December 17, 20214 yr This gives me lift music teas, do people really enjoy it?! It’s definitely not one of my favourite Christmas songs.
December 17, 20214 yr I’m guessing that this was the first true Christmas number one battle. yeh it seems to have been when the record companies realised the potential of big xmas sales!
December 17, 20214 yr 15 | 26 | 4th week George Ezra Come On Home For Christmas Non-album single Released: 3rd November 2021 Label: Sony Music Entertainment UK Chart Run NE (02/12/2021) | 85-36-26-15 Sales: 40k+ Certification: - Status: Standard Chart Ratio __ Sales 42 Audio Streaming __ Video Streaming Video 4CkErPWZvbc Biography George Ezra’s spirited folk-pop sing-alongs could have thrived in any era, but their mix of worldly curiosity, unbridled optimism and a few playful loops and synths reflects a truly millennial ideal. Born George Ezra Barnett in Hertfordshire, England in 1993, the singer/songwriter grew up seeking comfort in the wordplay of folk laureates like Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie and the raw, emotional resonance of blues masters like Lead Belly. He trained his voice to sound as bold and booming as the latter, and honed his writing chops while travelling—an activity he’d been fascinated with since falling in love with Paddington Bear as a kid. The fictional teddy would come to inspire Ezra’s 2014 debut album, Wanted on Voyage, a phrase found on Paddington’s suitcase. Singles “Budapest” and “Barcelona” burst with buoyant acoustic hooks while evoking the modest sensibility of Ed Sheeran. They also represent a clear sense of place, and Ezra’s eternal wanderlust, something he slips into each of his effervescent works—whether that’s finding “Paradise” in love or riding “Shotgun” to anywhere. That exuberant joie de vivre feels ever more evocative under the influence of his robust baritone, a soothing sonorousness that goes down like a finely aged wine. - Apple Music Top 100 Chart History 2013 03 Budapest -1/3- MILLIONAIRE 2014 95 Leaving It Up To You -IG- 2014 06 Blame It On Me -4- MILLIONAIRE 2014 41 Listen To The Man -5- 2015 70 Cassy O' -2/6- 2017 66 Don't Matter Now -1- 2018 02 Paradise -2- MILLIONAIRE 2018 08 Hold My Girl -4- 2018 01 Shotgun -3- MILLIONAIRE 2018 25 Pretty Shining People -5- 2021 15 Come On Home For Christmas -NAS- 1 x #1 | 3 x Top 5 | 5 x Top 10 | 6 x Top 20 | 7 x Top 40 | 11 x Top 100 Social Media George Ezra http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
December 17, 20214 yr Right time to make a cup of tea whilst this garbage is on. :lol: Not the worst song in todays chart by a long chalk thanks Lennon.
December 17, 20214 yr Slade vs Wizzard was the beginning of the Christmas #1 been the highest trophy!
December 17, 20214 yr George Ezra really looks like hes got another top 10 hit coming with this in the next few weeks!
December 17, 20214 yr Thing been try work out where does money go old acts no long around more The artists choose who to leave them too, so if your dad's a world famous singer with a smash Christmas hit probably shrewd not to fall out with him.
December 17, 20214 yr 14 | 16 | 49th week Elton John Step Into Christmas Non-album single Released: 1973 Label: DJM, MCA Chart Statistics NE (08/12/1973) | 42-25-26-26-24-26-44-x RE (15/12/2007) | 82-65-53-x RE (17/12/2011) | 64-78-89-x RE (15/12/2012) | 75-79-x RE (13/12/2014) | 97-91-96-84-x RE (17/12/2015) | 91-80-58-x RE (15/12/2016) | 68-62-47-37-x RE (14/12/2017) | 63-19-18-11-x RE (13/12/2018) | 44-22-18-10-x RE (12/12/2019) | 39-24-19-8-x RE (26/11/2020) | 91-49-18-10-11-10-8-x RE (02/12/2021) | 72-30-16-14 Sales: 1,200k+ Certification: Platinum Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio 24 Sales 06 Audio Streaming 24 Video Streaming Video IbRtGMm96F8 Biography At the height of the fever dream that was Elton John’s life in the ’70s, the singer-songwriter had the optician Dennis Roberts design a pair of giant, sculptural glasses studded with 57 battery-powered lights in the shape of the name Elton—to the tune of about $5,000. Adjusted for inflation, you’re talking about something more like $25,000. But John had a show to put on, and wouldn’t that be something to talk about? The excess was always apparent: the rhinestones, the costumery, the old Hollywood glamour retrofitted for a new, gender-bending world. But beneath the feathers, John’s music—written with the lyricist Bernie Taupin—was direct and unpretentious, the kind of rock ’n’ roll storytelling that met you where you were. Even if you didn’t know exactly what it meant—who is the dancer, and why are they so tiny?—the feeling was immediate, universal. By 1973’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, John said they were writing a couple of songs at breakfast and recording them before lunch. This was pop music, John argued: You weren’t supposed to think about it too much, and god help you if you did. And yet here we are, singing the songs five decades later. Born Reginald Dwight in Pinner, England, in 1947, John took to the piano young, studying on a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music while obsessively listening to Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. They were so physical, John marvelled—they didn’t just play the piano, they beat it. He started playing in pubs at 15 and, around 20, met Taupin through a want ad in a music magazine. There were good years and bad ones, highs and lows—that handful of Valium before jumping into the swimming pool in 1975, for example, or the disco album, which John himself described as jumping on a dying bandwagon—but he has always endured, emerging from the debauchery of the ’70s and redefinitions of the ’80s bruised but never beaten, a gay icon, AIDS activist, philanthropist, Knight Bachelor, and father of two. In 2018, nearly 50 years after his debut album, he embarked on a three-year farewell tour, and published his first autobiography, Me, in 2019. The host of Apple Music 1’s Rocket Hour, Elton has been the recipient of countless awards (Grammys, Oscars, BRITs, Tonys, Ivors), has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and, in 2020, was awarded the Companion of Honour. - Apple Music Top 100 Chart History 1971 04 Your Song -1- MILLIONAIRE 1972 02 Rocket Man -1- MILLIONAIRE 1972 31 Honky Cat -2- 1972 05 Crocodile Rock -1- 1973 04 Daniel -2- 1973 07 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting -1*- 1973 06 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -2*- 1973 08 Step Into Christmas -NAS- MILLIONAIRE 1974 11 Candle In The Wind -3*- 1974 16 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me -1- 1974 15 The Bitch Is Back -2- 1974 10 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds -NAS- 1975 12 Philadelphia Freedom (The Elton John Band) -NAS- 1975 22 Someone Saved My Life Tonight -1- 1975 14 Island Girl -1- 1976 07 Pinball Wizard -OST- 1976 01 Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John & Kiki Dee) -NAS- MILLION SELLER 1976 37 Benny And The Jets -4*- 1976 11 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word -1- 1977 27 Crazy Water -2- 1977 28 Bite Your Lip / Chicago (Elton John & Kiki Dee) -3- 1978 34 Ego -NAS- 1978 15 Part Time Love -1- 1978 04 Song For Guy -2- 1979 01 Are You Ready For Love -1- 1980 33 Little Jeannie -1- 1980 44 Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?) -2- 1981 40 I Saw Her Standing There (The Elton John Band & John Lennon) -NAS- 1981 42 Nobody Wins -1- 1982 08 Blue Eyes -1- 1982 51 Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) -2- 1983 05 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues -1- 1983 04 I'm Still Standing -2- MILLIONAIRE 1983 20 Kiss The Bride -3- 1983 33 Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year) -4- 1984 07 Sad Songs (Say So Much) -1- 1984 05 Passengers -2- 1984 50 Who Wears These Shoes? -3- 1985 59 Breaking Hearts (Ain't What It Used To Be) -4- 1985 32 Act Of War (Elton John & Millie Jackson) -NAS- 1985 03 Nikita -1- 1985 12 Wrap Her Up -2- 1986 47 Cry To Heaven -3- 1986 45 Heartache All Over The World -1- 1986 44 Slow Rivers (Elton John & Cliff Richard) -2- 1987 59 Flames Of Paradise (Jennifer Rush & Elton John) 1987 85 Your Song (Live) -1- 1988 05 Candle In The Wind (Live) -2- 1988 30 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That -1- 1988 74 Town Of Plenty -2- 1988 91 A Word In Spanish -3- 1989 41 Through The Storm (Aretha Franklin & Elton John) 1989 45 Healing Hands -1- 1989 55 Sacrifice -2- 1990 01 Sacrifice / Healing Hands -3- 1990 47 Club At The End Of The Street / Whispers -4- 1990 33 You Gotta Love Someone -1- 1990 63 Easier To Walk Away -2- 1991 01 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (George Michael & Elton John) -1^- 1992 10 The One -1- 1992 31 Runaway Train (Elton John & Eric Clapton) -OST- 1992 21 The Last Song -2- 1993 44 Simple Life -3- 1993 02 True Love (Elton John & Kiki Dee) -2^- 1994 07 Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John & RuPaul) -3^- 1994 24 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (Marcella Detroit & Elton John) -4^- 1994 14 Can You Feel The Love Tonight -OST- 1994 11 Circle Of Life -OST- 1995 15 Believe -1- 1995 18 Made In England -2- 1996 33 Please -3- 1997 01 Something About The Way You Look Tonight / Candle In The Wind '97 -1- MILLION SELLER 1998 16 Recover Your Soul -2- 1998 32 If The River Can Bend -3- 1999 10 Written In The Stars (Elton John & LeAnn Rimes) -1- 2001 09 I Want Love -1- 2002 24 This Train Don't Stop There Anymore -2- 2002 39 Original Sin -3- 2002 01 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Blue feat. Elton John) 2004 20 All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful) -1- 2005 32 Turn The Lights Out When You Leave -2- 2005 01 Ghetto Gospel (2Pac feat. Elton John) 2005 04 Electricity -3- 2008 88 Joseph, Better You Than Me (The Killers feat. Elton John & Neil Tennant) 2009 03 Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) (Ironik feat. Chipmunk & Elton John) 2012 48 Sad (Elton John vs. Pnau) -1- 2013 69 Face To Face (Gary Barlow & Elton John) 2015 70 Tiny Dancer -1- MILLIONAIRE 2021 47 It's a sin (Elton John & Years & Years) -PS- 2021 01 Cold Heart (Elton John & Dua Lipa) -1- 2021 01 Merry Christmas (Ed Sheeran & Elton John) -2- 9 x #1 | 22 x Top 5 | 33 x Top 10 | 48 x Top 20 | 68 x Top 40 | 91 x Top 100 Social Media Elton John http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
December 17, 20214 yr Slade vs Wizzard was the beginning of the Christmas #1 been the highest trophy! I was shocked to learn recently that the Wizzard Christmas song didnt even make #2 back then, only peaked at #4!
December 17, 20214 yr I've heard 'Step Into Christmas' so many times, but I never remember how it goes.
December 17, 20214 yr 13 | 14 | 91st week Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas? http://i.imgur.com/1Yizjvu.png Non-album single Released: 1984 Label: Phonogram Chart Statistics NE (15/12/1984) | 1-1-1-1-1-2-9-17-30-38-37-57-71-x RE (07/12/1985) | 24-6-3-3-4-13-47-x RE (08/02/1986) | 91-x RE (20/12/1986) | 99-88-86-x RE (15/12/2007) | 38-27-24-57-x RE (13/12/2008) | 64-54-58-72-x RE (12/12/2009) | 65-53-61-50-x RE (11/12/2010) | 62-54-58-58-x RE (10/12/2011) | 62-34-42-41-x RE (08/12/2012) | 82-37-42-51-x RE (14/12/2013) | 62-57-63-x RE (29/11/2014) | 61-88-59-61-60-56-x RE (17/12/2015) | 71-59-38-86-x RE (15/12/2016) | 41-43-35-29-x RE (07/12/2017) | 85-16-12-12-7-x RE (06/12/2018) | 88-26-15-13-6-x RE (05/12/2019) | 77-23-15-17-7-x RE (26/11/2020) | 86-38-15-8-7-9-7-x RE (02/12/2021) | 66-23-14-13 Sales: 5,000k+ Certification: 2x Platinum Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio 01 Sales 04 Audio Streaming 46 Video Streaming Video GKDPz3T4W5U Biography Band Aid were a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. On 25 November 1984, the song was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, and was released in the UK on Monday 3 December. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release. Three subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts, first the Band Aid II version in 1989 and the Band Aid 20 version in 2004 and finally the Band Aid 30 version in 2014. The original was produced by Midge Ure. The 12" version was mixed by Trevor Horn. - Wikipedia Top 100 Chart History 1984 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? -NAS- MILLION SELLER 1989 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid II) -NAS- 2004 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid 20) -NAS- MILLION SELLER 2014 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014) (Band Aid 30) -NAS- 4 x #1 | 4 x Top 5 | 4 x Top 10 | 4 x Top 20 | 4 x Top 40 | 4 x Top 100 Social Media Band Aid http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 | 11 | 4th week D-Block Europe featuring Central Cee Overseas 3rd single from Home Alone 2 Released: 19th November 2021 Label: D-Block Europe Chart Statistics NE (02/12/2021) | 8-12-11-12 Sales: 50k+ Certification: - Status: Standard Chart Ratio __ Sales 15 Audio Streaming 01 Video Streaming Video I4Ra4z2Arqg Biography “We’re the ones that are pushing this boundary,” D-Block Europe’s Young Adz told Apple Music. “People who are signing urban music over here—they call it urban, we call it pop in the streets—that ain’t street music. We’re doing street, UK, wavy music, front-lining it.” They might not consider themselves pop, but by the most literal definition, DBE are just that. Chart positions, sold-out arenas and a nomination for the 2020 BRIT Award for British Group (before they’d even released a debut album) all make them one of UK rap’s most popular acts. D-Block Europe was originally a collective that called upon various London MCs, but Adz and childhood friend Dirtbike LB have emerged as both the engine room and executive board of the operation. They met at Sedgehill School in South London, where Adz was dropping mixtapes from the age of 13. He signed an ultimately fruitless major-label deal at 15 before coming under the patronage of NY rap heavyweight Jadakiss, who offered features, support slots and license to use The LOX’s D-Block Records name. With a series of self-released singles and mixtapes, Young Adz and Dirtbike LB took their place at UK rap’s top table during the late 2010s. Leavening trap’s chilly textures and portraits of road life with sticky Auto-Tuned hooks, their music is notable for its nimble wordplay and candour. While D-Block quickly gathered notoriety for their unfiltered bedroom braggadocio (“Kitchen Kings”), their willingness to open up about mental health and therapy (“Prescription Drugs”) has made them a standout presence in UK rap. It’s all been done independently by the industrious duo (63 new tracks released across three mixtapes during 2019 alone). They’ve continuously waved away offers from labels, confident that no one can guide their career as well as they can. Every award, Top 5 release or filled arena only strengthens their self-belief. “When you see Messi kick ball, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” said Young Adz. “Sometimes, the people have to choose you because they’re like, ‘We ain’t never going to see this again—from their sounds, from what they talk about.’ Our personalities shine through our music. We’re bigger personalities than rappers.” - Apple Music Top 100 Chart History D-Block Europe 2018 49 Gucci Mane (D-Block Europe & Yxng Bane) -1- 2018 35 Nassty (D-Block Europe, Young Adz, Dirtbike LB & Lil Pino) -NAS- 2018 80 Tell The Truth (The Plug presents D-Block Europe & Rich The Kid) 2019 16 Kitchen Kings -1- 2019 62 Kettle Pouring -AT- 2019 70 Running Man -AT- 2019 20 Home P*ssy -1- 2019 53 Rich (The Plug presents D-Block Europe & Offset) 2019 16 Nookie (feat. Lil Baby) -2- 2019 21 Playing For Keeps (feat. Dave) -3- 2019 42 Outside -AT- 2019 23 Tell Me (Krept & Konan, D-Block Europe & Ling Hussle) 2019 16 New Dior (DigDat feat. D-Block Europe) 2019 94 Darling -4- 2020 29 No Cellular Site -1- 2020 53 Creep -AT- 2020 63 Molly World -AT- 2020 50 Indulge (M Huncho feat. D-Block Europe) 2020 26 Self-Obsessed (Da Beatfreakz feat. Krept & Konan, D-Block Europe & Deno) 2020 31 Free 22 -1- 2020 30 Plain Jane -2- 2020 31 We Won -3- 2020 11 UFO (D-Block Europe & Aitch) -4- 2020 34 Destiny -IG- 2020 55 Proud (feat. Young Adz) -AT- 2020 62 Perkosex -AT- 2020 65 Cut Me Off (Yxng Bane feat. D-Block Europe) 2021 14 Ferrari Horses (D-Block Europe & RAYE) -5- 2021 48 Tonight (Ghost Killer Track feat. D-Block Europe & OBOY) 2021 40 Kevin McCallister (D-Block Europe & Lil Pino) -1- 2021 42 Lake 29 -NAS- 2021 18 No Competition -2- 2021 08 Overseas (feat. Central Cee) -3- 2021 35 Funny Bunny Nails -AT- 2021 25 Make You Smile (feat. AJ Tracey) -AT- 0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 8 x Top 20 | 20 x Top 40 | 35 x Top 100 Central Cee 2020 19 Loading -2- 2021 44 Pinging (6 Figures) -3- 2021 09 Commitment Issues -4- 2021 44 Day In The Life -1- 2021 16 6 For 6 -5- 2021 62 The Great Escape (Blanco & Central Cee) 2021 17 Meant To Be (Stay Flee Get Lizzy, Fredo & Central Cee) 2021 34 Little Bit Of This -1- 2021 04 Obsessed With You -2- 2021 08 Overseas (D-Block Europe feat. Central Cee) 0 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 3 x Top 10 | 6 x Top 20 | 7 x Top 40 | 10 x Top 100 Social Media D-Block Europe Central Cee http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
December 17, 20214 yr 11 | 08 | 6th week ArrDee Flowers (Say My Name) Non-album single Released: 4th November 2021 Label: Island Records Chart Statistics NE (26/08/2021) | 5-5-7-7-8-11 Sales: 100k+ Certification: - Status: Standard Chart Ratio 08 Sales 05 Audio Streaming 02 Video Streaming Video WxBN4w4bk-c Biography “I'm an English boy, but I'm so bloody lit!” Those words arrive part of the way through ArrDee’s guest verse on the remix of Russ Million and Tion Wayne’s spring 2021 single, “Body”, and they served as the bright neon-sign advertisement for a charismatic new British rapper. ArrDee’s cameo on that track lasted less than 30 seconds, but its saucy sexual innuendo (not to mention the sharp pink sweatsuit/Burberry scarf combo he wore in the accompanying video) was enough to make him an instant viral sensation. The Brighton-based MC (born Riley Davies in 2002) wasted no time capitalising on his big breakout moment by dropping the Dickens-inspired “Oliver Twist” that June, reaffirming his flair for colourful, distinctly British storytelling that recalls a young Mike Skinner. But for all his rapid success, ArrDee credits his hometown for keeping him humble—and inspired. “In Brighton, it’s different than London—we say thank you to the bus driver, everyone says hello to everybody,” he tells Apple Music. “Even when I got to the clubs, they try to put me in VIP, but I like to be around the people. - Apple Music Top 100 Chart History 2021 06 Oliver Twist -NAS- 2021 99 Jiggy (Whiz) -NAS- 2021 06 Wasted (Digga D & ArrDee) 2021 19 Wid It (Tion Wayne & ArrDee) 2021 05 Flowers (Say My Name) -NAS- 0 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 3 x Top 10 | 4 x Top 20 | 4 x Top 40 | 5 x Top 100 Social Media ArrDee http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
December 17, 20214 yr Imagine if there was an influx of Halloween songs in the top 40. Well starting to happen - had 3 on the post Halloween chart this year.
December 17, 20214 yr Imagine if there was an influx of Halloween songs in the top 40. I would enjoy that better.
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