23 | 27 | 42nd week

 

Paul McCartney

Wonderful Christmastime

 

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Non-album single

Released: 1979

Label: Parlophone / Columbia

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (01/12/1979) | 61-31-20-7-7-6-18-51-x

RE (15/12/2007) | 77-70-44-x

RE (17/12/2011) | 72-93-x

RE (15/12/2012) | 96-x

RE (24/12/2015) | 98-68-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 78-69-54-40-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 79-39-38-26-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 62-48-35-20-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 81-72-67-37-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 90-39-32-34-26-25-x

RE (09/12/2021) | 54-29-27-23

 

Sales: 1,000k+

Certification: Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

06 Sales

15 Audio Streaming

73 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

As Beatlemania was transforming rock ’n’ roll from passing teen fad to permanent pop-cultural movement, Paul McCartney (born in Liverpool in 1942) became the driving force behind the band’s rapid, dramatic maturation. In just two years, he had graduated from the Little Richard worship of 1963’s “I Saw Her Standing There” to the exquisite orchestral balladry of “Yesterday”—a shift that intensified the contrast between McCartney and his increasingly acerbic songwriting partner, John Lennon. But as The Beatles’ entered their late-’60s experimental phase—during which Lennon’s avant-garde impulses came to the fore—McCartney’s traditionalism constituted its own form of radicalism. Within the band’s psychedelic milieu, his embrace of pre-rock forms, like classical (“Eleanor Rigby”) and English music-hall serenades (“When I’m Sixty-Four”), felt no less surreal than The Beatles' use of tape-loop freak-outs and sitar drones. (And this is to say nothing of Paul's sublime bass playing, which elevated the four-string from rhythmic undercurrent to melodic focal point.) His post-Beatles albums have proven equally uncanny and influential: 1971’s art-folk opus Ram provided the lo-fi schematic for future generations of DIY home-recording artists, while the arena-rattling roar of “Jet”, from McCartney's subsequent band Wings’ 1973 LP Band on the Run, shows why he’s become a muse to hard rockers such as Dave Grohl. And by continually collaborating with the hitmakers of the day—from Michael Jackson in the 1980s to Rihanna and Kanye West in the 2010s—he has remained a voracious pop omnivore, as connected to music's past as its future. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1971 02 Another Day -NAS-

1971 39 Back Seat Of My Car (Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney) -1-

1973 09 My Love (Paul McCartney & Wings) -1-

1973 09 Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) -OST-

1973 12 Helen Wheels (Paul McCartney & Wings) -1-

1974 07 Jet (Paul McCartney & Wings) -2-

1974 03 Band On The Run (Paul McCartney & Wings) -3-

1974 16 Junior's Farm (Paul McCartney & Wings) -NAS-

1975 41 Letting Go (Paul McCartney & Wings) -1-

1979 60 Getting Closer / Baby's Request (Paul McCartney & Wings) -1-

1979 06 Wonderful Christmastime -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

1980 02 Coming Up -1-

1980 09 Waterfalls -2-

1982 01 Ebony And Ivory (Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder) -1-

1982 15 Take It Away -2-

1982 53 Tug Of War -3-

1982 08 The Girl Is Mine (Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney)

1983 02 Say Say Say (Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson) -1-

1983 01 Pipes Of Peace -2-

1984 02 No More Lonely Nights -1-

1984 03 We All Stand Together (Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus) -NAS-

1985 13 Spies Like Us -NAS-

1986 25 Press -1-

1986 76 Pretty Little Head -2-

1986 34 Only Love Remains -3-

1987 10 Once Upon A Long Ago -1-

1989 01 Ferry 'Cross The Mersey (The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock Aitken Waterman)

1989 18 My Brave Face -1-

1989 18 This One -2-

1989 42 Figure Of Eight -3-

1990 32 Put It There -4-

1990 29 Birthday -1-

1990 35 All My Trials -2-

1993 18 Hope Of Deliverance -1-

1993 41 C'Mon People -2-

1997 19 Young Boy -1-

1997 23 The World Tonight -2-

1997 25 Beautiful Night -3-

1999 42 No Other Baby -1-

1999 87 Voice (Heather Mills feat. Paul McCartney)

2001 45 From A Lover To A Friend -1-

2004 21 Tropic Island Hum -NAS-

2005 20 Fine Line -1-

2005 22 Jenny Wren -2-

2007 26 Dance Tonight -1-

2007 85 Ever Present Past -2-

2015 28 Only One (Kanye West feat. Paul McCartney)

2015 03 FourFiveSeconds (Rihanna & Kanye West & Paul McCartney) MILLIONAIRE

2015 18 All Day (Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney)

 

3 x #1 | 10 x Top 5 | 17 x Top 10 | 27 x Top 20 | 39 x Top 40 | 49 x Top 100

 

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I'm guessing #25 is Overseas

Interesting seeing the initial chart runs for the old Christmas singles such as John/Yoko and Slade- they had several post Christmas weeks in the charts where people actuallly went an bought them. Now once the 27th has arrived people stop listening to them altogether and that charting week is the last. Was more made of the 12 days of Christmas back then?

Interesting seeing the initial chart runs for the old Christmas singles such as John/Yoko and Slade- they had several post Christmas weeks in the charts where people actuallly went an bought them. Now once the 27th has arrived people stop listening to them altogether and that charting week is the last. Was more made of the 12 days of Christmas back then?

 

More likely they just got reduced to clear in shops so they could get rid of the f***ers

the Slade and Paul McC songs have gone way down in my rankings of my fave Xmas songs too now, glad they're not top 20.

22 | 26 | 20th week

 

Bobby Helms

Jingle Bell Rock

 

 

Non-album single

Released: October 1957

Label: Decca

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (05/01/2017) | 71-x

RE (04/01/2018) | 63-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 96-76-65-41-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 73-61-61-30-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 86-38-34-35-27-27-x

RE (09/12/2021) | 42-32-26-22

 

Sales: 600k+

Certification: Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

63 Sales

17 Audio Streaming

__ Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Though his name is unfamiliar to most, Bobby Helms rules the airwaves every year around December 25th. His single "Jingle Bell Rock" first became a hit in 1957, and it reappeared on the charts four of the following five years to become an all-time Christmas classic. Before he was pigeonholed, though, Helms had a successful country career with two number one hits to his credit.

 

Born on August 15, 1933, in Bloomington, IN, Helms first performed on his father Fred's Monroe County Jamboree, singing while brother Freddie played guitar. The Helms Brothers, as they were billed, became a regional attraction. Bobby later cut a single called "Tennessee Rock and Roll," but then returned to Bloomington to appear on the Hayloft Frolic television show. While on the program, he was encouraged to go to Nashville to sing background vocals on an Ernest Tubb session. Tubb recommended him to Decca Records, and the label signed him in 1956. His debut single, "Fraulein," initially flopped in January 1957 but then hit number one on the country chart in April. (The song also hit the pop Top 40 in July of 1957.) In October, Helms released another number one, "My Special Angel," which stayed four weeks at the top and crossed over to number seven pop.

 

Helms' next recording was "Jingle Bell Rock"; though Decca released it only two days before Christmas 1957, the single still peaked at number six on the pop chart. Two 1958 singles -- "Just a Little Lonesome" and "Jacqueline" -- hit the country Top Ten but flopped elsewhere, though a reissue of "Jingle Bell Rock" made the pop Top 40. The country single "Lonely River Rhine" hit the Top 20 in 1960, but subsequent new material from Helms had little success. (Decca reissued his Christmas hit each year from 1960 to 1962 with diminishing returns.)

 

Helms toured throughout the '60s and recorded two albums for Kapp in 1966, I'm the Man and Sorry My Name Isn't Fred -- a nod either to brother Freddie or father Fred. Two years later, he released All New Just for You on the Little Darlin' label. Several singles placed modestly on the country charts during 1967-1968, including "He Thought He'd Die Laughing" and "So Long." The 1970 Certron single "Mary Goes 'Round" was his last hit, but Helms recorded Pop-a-Billy for MCA as late as 1983. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1957 22 My Special Angel -1-

1958 30 No Other Baby -NAS-

1958 20 Jacqueline -NAS-

2017 22 Jingle Bell Rock -NAS-

 

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 0 x Top 10 | 1 x Top 20 | 4 x Top 40 | 4 x Top 100

 

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Interesting seeing the initial chart runs for the old Christmas singles such as John/Yoko and Slade- they had several post Christmas weeks in the charts where people actuallly went an bought them. Now once the 27th has arrived people stop listening to them altogether and that charting week is the last. Was more made of the 12 days of Christmas back then?

 

The week post Xmas chart also didn’t have many sales so if you notice a lot of old Xmas songs charted in the same position for two weeks in a row! Plus some like Wham had B-Sides that followed!

I hope Jingle Bell Rock goes Top 20 next week!

Wow Bobby could be top 20/15 next week!

ALBUMS

 

1 Adele - 30

2 Ed Sheeran - =

3 ABBA - Voyage

4 Michael Bublé - Christmas

5 André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - Happy Together

21 | 28 | 33rd week

 

Leona Lewis

One More Sleep

 

 

1st single from Christmas, With Love

Released: 5th November 2013

Label: RCA / Syco

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (14/12/2013) | 34-3-3-15-x

RE (20/12/2014) | 80-92-92-x

RE (31/12/2015) | 83-x

RE (22/12/2016) | 91-70-76-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 75-36-36-19-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 42-28-19-8-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 43-29-25-15-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 72-33-25-27-18-21-x

RE (09/12/2021) | 47-31-28-21

 

Sales: 1,000k+

Certification: Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

03 Sales

07 Audio Streaming

38 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

With a voice that galvanized Britain and a talent for imbuing ballads and bangers with emotion and power, Leona Lewis is one of the 21st century’s leading soul-pop singers. Born in London in 1985, she attended the prestigious BRIT School during her teens, eventually leaving the performing-arts institution to pursue music on her own terms. That led her to the third season of The X Factor, where her passionate audition version of "Over the Rainbow" invigorated the audience and the judges, jump-starting a run on the show that ended with her winning a record deal. Lewis' strong soprano was an ideal fit for the swaying soul/R&B that dominated radio in the mid-'00s, and her luminous 2007 single "Bleeding Love" topped the charts in 35 countries. Since then, in addition to acting, modeling, and animal-rights activism, she's appeared all over the musical spectrum: Belting the theme for James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar in 2009, collaborating with Swedish electronic-music powerhouse Avicii on the thumping "Collide" in 2011, and duetting with Cuban-American superstar Pitbull on the fiery "Amore'' in 2018. Given her ability to cross genres, styles, and art forms, you can bet on seeing Lewis shine for years to come, however she sees fit. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2006 01 A Moment Like This -1-

2007 01 Bleeding Love -2- MILLION SELLER

2007 46 Forgiveness -B-SIDE-

2007 25 Footprints In The Sand

2007 61 Whatever It Takes -AT-

2007 73 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face -AT-

2007 97 Take A Bow -AT-

2008 02 Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand -3-

2008 05 Forgive Me -4-

2008 01 Run -5- MILLIONAIRE

2008 98 Misses Glass -AT-

2009 02 Happy -1-

2009 29 Stop Crying Your Heart Out -AT-

2010 14 I Got You -2-

2011 04 Collide (Leona Lewis & Avicii) -NAS-

2011 08 Hurt -EP-

2012 07 Trouble (feat. Childish Gambino) -1-

2013 03 One More Sleep -1- MILLIONAIRE

2015 51 Fire Under My Feet -1-

 

3 x #1 | 8 x Top 5 | 10 x Top 10 | 11 x Top 20 | 13 x Top 40 | 19 x Top 100

 

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Interesting to see Jingle Bell Rock doing better this year than last year given it's doing a lot worse on Spotify

One More Sleep not even making the top 20 this year.

I do love ‘One More Sleep’ a proper new classic and the perfect time to play it to!

 

Wonder if her new song with neyo will chart before January?

oh boo at Leona missing out on the top 20 this week, hopefully with today being Xmas Eve she can do it next week.

One More Sleep not even making the top 20 this year.

 

From the look of the Apple chart currently she should make it next week!

From the look of the Apple chart currently she should make it next week!

 

She would have to do massive numbers today then as I doubt she will get many streams after today!

#25 confirmed as Overseas, edited into the post with #24 x

20 | 11 | 7th week

 

ArrDee

Flowers (Say My Name)

 

 

Non-album single

Released: 4th November 2021

Label: Island Records

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (26/08/2021) | 5-5-7-7-8-11-20

 

Sales: 100k+

Certification: -

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

 

08 Sales

05 Audio Streaming

02 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

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

 

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ArrDee

 

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19 | 20 | 30th week

 

Kelly Clarkson

Underneath The Tree

 

 

1st single from Wrapped In Red

Released: 22nd November 2013

Label: 19 Recordings

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (14/12/2013) | 79-46-30-55-x

RE (22/12/2016) | 98-74-66-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 91-49-47-32-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 89-69-55-37-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 49-39-33-21-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 46-20-16-20-15-17-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 70-29-17-20-19

 

Sales: 800k+

Certification: Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

16 Sales

11 Audio Streaming

19 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

During her championship season on the first American Idol in 2002, Kelly Clarkson wowed judges and viewers in ways that countless contestants have emulated since but few ever repeated. But what’s most amazing about the Texan sweetheart’s Cinderella story is not how she earned that first burst of reality-TV glory but how she extended her 15 minutes to weather setbacks and forge a career as one of music’s best-loved performers. Clearly Clarkson’s power and versatility as a vocalist were equaled by her determination and resilience, qualities she displayed when she shifted away from pop ballads like her Idol signature song “A Moment Like This” toward spunkier declarations of autonomy like 2004’s “Since U Been Gone” and 2011’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You).” Those hits proved Clarkson was just as happy rocking out as she was demonstrating her fervent love for pop, country, and R&B. They also showed how even major-league song doctors like Max Martin had to conform to Clarkson’s style and sensibility, not the other way around. Her eighth consecutive album to debut in the top three spots on the Billboard album charts, 2017’s Meaning of Life was her most confident and well-rounded statement to date. The single “Heat,” an irresistible gospel-house hit fueled by Clarkson’s unbeatable spirit and limitless energy, proved she could cut it as a club diva, too. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2003 06 Miss Independent -1-

2003 35 Low -2-

2005 05 Since U Been Gone -1-

2005 09 Behind These Hazel Eyes -2-

2005 07 Because Of You -3-

2006 21 Walk Away -4-

2006 22 Breakaway -5-

2007 09 Never Again -1-

2009 01 My Life Would Suck Without You -1-

2009 36 I Do Not Hook Up -2-

2009 66 Already Gone -3-

2011 04 Mr. Know It All -1-

2012 08 What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) -2-

2012 40 Dark Side -3-

2012 51 Catch My Breath -1-

2013 15 Underneath The Tree -1-

2015 07 Heartbeat Song -1-

2015 21 Second Hand Heart (Ben Haenow feat. Kelly Clarkson)

2016 27 Piece By Piece -2-

2017 81 Love So Soft -1-

2021 40 Santa, Can't You Hear Me (Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande) -1-

 

1 x #1 | 3 x Top 5 | 9 x Top 10 | 10 x Top 20 | 18 x Top 40 | 21 x Top 100

 

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