Just now, lpat8 said:

I’m not the biggest chart expert, how do songs just un-ACR? I’ve seen it happen quite a few times, do the labels pay them out or what?

25% increase in streams from last week for songs under 3 years - same for (non-Christmas) songs older than 3 years which haven't charted in the past 3 years/songs the OCC feel would help their publicity apparently 😆

Just now, lpat8 said:

I’m not the biggest chart expert, how do songs just un-ACR? I’ve seen it happen quite a few times, do the labels pay them out or what?

Songs have to increase in streams by 25% or more. There are some cases where a song can be reset without this, usually at label request with good reason, but the OCC aren't the best at following their own rules...! Songs over 3 years old are only allowed this if they haven't charted within the past 3 years (again, not a rule they've adhered to recently), and Christmas songs are exempt from resets.

Just now, Cody Piastri said:

iirc it’s about how much the song gains in sales/streams relative to market shift

and labels can request a manual reset

3 places lower than last year's, Thanks.

Always had Andy's Christmas album on growing up so have a soft spot for this. The one US-centric playlist boost I appreciate!

Acr has become quite a mess

throwback to last year’s christmas chart when wicked was still in the top 40

Only 15 songs to fit inside 70 minutes.

15 | 15 | 116th week

Band Aid

Do They Know It's Christmas?

Non-album single

Released: 1984

Label: Phonogram

Chart Statistics

NE (15/12/1984) | 1-1-1-1-1-2-9-17-30-38-37-57-71-x

RE (07/12/1985) | 24-6-3-3-4-13-47-x

RE (08/02/1986) | 91-x

RE (20/12/1986) | 99-88-86-x

RE (15/12/2007) | 38-27-24-57-x

RE (13/12/2008) | 64-54-58-72-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 65-53-61-50-x

RE (11/12/2010) | 62-54-58-58-x

RE (10/12/2011) | 62-34-42-41-x

RE (08/12/2012) | 82-37-42-51-x

RE (14/12/2013) | 62-57-63-x

RE (29/11/2014) | 61-88-59-61-60-56-x

RE (17/12/2015) | 71-59-38-86-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 41-43-35-29-x

RE (07/12/2017) | 85-16-12-12-7-x

RE (06/12/2018) | 88-26-15-13-6-x

RE (05/12/2019) | 77-23-15-17-7-x

RE (26/11/2020) | 86-38-15-8-7-9-7-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 66-23-14-13-14-12-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 63-34-18-16-17-11-x

RE (30/11/2023) | 65-35-16-17-15-15-x

RE (28/11/2024) | 79-45-8-14-12-9-x

RE (27/11/2025) | 74-45-22-15-15

Sales: 6,300,000+

Certification: 4x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

01 Sales

04 Audio Streaming

10 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

Band Aid were a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. On 25 November 1984, the song was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, and was released in the UK on Monday 3 December. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release. Three subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts, first the Band Aid II version in 1989 and the Band Aid 20 version in 2004 and finally the Band Aid 30 version in 2014. The original was produced by Midge Ure. The 12" version was mixed by Trevor Horn. - Wikipedia

Top 100 Chart History

1984 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? -NAS- MILLION SELLER

1989 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid II) -NAS-

2004 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid 20) -NAS- MILLION SELLER

2014 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014) (Band Aid 30) -NAS-

4 x #1 | 4 x Top 5 | 4 x Top 10 | 4 x Top 20 | 4 x Top 40 | 4 x Top 100

Social Media

Band Aid

Just now, HiyaLuv! said:

Only 15 songs to fit inside 70 minutes.

well thats going nowhere. interviews?

Crooner Christmas isn't my thing but I'll take Andy over Michael Buble all day

Do all four versions of Do They Know It's Christmas count for the chart or just the 1984 one?

Just now, JosephCarey said:

15 | 15 | 116th week

Band Aid

Do They Know It's Christmas?

Non-album single

Released: 1984

Label: Phonogram

Chart Statistics

NE (15/12/1984) | 1-1-1-1-1-2-9-17-30-38-37-57-71-x

RE (07/12/1985) | 24-6-3-3-4-13-47-x

RE (08/02/1986) | 91-x

RE (20/12/1986) | 99-88-86-x

RE (15/12/2007) | 38-27-24-57-x

RE (13/12/2008) | 64-54-58-72-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 65-53-61-50-x

RE (11/12/2010) | 62-54-58-58-x

RE (10/12/2011) | 62-34-42-41-x

RE (08/12/2012) | 82-37-42-51-x

RE (14/12/2013) | 62-57-63-x

RE (29/11/2014) | 61-88-59-61-60-56-x

RE (17/12/2015) | 71-59-38-86-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 41-43-35-29-x

RE (07/12/2017) | 85-16-12-12-7-x

RE (06/12/2018) | 88-26-15-13-6-x

RE (05/12/2019) | 77-23-15-17-7-x

RE (26/11/2020) | 86-38-15-8-7-9-7-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 66-23-14-13-14-12-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 63-34-18-16-17-11-x

RE (30/11/2023) | 65-35-16-17-15-15-x

RE (28/11/2024) | 79-45-8-14-12-9-x

RE (27/11/2025) | 74-45-22-15-15

Sales: 6,300,000+

Certification: 4x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

01 Sales

04 Audio Streaming

10 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

Band Aid were a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. On 25 November 1984, the song was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, and was released in the UK on Monday 3 December. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release. Three subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts, first the Band Aid II version in 1989 and the Band Aid 20 version in 2004 and finally the Band Aid 30 version in 2014. The original was produced by Midge Ure. The 12" version was mixed by Trevor Horn. - Wikipedia

Top 100 Chart History

1984 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? -NAS- MILLION SELLER

1989 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid II) -NAS-

2004 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid 20) -NAS- MILLION SELLER

2014 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014) (Band Aid 30) -NAS-

4 x #1 | 4 x Top 5 | 4 x Top 10 | 4 x Top 20 | 4 x Top 40 | 4 x Top 100

Social Media

Band Aid

yikes!

Just now, J4Y said:

well thats going nowhere. interviews?

Would guess they'll talk to Kylie/Andrew Ridgely, maybe someone from T4P also?

How often has Band Aid not been in the Christmas Chart Top 10 in last 10 years?

I've never really been into this one - I liked the 2004 version at the time because it had artists that 7 year old me knew and liked, but I don't go for any version of it now. Good cause of course, though.

Just now, gasman449 said:

Would guess they'll talk to Kylie/Andrew Ridgely, maybe someone from T4P also?

like they would talk to T4P. 😭

2 minutes ago, JosephCarey said:

15 | 15 | 116th week

Band Aid

Do They Know It's Christmas?

Non-album single

Released: 1984

Label: Phonogram

Chart Statistics

NE (15/12/1984) | 1-1-1-1-1-2-9-17-30-38-37-57-71-x

RE (07/12/1985) | 24-6-3-3-4-13-47-x

RE (08/02/1986) | 91-x

RE (20/12/1986) | 99-88-86-x

RE (15/12/2007) | 38-27-24-57-x

RE (13/12/2008) | 64-54-58-72-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 65-53-61-50-x

RE (11/12/2010) | 62-54-58-58-x

RE (10/12/2011) | 62-34-42-41-x

RE (08/12/2012) | 82-37-42-51-x

RE (14/12/2013) | 62-57-63-x

RE (29/11/2014) | 61-88-59-61-60-56-x

RE (17/12/2015) | 71-59-38-86-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 41-43-35-29-x

RE (07/12/2017) | 85-16-12-12-7-x

RE (06/12/2018) | 88-26-15-13-6-x

RE (05/12/2019) | 77-23-15-17-7-x

RE (26/11/2020) | 86-38-15-8-7-9-7-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 66-23-14-13-14-12-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 63-34-18-16-17-11-x

RE (30/11/2023) | 65-35-16-17-15-15-x

RE (28/11/2024) | 79-45-8-14-12-9-x

RE (27/11/2025) | 74-45-22-15-15

Sales: 6,300,000+

Certification: 4x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

01 Sales

04 Audio Streaming

10 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

Band Aid were a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. On 25 November 1984, the song was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, and was released in the UK on Monday 3 December. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release. Three subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts, first the Band Aid II version in 1989 and the Band Aid 20 version in 2004 and finally the Band Aid 30 version in 2014. The original was produced by Midge Ure. The 12" version was mixed by Trevor Horn. - Wikipedia

Top 100 Chart History

1984 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? -NAS- MILLION SELLER

1989 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid II) -NAS-

2004 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid 20) -NAS- MILLION SELLER

2014 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014) (Band Aid 30) -NAS-

4 x #1 | 4 x Top 5 | 4 x Top 10 | 4 x Top 20 | 4 x Top 40 | 4 x Top 100

Social Media

Band Aid

Comfortably my least favourite christmas song. Just atrocious in every way, and yet the FadBaby version is worse…

Edited Friday at 16:395 days by blackmascara

Just now, steveh31 said:

How often has Band Aid not been in the Christmas Chart Top 10 in last 10 years?

It's only been in one Christmas top 10 in the last 10 years (2020), it's made it more frequently in the post-Christmas week!

Recently overtaken in combined sales by 'Last Christmas' - I remember reading in the mid-90s (before Diana's death) that its sales would likely never be beaten!