Gracie Abrams is challenged for the #1 spot as the Christmas takeover begins from perennial frontrunners Wham! and Mariah Carey, or Band Aid potentially returning to the top following the 40th anniversary edition (assuming a reset is given). On the new releases front we have Kesha with Delusional and Disclosure teaming with Pa Salieu on King Steps, along with tracks from V/Park Hyo Shin, Snoop Dogg/Dr. Dre/Sting, Ed Sheeran, Rudimental, Chip, Chloe Slater and UMI

 

Taylor Swift could return to #1 on the albums front thanks to the physical editions of The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and Juice WRLD's The Party Never Ends in contention. Further new releases include ericdoa's EP why suffer for us? and the reissue of J. Cole's Friday Night Lights mixtape, along with music from Feid/Sky Rompiendo, Meaningful Stone, IRENE, Potter Payper and Kodak Black

 

 

Sunday 6:00pm - 7:00pm Official Chart: First Look on BBC Radio 1

Monday from 5:45pm Official Chart Update on officialcharts.com *

Wednesday from 5:45pm Top 40 update from Music Week, with top 5 sales information

 

* updates are not compiled on bank holiday Mondays, so on those occasions, the Official Chart Update will arrive Tuesday during the afternoon.

 

 

- As per the Friday chart thread, please do NOT post First Look spoilers before it airs on BBC Radio 1.

- On any other days, information may come from outside sources but this is not regular. Anything we have will be posted, and anything that's posted must come with a source to prove its reliability.

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- To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and streaming threads.

 

Official Chart First Look: Full Update

 

1 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

2 Gracie Abrams - That's So True

3 ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT.

4 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song

5 Wham! - Last Christmas

6 Cynthia Erivo feat. Ariana Grande - Defying Gravity

7 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

8 Kendrick Lamar & SZA - luther

9 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

10 Teddy Swims - The Door

 

11 Tom Grennan - It Can't Be Christmas

12 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams

13 Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay - tv off

14 Ariana Grande - Popular

15 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas

16 Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo - What Is This Feeling?

17 Kendrick Lamar - squabble up

18 Stromae & Pomme - Ma Meilleure Ennemie

19 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

20 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

 

Official Charts Report

 

Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas leads the race for Number 1 following the release of its 2024 Ultimate Mix.

 

Released to mark Band Aid’s 40th anniversary, the new version was produced by Trevor Horn and features vocalists from the 1984 original, 2004’s Band Aid 20, and 2014’s Band Aid 30. All three versions have topped the Official Singles Chart, as did 1989’s Band Aid II.

 

Artists who prominently feature on the track include the likes of George Michael, Chris Martin, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Dido, One Direction, Rita Ora, Sinead O’Connor, and of course Bono, who contributed to all three previous incarnations that contribute to the Ultimate Mix.

 

Do They Know It’s Christmas’ surge for Number 1 follows its release on physical formats this past Friday (November 29th), with proceeds benefitting The Band Aid Trust. The CD and vinyl variants also feature the original, 20th and 30th anniversary editions, and 1985’s Live Aid version from Wembley Stadium.

 

Just 1,000 chart units behind and looking to earn a fifth straight week at Number 1 is Gracie Abrams with That’s So True (2), followed closely by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars with APT (3).

 

In addition to Band Aid, as December gets underway three more festive favourites make the First Look Top 10. WHAM!’s Last Christmas may make its first Top 5 appearance of 2024 at Number 5, Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You climbs three places over the weekend to Number 7, and Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree leaps eleven places to Number 9 midweek.

 

Looking to hold space in the Top 10 for a second week is Defying Gravity by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, poised to lift one place to Number 6. The track is taken from the Wicked soundtrack, which set a hat-trick of UK chart records last Friday.

 

Reigning king of the Official Albums Chart, Kendrick Lamar, stays put in the First Look Top 10 with SZA collaboration Luther (8).

 

Tom Grennan’s Amazon original It Can’t Be Christmas shoots up 38 places to make its Top 40 midweek debut (11), while other Xmas staples rising into the Top 20 include Ed Sheeran & Elton John’s Merry Christmas (15), Kelly Clarkson’s Underneath The Tree (19), and Ariana Grande’s Santa Tell Me (20).

 

Finally, Ma Meilleure Ennemie by Belgian artist Stromae featuring Pomme scales three places to Number 18. The track is featured on the soundtrack to Season 2 of Netflix adult animation Arcane: League Of Legends, which debuted at Number 2 on last Friday’s Official Compilations Chart.

 

Official Chart Update

 

Singles (Top 100)

 

01 Gracie Abrams - That's So True (15,184)

02 Wham! - Last Christmas (13,825)

03 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (13,673) [5,979 physicals]

04 ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. (13,111)

05 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (11,927)

 

08 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

09 Tom Grennan - It Can't Be Christmas

10 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

 

11 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas

12 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

13 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

15 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

16 Laufey - Christmas Magic

17 Laufey - Winter Wonderland

18 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

20 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

 

27 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

28 Elton John - Step Into Christmas

29 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

30 Sia - Snowman

 

34 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas

37 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

39 José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

40 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

 

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Albums (Top 100)

 

01 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (18,748) [17,336 physicals, 1,397 streaming, 15 downloads]

02 Kendrick Lamar - GNX (4,756)

03 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet (4,424)

04 Juice WRLD - The Party Never Ends (3,621) [64 downloads]

05 Charli xcx - BRAT (3,342)

 

06 Michael Bublé - Christmas

10 Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (Isolated Vocals)

 

11 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS

15 Fontaines D.C. - Romance

16 Arctic Monkeys - AM

17 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

18 Alfie Boe & Michael Ball - Together At Home

20 Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)

 

22 Oasis - Definitely Maybe

23 Bullet for My Valentine - The Poison

26 James Marriott - Bitter Tongues

27 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

28 Teddy Swims - I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1)

 

31 Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

35 Echo & the Bunnymen - What Are You Going to Do With Your Life?

36 The Unthanks - In Winter

37 Coldplay - Moon Music

 

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash

 

01 Gracie Abrams - That's So True (28,151)

02 Wham! - Last Christmas (27,570)

03 ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. (23,784)

04 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (23,380)

05 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song (21,539)

 

06 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

07 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

09 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas

10 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

 

11 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

12 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

13 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

14 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

15 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

17 Laufey - Winter Wonderland

18 Tom Grennan - It Can't Be Christmas

 

22 Elton John - Step Into Christmas

24 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

27 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

29 Sia - Snowman

30 Laufey - Christmas Magic

 

31 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas

33 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

36 José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

39 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

 

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Albums

 

01 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (20,399) [17,727 physicals, 2,654 streaming, 18 downloads]

02 Kendrick Lamar - GNX (8,225)

03 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet (7,462)

04 Juice WRLD - The Party Never Ends (6,241)

05 Michael Bublé - Christmas (6,145)

 

12 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop

13 Fontaines D.C. - Romance

15 Arctic Monkeys - AM

17 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS

19 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

 

21 Oasis - Definitely Maybe

22 Michael Jackson - The Essential

23 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009

24 Potter Payper - Nightmare Before Christmas

26 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

29 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

30 Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)

 

31 Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

32 Teddy Swims - I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1)

38 George Michael - Twenty Five

39 Taylor Swift - Midnights

Don't forget Whamageddon will be in effect on First Look !!

curious to see how Taylor's Anthology does, there is only 1 vinyl variant + it's super super expensive like 60 pounds so not huge sales I reckon

I’d Imagine it would sell pretty well, it’s been highly sought after by fans since April, plus the cd isn’t too pricey it’s about £16 so I’m sure there’ll be enough of those sold.

curious to see how Taylor's Anthology does, there is only 1 vinyl variant + it's super super expensive like 60 pounds so not huge sales I reckon

 

Taylor fleecing her fans again? Shocking

Silly comment about taylor number 46893737383

Intelligent imput darling not

Taylor fleecing her fans again? Shocking

 

Average price of a vinyl is around £30 to £40.and this is a double album :lol: just say you hate Taylor it's easier :P

Ah I was thinking Sabrina might finally return to #1 on the albums this week but didn't realise the Anthology physicals were out this week (fair enough, I'll let her have this one, for I am so generous in my hating xx Surprised it took this long for them to come out unless it's just a case of even Taylor not being able to jump the queue on vinyl production times).

Think we've been eating so many lemons in here x

 

No matter what formats she's put out in the past, this Taylor version is one that the fans have been very keen to see for months now, as it's the first time the full Anthology half of the album has been released physically, so I wouldn't call this "fleecing" her fans (and the price is quite fair for a double album I think, albeit I'm not a vinyl buyer so not the most educated on prices).

First Look in 15!

20 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

19 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

Wonder how many physicals Band Aid sold if they're contending for number 1

18 Stromae & Pomme - Ma Meilleure Ennemie

17 Kendrick Lamar - squabble up

Ma Meilleure Ennemie Load rubbish

Good god these presenters are rather annoying aren't they. At least it's kendrick they're talking into ^_^

16 Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo - What Is This Feeling?

I think whatever happens tonight, Wham will take #1 by Friday because of the massive December boost. Already #1 on uk spotify