2024 - This year we're back to AIWFCIY having an early lead. Will Mariah maintain this lead or will Wham! overtake eventually? It's worth mentioning that both of these songs have new physical formats being released this year, to celebrate their anniversaries - the 30th anniversary of All I Want for Christmas Is You, and 40th anniversary of Last Christmas. Mariah's are released on 6th December (meaning they'll be included in the 13th December chart), while Wham!'s are released on 13th December (for the 20th December chart - which is the Christmas week chart).[/color]

 

From what I recall, Mariah’s physicals didn’t make much impact last time around. Then again, what we saw from the reissue of Careless Whisper is that there is a lot of demand for George Michael physical products.

 

In a way, it’s not surprising that they are released in different weeks as they are on the same record label.

 

Thanks Jay for summarising all of this data!

Edited November 20, 2024Nov 20 by GreyAsh

Thinking “That’s So True” could yet remain at #1 for much of December.

Oooh! Please explain the quirk?

 

Songs which have charted for 52 cumulative weeks need to re-enter the top 25 to appear on the chart again, Mariah has already reached that mark but Wham! haven't yet so they're able to enter at a lower position.

Songs which have charted for 52 cumulative weeks need to re-enter the top 25 to appear on the chart again, Mariah has already reached that mark but Wham! haven't yet so they're able to enter at a lower position.

 

 

Ahhh! Thank you.

16 16,456 Wham! - Last Christmas [sCR: 32,651]

17 15,778 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You [sCR: 31,286]

 

:drama: and we're back to Last Christmas leading the way, already! So, well done to the 37 of us who predicted that this would indeed happen: Will 'Last Christmas' overtake 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' in the coming weeks?

 

Now the question is, will Mariah be able to get back ahead of Wham at any point this year? I can only see it happening now in her physical release week *if* they actually sell decently enough.

Oop, my prediction not looking so great (unless Mariah snatches a week with her physicals) x

Mariah Carey's physical singles for All I Want for Christmas Is You have been released today! I wonder how well they'll sell and if there'll be any notable impact for the song in the midweeks?

 

 

If any of you are interested in buying a copy, here are some links:

 

CD single (3 tracks) - £5.99

Amazon

HMV

 

 

CD single (6 tracks) - £8.99

Amazon

HMV

 

 

Cassette single (2 tracks) - £9.99

Mariah Carey Christmas Official Store

 

 

7" single (2 tracks) - £10.99

Amazon

HMV

 

 

12" single (3 tracks) - £10.99

Amazon (£10.99)

HMV (£10.99)

 

 

12" single (7 tracks) - £15.99

HMV

I am living in hope that Mariah can grab it this coming week and wham will more than likely the week after as they also have physicals but theirs are for the following week

It will be interesting to see! I don’t think Mariah‘s physicals made that much of an impact last time they were released. But people are more into buying physical singles now than 5 years ago.

'Last Christmas' - will it exceed 100,000 sales (ACR) in any week this year?

 

We have our answer - yes! 114,290. (225,468 SCR!)

 

Mariah didn't manage it - 94,170.

 

 

'All I Want for Christmas Is You' - what will be its highest position achieved in 2024?

 

#2 :cheeseblock:

How much did AIWFCIY sell on SCR this week?

How much did AIWFCIY sell on SCR this week?

187,566

Totals for both now according to Music Week:

 

6,210,086 Wham! - Last Christmas

5,549,482 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

Is the Wham figure just post 1994 sales?

Is the Wham figure just post 1994 sales?

 

No, lifetime. Music Week posted the lifetime total of 5,984,618 last week: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=276864 I just added in the 225,468 SCR total for this week.

No, lifetime. Music Week posted the lifetime total of 5,984,618 last week: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=276864 I just added in the 225,468 SCR total for this week.

Thanks