Notice how the Amazon exclusives aren’t flying up the chart as in previous years - maybe there was a mistake in the reporting in previous years that’s quietly been fixed. ;)

 

I’ve mentioned this in other threads, but it’s worth mentioning here as well. I use Amazon over the winter period and I have noticed this year that Amazon Prime force feeds you different tracks, and won’t play the track that you have requested. This is not the same on Amazon Music Unlimited. I have a hunch therefore that streaming on Amazon Prime would no longer count towards the chart - only Amazon Music Unlimited. The Amazon chart that is included in this thread is the Amazon Prime Chart.

 

This theory would explain lower overall streaming figures, and also the fact that the Amazon exclusives don’t chart quite as high as before.

 

I would be interested to know anyone else’s thoughts about this.

Memories of when we used to see "Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul - Breathe (feat. Sean Paul, Sean Paul & Sean Paul)" in the iTunes chart :lol:

 

Sean de Paul

It's probably on course to go top 10 in the new year (via physicals if nothing else, but I think it could get there regardless).

 

Yeah i'm sure it was mentioned at the time of release that he had physicals penciled in for January.

GROSS

 

DROSS CHART

 

COMR ON MARIAH AND LEONA AND DARLENE LOVE THE COLD WIND IS BLOWIN!!

I’ve mentioned this in other threads, but it’s worth mentioning here as well. I use Amazon over the winter period and I have noticed this year that Amazon Prime force feeds you different tracks, and won’t play the track that you have requested. This is not the same on Amazon Music Unlimited. I have a hunch therefore that streaming on Amazon Prime would no longer count towards the chart - only Amazon Music Unlimited. The Amazon chart that is included in this thread is the Amazon Prime Chart.

 

This theory would explain lower overall streaming figures, and also the fact that the Amazon exclusives don’t chart quite as high as before.

 

I would be interested to know anyone else’s thoughts about this.

 

Yup, it has been doing that with me too on my Alexa!! I have some thoughts about that and how to get it to play Mariah and Leona more easily.

Apple Music Chart Update (24/12)

 

01 02 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

02 01 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

03 03 The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

04 04 Elton John - Step into Christmas

05 05 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

06 06 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

07 07 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

08 08 Wham! - Last Christmas

09 09 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

10 10 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

 

11 11 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

12 12 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

13 14 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas

14 16 Wham! - Last Christmas (Single Version)

15 17 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2006 Remastered Version)

16 18 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

17 15 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas

18 19 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

19 20 José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

20 21 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

 

21 22 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (Edited Version)

22 25 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

23 24 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Single Version)

24 29 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas

25 26 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry

26 13 RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism.

27 31 Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra)

28 27 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe

29 28 Coldplay - Christmas Lights

30 33 Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (with the B. Swanson Quartet) [with the B. Swanson Quartet] [with the B. Swanson Quartet] [with the B. Swanson Quartet] [with the B. Swanson Quartet]

 

31 36 John Lennon, Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) [feat. The Harlem Community Choir] [Alternate Mix]

32 34 East 17 - Stay Another Day

33 39 Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY - December 1975)

34 37 Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know

35 44 Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

36 38 Sia - Snowman

37 23 Central Cee - LET GO

38 47 Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (Remastered 2001)

39 49 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

40 43 Pretenders - 2000 Miles

 

64 40 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

70 42 Bugzy Malone & TeeDee - Out Of Nowhere

71 48 Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage - Creepin'

75 56 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down

79 53 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless

85 54 SZA - Kill Bill

94 66 Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex

96 69 Tiësto & Tate McRae - 10:35

 

41 45 Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year)

42 52 Bing Crosby - Winter Wonderland

43 58 Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run

44 60 Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord (Bonus Track)

45 51 Mud - Lonely This Christmas

46 65 Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means to Me

48 64 Nat "King" Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)

50 72 Michael Bublé - Let It Snow! (10th Anniversary)

51 RE Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord

52 67 The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick

53 68 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

54 70 Johnny Mathis - When a Child Is Born

55 73 Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas (Single Version)

56 80 Michael Bublé - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

58 75 Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

59 71 Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah

60 76 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)

61 89 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Jingle Bell Rock (John's Version)

62 84 The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (Single Edit)

63 77 Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby

65 82 The Ronettes - Frosty the Snowman

66 87 Donny Hathaway - This Christmas

68 86 Chris de Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling

72 91 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (Full Length Version)

73 RE Céline Dion - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

74 100 Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas

76 96 Michael Bublé - White Christmas

77 90 Darlene Love - All Alone on Christmas

80 RE Bing Crosby - White Christmas

82 RE Michael Bublé - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

83 RE Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)

86 RE Michael Bublé - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

89 RE Destiny's Child - 8 Days of Christmas (Live)

91 RE Frankie Goes to Hollywood - The Power of Love

92 RE Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells

95 RE Michael Bublé - Jingle Bells (feat. The Puppini Sisters)

97 RE Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine

98 RE Mabel - Time After Time (From The McDonald’s Christmas Advert 2021)

99 RE Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande - Santa, Can't You Hear Me

100 RE Michael Bublé - All I Want For Christmas Is You

77 90 Darlene Love - All Alone on Christmas

 

SHE'S DOING IT

 

SHE'S DOING IT!!!!

Amazon Music Chart Update (24/12)

 

01. All I Want for Christmas Is You

02. Last Christmas

03. Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984 Version)

04. Firebabe (Orchestral Version / Amazon Original)

05. It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas

06. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

07. Someday at Christmas (Amazon Original)

08. Merry Christmas

09. Step Into Christmas

10. Merry Christmas Everyone

11. Underneath the Tree

12. Santa Tell Me

13. Driving Home for Christmas

14. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2006 Remaster)

15. Merry Xmas Everybody

16. Jingle Bell Rock

17. One More Sleep

18. Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

19. Wonderful Christmastime (Edited Version / Remastered 2011)

20. Holly Jolly Christmas

21. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

22. Sleigh Ride

23. Snowman

24. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

25. Feliz Navidad

26. Christmas Lights

27. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Remastered 2010)

28. Mistletoe

29. Escapism.

30. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

31. Together This Christmas (Amazon Original)

32. Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) [Edit]

33. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

34. Anti-Hero

35. Jingle Bells (Amazon Original)

36. Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord (Long Version)

37. messy in heaven

38. 2000 Miles

39. Lonely This Christmas

40. Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (Amazon Original)

 

41. Made You Look

78. Pointless

86. Out Of Nowhere

90. LET GO

98. Lift Me Up (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By)

99. Hide & Seek

 

42. Stop The Cavalry

43. White Christmas [feat. Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra]

44. Last Christmas

46. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

47. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Remastered 2010)

48. Come On Home For Christmas (Amazon Original)

49. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

50. Merry Christmas Everyone

51. Blue Christmas

52. Stay Another Day (S.A.D. Mix)

53. All I Want (For Christmas) (Amazon Original)

54. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY - December 1975)

55. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

56. Mistletoe & Wine (2003 Remaster)

59. Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

60. Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)

61. Feliz Navidad

62. Last Christmas

63. Merry Christmas

64. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

65. Baby, It's Cold Outside

66. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

67. Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

70. Thank God It's Christmas (Non-Album Single)

71. Cozy Little Christmas (Amazon Original)

72. Little Saint Nick (1991 Remix)

73. This Christmas (Amazon Original)

74. A Holly Jolly Christmas

75. Run Rudolph Run

76. I Believe in Father Christmas

77. Santa's Coming for Us

79. A Spaceman Came Travelling

80. Merry Christmas Everyone

82. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

84. Oh Santa!

85. Christmas Wrapping

87. Santa, Can’t You Hear Me

88. Christmas Without You

91. Jingle Bells (feat. The Puppini Sisters)

92. Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy (Medley)

93. Santa Baby

94. White Christmas (with Shania Twain)

95. Silent Night

96. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Amazon Original)

97. Frosty the Snowman

100. Christmas Tree Farm (Old Timey Version) (Amazon Original)

I’ve mentioned this in other threads, but it’s worth mentioning here as well. I use Amazon over the winter period and I have noticed this year that Amazon Prime force feeds you different tracks, and won’t play the track that you have requested. This is not the same on Amazon Music Unlimited. I have a hunch therefore that streaming on Amazon Prime would no longer count towards the chart - only Amazon Music Unlimited. The Amazon chart that is included in this thread is the Amazon Prime Chart.

 

This theory would explain lower overall streaming figures, and also the fact that the Amazon exclusives don’t chart quite as high as before.

 

I would be interested to know anyone else’s thoughts about this.

 

You could be on to something. But usually Music Week would have made a note of something like that right?

I’ve mentioned this in other threads, but it’s worth mentioning here as well. I use Amazon over the winter period and I have noticed this year that Amazon Prime force feeds you different tracks, and won’t play the track that you have requested. This is not the same on Amazon Music Unlimited. I have a hunch therefore that streaming on Amazon Prime would no longer count towards the chart - only Amazon Music Unlimited. The Amazon chart that is included in this thread is the Amazon Prime Chart.

 

This theory would explain lower overall streaming figures, and also the fact that the Amazon exclusives don’t chart quite as high as before.

 

I would be interested to know anyone else’s thoughts about this.

That would make it a lot of sense thanks! Bré’s theory that the Spotify market share is increasing is interesting too (but don’t think I buy the bit that people are junking their accounts and listening for free instead haha).

Edited December 25, 20222 yr by JulianT

Memories of when we used to see "Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul - Breathe (feat. Sean Paul, Sean Paul & Sean Paul)" in the iTunes chart :lol:

 

And OneRepublic - Apologise ft Timbaland, Timbaland, Timbaland & Timbaland.

I think it's very unlikely to switch from premium back to free just cos of the crisis. It's not that the monthly fee is so high. And if you're used to premium there is no way you are going back to listen to ads every 5 minutes.

Is this the first time Britney's "My Only Wish" is in the top 50 on Spotify?

It reached #42 last year.

LadBaby #200 on Spotify

 

Wham! 1.9 mil

My Only Wish This Year #40 (new peak)

Not LadBaby peaking in streams after the Christmas #1 week. This is a bit of a spanner in the works for the chances of it going 1-out.

 

Faithless 'Insomnia' sneaking in at #198 :heart:

 

Also a new entry at #186 for Cliff Richard's 'Heart Of Christmas' from his new album :cheeseblock: streaming king x (only 'Hide & Seek' being ahead from Stormzy's album)

Wham on 1,931,000 pretty close to 2 mil

Mariah at a distant 1,755,000

 

also surprised in the US Brenda Lee is #1 with 1 million streams more than #2 which is that old Jingle Bells Rock thing

Edited December 25, 20222 yr by Bjork

applying ACR:

1 Wham 965K

2 Mariah 877K

3 Brenda Lee 853K

4 Jingle bells 717K

5 Buble 704K

 

and the top non-xmas holding up pretty week:

Raye 315+112=427K

SZA 295K

Jet Go 254K

 

I’ve mentioned this in other threads, but it’s worth mentioning here as well. I use Amazon over the winter period and I have noticed this year that Amazon Prime force feeds you different tracks, and won’t play the track that you have requested. This is not the same on Amazon Music Unlimited. I have a hunch therefore that streaming on Amazon Prime would no longer count towards the chart - only Amazon Music Unlimited. The Amazon chart that is included in this thread is the Amazon Prime Chart.

 

This theory would explain lower overall streaming figures, and also the fact that the Amazon exclusives don’t chart quite as high as before.

 

I would be interested to know anyone else’s thoughts about this.

 

I think it is now the same as Spotify. Where as the Amazon prime is basically free streaming now, so a lower ratio and they throw in songs you haven't requested and Amazon music unlimited is paid for thus you don't get random songs and are at a higher ratio.

 

That would explain Amazon's presence decreasing and a lot of their streams are now ratioed as 'free stream' so worth less towards the chart.

^ I worked out that the non Spotify chart sales for Wham! in Christmas week decreased by around 20% between last year and this year, and I think that’s the only logical explanation.