G'won Lizzo <3

i think the occ should remove lewis capaldi's pointless from the list of xmas #1 contenders :lol:

love Lizzo but this is beyond bland

21 | 24 | 55th 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) | 72-30-16-14-13-11-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 84-45-24-21

 

Sales: 1,500k+

Certification: 2x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

24 Sales

06 Audio Streaming

24 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

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- MILLIONAIRE

2021 01 Merry Christmas (Ed Sheeran & Elton John) -2-

2021 01 Sausage Rolls For Everyone (LadBaby feat. Ed Sheeran & Elton John)

2022 03 Hold Me Closer (Elton John & Britney Spears) -3-

 

10 x #1 | 24 x Top 5 | 35 x Top 10 | 50 x Top 20 | 70 x Top 40 | 93 x Top 100

 

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ALBUMS

 

1 Sam Ryder - There's Nothing But Space, Man!

2 SZA - SOS

3 Taylor Swift - Midnights

4 Michael Bublé - Christmas

5 Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - Silver Bells

I assume the majority of Sam Ryder's sales were from pure sales

glad sam got the #1 in the albums, its a nice album for sure! highlights are all the way over and put a light on me! happy for him!

When the Space Man brings the space...

at the top of the chart - and stays there this time!

I assume the majority of Sam Ryder's sales were from pure sales

 

yeah almost all were from physicals. sza did well for #2 with 0 physicals except downloads!

G'won Sam! <3

Will be an even bigger achievement if he gets another solo top 40 single ever again imo.

20 | 21 | 72nd week

 

Chris Rea

Driving Home For Christmas

 

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Non-album single

Released: 1988

Label: Warner Music UK

 

Chart Run

 

NE (10/12/1988) | 84-72-61-53-93-x

RE (08/12/2007) | 98-51-35-33-77-x

RE (13/12/2008) | 70-53-59-70-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 84-63-63-40-x

RE (18/12/2010) | 100-82-67-x

RE (10/12/2011) | 91-59-53-36-x

RE (15/12/2012) | 54-53-36-95-x

RE (14/12/2013) | 72-61-53-91-x

RE (13/12/2014) | 67-60-53-43-x

RE (17/12/2015) | 67-51-29-78-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 46-37-26-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 68-23-20-14-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 49-36-22-11-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 59-46-42-24-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 55-22-17-13-11-11-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 80-33-27-17-12-10-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 76-42-21-20

 

Sales: 1,500k+

Certification: 2x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

21 Sales

07 Audio Streaming

24 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Christopher Anton Rea (/ˈriːə/ REE-ə; born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born and raised in Middlesbrough, he is of Italian and Irish descent. He is known for his distinctive, husky-gravel voice and slide guitar playing, and the Guinness Rockopedia described him as a "gravel-voiced guitar stalwart".

 

After learning to play the guitar relatively late in his early twenties, which was followed by a short local band activity, Rea began his solo career in 1978 and has produced twenty-five solo albums, but some of them from his later blues period like Blue Guitars (2005) have multiple discs. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s" and "already a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10 with the release of the single "The Road to Hell (Part 2)", which was his 18th chart entry." Two of his most successful studio albums, The Road to Hell (1989) and Auberge (1991), topped the UK Albums Chart. His other hit songs include "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat", "Stainsby Girls", "Josephine", "On the Beach", "Let's Dance", "Driving Home for Christmas", "Working on It", "Tell Me There's a Heaven", "Auberge", "Looking for the Summer", "Winter Song", "Nothing to Fear", "Julia", and "If You Were Me", a duet with Elton John. Rea was nominated three times for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist: in 1988, 1989 and 1990.

 

Rea has never toured the United States and is best known there for the 1978 single "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. This success earned him a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist in 1978. As of 2009, Rea had sold more than 30 million records worldwide. - Wikipedia

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1978 30 Fool (If You Think It's Over) -1-

1979 44 Diamonds -1-

1982 65 Loving You -1-

1983 85 Let It Loose -1-

1983 60 I Can Hear Your Heartbeat -2-

1984 65 I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It -1-

1984 86 Touche D'Amour -2-

1984 78 Ace Of Hearts -3-

1985 26 Stainsby Girls -1-

1985 67 Josephine -2-

1986 69 It's All Gone -1-

1986 12 On The Beach -2-

1986 79 Hello Friend -3-

1987 12 Let's Dance -1-

1987 47 Loving You Again -2-

1987 67 Joys Of Christmas -3-

1988 73 Que Sera -4-

1988 10 Driving Home For Christmas -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

1989 53 Working On It -1-

1989 10 The Road To Hell (Part 2) -1-

1989 83 That's What They Always Say -2-

1990 24 Tell Me There's A Heaven -3-

1990 69 Texas -4-

1991 16 Auberge -1-

1991 57 Heaven -2-

1991 49 Looking For The Summer -3-

1991 27 Winter Song -4-

1992 16 Nothing To Fear -1-

1992 31 God's Great Banana Skin -2-

1993 53 Soft Top Hard Shoulder -3-

1993 18 Julia -1-

1994 28 You Can Go Your Own Way -1-

1996 77 Girl In A Sports Car -2-

1996 41 'Disco' La Passione (Chris Rea & Shirley Bassey) -1-

1997 44 Let's Dance (Middlesbrough FC feat. Bob Mortimer & Chris Rea) -NAS-

1998 80 Square Peg, Round Hole -1-

2000 78 All Summer Long -1-

 

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 2 x Top 10 | 7 x Top 20 | 13 x Top 40 | 37 x Top 100

 

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Chris Rea

 

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much would have preferred SZA at #1 in albums

YES, this is a cold-hard classic :wub:

chris rea is quite boring tbh

Driving Home For Christmas - the third best Christmas song, behind Shakin Stevens and Leona Lewis, in my opinion. :)

Joseph been play this last day at school driving home for Christmas

Stacey Solomon's Driving Home for Christmas *.*

19 | 22 | 51st week

 

Andy Williams

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

 

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Album track from The Andy Williams Christmas Album

Released: 1963

Label: Columbia

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (08/12/2007) | 43-25-21-21-64-x

RE (13/12/2008) | 80-63-71-x

RE (02/01/2010) | 85-x

RE (14/12/2013) | 98-90-x

RE (13/12/2014) | 86-74-76-61-x

RE (17/12/2015) | 90-87-61-100-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 55-50-41-24-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 80-37-37-17-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 85-62-52-29-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 61-50-46-25-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 79-36-28-29-23-23-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 86-38-20-18-15-9-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 82-44-22-19

 

Sales: 1,200k+

Certification: 2x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

21 Sales

07 Audio Streaming

00 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold-certified and 3 platinum-certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971 along with numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Show won three Emmy awards. The Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri, is named after the song for which he is best known—Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini's "Moon River". He sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States. Williams was active in the music industry for over 70 years until his death in 2012. - Wikipedia

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1957 01 Butterfly -NAS-

1957 16 I Like Your Kind Of Love -NAS-

1962 30 Stranger On The Shore -1-

1963 02 Can't Get Used To Losing You -1-

1964 40 A Fool Never Learns -1-

1965 02 Almost There -1-

1966 19 May Each Day -1-

1966 33 In The Arms Of Love -1-

1967 09 Music To Watch Girls By -1-

1967 45 More And More -NAS-

1968 05 Can't Take My Eyes Off You -1-

1969 19 Happy Heart -1-

1970 03 Can't Help Falling In Love -NAS-

1970 13 It's So Easy -1-

1970 07 Home Lovin' Man -1-

1971 04 (Where Do I Begin) Love Story -1-

1972 42 Love Theme From The Godfather -1-

1973 04 Solitaire -1-

1974 35 Getting Over You -2-

1975 32 You Lay So Easy On My Mind -1-

1976 42 The Other Side Of Me -1-

2002 23 Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Andy Williams & Denise Van Outen) -1-

2007 09 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year -AT- MILLIONAIRE

 

1 x #1 | 7 x Top 5 | 10 x Top 10 | 14 x Top 20 | 20 x Top 40 | 23 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Andy Williams

 

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18 | 11 | 10th week

 

Oliver Tree and Robin Schulz

Miss You

 

 

Non-album single

Released: 5th August 2022

Label: Atlantic Recording Corporation

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (20/10/2022) | 28-9-8-5-4-3-4-4-11-18

 

Sales: 200k+

Certification: Silver

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

 

07 Sales

03 Audio Streaming

08 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Oliver Tree

A brief encounter with Oliver Tree might lead you to wonder: Is this guy for real? The bowl cut, bell-bottoms, and pink-and-purple windbreaker all seem calculated to confuse. Yet the ample pleasures of his unusual brand of tongue-in-cheek pop are right there on the surface. Born Oliver Tree Nickell in Santa Cruz, California, in 1993, he got his start as Tree on Belgium’s Apollo Records—an early home to Aphex Twin—in 2013, pairing warbly sing-speaking with folktronica beats. Three years later, he reappeared as Oliver Tree, bringing emo energy to “When I’m Down,” a collaboration with pop-EDM producer Whethan, then returned in 2017 with “Welcome To LA,” which poked fun at the city’s superficial reputation. Over the next few years, he developed the Oliver Tree character in wry lyrics paired with irresistible electro-pop hooks. In his viral hit “Alien Boy,” he sings from the perspective of an extraterrestrial—a proud misfit and slyly unreliable narrator with an “eagle beak” and “ostrich feet”—but on the grunge-flavored “Hurt,” another standout from 2020’s Ugly is Beautiful, he makes a more heartfelt admission: “I’m sorry if I hurt you.” As an entertainer, he’s fully committed to the bit. In an interview with Apple Music, he claimed to have spent 27 months engineering a 20-foot-tall scooter that he rides using stilts. But he serves universal truths alongside his tall tales. Adopting a philosophical tone, he told Apple Music, “You’re never going to be truly happy if you can’t learn to accept yourself the way you are.” - Apple Music

 

Robin Schulz

In a matter of two short years, producer/DJ Robin Schulz rose to prominence as one of the definitive artists of the post-EDM boom of the 2010s. Born in Osnabrück, Germany, in 1987, Schulz cut his teeth on the local DJ circuit as a teenager, quickly landing his own club night as a 20-year-old tastemaker. Inspired by his breakout success behind the decks, he soon pivoted to production, releasing a handful of buzzing originals and remixes. But once he dropped his 2014 internationally chart-topping remix of "Waves" by Dutch singer/rapper Mr. Probz, he became next in line to claim the DJ throne. The song itself, a downtempo pop ballad turned into a chilled-out, sun-soaked house jam, helped birth and popularize tropical house, an EDM microgenre that ruled festival stages and charts around the world. Indeed, Schulz's feel-good take on dance music—bright, bouncy pop melodies and catchy vocals atop a deep house framework—defined the then-nascent sound. But where other producers were boxed in by the sonic trend, Schulz transcended it, expanding into pop territory. His remix-heavy 2014 debut album, Prayer, saw him reworking dance-friendly pop acts like Lykke Li and Coldplay, while 2015's Sugar featured collaborations with Akon and Moby. His third full-length, 2017's Uncovered, put Schulz’s production prowess on full display: Mixing lush melodies and powerful vocals into his singular blend of pop-meets-dance, the album fulfilled his crossover potential. Just look to "Shed a Light," alongside fellow dance-pop stars David Guetta and Cheat Codes, and "OK," featuring UK crooner James Blunt, and you'll know why Schulz remains two steps ahead on the global dance floor. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Oliver Tree

2021 33 Life Goes On -1-

2022 03 Miss You (Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz) -NAS-

 

0 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 1 x Top 20 | 2 x Top 40 | 2 x Top 100

 

Robin Schulz

2014 01 Prayer In C (Lillywood & Robin Schulz) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2015 96 Headlights (feat. Ilsey) -1*-

2015 94 Sun Goes Down (feat. Jasmine Thompson) -2-

2015 21 Sugar (feat. Francesco Yates) -2*-

2016 24 Shed A Light (Robin Schulz, David Guetta & Cheat Codes) -1-

2022 03 Miss You (Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz)

 

1 x #1 | 2 x Top 5 | 2 x Top 10 | 2 x Top 20 | 4 x Top 40 | 6 x Top 100

 

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