14 hours ago14 hr 7 minutes ago, gooddelta said:01 59,426 Wham! - Last Christmas [2,067 CDs, 4,397 12" vinyl, 1,860 downloads, 51,101 streaming] [sCR: 110,528] [total: 5,984,618] [post-1994 total: 4,564,703] [1,469 ineligible formats this week]04 39,049 Tom Grennan - It Can't Be ChristmasThis was the gap last year between Wham! at Christmas No.1 and Tom 'Alexa' Grennan. Let's assume Wham! don't have the 6k+ physicals this year (maybe 1/2k from some sort of release or leftovers) and say 54/55k for them.The Christmas chart is also announced a day further away from Christmas Day compared to last year so Alexa might be feeling fractionally less generous. Let's assume 37k Alexa sales for Kylie, then 18k+ physicals is a tall order but if there's anybody that can do it with a very loyal and devoted fanbase and a cause to get motivated for, then it's Kylie. I think the prices (e.g £4.99 for the CD) are still probably a bit high for people to buy two songs available on an album that comes out the week before. Should have saved a couple of b-sides and kept them physical only!True I think we'll most likely see a 2019 situation where it's the week after Xmas that'll be the best chance for the Alexa song.
13 hours ago13 hr In 2023, the Christmas chart was01 61,784 Wham! - Last Christmas [2,436 vinyl, 1,963 CDs, 2,346 downloads, 55,039 streaming] [sCR: 116,824]02 55,858 Sam Ryder - You're Christmas to Me [2,623 CDs, 9,002 downloads]
13 hours ago13 hr I’m rooting for any Xmas single.“Imagine if there was a Xmas No.1 single containing ‘Buzzjack’ in the lyrics or in the title.” Edited 13 hours ago13 hr by adrianreavill83 Thinking time
13 hours ago13 hr 26 minutes ago, Dobbo said:True I think we'll most likely see a 2019 situation where it's the week after Xmas that'll be the best chance for the Alexa song.Especially with Christmas Day being a Thursday (for the first time since tracking weeks were changed in 2015), which could mean Amazon report their data on time and the other streaming services are estimated, and from past experience those estimates will be based on streams earlier in the week so the surge for the usual Christmas classics will appear more muted.
12 hours ago12 hr On 26/09/2025 at 18:01, danG said:I expect Whammageddon will be upon us yet again and every year henceforth until OCC introduce super duper ACR for Christmas songsThis. They desteoyed Mariah Carey and boosted Last Easter, so let the OCC feast on the mess they made. Bon apetit, OCC! Hope you saved room for some Easter Eggs!!!
12 hours ago12 hr 1 hour ago, adrianreavill83 said:I’m rooting for any Xmas single.“Imagine if there was a Xmas No.1 single containing ‘Buzzjack’ in the lyrics or in the title.”Huh?? Why would there be?
10 hours ago10 hr Frustrating, I use bet 365 and would definitely have slapped a tenner on her while the odds are good but theirs isn’t up yet
4 hours ago4 hr I see Abba are releasing the great Happy New Year as a vinyl single on 6th Dec but only 4,500 so doubt it'll do much. Does it do many streams?
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