I'd love to see RAYE get it this week, it would be such a great story and she must never have even dared imagine it would do anywhere near this well :wub:

Wham! could overtake Mariah this week then as the gal must be very small. Happy for Raye to pass them both though.

Ideally Raye could get to #1 this week with a fresh new bop, with Wham overtaking Mariah and ascending to #1 for Christmas just to ensure my betting return is higher. Am I abandoning my endless moaning about old Christmas songs wrecking the charts for a month for the sake of making a profit? Maybe?

 

Wham! could overtake Mariah this week then as the gal must be very small. Happy for Raye to pass them both though.

Perhaps but I feel Wham! will get stronger streams next week/the week after (judging by last year streams)

 

I kinda hope Mariah gets it this week.

We get the same snarky comments every year. People just love the Mariah & Wham songs. If their sales weren’t cut in half they’d be wiping the floor with the competition already and Mariah would’ve already been #1 last week.

 

Funny that some have a problem with genuine popularity but not the TikTok algorithm sound bites.

 

Exactly :lol: this is all fake, Mariah and Wham are dominating so who cares who the OCC decides is #1 due to their arbitrary “rules” :lol:

^ we get these same snarky comments every year as well x

^ we get these same redundant moans about legitimate complaints with the current chart system every year too :lol:

Never liked a Raye song but just heard Escapism and wow. Where did that come from? Stunning. Will be no1 in the new year if not sooner.

Contrary to how I usually feel about it, I'd love tomsee Mariah actually hit #1 again this year. I never used to follow the first chart predictions thread but is it usually the case that Mariah or Wham would hit #1 at some point in the week and then fall back down by Friday?

Here for Mariah to be #1 for the whole festive period tbh

Wham! have already overtook Mariah on Spotify as is the annual tradition, so if anything they're more likely to reach #1.

Pointless is not holding up as well as Forget Me on Spotify even without the Christmas influx.

 

RAYE would be #1 on Spotify without Christmas music.

We get the same snarky comments every year. People just love the Mariah & Wham songs. If their sales weren’t cut in half they’d be wiping the floor with the competition already and Mariah would’ve already been #1 last week.

 

Funny that some have a problem with genuine popularity but not the TikTok algorithm sound bites.

We love the boring patronising comments! Actually, if you're such a chart fan, you might understand that a lot (not all, but a high majority( is likely passive streams who aren't actively seeking these songs out and just going for background music, this can be proven by the songs high up and included on playlists are always the ones doing best (i.e Leona's One More Sleep isn't doing as well as previous years due to not being on as Manny playlists)

 

So no it's not a true reflection really, and god forbid you come on a forum where people care about the charts, actually want to see some sort of reality and not have the same songs dominate every year.

I would welcome both Mariah Carey and Wham having a week at Number 1.

Raye coming for the #1 - it’s shot into the Top 5 on iTunes as a result of her insta Q&A earlier today.

Raye will cherish a Number 1.

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Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100

Source: OCC

Missing Data:

 

Top 100 Singles

 

1 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (19,462)

2 Wham! - Last Christmas (18,505)

3 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas (16,259)

4 Stormzy - Firebabe (15,295)

5 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (13,576)

 

6-10

7 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

8 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

10 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

 

11-20

12 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

13 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

14 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

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

18 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless (9,659) *

20 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas ^

 

21-30

21 Lizzo - Someday at Christmas *

22 Elton John - Step Into Christmas ^

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

24 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday ^

26 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime ^

27 Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage - Creepin' *

28 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep ^

 

31-40

31 Dean Lewis - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ^

32 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas ^

33 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody ^

34 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride ^

37 José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad ^

38 John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ^

40 Sia - Snowman ^

 

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Top 100 Albums

 

1 Olly Murs - Marry Me (13,589) [12,744 physical, 601 downloads, 244 streaming] *

2 Taylor Swift - Midnights (6,683)

3 Cliff Richard - Christmas with Cliff (5,608)

4 Metro Boomin - HEROES & VILLAINS (4,803) *

5 Michael Bublé - Christmas (4,716)

 

6-10

8 Leftfield - This Is What We Do *

9 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

 

11-20

14 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop

 

21-30

27 RM - Indigo *

 

31-40

32 Andrea Corr - The Christmas Album *

35 Neil Young - Harvest ^

38 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under ^

 

Click on the above relevant links.

Hopefully Olly has a decent enough lead in the albums,

Escapism now down to #6 sadly as the Sunday Alexa streams have now given Ed/Elton and Stormzy a big enough boost to overtake. Hopefully now the weekend is over the Christmas madness will calm down a bit but I'm not so sure if Raye can make #1 now.

Be interesting to see the sales. I’m guessing the top 6 is close. Hopefully RAYE can make it, or at least get a top 5 peak