The #2 behind LadBaby has been a Christmas song in each of the last 3 years (Mariah in 2020, Ed/Elton in 2021 (with Wham! at #3), Wham! in 2022).

Was gonna say I assumed 2016 was the year before streaming dominated!

 

 

Was gonna say I assumed 2016 was the year before streaming dominated!

Streaming did dominate in 2016 hence why they had to increase the streaming ratio to 150 streams per sale as opposed to 100 streams per sale as it was from 2014-2016

I don’t know if this has been mentioned but “Last Christmas” has a 7-inch vinyl and CD on pre-order for release December 15th, and with streaming already on the rise, it's looking like they will make #1.

Has it been reissued physically before in the modern era?

Has it been reissued physically before in the modern era?

 

White vinyl once. But not on CD. I think it took 1 week to become the year’s best seller on vinyl. It was 2019 - which was the year before Christmas songs started dominating the Christmas chart - so those sales helped it to climb above Mariah, Wham! were at 5. Mariah at 8. They were the only Christmas songs in the top 10, but the following week there were 9 (8 old, 1 new). And the following year the pandemic effect saw the number of Christmas songs in the Christmas top 10 increase from 2 to 8.

Perfect the year after too

 

Perfect was deliberately aimed at Christmas number 1 with new duet recordings released to ensure it grabbed number 1. The Beyoncé version got massive numbers of streams.

On second look: the 7-inch vinyl has two songs for £13.99 and the CD has four songs for £6.99. Both have each sold over 300 copies, but I'm not sure if they count towards the total.

Edited December 3, 20231 yr by _Clo_

On second look: the 7-inch vinyl has two songs for £13.99 and the CD has four songs for £6.99. Both have each sold over 300 copies, but I'm not sure if they count towards the total.

 

Are you saying 300 sales for Last Christmas vinyl and CD? How do you know?

Are you saying 300 sales for Last Christmas vinyl and CD? How do you know?

Yes, but I'm not sure if it's 100% accurate. Amazon says “300+ bought in the last month” but both items are on pre-order.

Edited December 3, 20231 yr by _Clo_

Yes, but I'm not sure if it's 100% accurate. Amazon says “300+ bought in the last month” but both items are on pre-order.

 

Ah that makes sense. One thing to bear in mind is that they have not even been advertised by Wham!’s record company yet. so these sales are only from fan who have discussed it between themselves. The vinyl is already number 1 in CD/vinyl pre-orders.

 

Lots of non UK people order off Amazon UK too, so 300 doesn't mean 300 sales for the UK chart.

Lots of non UK people order off Amazon UK too, so 300 doesn't mean 300 sales for the UK chart.

 

That’s strange… everybody I know who has tried to order ‘Last Christmas’ through Amazon UK from abroad has failed to do so.

Wham! have to be big favourites then, can’t see the Pogues making up the difference especially if Wham! have physicals. What are their current odds?

Wham! have to be big favourites then, can’t see the Pogues making up the difference especially if Wham! have physicals. What are their current odds?

 

https://www.oddschecker.com/novelty/christm...mber-one-single

 

Pogues still 1/5 with some Bookies, but mainly 1/3

 

Wham! are around 5/1 with most Bookies

Edited December 3, 20231 yr by ElectroBoy

1/3 The Pogues

5/1 Wham!

16/1 Mariah Carey

20/1 Taylor Swift

28/1 AC/DC

28/1 Sidemen

33/1 Cher

33/1 Dua Lipa

33/1 Ed Sheeran and Elton John

33/1 Rock Choir

33/1 Sam Ryder

40/1 Sooty

40/1 Foy Vance

40/1 Jose Feliciano

40/1 Noah Kahan

50/1 Jack Harlow

50/1 Tyla

 

Jack having the same odds as...Tyla. :rofl:

 

Just shoved a few more quid on Wham!

Edited December 3, 20231 yr by Jαsє

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Is the Wham physical only available from their store or in shops too?

The Wham vinyl and CD are up for pre-order on HMV too!

Looks like Wham! might have it in the bag