Are there not rules about older songs, and/or songs that had resets recently, not getting reset? Otherwise Wham would every year?

That's only for Xmas songs (allegedly) which is a ridiculous concept in itself as who decides what is and what isn't an Xmas song.

Christmas songs: increase in streams by default, peak on a specific day (Dec 25)

Halloween songs: increase in streams by default, peak on a specific day (Oct 31)

I don't get how the latter is different from the former but OCC's actions defy logic anyway so...

On 31/10/2026 at 08:23, Sour Candy said:

Christmas songs: increase in streams by default, peak on a specific day (Dec 25)

Halloween songs: increase in streams by default, peak on a specific day (Oct 31)

I don't get how the latter is different from the former but OCC's actions defy logic anyway so...

I think the only reason there's a difference is because Christmas songs dominate for a much longer period. Thriller's having a longer run than usual this year but it's still not to the degree of the Christmas takeover, so the disruption is minimal and it doesn't almost entirely wash away new music for that period either (it's literally one day that it does that for!)

A few songs could of declined because of bad weather

2 hours ago, JosephStyles said:

I think the only reason there's a difference is because Christmas songs dominate for a much longer period. Thriller's having a longer run than usual this year but it's still not to the degree of the Christmas takeover, so the disruption is minimal and it doesn't almost entirely wash away new music for that period either (it's literally one day that it does that for!)

I think that the MJ biopic also helped Thriller increase quicker than the other Halloween-related songs