I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. I had the idea for this thread when I saw a comment from PeteFromLeeds asking when we last had four new entries in the top 10 in xmas week. One of this year's four is only new to the Top40, not to the chart overall, but I thought I'd present the history of singles that flew into the xmas week top10 from outside the Top 40 the previous week. Xmas classics, social media campaigns, tv karaoke competitions, swearing about a certain political party (note to mods can I use the full name of the act and singles, and link videos?) and some sausage rolls are all to come on this list. Back in the 50s there wasn't a top 40, just a top 12, 20 or 30, so I decided to start from the inception of the Top 50 in Record Retailer in 1960, but as it turns out no single in the 60s or 70s did make it into the xmas week top 10 from outside the top 40. When it finally did happen it took a tragedy. Former Beatles musician John Lennon was shot dead outisde his home on 8th December 1980, leading to a resurgence for his music, and to two of his singles flying into to the top 10 in xmas week. No other single repeated the feat in the 1980s.

 

1980

#4 – #45 – John and Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

previously charted for 8 weeks between w/e 09/12/1972 and 27/01/1973, peaking at #4, and 1 week at #48 on w/e 04/01/1975. On its 2nd week in this chart run

#9 – RE – John Lennon – Imagine

Edited December 26, 20222 yr by DanChartFan

At the start of the 90s this chart feat had only happened one year of the last 30, and even then only due to the death of a pop legend a few weeks before Xmas. By the end of the decade there were six different songs that achieved it in one year. It all started to change with mad fer it Manchester-based band Oasis scoring the first new entry in the xams week Top 10 since the start of the Top 50 era, then the following year another act also achieved it with a cheesy parody of Oasis. And then the floodgates slowly opened with two singles in 1997, 4 in 1998 and 6 in 1999, including a Millennium reissue of John Lennon's Imagine, which was thus the only single to achieve the feat in two separate years.

 

1994

#3 – NE – Oasis – Whatever

 

1995

#2 – NE – Mike Flowers Pops – Wonderwall

 

1996

#1 – NE – The Spice Girls – 2 Become 1

#3 – NE – Madonna – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

 

1997

#1 – NE – The Spice Girls – Too Much

#10 – NE – Mase – Feel So Good

 

1998

#1 – NE – The Spice Girls – Goodbye

#2 – NE – Chef – Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)

#3 – NE – Denise and Johnny – Especially For You

#10 – NE – Jane MacDonald – Cruise Into Christmas

 

1999

#1 – NE – Westlife – I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun

#3 – RE – John Lennon – Imagine

[previously charted between w/e 01/11/1975 and 10/01/1975, peaking at #6, and between w/e 27/12/1980 and 21/03/1981, spending 4 weeks at number one]

#4 – NE – The Cuban Boys – Cognoscenti Vs Intelligentsia

#5 – NE – S Club 7 – Two In A Million/You’re My Number One

#7 – NE – Steps – Say You’ll Be Mine/Better The Devil You Know

#8 – NE – Mr Hankey – Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo

Edited December 26, 20222 yr by DanChartFan

South Park songs achieving this twice :cheeseblock:

 

Also Cuban Boys iconic

I still remember that chart with the hamster song in it :lol: so many new entries that week.

On to the first half of the 00s, and the first hint of the tv talent show invasion to come, with two singles from Popstars The Rivals, and one from the Pop Idols.

 

2000

#2 – NE – Westlife – What Makes A Man

#6 – NE – Oxide & Neutrino ft Megaman – No Good 4 Me

 

2001

#2 – NE – Gordon Haskell – How Wonderful You Are

 

2002

#1 – NE – Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground

#2 – NE – One True Voice – Sacred Trust/After You’re Gone

#7 – RE – Love Inc – You’re A Superstar

previously charted for 1wk at #91 in w/e 17/06/2000

#9 – RE – Avril Lavigne – Skater Boi

previously charted for 1wk at #100 in w/e 14/12/2002

 

2003

#1 – NE – Michael Andrews ft Gary Jules – Mad World

#2 – NE – The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)

#4 – NE – Bo Selecta – Proper Crimbo

#5 – NE – The Idols – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

#8 – NE – Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night

#10 – NE – Sugababes – Too Lost In You

 

2004

#2 – NE – Ronan Keating ft Yusuf – Father And Son

#5 – NE – Merrion/McCall/Kensit – I Got You Babe/Soda Pop

#10 – NE – Morrisey – I Have Forgiven Jesus

 

 

The late 00s brought the monopolisation of the xmas number one by the X Factor, but by 2009 the British public were getting tired of it, and voiced their Rage.

 

2005

#1 – NE – Shayne Ward – That’s My Goal

#3 – RE – The Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York

previously charted for 11 of the 12 weeks between w/e 05/12/1987 and 20/02/1988, peaking at #2

#5 – NE – Eminem – When I’m Gone

#9 – NE – Girls Aloud – See The Day

#10 – NE – Coldplay – Talk

 

2006

#1 – NE – Leona Lewis – A Moment Like This

#3 – #98 – McFly – Sorry’s Not Good Enough [on week 2 of its original chart run]

#4 – #50 – Girls Aloud – I Think We’re Alone Now [on week 2 of its original chart run]

 

2007

#1 – NE – Leon Jackson – When You Believe

 

2008

#1 – NE – Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah

#5 – NE – Geraldine – Once Upon A Christmas Song

#8 – #60 – Beyonce – Listen

previously charted for 8 weeks between w/e 03/02/2007 and 24/03/2007, peaking at #16

 

2009

#1 – #80 – Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name

previously charted for 4 weeks between w/e 27/02/1993 and 20/03/1993, peaking at #25

#2 – NE – Joe McElderry – The Climb

#5 – NE – 30H3 ft Katy Perry – Starstrukk

#9 – #52 – Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’

originally charted for4 weeks between w/e 27/02/1982 and w/e 20/03/1982, peaking at #62, it recharted for 1wk at #94 in w/e 10/11/2007, 1wk at #89 in w/e 14/02/2009, 1wk at #95 in w/e 14/03/2009 and for 12 weeks between w/e 11/04/2009 and 27/06/2009, peaking at #71. It had begun its present chart run on w/e 15/08/2009, and had already spent three wks in the top 40 from w/e 14/11/2009 to 28/11/2009 with a peak before this week of #19

Edited December 26, 20222 yr by DanChartFan

The 2010s started as the 00s had ended, with the X Factor, but the feat was also achieved in this decade by various others, including a surfing bird, a christmas donkey, a Wealdstone raider. and a lad baby.

 

2010

#1 – NE – Matt Cardle – When We Collide

#3 – RE – The Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird

previously charted for 2 weeks between w/ 02/05/2009 and 09/05 2009, peaking at #50

#8 – RE – Biffy Clyro – Many Of Horror

previously charted for 10 weeks between w/e 16/01/2010 and 20/03/2010, peaking at #20

 

2011

#1 – NE – Military Wives/Gareth Malone – Wherever You Are

#3 – NE – Lou Monte – Dominick The Donkey

#4 – NE – Alex Day – Forever Yours

 

2012

#1 – NE – The Justice Collective – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother

 

2013

#1 – NE – Sam Bailey – Skyscraper

#4 – RE – AC/DC – Highway To Hell

previously charted for 2 weeks between w/e 01/12/2012 and 08/12/2012, peaking at #40

 

2014

#1 – NE – Ben Haenow – Something I Need

#4 – #43 – Olly Murs ft Demi Lovato – Up

on week 3 of its original chart run, having spent the first two week outside the top 40

#5 – NE – The Wealdstone Raider – Got No Fans

 

2015

#1 – NE – The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir – A Bridge Over You

 

2016

Nothing in the Top 10 had come from outside the Top 40, for the first time since 1993, indeed the only single in the top 10 that had come from outside the top 20 was Little Mix – Touch, which had climbed from #23 to #4 in week 3 of its chart run. The highest placed new arrival to the Top 40 was Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over, which was a re-entry at #31, having previously charted for 19 weeks from w/e 27/11/1963 to 01/04/1964, spending 2 weeks at number one

 

2017

#2 – NE – Eminem ft Ed Sheeran – River

 

2018

#1 – NE – Ladbaby – We Built This City

#8 – NE – Ariana Grande – Imagine

 

2019

#1 – NE – Ladbaby – I Love Sausage Rolls

#6 – NE – Stormzy ft Headie One – Audacity

#9 – NE – Stormzy – Lessons

Edited December 26, 20222 yr by DanChartFan

And the 20s so far, which looks like we're going to get an annual serving of sausage rolls and anti-Tory swearing, but at least there were two others that also achieved it this year. I can't help thinking that the xmas charts just haven't been the same this decade.

 

2020

#1 – NE – Ladbaby – Don’t Stop Me Eatin’

#5 – NE – The Kunts – Boris Johnson Is a f***ing c**t

 

2021

#1 – NE – Ladbaby ft Sheeran/Elton John – Sausage Rolls For Everyone

#5 – NE – The Kunts – Boris Johnson Is Still A f***ing c**t

 

2022

#1 – NE – Ladbaby – Food Aid

#3 - #41 – The Sidemen – Christmas Drillings

on week 3 of its original chart run, having spent the first two weeks outside the top 40

#7 – NE – The Kunts – f*** The Tories

#9 – NE – Central Cee – Let Go

Edited December 26, 20222 yr by DanChartFan