) [n/a]

58 [77] Nat King Cole (LY #85)

59 [81] Coldplay (LY #49) (2LY #62)

63 [80] Kylie (LY #44)

65 [92] Darlene (LY #79) (2LY #73)

66 [91] Jackson 5 (LY #76)

67 [85] Frank Sinatra (LY #66)

69 [RE] Jess Glynne (Alexa) (LY #13)

70 [RE] Bieber (Alexa) (LY #24)

71 [RE] Perry Como [n/a]

74 [RE] Carrie Underwood (Alexa) [n/a]

76 [98] Pretenders (LY #78)

78 [NE] Leona & Ne-Yo [NEW]

81 [NE] Becky Hill [NEW]

82 [NE] Britney [n/a]

87 [RE] Boney M (LY #92)

94 [RE] Cliff Richard [n/a]

96 [NE] Meghan Trainor (Rockin Around) [NEW]

 

Liam Payne (LY #55)

Katy P (LY #58) (2LY #53) **

Sam Smith (Have Yourself..) (LY #65)

Mariah (Oh Santa) (LY #67)

Sia (Santa) (LY #69) (2LY #56)

Darkness (LY #77) (2LY #100)

Dolly & Bublé (LY #80)

Sam Smith (Lighthouse) (LY #81)

Meghan Trainor (I'll Be Home) (LY #83)

Jamie Cullum (Alexa) (LY #90)

Elvis (LY #94)

Ellie G (Alexa) (LY #96) (2LY #08)

Idina & Bublé (LY #100)

 

*exclusive new version of the song on Alexa accounting for most of its sales

**song was on SCR but will now be on ACR

Ah, seems like it's a bit more all over the place now with regard to if songs are doing better or worse than at the same stage last year compared to the last few weeks where I believe more or less everything was doing uniformly worse.

 

Paul McCartney seemingly having quite a random large rise up the Christmas songs ranking this week?

Ah, seems like it's a bit more all over the place now with regard to if songs are doing better or worse than at the same stage last year compared to the last few weeks where I believe more or less everything was doing uniformly worse.

 

Paul McCartney seemingly having quite a random large rise up the Christmas songs ranking this week?

 

Spotify's global playlists really boosting the American songs here this time around, I think Macca being a global superstar has also been aided.

Edited December 6, 20213 yr by zenon