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On Spotify, the new Band Aid is being released in an EP with the 1984, 2004, 2014 and a live performance recording from Live Aid. Clearly trying to encourage the OCC to combine them

Wham! are #1 on Apple Music

Pogues once again losing out on the weekend due to getting shafted in terms of playlist placement. I agree that only three songs from Wicked will be allowed to chart at once.

I was aware that he always does better on Apple, but I didn’t think he’d completely miss out on Spotify. Also no Jack Harlow despite being #1 on NMF

Not a single Wizkid song in the Spotify chart is crazy given how well he’s done on apple

Ariana Grande ~ Yes, and? Badger and Natasha Bedingfield ~ These Words David Guetta and OneRepublic ~ I Don't Wanna Wait Ella Henderson ~ Alibi (feat. Rudimental) Gracie Abrams ~ I Love You I'm Sorry Gracie Abrams ~ That's So True Jorja Smith ~ Stay Another Day Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign ~ Carnival Kygo and Ava Max ~ Whatever Myles Smith ~ Nice To Meet You NewEra ~ Birds In The Sky Sabrina Carpenter ~ Espresso Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D ~ Somedays Teddy Swims ~ Lose Control Yung Filly ~ Grey

No Kendrick on Apple yet, his highest is already #31 there in the US.

You’re a week out, it went onto ACR W/E 14/12 not 07/12. But that does mean anything that goes onto ACR next week can get a reset, not that any of them are likely to bother the top 40 really.

Absolute carnage coming in tomorrow's update then - Hopefully it can help push out some old stuff.

Spotify Christmas Songs Weekly Streams Comparison 17th to 23rd November 2023 #6 Wham! – Last Christmas: 1,998,290 #7 Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas is You: 1,921,520 #16 Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree: 1,399,630 #22 Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me: 1,146,326 #24 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock: 1,111,187 #25 Michael Bublé – It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas: 1,090,477 #34 Andy Williams – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: 917,082 #36 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree: 907,808 #51 Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!: 794,292 #56 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York: 781,927 #58 Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone: 747,983 #66 Michael Bublé – Holly Jolly Christmas: 714,356 #67 Sia – Snowman: 706,159 #91 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?: 652,875 #96 John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Happy Xmas (War is Over): 633,046 #100 The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride: 616,779 #111 Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas: 594,505 #116 Justin Bieber – Mistletoe: 580,644 #141 Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime: 548,453 #168 José Feliciano – Feliz Navidad: 509,953 Total: 20 Mr. Brightside 952k at #30; We Found Love 475k at #200 15th to 21st November 2024 #9 Wham! – Last Christmas: 2,029,522 (+1.56%) #10 Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas is You: 1,980,583 (+3.07%) #16 Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree: 1,485,815 (+6.16%) #27 Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me: 1,258,505 (+9.79%) #33 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock: 1,152,640 (+3.73%) #43 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York: 1,055,193 (+34.9%) #46 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree: 1,033,681 (+13.9%) #53 Andy Williams – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: 947,567 (+3.32%) #58 Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!: 907,085 (+14.2%) #62 Sia – Snowman: 842,164 (+19.3%) #64 Michael Bublé – It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas: 837,863 (-23.2%) #73 Michael Bublé – Holly Jolly Christmas: 791,363 (+10.8%) #82 Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone: 746,257 (-0.231%) #106 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?: 692,000 (+5.99%) #114 The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride: 673,642 (+9.22%) #122 Elton John – Step into Christmas: 651,768 (+>37%) #181 John Williams – Carol of the Bells: 573,282 (+>20%) #185 Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas: 568,962 (-4.30%) #188 John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Happy Xmas (War is Over): 566,802 (-10.5%) Total: 19 Mr. Brightside 969k at #51; Nobody Gets Me 551k at #200 Streams for non-Christmas songs are a lot higher this year than last year, but in terms of actual streaming numbers, Christmas songs are now also doing better than last year following the snow. This was Mr. Brightside's first week below 1 million streams this year, Stick Season is still on course to become the second song to spend a calendar year of weeks over a million streams (after Blinding Lights in 2020).

Great start for Wizkid's new album on Apple: #63 Troubled Mind #73 Bad Girl (feat. Asake) #85 Karamo #91 Kese (Dance) #109 Time #148 Piece of My Heart (feat. Brent Faiyaz) #154 Break Me Down #162 Bend #197 A Million Blessings No other new entries yet.

Snowman by Sia became popular due to TikTok no?

Massive impact for Christmas songs on Spotify with everything doing better than it did on Sunday due to the snow. Will be interesting to see if they retain the momentum or it is just a one day boost. Also lowest daily total for Mr. Brightside since Christmas Day last year, it has been on a constant downwards trajectory for a few months now - if it doesn't rebound heavily post Christmas, its popularity may have peaked.

I hadn't quite clocked that it had done 55k last week, I stand corrected - it has a pretty decent chance.

The only way Band Aid could get #1 would be with a hefty assist from the OCC combining multiple versions (which is possible given it is technically a remix of previous recordings instead of a cover) and then resetting it from ACR.

Although I suspect there will be some carry over Christmas songs into the next week given Wham! (and Sam Ryder) managed to make the first chart of the year this year. Assuming there's only 6 weeks left, That's So True would have to average 50k a week to make the year end, seems a bit of a stretch imo

Unless its a 53 week year, I don't see how That's So True will make it tbh.

That’s a very big boost. Wham! higher than they were on Sunday. Shaky’s ahead of the highest version of Mariah now too

Although very fun this is purely due to a recurrency rule quirk which is blocking Mairah, Brenda and Jingle Bell Rock this week.

I would assume that the three biggest selling variants in any given week are the three that are included.

Spotify Christmas Songs Streams Comparison Sunday 19th November 2023: #2 Wham! – Last Christmas: 331,818 #3 Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas is You: 328,115 #8 Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree: 248,903 #13 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock: 204,154 #16 Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me: 198,643 #17 Michael Bublé – It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas: 194,977 #20 Andy Williams – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: 171,098 #23 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree: 158,609 #24 Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!: 148,392 #30 Michael Bublé – Holly Jolly Christmas: 134,377 #33 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York: 127,331 #35 Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone: 124,744 #37 Sia – Snowman: 119,991 #44 The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride: 116,094 #47 John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Happy Xmas (War is Over): 111,781 #48 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?: 110,253 #60 Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas: 101,117 #61 Justin Bieber – Mistletoe: 100,949 #64 Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime: 99,673 #71 José Feliciano – Feliz Navidad: 94,665 #125 Wizzard – I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday: 74,686 #138 Frank Sinatra & the B. Swanson Quartet – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!: 72,589 #139 Elton John – Step into Christmas: 72,164 #142 Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home): 71,759 #154 Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You): 69,850 #167 Bing Crosby – White Christmas: 67,226 #171 Ed Sheeran & Elton John – Merry Christmas: 66,644 #189 Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande – Santa, Can’t You Hear Me: 64,551 #199 Leona Lewis – One More Sleep: 63,430 Total: 29 Sunday 17th November 2024: #6 Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas is You: 290,001 (-11.6%) #7 Wham! – Last Christmas: 285,767 (-13.9%) #13 Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree: 219,643 (-11.8%) #22 Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me: 182,930 (-7.91%) #24 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock: 178,532 (-12.6%) #34 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree: 152,318 (-3.97%) #35 Andy Williams – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: 148,199 (-13.4%) #39 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York: 144,546 (+13.5%) #47 Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!: 135,843 (-8.46%) #54 Michael Bublé – Holly Jolly Christmas: 124,641 (-7.25%) #56 Michael Bublé – It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas: 122,609 (-37.1%) #60 Sia – Snowman: 120,802 (+0.676%) #78 The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride: 107,231 (-7.63%) #79 Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone: 106,375 (-14.7%) #92 Elton John – Step into Christmas: 95,828 (+32.8%) #104 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?: 91,706 (-16.8%) #108 John Williams – Carol of the Bells: 90,999 (+>40%) [Not sure how this has happened) #124 Perry Como – It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas: 88,331 (+>40%) #127 José Feliciano – Feliz Navidad: 87,911 (-7.13%) #157 John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Happy Xmas (War is Over): 80,856 (-27.7%) #160 Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas: 80,685 (-20.2%) #185 Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime: 78,227 (-21.5%) #190 Laufey – Winter Wonderland: 76,514 (+>20%) Total: 23 Songs by British artists are losing out significantly compared to last year with the exception of the Pogues (for obvious reasons) and Step into Christmas (for which I'm not sure why). Shame Wizzard didn't show up given I think they have better playlisting this year than last.

3rd December - but last year it got reset on the chart released 01/12, which would be 29/11 this year. We'll see what they do.

It's a tricky one - if it gets a 25% increase on the same week it did last year that would technically be before its three years old, so it would get reset for that week. Whether the OCC would then keep it on SCR over Christmas or shunt it straight back to ACR the week after, who knows.

Apple: #7 Wham! - Last Christmas #14 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You #16 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone #25 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York #27 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree #28 Elton John - Step into Christmas #33 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep #36 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984 Version) #37 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year #41 Michael Buble - It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas #44 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me #54 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas #57 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad #60 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock #61 Wizzard - I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday #63 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas #67 Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody #74 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree #92 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride #143 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime #163 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe #181 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! #198 Sia - Snowman

Band Aid is not combined and Mariah and Wham! definitely will not get reset.