the surprising thing is amazon going from having 10-20% of the market from Jan-Nov

to dominating with >60% of the market in December

One More Sleep's chart stats sadden me.

 

It's peaked lower every year since 2018.

 

It deserves so much more!!

 

This!! As a Leona stan it’s always nice to know she can always get a top 40 peak each December!

 

It’s still somewhat of a classic in the UK though and definitely gets recognition here. It always does pretty strong on UK Apple Music too we just need that level of support on Spotify.

the surprising thing is amazon going from having 10-20% of the market from Jan-Nov

to dominating with >60% of the market in December

I think this is an exaggeration but it's probably no surprise - people wrapping presents, decorating their houses, cooking ahead of the big day, and they'll ask Alexa to play Christmas music while they do it.

 

I agree that Amazon's reported streams aren't dodgy or suspicious, it's certainly curious but when you consider that their exclusives benefit largely from being on SCR in a market swamped by songs on ACR, their placings seem less "suspicious".

 

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

Nice to see Sabrina slightly increasing her lead from Bublé

Yeah that's quite the lead for Wham built up!

I assume 'BRAT' is at #7 in this update.

Has Wham ever had that big of a lead over the rest of the Christmas canon before? Quite insane how it just keeps on getting even more popular each year seemingly

I can see a campaign coming along next year to stop Wham! getting Christmas number 1 for a third year in a row

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Pogues #9, #10 or #11?

Pogues #9, #10 or #11?

#10!

Has Wham ever had that big of a lead over the rest of the Christmas canon before? Quite insane how it just keeps on getting even more popular each year seemingly

 

Still 375 units down on last year's corresponing update, 39,669 last year, 39,294 this year.

I feel like it's just a little too close to call still with Buble/Sabrina. Buble right now is basically where Sabrina was last week, the difference right now is Sabrina gaining 488 units week over week. I could see Buble have a better end to the week than last week and sabrina having the same as she did last week and buble take it. I hope Sabrina finishes strong though lol

Sabrina going back to #1 would be pretty impressive but I do think post Christmas clear out she’d likely get there anyways so I wouldn’t be mad if Buble got it here.

 

Those sales at the top however though! Really miss the days of q4 attracting huge sales!

Sabrina going back to #1 would be pretty impressive but I do think post Christmas clear out she’d likely get there anyways so I wouldn’t be mad if Buble got it here.

 

Those sales at the top however though! Really miss the days of q4 attracting huge sales!

 

SZA is dropping an album on Friday that I think will be combined with her SOS album still in the top 40, but it'll be a full length album. Week 2 last time she did 11k and I think has only gotten bigger so she might take post christmas clearout week, and by that point other albums might start to come out to compete in the new year.

Does that mean Kelly Clarkson is 6, 7 or 9?

Climbers are listed so she can't be any of those - I think #11

^ yup!

I feel like it's just a little too close to call still with Buble/Sabrina. Buble right now is basically where Sabrina was last week, the difference right now is Sabrina gaining 488 units week over week. I could see Buble have a better end to the week than last week and sabrina having the same as she did last week and buble take it. I hope Sabrina finishes strong though lol

Suppose it depends how many physicals Sabrina has yet to have added - Bublé's total will be almost entirely streams which, with the missing days of streaming data to be added, might give him the advantage.

Has Wham ever had that big of a lead over the rest of the Christmas canon before? Quite insane how it just keeps on getting even more popular each year seemingly

Wham!'s will have included a lot more pure sales than usual due to the anniversary, but even without them it appears the gap is getting wider. I thought both Wham! and Mariah could do over 100k next week - it's looking a lot surer for the former than the latter right now.

 

Speaking of next week, I think Gracie will drop out of the Top 10 despite staying on SCR, but could scupper the chances of 'Feliz Navidad' going Top 20 (as I'm fairly sure it won't hold this week).