Maestro

I think two more weeks before the Killers pass to be on the safe side

Christmas Songs on Spotify 22/11/2024 - 28/11/2024 #3 (+6) Wham! - Last Christmas - 2,617,876 #5 (+5) Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You - 2,427,290 #12 (+4) Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - 2,086,040 #19 (+8) Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me - 1,678,588 #20 (+13) Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock - 1,595,586 #26 (+20) Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree - 1,455,808 #28 (+15) The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York - 1,434,146 #34 (+19) Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - 1,364,213 #40 (+18) Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - 1,259,677 #44 (+18) Sia - Snowman - 1,176,127 #48 (+25) Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas - 1,147,438 #54 (+10) Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas - 1,103,709 #60 (+54) The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride - 1,027,439 #63 (+19) Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone - 1,021,801 #65 (+57) Elton John - Step into Christmas - 1,012,443 #66 (+40) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? - 1,007,044 #81 (+100) John Williams - Carol of the Bells - 858,263 #88 (RE) José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad - 836,004 #91 (RE) Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime - 817,346 #92 (RE) Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters w/ Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra - It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas - 816,178 #93 (+95) John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War is Over) - 816,081 #95 (+90) Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas - 813,511 #111 (RE) Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) - 729,252 #113 (RE) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody - 726,079 #119 (RE) Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - 716,632 #120 (RE) Laufey - Winter Wonderland - 715,720 #125 (RE) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - 700,591 #132 (RE) Justin Bieber - Mistletoe - 687,723 #155 (RE) Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas - 642,411 #171 (RE) Leona Lewis - One More Sleep - 618,155 #200 583,196 21/11/2025 - 27/11/2025 #5 (+5) Wham! - Last Christmas - 2,229,448 (-14.8%) #6 (+7) Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You - 2,166,562 (-10.7%) #13 (+10) Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree -1,653,568 (-20.7%) #15 (+11) Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me - 1,553,339 (-7.5%) #17 (+12) Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree - 1,537,849 (+5.6%) #19 (+14) Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock - 1,395,653 (-12.5%) #22 (+26) The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York - 1,305,973 (-8.9%) #34 (+52) Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - 1,114,770 (-11.5%) #35 (+151) The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride - 1,113,853 (+8.4%) #36 (+80) Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - 1,072,940 (-21.4%) #38 (+139) Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas - 1,051,072 (-8.4%) #39 (+61) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? - 1,046,476 (+3.9%) #40 (+50) Sia - Snowman - 1,038,019 (-11.7%) #44 (+75) Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime - 1,023,242 (+25.2%) #47 (+48) Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas - 990,732 (-10.2%) #54 (+74) Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone - 923,123 (-9.7%) #56 (+88) Justin Bieber - Mistletoe - 909,792 (+32.3%) #58 (+108) Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - 892,932 (+24.6%) #73 (+117) Elton John - Step into Christmas - 849,560 (-16.1%) #77 (+83) John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War is Over) - 823,838 (+1.0%) #79 (RE) Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas - 808,673 (-0.6%) #81 (RE) José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad - 795,044 (-4.9%) #83 (RE) Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) - 786,556 (+7.9%) #113 (RE) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - 683,988 (-2.4%) #133 (RE) Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas - 639,896 (-0.4%) #178 (RE) John Williams - Carol of the Bells - 563,067 (-34.4%) #180 (RE) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody - 559,561 (-22.9%) #188 (RE) Laufey - Winter Wonderland - 553,641 (-22.6%) #200 539,243 Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters w/ Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra - It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas (->34%) Leona Lewis - One More Sleep (->13%) Kelly and the Ronettes benefiting from strong playlisting with all the other big songs down year-on-year. Particularly big losses for Brenda who will miss the Year End list at this rate. A more interesting picture further down with a mixture of gains and losses (unfortunately including a 25% gain for the worst Christmas song of all time).

Sad. Should definitely make it next year tho

Does “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” have any chance at all?

do we have all time figures for Wonderful Christmastime and the other oldies?

Could be the last day where a Christmas song is not #1. Fairytale of New York doing great considering, well ahead of Jingle Bell Rock and not far behind Ariana and Kelly. Looks like they moved the playlist around again, Bublé’s “Holly Jolly Christmas” is now #1 and Laufey Spotify original at #2.

I could see songs that go to ACR this week getting reset but I think (hope) that Golden has gone a week too early. Man I Need was definitely too early.

Very intrigued as to what the OCC do with I Run - will it chart separately to the version a few weeks ago. If you look back at the Spotify chart from two weeks ago, the version of I Run showing there is the new version

No chance before Christmas now

Some very big (strange) moves on Spotify today even outside the Christmas songs. Sleigh Ride unsurprisingly takes a big hit from being moved down Christmas hits. That’s So True up 39 places and now above Pink Pony Club. Has secured #2 on Spotify YE now as a result probably

This will be its 11th week at #1 on Spotify compared to that one official week. Suspect it won’t get 12 next week due to Christmas but could see it returning after Christmas

Was expecting Move or Dakota to drop out this week not Guess. Think Move is next on the chopping block now

Guess that confirms that it’s not a 53 week chart year and the last week of the year will count towards 2026 despite 6/7 days being in 2025

Presumably this version of I Run has been cleared by lawyers or whatever?

Insane to see such big climbs for all the Christmas songs and the the Pogues only up 10 spots

380k is a bit optimistic for Dive imo

Still 40k behind worldwide for now unfortunately. Would be quite the moment if they got to #1 there

*Sleigh Ride

Only 3k behind Taylor on Spotify today, I assume lagging behind on other platforms but I think you’re right

Cold/Snowy weather helping the Christmas songs a lot. Think that’s a great figure for the Pogues to be so close to Jingle Bell Rock.

Not sure when this change happened, but Wham! are now #1 on Christmas Hits on Spotify. #2 Brenda #3 Kelly #4 Mariah Wonder if this will help Wham! overtake Mariah globally, they got very close on a few days last year iirc

I guess she’s worried about Christmas songs?

Decimal sales from streaming. Chances of an actual tie are slim to none in the streaming era

Wham! were doing better each year than the Killers at the start of the decade but now the Killers are ahead. Wouldn’t think it’s impossible that this is the last year Wham! overtake if current trends continue

Sure, you’re almost certainly correct, but if they’re down 20% in the 6 weeks leading up to that, their YE numbers will still be down.