November 23, 20213 yr :lol: Wasn't Mr Blobby an Xmas #1, nothing can be worse than that :lol: 1969 is worse in at least one regard.
November 23, 20213 yr :lol: So because it hasn't happened this side of the millennium people shouldn't want one? I've wanted Mariah Carey to be the Christmas #1 for several years and I supported The Darkness when they did their attempt at it (forgotten classic that one :wub: ), there is something much more special about a Christmas #1 that is actually a Christmas song, such a shame there isn't more of them I can think of several that deserve to be. The Darkness generally sneaks into the top 100 on the final chart of the year does it not, not really forgotten!
November 23, 20213 yr Ed and Elton should really do a Shakin Stevens and keep their song for next December in the hope they get a shot at the top spot then!!
November 24, 20213 yr Technically it still could if it proves to be a popular enough hit that people would go back to again next year. If LadBaby didn't release next year, then with the Ed/Elton song been less than 3 years old it could be given a reset from ACR which would give it a head start on Mariah etc...
November 24, 20213 yr It wouldn't need to be reset, there's zero chance of it lasting as long as 9 weeks in the top 100 before next Christmas. But anyway, they're not gonna beat LadBaby to Christmas #1 but they could get the #1 the previous week if they release then? (I don't think it has a confirmed release date yet). I remain skeptical that it'd be popular enough to get to #1 at all under any circumstances though.
November 24, 20213 yr Actually yeah thinking about it they will probably be releasing the week before LadBaby to try and get a week at #1 in there. I mean Ed Sheeran could go Top 10 with a recording of him breaking wind and it looks like their won't be a great deal of competition other than Adele if they did go in the week before LadBaby so I think it has a chance. Depends what the song sounds like as well, I hope it's something a bit uptempo.
November 24, 20213 yr RATM at # 1 was the worst thing in the history of UK chart. It was an iconic chart moment! Like Bob The Builder SLAPPING DOWN Westlife in December 2000. I can't begruge Ladbaby for going again, especially as they do it for the wonderful Trussell Trust. I do wonder if the public will be on board - however they have increased sales each year so the evidence would suggest they will be. But that's a British public who keep voting in Conservative governments, who pretty much create the conditions that proliferate food poverty thus making charities like the Trussell Trust essential, so why not just not vote in the Tories next time guys so we don't have to have these 'hilarious' songs about sausage rolls every year? Make it make sense!!!
November 24, 20213 yr Technically it still could if it proves to be a popular enough hit that people would go back to again next year. If LadBaby didn't release next year, then with the Ed/Elton song been less than 3 years old it could be given a reset from ACR which would give it a head start on Mariah etc... Technically it’ll be only 3-4 weeks old by next December I guess!
November 24, 20213 yr Also the general public have less interest in the Xmas No.1 than they did in 2009, and LadBaby are generally well liked too, I don’t think there’d be many people getting behind an anti-movement to stop them with a charity song. They will have the Xmas No.1 until either they decide to stop or the joke wears thin on people. At least it keeps Xmas No.1 in the headlines anyway, musically Rockabye is one of my favourite Xmas No.1s ever but there was no sensation to a long in the tooth song being at the top by default on pretty low sales (for Xmas week). If anything LadBaby has made it continue to be a thing in the streaming era. Honestly I think the decline started before 2009 - ultimately when digital downloads were introduced to the chart it pretty much killed the ability for anyone to throw their hat in the ring since people could just cherry-pick tracks from albums that had been out for a while; I very much doubt the Spice Girls, as an example, would've made it to Christmas #1 three times if people could've picked out 2 Become 1 or Too Much individually from their albums before they were officially released as singles. Streaming has just made it harder for novelty acts to properly get into the game since streaming relies on replayablity. Labels just can't plan weeks when a song is going to peak like they used to, which makes for a less exciting chart when you'd get multiple contenders all over the charts in the same week. Edited November 24, 20213 yr by tommie
November 24, 20213 yr I'm not a fan of LadBaby, but it's better than have Mariah Carey with "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at # 1 every year.
November 24, 20213 yr The Darkness generally sneaks into the top 100 on the final chart of the year does it not, not really forgotten! It deserves to be top 20 every year AT LEAST!!
November 24, 20213 yr I'm not a fan of LadBaby, but it's better than have Mariah Carey with "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at # 1 every year. I mean she has never made it to xmas #1, but I get what you are saying.
November 25, 20213 yr It deserves to be top 20 every year AT LEAST!! agreed but probably too much competition in that regard now plus a band like theirs is t naturally popular these days. Like Ariana does well every year imo simply because she’s still popular despite the quality of ‘Santa Tell Me’ so it’s high on playlists.
November 25, 20213 yr I mean she has never made it to xmas #1, but I get what you are saying. Except last year for the first time.
November 25, 20213 yr AIWFXIS was not the Xmas #1, it was the #1 the week after Xmas, right? It was the 2 weeks before Xmas, then LadBaby at Xmas then Wham the week after.
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