Hopefully The Pretty Reckless will chart!

36 minutes ago, GreyAsh said:

Shows the importance of Christmas Hits. Wham! were number 2 on the list last Christmas Eve, but only 4 yesterday. That explains the drop.

But today should be fascinating as they were still number 2 on the list last year (as the list didn’t vary) but are number 1 today.

I wonder if they will set a new personal best today! I can’t remember if they, or Adele, or Taylor Swift holds the all time UK record.

but have you seen the second version at number 160 with 1.824 M and the Pudding Mix received 864k

total combined 25.4 million streams

46 minutes ago, GreyAsh said:

Shows the importance of Christmas Hits. Wham! were number 2 on the list last Christmas Eve, but only 4 yesterday. That explains the drop.

But today should be fascinating as they were still number 2 on the list last year (as the list didn’t vary) but are number 1 today.

I wonder if they will set a new personal best today! I can’t remember if they, or Adele, or Taylor Swift holds the all time UK record.

40 minutes ago, Sour Candy said:

23.3M for Mimi globally, 1.5M less than last year.

The super Festive version with Justin Bieber did almost 2M

23 minutes ago, Yog1963 said:

The super Festive version with Justin Bieber did almost 2M

But that doesn’t contribute to Mariah’s total as it’s a Justin Bieber track.

 

25 minutes ago, Yog1963 said:

but have you seen the second version at number 160 with 1.824 M and the Pudding Mix received 864k

total combined 25.4 million streams

That’s a brand new entry! From what I recall, it sounds terrible. The drum machine sounds so tinny. But it should mean ‘Last Christmas’ was Spotify’s most streamed yesterday.

2 minutes ago, Yog1963 said:

but have you seen the second version at number 160 with 1.824 M and the Pudding Mix received 864k

total combined 25.4 million streams

It was and last year also

 

1 minute ago, GreyAsh said:

That’s a brand new entry! From what I recall, it sounds terrible. The drum machine sounds so tinny. But it should mean ‘Last Christmas’ was Spotify’s most streamed yesterday.

Do you want to tell me you don't know this version?

Omg Just realised the absolute christmas classic reentered at 134 🙌🙌

I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS

Edited December 25, 2025Dec 25 by 777666jason

Just now, Yog1963 said:

5 minutes ago, Yog1963 said:

Do you want to tell me you don't know this version?

This is the Japanese version from 1984

I had it on cassette at the time, it ran on German radio

23 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

Omg Just realised the absolute christmas classic reentered at 134 🙌🙌

I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS

This became a Christmas staple at work. Happy to see it charting on the spotify charts now. 😂 A bit of a tongue twister to sing at times if you try to go too fast. Hope it can manage to chart in future years!

1 minute ago, Envoirment said:

This became a Christmas staple at work. Happy to see it charting on the spotify charts now. 😂 A bit of a tongue twister to sing at times if you try to go too fast. Hope it can manage to chart in future years!

It was all over radio at work (coop) a few years ago but they didnt play it this year , or I Want an alien for Christmas 😪

Top 20 on Spotify without Christmas songs:

1. Olivia Dean - Man I Need

2. Dave & Tems - Raindance

3. RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

4. Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia

5. HUNTR/X - Golden

6. EsDeeKid & Rico Ace - Phantom

7. Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

8. Alex Warren - Ordinary

9. EsDeeKid - Century

10. Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys

11. Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other

12. Djo - End Of Beginning

13. Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

14. Zara Larsson - Lush Life

15. SIENNA SPIRO - DIe On This Hill

16. sombr - 12 to 12

17. EsDeeKid - 4 Raws

18. sombr - back to friends

19. HAVEN. ft. Kailtin Aragon - I Run

20. The Killers - Mr. Brightside

Thought driving home for Christmas would hold up a little better

1 hour ago, Yog1963 said:

It was and last year also

 

I don’t know what this statement refers to.

 

1 hour ago, Yog1963 said:

 

Do you want to tell me you don't know this version?

I do know it. I used to have it on a playlist. It just doesn’t sound right to me - it sounds as though something went wrong during the recording.

1 hour ago, Yog1963 said:

The super Festive version with Justin Bieber did almost 2M

That's classed as a separate song, unfortunately.

2 hours ago, DanielCarey said:

First time streams have been down globally compared to the previous year based on Christmas Eve streams.

Also a bit below 2023

On 19/12/2025 at 14:40, jimwatts said:

10,754,276 Easy On Me (week ending 21 Oct 2021)

10,553,094 Last Christmas (week ending 26 Dec 2024)

'Last Christmas' has done 7,584,766 on Spotify over 19-24 Dec, so would need 2,968,328 today to beat its weekly total last year, and 3,169,510 to beat the weekly record of 'Easy On Me'. Last year it did 2,983,342 on Christmas Day, so the first might be doable, but Adele's weekly record looks out of reach.

Christmas songs flopping , christmas is cancelled 😮😮

11 minutes ago, jimwatts said:

'Last Christmas' has done 7,584,766 on Spotify over 19-24 Dec, so would need 2,968,328 today to beat its weekly total last year, and 3,169,510 to beat the weekly record of 'Easy On Me'. Last year it did 2,983,342 on Christmas Day, so the first might be doable, but Adele's weekly record looks out of reach.

Being number 1 on Christmas Hits, it is quite possible it will beat last year’s weekly total.

Christmas Eve Spotify

Pos (2024 Pos) Artist - Song: Streams (Y-o-Y)

#1 (#1) Wham! - Last Christmas: 2,185,419 (-7.8%)

#2 (#3) Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You: 1,976,638 (+1.7%)

#3 [#2 Combined] (#2 [#2 Combined]) Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree: 1,919,225 [2,066,816 Combined] (-4.0% [-5.0% Combined])

#4 (#4) Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock: 1,576,394 (-7.3%)

#5 (#5) Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree: 1,543,768 (+7.4%)

#6 (#10) Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!: 1,528,747 (+32.8%)

#7 (#6) The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York: 1,457,288 (+7.9%)

#8 (#7) Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me: 1,428,640 (+14.5%)

#9 (#13) Elton John - Step into Christmas: 1,335,932 (+26.7%)

#10 (#9) Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: 1,245,202 (+5.8%)

#11 (#11) The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride: 1,197,805 (+6.9%)

#12 (#17) Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas: 1,191,052 (+23.4%)

#13 [#10 Combined] (#12) Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime: 1,184,309 [1,308,663 Combined] (+8.3%)

#14 (#19) John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War is Over): 1,165,688 (+25.8%)

#15 (#8) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?: 1,155,501 (-2.1%)

#16 (#14) Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone: 1,153,703 (+9.8%)

#17 (#25) Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home): 1,140,824 (+36.3%)

#18 (#20) Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas: 1,133,518 (+26.6%)

#19 (#23) Sia - Snowman: 1,119,090 (+32.4%)

#20 (#15) José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad: 1,079,474 (+10.9%)

#21 (#22) Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You): 1,034,848 (+22.2%)

#22 (#21) Wizzard - I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday: 913,405 (+4.0%)

#23 (#26) Justin Bieber - Mistletoe: 912,642 (+10.2%)

#24 (#16) Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas: 904,591 (-6.5%)

#25 (#31) John Williams - Carol of the Bells: 802,620 (+20.4%)

#27 (#24) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody: 676,516 (-19.8%)

#37 (#18) Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus is Comin' to Town: 564,266 (-39.3%)

#50 447,464 (+8.7%)

#100 194,082 (-1.7%)

#127 (#141) The Killers - Mr. Brightside: 155,723 (+18.2%)

#143 (#150) The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris: 140,102 (+13.4%)

#144 (#183) Fleetwood Mac - Dreams: 131,313 (+26.9%)

#147 (#157) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club: 128,486 (+6.8%)

#200 96,354 (+1.3%)

Although the top 4 Christmas songs are struggling year on year, most of the rest of the pack is up (significantly in some cases) which suggests more diversified listening overall.

As much as we always get the same Christmas songs I still can’t help looking at Mr Brightside and thinking oh give it a rest 🤣.

I’m fairly confident that Mr. Brightside will survive in tomorrow’s update in the top 200 for the 1,826th day in a row since Boxing Day 2020