There's an EP of songs that they recorded while filming their documentary series Made In Korea: The K-Pop Experience (tagged to "Made in Korea" as the primary artist on platforms, bafflingly) - they're recording their first proper album currently!

 

Thanks.

Will have a listen.

Found on Amazon under the name Made In Korea (feat dearALICE).

07 | 10 | 38th week

 

Bobby Helms

Jingle Bell Rock

 

 

Non-album single

Released: October 1957

Label: Decca

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (05/01/2017) | 71-x

RE (04/01/2018) | 63-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 96-76-65-41-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 73-61-61-30-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 86-38-34-35-27-27-x

RE (09/12/2021) | 42-32-26-22-16-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 69-36-19-11-14-7-x

RE (23/11/2023) | 84-44-20-9-13-14-11-x

RE (28/11/2024) | 51-30-10-7

 

Sales: 1,400,000+

Certification: 2x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

49 Sales

04 Audio Streaming

53 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Though his name is unfamiliar to most, Bobby Helms rules the airwaves every year around December 25th. His single "Jingle Bell Rock" first became a hit in 1957, and it reappeared on the charts four of the following five years to become an all-time Christmas classic. Before he was pigeonholed, though, Helms had a successful country career with two number one hits to his credit. Born on August 15, 1933, in Bloomington, IN, Helms first performed on his father Fred's Monroe County Jamboree, singing while brother Freddie played guitar. The Helms Brothers, as they were billed, became a regional attraction. Bobby later cut a single called "Tennessee Rock and Roll," but then returned to Bloomington to appear on the Hayloft Frolic television show. While on the program, he was encouraged to go to Nashville to sing background vocals on an Ernest Tubb session. Tubb recommended him to Decca Records, and the label signed him in 1956. His debut single, "Fraulein," initially flopped in January 1957 but then hit number one on the country chart in April. (The song also hit the pop Top 40 in July of 1957.) In October, Helms released another number one, "My Special Angel," which stayed four weeks at the top and crossed over to number seven pop. Helms' next recording was "Jingle Bell Rock"; though Decca released it only two days before Christmas 1957, the single still peaked at number six on the pop chart. Two 1958 singles -- "Just a Little Lonesome" and "Jacqueline" -- hit the country Top Ten but flopped elsewhere, though a reissue of "Jingle Bell Rock" made the pop Top 40. The country single "Lonely River Rhine" hit the Top 20 in 1960, but subsequent new material from Helms had little success. (Decca reissued his Christmas hit each year from 1960 to 1962 with diminishing returns.) Helms toured throughout the '60s and recorded two albums for Kapp in 1966, I'm the Man and Sorry My Name Isn't Fred -- a nod either to brother Freddie or father Fred. Two years later, he released All New Just for You on the Little Darlin' label. Several singles placed modestly on the country charts during 1967-1968, including "He Thought He'd Die Laughing" and "So Long." The 1970 Certron single "Mary Goes 'Round" was his last hit, but Helms recorded Pop-a-Billy for MCA as late as 1983. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1957 22 My Special Angel -1-

1958 30 No Other Baby -NAS-

1958 20 Jacqueline -NAS-

2017 07 Jingle Bell Rock -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

 

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 2 x Top 20 | 4 x Top 40 | 4 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Bobby Helms

 

There's an EP of songs that they recorded while filming their documentary series Made In Korea: The K-Pop Experience (tagged to "Made in Korea" as the primary artist on platforms, bafflingly) - they're recording their first proper album currently!

 

I’m sure they’re being lined up for Eurovision, maybe even with Best Day of Our Lives!

I still find it funny that "sl*t" is edited out but "arse" is fine.

 

You can say "arse" but not Diet Pepsi !!

 

Truly if not for the Spotify playlist who would willingly be listening to this one

Thanks.

Will have a listen.

Found on Amazon under the name Made In Korea (feat dearALICE).

Enjoy! :cheer: It's a really solid EP!!

 

I’m sure they’re being lined up for Eurovision, maybe even with Best Day of Our Lives!

Wouldn't surprise me! I think it'd more likely be a new song but they'd be an inspired choice *.*

Repeak for Bobby Helms

06 | 25 | 4th week

 

Tom Grennan

It Can't Be Christmas

 

 

Non-album single

Released: 4th November 2024

Label: Insanity Records

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (28/11/2024) | 83-49-25-6

 

Sales: 30,000+

Certification: -

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

 

00 Sales

45 Audio Streaming

00 Video Streaming

 

Biography

 

Thomas Benjamin Grennan (born 8 June 1995) is an English singer and songwriter from Bedford, based in London. Grennan found fame as the guest vocalist on Chase & Status's "All Goes Wrong" in 2016. His debut album, Lighting Matches, was released in July 2018. The album peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart and includes the single "Found What I've Been Looking For". His second album Evering Road was released in March 2021, beginning his breakthrough in the UK by charting at number one on the UK Albums Chart and including the commercially successful singles "This Is the Place", "Little Bit of Love", "Let's Go Home Together" with Ella Henderson and "Don't Break the Heart". In 2021 and 2022, he was also featured as a guest vocalist on the top-ten singles "By Your Side" with Calvin Harris and "Not Over Yet" with KSI. In 2023, Grennan released his third album What Ifs & Maybes, which became his second UK number one album. It included the top-forty singles "Remind Me", "All These Nights" and "Here" plus the top-twenty singles "How Does It Feel" and "Lionheart (Fearless)" with Joel Corry. - Wikipedia

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Tom Grennan

2016 65 All Goes Wrong (Chase & Status feat. Tom Grennan)

2017 65 Memory Lane (Bugzy Malone feat. Tom Grennan)

2018 82 Found What I've Been Looking For -1-

2020 73 This Is The Place -1-

2021 07 Little Bit Of Love -2- MILLIONAIRE

2021 10 Let's Go Home Together (Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan) MILLIONAIRE

2021 09 By Your Side (Calvin Harris feat. Tom Grennan)

2021 49 Don't Break The Heart -3-

2022 27 Remind Me -1-

2022 04 Not Over Yet (KSI feat. Tom Grennan)

2022 37 All These Nights -2-

2022 18 Lionheart (Fearless) (Joel Corry & Tom Grennan)

2023 31 Here -3-

2023 17 How Does It Feel -4-

2024 78 Higher -1-

2024 06 It Can't Be Christmas -NAS-

 

0 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 5 x Top 10 | 7 x Top 20 | 10 x Top 40 | 16 x Top 100

 

Amazon Originals: Christmas

2018 22 Cozy Little Christmas (Katy Perry)

2019 01 River (Ellie Goulding)

2019 09 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Legend)

2020 03 This Christmas (Jess Glynne)

2020 04 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Justin Bieber)

2020 61 In The Bleak Midwinter (Jamie Cullum)

2020 63 Favorite Time Of Year (Carrie Underwood)

2021 08 Come On Home For Christmas (George Ezra)

2021 19 The Christmas Song (Olivia Dean)

2021 24 I'll Be Home For Christmas (Camila Cabello)

2021 97 I Want To Come Home For Christmas (Summer Walker)

2021 98 Jingle Bell Rock (Alessia Cara)

2022 05 Firebabe (Stormzy feat. Debbie)

2022 08 Someday At Christmas (Lizzo)

2022 41 Jingle Bells (Sam Ryder)

2022 47 Together This Christmas (Maisie Peters)

2022 49 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Priya Ragu)

2022 64 All I Want (For Christmas) (Zoe Wees)

2022 70 Last Christmas (Lauren Spencer Smith)

2023 02 You're Christmas To Me (Sam Ryder)

2023 16 Stay Another Day (Jorja Smith)

2023 48 Jingle Bells (Meghan Trainor)

2024 06 It Can't Be Christmas (Tom Grennan)

2024 20 Christmas Magic (Laufey)

 

1 x #1 | 5 x Top 5 | 9 x Top 10 | 12 x Top 20 | 14 x Top 40 | 24 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Tom Grennan

 

Vibes is definitely my favourite from the EP.

Amazon say cds/vinyl fir this not shipping until the 20th so maybe it isn’t even going for Christmas #1

I still find it funny that "sl*t" is edited out but "arse" is fine.

Well only one of these is a derogatory word typically aimed at women...!

I fear this is gonna be #1 the week after next :drama: :drama: :drama: I can alresdy see it happening

Think this will this year’s Xmas #2.

Vibes is definitely my favourite from the EP.

In an ideal world, Vibes wouldn't just be their breakthrough hit, but a long running #1 smash :cry:

Amazon say cds/vinyl fir this not shipping until the 20th so maybe it isn’t even going for Christmas #1

 

I think they’re being sensible knowing they can’t come up with the numbers to beat out wham next week so there going for the next best thing and getting a week at no 1 the week after

05 | 06 | 78th week

 

Brenda Lee

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

 

http://i.imgur.com/LioD7gp.jpg

 

1st single from Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee

Released: 1962

Label: Decca

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (05/12/1962) | 30-11-11-7-6-12-36-x

RE (29/12/2007) | 94-x

RE (13/12/2008) | 94-76-82-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 98-77-80-70-x

RE (17/12/2011) | 62-64-85-x

RE (15/12/2012) | 57-54-66-x

RE (14/12/2013) | 67-63-72-x

RE (13/12/2014) | 69-67-69-63-x

RE (17/12/2015) | 79-72-60-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 61-51-44-31-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 42-15-14-9-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 39-26-21-16-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 42-32-32-18-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 52-19-15-18-16-15-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 58-22-10-8-9-5-x

RE (24/11/2022) | 92-42-18-6-5-8-4-x

RE (23/11/2023) | 65-31-14-6-7-7-5-x

RE (21/11/2024) | 76-34-20-6-5

 

Sales: 2,500,000+

Certification: 4x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

06 Sales

03 Audio Streaming

05 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Singer Brenda Lee was one of the first country artists to cross over to pop audiences, and she was the highest-charting female artist of the 1960s. At nine years old, Lee joined the cast of the TV show Ozark Jubilee after impressing host Red Foley with her rendition of “Jambalaya.” Her first hit, “One Step At A Time,” released when she was 12, peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Country chart and No. 43 on the Hot 100. Lee’s most famous single, 1958’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree,” initially only sold 5,000 copies, but by 1978 it had sold 5 million and continues to be one of the most-played holiday songs. From 1958 to 1962, she had 10 consecutive Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100—a record for a female solo artist that she held for more than 20 years. The 1960 hit “I’m Sorry” earned Lee her first of four Grammy nominations, and and she was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1997 and the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2002, making her the first woman to earn both distinctions. John Lennon once referred to Brenda Lee as the greatest rock ’n’ roll voice of all time. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1960 04 Sweet Nothin's -2'-

1960 12 I'm Sorry -3'-

1960 31 I Want To Be Wanted -1-

1961 12 Let's Jump The Broomstick -1'-

1961 45 Emotions -1-

1961 22 Dum Dum -1*-

1961 38 Fool #1 -1-

1962 46 Break It To Me Gently -1^-

1962 03 Speak To Me Pretty -2*-

1962 05 Here Comes That Feeling -NAS-

1962 15 It Started All Over Again -NAS-

1962 04 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree -1"- MILLIONAIRE

1963 07 All Alone Am I -1-

1963 10 Losing You -2^-

1963 14 I Wonder -1-

1963 28 Sweet Impossible You -NAS-

1964 05 As Usual -2-

1964 26 Think -1~-

1964 17 Is It True? -NAS-

1964 25 Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day -2"-

1965 41 Thanks A Lot -NAS-

1965 22 Too Many Rivers -2~-

 

0 x #1 | 4 x Top 5 | 7 x Top 10 | 12 x Top 20 | 19 x Top 40 | 22 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Brenda Lee

 

Even a key change doesn't make 'It Can't Be Christmas' that good.

As much as I am not a fan of these old Christmas songs, I do have a soft spot for this one. None of the others tho :kink:

Brenda Lee turned 80 this week.

It Can't Be Christmas is decent but it grates on me a little because he sings "yit can't be christmas"