Wham!'s Last Christmas could score the christmas #1 for the second year running, meanwhile KSI releases Dirty, and Fred again.. drops two new tracks under the two more days EP

 

New releases on the albums front include Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre with Missionary, Stray Kids' mixtape HOP, Saint Etienne's twelfth LP The Night, Roc Marciano & The Alchemist's The Skeleton Key and The National's live record Rome

 

 

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.

- Please do not demand a midweek update, one will be posted as and when we receive the information, and when a chart mod is available.

- 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 Wham! - Last Christmas

2 Tom Grennan - It Can't Be Christmas

3 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

4 Gracie Abrams - That's So True

5 ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT.

6 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

7 Laufey - Christmas Magic

8 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

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

10 Lola Young - Messy

 

11 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

12 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

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

14 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

15 Elton John - Step Into Christmas

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

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

18 Sia - Snowman

19 José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

20 Beardman - Beard on My Face

 

Official Charts Report

 

Last Christmas by WHAM! takes an early lead for the UK’s Official Christmas Number 1 2024, but numbers indicate we could be in for an intense battle.

 

48 hours into the race, it’s tight at the top between George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s festive favourite Last Christmas and Tom Grennan’s all-new Amazon Original It Can’t Be Christmas, with Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You snapping at both of their heels.

 

WHAM!’s Christmas Number 1 campaign starts off strong thanks to the release of three limited edition 40th anniversary vinyl singles – including a collectible zoetrope vinyl. With Last Christmas leading the biggest chart race of the year by less than 3,000 units, these formats are proving to be the difference maker on the Official Chart: First Look right now.

 

Last Christmas famously missed out on the Christmas top spot in 1984, then peaking at Number 2 behind Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?, but eventually claimed their long-awaited Christmas Number 1 in 2023 after 39 years. Frontman George Michael passed away on Christmas Day in 2016.

 

In at Number 2 on the festive Official Chart First Look is Tom Grennan with Amazon exclusive, It Can’t Be Christmas. With unapologetic ambition, Tom is throwing everything at this week’s chart race and has even got a Christmas Number 1 tattoo, complete with a blank space for the winner’s name to be inserted, to mark being on the cusp of Official Chart history.

 

In a new social media video, Tom said: “Today I’m at the tattoo shop and I thought I’m gonna make it interesting. I’m gonna get ‘Christmas No.1 2024 is…’ and I’m gonna let you lot decide what goes on my leg. It’s up to you. Stream it, buy the vinyl, we’ll see what happens. Do not let this flop.”

 

It Can’t Be Christmas climbed to Number 6 last Friday and is up a further four places on today’s First Look. Has the Bedford singer got what it takes to steal WHAM!’s crown? With the stakes now raised, expect a chart battle.

 

She may be the Queen of Christmas, but Mariah Carey is yet to secure the UK Christmas Number 1 throne; it wouldn’t be wise to rule her out this week. All I Want For Christmas Is You is only a whisker behind at Number 3 after the first two days of the week.

 

2024 in pop has been all about the girls, and two of this year’s leading starlets are holding up incredibly strong amid the festive noise. Former chart topper Gracie Abrams is at Number 4 with That’s So True, and ROSÉ with her floor-filling Bruno Mars collab APT is at Number 5. Don’t count either of these out of a Christmas Number 1 upset.

 

A second new Amazon Original for 2024 is Laufey’s Christmas Magic. The Icelandic-Chinese singer-songwriter’s first Top 20 hit is eyeing a climb of 13 places to Number 7.

 

Festive favourites taking residency in the midweek Top 10 are Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (6), Bobby Helms’ Jingle Bell Rock (8), and The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl’s Fairytale of New York (9).

 

Rounding out the First Look Top 10 is rising star Lola Young. Her breakthrough track Messy is now pacing to become her first Top 10 hit (10). A contender for the top spot post-Christmas, we wouldn’t rule out Lola crashing the party earlier.

 

José Feliciano’s 1970 recording Feliz Navidad is a new UK festive classic that’s been 50 years in the making. Charting for the first time in 2016, and making the Top 40 in each of the last five years (peaking at Number 21), this week the Puerto Rican track could secure its first ever Top 20 placement, up eight to Number 19.

 

The best-selling single of the week so far is charity release Beard On My Face by Beardman (20). Beardman is the name of a collective of independent artists, performers, dancers and aspiring performing arts students. All proceeds go to Teenage Cancer Trust.

 

Looking to earn his landmark 20th Top 40 single this week is rapper, singer and social media personality KSI; his new single Dirty lands at Number 37 midweek.

 

Another campaign gaining momentum is that of DJ Gok Wan and the House Gospel Choir. Deeper Love, an ode to Gok’s best friend Allison Gordon-Parry who passed away in May 2024 after living with Stage 4 cancer for a number of years, is currently at Number 44. All proceeds from the song benefit Macmillan Cancer Support.

 

Highest climber of the week so far comes courtesy of East 17’s 1994 Christmas Number 1 Stay Another Day, which has been released on vinyl in partnership with music charity Nordoff and Robbins to mark its 30th anniversary (47).

 

The Christmas Number 1 week is no stranger to political statement-making songs, and 2024’s race is no different. Freezing This Christmas by an act known as Sir Starmer & Granny Harmers is at Number 67. The song hits out at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Government’s decision to cut winter fuel payments for some pensioners in the UK.

 

Whoever you’re backing in this year’s race, you’ve got until 23.59pm Thursday 19 December to make your sales and streams count. The Top 40 will be counted down on Friday 20 December on BBC Radio 1’s The Official Chart with Jack Saunders from 4pm, with the full Top 100 singles and albums published on OfficialCharts.com.

 

Official Chart Update

 

Singles (Top 100)

 

01 Wham! - Last Christmas (23,834)

02 Tom Grennan - It Can't Be Christmas (17,663)

03 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (16,771)

04 Gracie Abrams - That's So True (14,899)

05 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (13,762)

 

09 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

 

11 Laufey - Christmas Magic

15 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

18 José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

20 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

 

21 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime

22 Sabrina Carpenter - A Nonsense Christmas

23 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas

24 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

26 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

28 John Lennon, Yoko Ono & the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

29 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

 

31 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas

32 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

33 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die with a Smile

34 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

36 KSI - Dirty

40 Laufey - Santa Baby

 

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Albums (Top 100)

 

01 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet (4,781) [2,858 streaming, 1,902 physicals, 21 downloads]

02 Michael Bublé - Christmas (4,629)

03 Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (3,351)

04 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (3,339)

05 Charli xcx - BRAT (2,647)

 

06 The Reytons - Clifton Park

07 Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre - Missionary

08 The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

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

 

11 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

13 Elton John - Diamonds

16 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa Live from the Royal Albert Hall

17 Niall Horan - The Show: Live on Tour

18 Alfie Boe & Michael Ball - Together At Home

 

21 Daft Punk - Discovery

24 The National - Rome

30 RAYE - My 21st Century Blues

 

35 George Michael - Twenty Five

36 Wunderhorse - Cub

 

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash

 

Singles

 

01 Wham! - Last Christmas (39,294)

02 Gracie Abrams - That's So True (29,325)

03 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (28,551)

04 Tom Grennan - It Can't Be Christmas (27,554)

05 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (23,887)

 

08 Lola Young - Messy

 

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

14 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

16 Laufey - Christmas Magic

18 Sabrina Carpenter - A Nonsense Christmas

19 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime

20 José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

 

21 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

25 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

27 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

28 John Lennon, Yoko Ono & the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

30 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

 

31 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

32 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas

33 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die with a Smile

34 KSI - Dirty

37 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

 

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Albums

 

01 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet (8,844) [5,365 streaming, 3,449 physicals, 30 downloads]

02 Michael Bublé - Christmas (8,368)

03 Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (6,229)

04 The Reytons - Clifton Park (6,075)

05 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (5,781)

 

06 Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

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

09 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

10 Ed Sheeran - +–=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION)

 

11 Elton John - Diamonds

13 The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

14 Arctic Monkeys - AM

18 Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre - Missionary

20 Alfie Boe & Michael Ball - Together At Home

 

26 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa Live from the Royal Albert Hall

27 Oasis - Definitely Maybe

29 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

30 RAYE - My 21st Century Blues

 

32 George Michael - Twenty Five

35 Michael Jackson - The Essential

36 Taylor Swift - Lover

39 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version)

40 Daft Punk - Discovery

I guess this'll probably finally be the week Sabrina's album returns to #1 then unless I'm missing something. Then maybe Bublé next week.

First Look in 5!

First Look in 5!

 

Did you forget about the chart - you usually give at least 15 minutes warning !!!

 

Did you forget about the chart - you usually give at least 15 minutes warning !!!

I hadn't forgotten but was distracted watching Katy Perry on the Jingle Bell Ball highlights show! :kink:

I hadn't forgotten but was distracted watching Katy Perry on the Jingle Bell Ball highlights show! :kink:

 

Understandable !!

 

20 Beardman - Beard on My Face

19 José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

18 Sia - Snowman

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

Info on Beardman

 

Beardman is the face of a collective of Independent/Unsigned Artists, Performers, Dancers, Entertainers and Aspiring Performing Arts Students from around the UK who are coming together to release a Novelty Christmas Record

 

ALL PROCEEDS BEING DONATED TO "TEENAGE CANCER TRUST" CHARITY

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

15 Elton John - Step Into Christmas

I hadn't forgotten but was distracted watching Katy Perry on the Jingle Bell Ball highlights show! :kink:

I'm currently watching the highlights show so I won't be able to listen to the charts until later.

I don't think Lauren and Shanequa realise this is the First Look of the Christmas chart.

Seems very similar to last weeks first look so far which I’m guessing might be bad news for Tom

14 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

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

12 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

Christmas magic normal does better on Sunday

11 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

Glad kelly hit top 10 last week she normally drops a little christmas week