It would be easy to beat wham this year with a strong song due to the chart week being the furthest away from christmas day.

Kylie now 2nd favourite with the bookmakers

Wham! 10/11

Kylie Minogue 6/1

Ed Sheeran 9/1

Alison Limerick 9/1

Mariah Carey 10/1

...Alison Limerick at 9/1? I presume that is supposed to be Labrinth, right?

her version got more of an itunes boost off the john lewis advert

though both versions are of course equally unlikely (0% chance) to make christmas number one in reality

I am wondering if Kylie can get 3 songs in the top 100 at the same time.

She is already in the UK and i presume will do quite a bit of promo before scooting back to Australia for Xmas

So far.

13th Nov - Battersea Xmas Lights

5-7th Dec - Battersea Pop Up Shop

7th Dec - Jingbell Ball Capital FM ( i guess they will play her heavily throughout Dec)

14th Dec - Jingbell Ball broadcast on ITV

On 24/10/2025 at 17:53, Paddington James said:

Honestly I prefer Last Christmas to All I Want For Christmas Is You. Though I’d like to see something different reach #1 this year.

Gaga is coming...

And when this one finally goes viral on TikTok... Mariah, pack your bags!

Edited November 15Nov 15 by Adelita

Kylie on Strictly

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/37333223/kylie-minogue-strictly-christmas-special/

Kylie ‘XMAS’ has climbed to 166 on Amazon which puts it in the top 25 songs on SCR in their chart - in fact its higher than hits by Lily Allen, Dave, EsDeeKid, Tame Impala etc.

It will be interesting to see if it makes the Chart Update on Monday.

Love Gaga's version of 'Santa Claus', would love it to have a viral moment!

I mean even some people that I know even miss Ladbaby and his sausage rolls.

On 15/11/2025 at 03:00, Adelita said:

Gaga is coming...

And when this one finally goes viral on TikTok... Mariah, pack your bags!

If only.

Maybe Jonas Brothers could have a shot due to the new Xmas film??

No chance will they get anywhere close!

What if the film breaks records for most streamed Xmas film since Elf??

On 14/11/2025 at 12:54, Xmel05 said:

It would be easy to beat wham this year with a strong song due to the chart week being the furthest away from christmas day.

Maybe the chart after that, the last chart of the year won't be quite so Christmas dominated as usual because it starts on the 26th.

1 hour ago, Sami Hook Jama said:

What if the film breaks records for most streamed Xmas film since Elf??

It won’t…

This time last year in the Chart Update Wham! were 22 (finishing the week at 16) and Mariah was 19 (finishing the week at 17).

This year Wham! are at 21 and Mariah at 25.

Overall things are looking promising for Wham!

Likewise, Kylie is roughly on a par with Tom Grennan who ended up at number 3 last year though way behind Sam Ryder the previous year.

Kylie 72 (9th Christmas song)

Tom Grennan 62 (8th) - Friday 83 - peak 3 - but 4 in the Christmas chart

Sam Ryder 26 (3rd) - Friday 50 - peak 2

But I think this time two years ago we had a very cold spell and therefore people were playing Christmas playlists on Amazon more.

RAYE could be a contender if Ophelia goes ACR so remember to stream the hell out of WIMH between 12th and 18th December

1 hour ago, Hadji said:

RAYE could be a contender if Ophelia goes ACR so remember to stream the hell out of WIMH between 12th and 18th December

Even if Taylor is on acr by then no chance is she gonna challenge for christmas number 1 she could even be on acr herself by then

29 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

Even if Taylor is on acr by then no chance is she gonna challenge for christmas number 1 she could even be on acr herself by then

RAYE will have to have at least one increase to challenge for Christmas number 1

Edited yesterday at 12:411 day by Hadji