Until Spotify’s main playlists become less USA focused, it is only going to get worse sadly. You can see on Apple the difference having a decent playlist position can do for OMS. I am just glad she is still on the Spotify playlists unlike some other casualties like Kylie’s Santa Baby.

 

Hoping we get a sales update today to see where Sam and Noah are.

 

British Xmas music is also far superior as well, says a lot the Americans still listen to the crooner classics!

I still find it bizarre she pushed 'I Hope You Find It', even today 'Woman's World' feels like the much more well-known track with the newspaper wig video. Yet that's completely forgotten, and probably was barely known in the first place save for an X-Factor performance.

 

 

I guess because they had already released WW with promo (in USA) and it had not charted they moved on. I still think WW would have charted better following an X factor performance, could have been looking at 7 decades of top 20!

I Hope You Find It was playlisted by Radio 2 and she also did it on Graham Norton.

#35

 

Any particular reason Tension is still so high? It dropped quite heavily most weeks so I was expecting the same after last week's re-release.

 

Anyone know what has inspired Wham to surge up the iTunes chart? https://kworb.net/charts/itunes/uk.html

 

It must be getting played somewhere :o :P

From the BBC

Christmas number one: Wham! and Sam Ryder do battle as chart race enters final day

 

By Ian Youngs & Mark Savage

BBC News

 

Wham!, Sam Ryder and Mariah Carey are all vying for this year's Christmas number one, in one of the most open festive chart battles of recent years. Thursday is the final day for streams and sales to count before the Christmas chart is revealed on Friday. Wham!'s 1984 classic Last Christmas is leading the way, with Ryder's You're Christmas To Me the top new release. YouTubers LadBaby have been Christmas number one for the past five years, but decided not to enter the 2023 race.

 

The Christmas chart battle "feels much more exciting than it has done for a few years", according to Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company. Talbot said there is "a much more open field" this year. "LadBaby have dominated for the last five years and I think by the time it reached its fifth Christmas number one last year, people were keen to see something a bit fresh and a bit new. "We've obviously got the classics that are coming back into the charts, we've got the usual run of charity records driven by ordinary people who just want to raise some money for good causes, and we've also got one or two really interesting releases as well, like Sam Ryder."

 

The Wham! and Pogues songs have been reissued on vinyl, while Ryder's single is available on CD - with physical sales counting for more than streams in the chart formula. Streams of newer songs also carry greater weight - meaning Ryder and Sheeran/Sir Elton have a better chance of competing with classic festive tunes. And a song's placing on streaming services' Christmas playlists can be influential too.

 

So although Ryder's song isn't on services like Spotify and Apple, it is likely to pop up for Amazon users who ask Alexa for festive tunes. "Playlists have a big part to play, and they are influential in terms of the chart when it comes to Christmas," says Talbot. "That said, particularly with a Christmas number one race, the key is not to rely on streaming - it's to generate sales, whether they be downloads or physical releases."

^^ Probably the Wham! fans on social media panic buying because they don’t believe it’s a done deal - only takes like 50 downloads to cause a surge

Amazon has recently increased the rotation of Sam’s song on Alexa, which could help him next week.

Blimey Leona Lewis is really falling off each year.

 

Still amazing top 40 every year! Will 100% take that :yahoo: :heart:

50 downloads? you mean 3? :D

The Christmas chart battle "feels much more exciting than it has done for a few years", according to Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company.

 

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

:rofl: :rofl:

 

Sure, OCC :')

 

LAST YEAR was wide open, with Ladbbay scrwpin to no.w. Thid year we kbow it's Wham!

I guess because they had already released WW with promo (in USA) and it had not charted they moved on. I still think WW would have charted better following an X factor performance, could have been looking at 7 decades of top 20!

I Hope You Find It was released after her Sunday's X Factor performance, at midnight, which means she had only 6 days of sales.

 

It would have charted higher had it been released 24 hours earlier, at the start of the chart week (like most new singles at the time).

Edited December 21, 20232 yr by Buzzz

The Christmas chart battle "feels much more exciting than it has done for a few years", according to Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company.

 

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

:rofl: :rofl:

 

Sure, OCC :')

 

LAST YEAR was wide open, with Ladbbay scrwpin to no.w. Thid year we kbow it's Wham!

 

But to be honest, who knows what last minute number of CDs and ahem, completely accurate, Amazon streams are reported at the last minute... ^_^

Any particular reason Tension is still so high? It dropped quite heavily most weeks so I was expecting the same after last week's re-release.

Can’t say this is definitely why but itv are still advertising their ‘audience with Kylie’ show being available to watch on demand loads.

Anyone know what has inspired Wham to surge up the iTunes chart? https://kworb.net/charts/itunes/uk.html

 

BBC Breakfast ran a segment on the Christmas number 1. They had Sam Ryder talking about his song as well as playing the Wham video.

Would be kind of iconic after 2nd in Eurovision and a #2 hit for Sam to score another #2. He might need some more sales to hold off Mariah and the missing Spotify data.

Edited December 21, 20232 yr by Jingle Jules

Although #22 would be a more realistic peak for Sam Ryder if Alexa was kept in check a bit more.

if only Cher did a remix entitled Alexa Play A Christmas Song, then she’d be this years number one no question. :D

LMAO at Alexa Play A Christmas Song.

 

I can’t knock Sam at all however inflated his peak from this song will be. It’s such a tough business and he’s used the opening available to him to maximum effect, all with a big smile on his face, and produced a very decent song in the process.