KYLIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Just now, jayson1982 said:

Never underestimate Kylie

I'd say never underestimate amazon if we being realistic

Official Chart First Look: Full Update

1 Kylie Minogue - XMAS (7,000 ahead, less than 10k separating top 5)

2 Wham! - Last Christmas

3 Nai Barghouti, Leigh-Anne, Neneh Cherry & Together For Palestine feat. Amena, Bastille, Brian Eno, Celeste, Kieran Brunt, Lana Lubany, London Community Gospel Choir, Mabel, Nadine Shah, Sura Abdo, TYSON, Yasmeen Ayyashi & Ysee - Lullaby (just under 10,000 units)

4 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

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

6 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

7 Elton John - Step Into Christmas

8 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

9 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

10 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

11 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

12 Olivia Dean - Man I Need

13 Dave & Tems - Raindance

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

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

16 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

17 HAVEN. & Kaitlin Aragon - I Run

18 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime

19 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

20 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia

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

23 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

25 José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

29 Sia - Snowman

30 Nat "King" Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)

33 Cher - DJ Play a Christmas Song

40 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas

Official Charts Report

Kylie Minogue takes an early lead in the Official UK Christmas Number 1 race 2025 with her Amazon Music UK exclusive single XMAS, Official Charts can confirm.

Currently 7,000 units ahead 48 hours into the race, the Aussie pop princess’s lead is boosted by the release of XMAS's new 7” gold vinyl, 12” zoetrope vinyl and CD editions which freshly dropped on Friday, and also Amazon Music streams which are typically higher over the weekend too. Kylie will also be performing XMAS at tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing semi final, which could propel her chances further still.

Despite enjoying a glittering comeback to the Official Singles Chart Top 10 in 2023 with viral single Padam Padam, Kylie hasn't had a UK Number 1 single in 22 years, since her 2003 hit Slow topped the chart. Can she finally end the drought by not taking home just any Number 1, but the coveted Christmas Number 1?

At face value it’s a promising lead, but Kylie is not safe. Don't rule out an upset further into the week, as more sales and streaming data arrives for other contenders that are available across all platforms.

This means reigning Christmas Number 1 champions WHAM! start the week in second place with Last Christmas. Having claimed the Christmas Number 1 in 2023 and 2024, Last Christmas will have to fight to secure a hat-trick, possibly making Official Charts history in the process by becoming the first-ever single to achieve the accolade.

The UK's best-selling track of the week so far, and just 231 chart units behind WHAM!, is Together For Palestine's charity single, Lullaby (3). The song, featuring Leigh-Anne, Bastille's Dan Smith, Mabel, Neneh Cherry, Nadine Shah and more raises life-saving funds for the people of Gaza. All profits from the release will go to Choose Love’s Together For Palestine Fund, supporting three Palestinian-led organisations: Taawon, Palestine Children's Relief Fund and Palestine Medical Relief Service.

The song has sold just under 10k units so far according to Official Charts Company data. However, with other contenders outperforming the track on streaming, downloads would need to accelerate to progress or maintain its position across the week.

One to watch this week is The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl's Fairytale of New York (5). The track is the third best-selling single of the week thanks to a limited-edition zoetrope vinyl variant which was available to purchase on Friday, as well as boasting strong streaming support. Having achieved every position in the Top 20 bar Number 1, can the UK’s most-loved Christmas track (according to YouGov) break the duck?

With less than 10k chart units separating the whole of the Top 5, it’s very much all to play for across all participating campaigns this year. However, with this also being preliminary data only, expect the picture to evolve as more streaming data arrives throughout the week.

Looking at the rest of the Top 10, Elton John’s Step Into Christmas could jump an impressive 11 places and achieve its highest position since 2022 (7), Kelly Clarkson’s modern festive classic Underneath The Tree has now seemingly joined the big leagues (8) and Shakin’ Stevens may also find his former Christmas Number 1 Merry Christmas Everyone break the Top 10 standings, 40 years after it reached the festive summit (9).

Elsewhere, Andy Williams’ It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year looks to make its move towards the Top 10, currently up five (15), Dean Martin’s Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! is tracking to push four places (16) and Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime has its sights set on the Top 20 (18).

Other hits which may significantly rise and look to have their say in the Christmas Number 1 race include Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (23), José Felicano’s Feliz Navidad (25), Sia's Snowman (29) and Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song (30).

The potential highest climber into the Top 40 this week could be Cher’s DJ Play A Christmas Song, which is on course to fly 25 places to Number 33.

We could also see two tracks in the Top 40 for holiday icon Michael Bublé: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (21) and Holly Jolly Christmas (40).

And now, it’s all down to the British public who can make all the difference this week. Whoever you're backing, get buying and streaming before 11.59pm Thursday 18 December to make it count, with the winner being revealed on Friday 19 December on BBC Radio 1's The Official Chart with Jack Saunders from 3pm.

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Edited Sunday at 19:102 days by TheSnake

Is 7k at all a good lead?

1 hour ago, jayson1982 said:

Reminds me of this card my partner got me one year lol 😆

Is this legit lol or am I being stupid! 🤣

A 7k lead is decent at this stage but I’m still not sure that’s enough!

3 minutes ago, Robbie said:

I meant, how many copies? A few thousand, or a lot more?

No idea yet - her physical singles are usually limited to 5k globally and she seems to sell 3k of those in the UK.

With 3 formats and wider availability expecting at least 5k

1 minute ago, Spiceboy said:

Is this legit lol or am I being stupid! 🤣

What the card?

That Kylie song was even worse hearing it alongside the rest of that classic top 20. Very repetitive with the title word.

XMAS just 59p https://kylie-xmas.tmstor.es/product/xmas-download?lf=e80ff7fbd87027ebb370c38fbd1d0905

Give it a download from Kylie.com or Amazon. Buy a physical if you want and don't forget to stream and watch the video!!!

That would imply around 17k units at this stage? Wham did nearly 60k last year so that’s the target! 🫣

Just now, jayson1982 said:

What the card?

Yes!

7k is nowhere near enough at this stage but it might be enough to keep it held at 1 tomorrow!

KYLIE'S TEAM NEED TO DROP MORE DOWNLOADS!!!

4 minutes ago, Henessy Lake said:

Is 7k at all a good lead?

Not really when you factor a lot of missing streaming data

Just now, Spiceboy said:

Yes!

I received it years ago from my partner for my birthday. It was from this gay shop in Central London, not sure if it's still around.

Just now, jayson1982 said:

I received it years ago from my partner for my birthday. It was from this gay shop in Central London, not sure if it's still around.

I absolutely love it 😂 ❤️

1 minute ago, 777666jason said:

Not really when you factor a lot of missing streaming data

But Kylie has increased her streams on Amazon. Currently At no 6, all the others above her are on ACR and with the promo I think she stands a really good chance. Plus us fans will be downloading like crazy. Especially if she releases an extended mix.

Edited Sunday at 19:082 days by jayson1982

Adore this for Kylie. Her first #1 in 12 years. I have to ask, will this be an ACR-ed #1 if she sticks or will Last Christmas feel like the "real" #1 by the end of the week?

1 minute ago, Spiceboy said:

I absolutely love it 😂 ❤️

It's so funny and so me right now

I hope u are doing your bit and streaming and downloading like 50 times 😆