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Most exciting thing for me on the actual show is #100 and where Wham! and Mariah end up. Won’t be able to listen along unfortunately but will try to follow the thread

Linger was a TikTok thing and Brucey benefitted from a boost from the Euros last year. Was in the YTD for a good portion of this year too but lose momentum.

Four Fleetwood Mac! Cranberries had a really good year last year and still only snuck in, was going to be hard to repeat. Summer of '69 made it in 23 and 24 but seems to have had a worse year this time.

IRIS GOO GOO DOLLS DREAMS FLEETWOOD MAC EVERYWHERE FLEETWOOD MAC CREEP RADIOHEAD DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JOURNEY THE CHAIN FLEETWOOD MAC EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE POLICE WONDERWALL OASIS DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD TEARS FOR FEARS GO YOUR OWN WAY FLEETWOOD MAC These 11 should all make it

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

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.

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Wham! down 200k year on year. Mariah up very slightly. New peak for All Alone on Christmas!

Could see Mariah overtake for Christmas Eve and then Wham! Retake it on Christmas Day

Not 100% sure of this. Mariah is back to #1 on Christmas Hits with Wham! now #4. Dean Martin and Kelly should benefit at #2 and #3. Unfortunately Chris Rea has been moved back down massively after being briefly moved near the top yesterday.

Wham! up 4% year on year for 23/12!

I have Revolving door at #70 and Just Keep Watching at #96

Looks like they’ve moved Driving Home for Christmas into the top 20 too

Chris Rea up to #10 on Spotify Wham! held on yesterday but it was very close. Suspect Mariah will overtake in tomorrows update

Lover, You Should’ve Come Over being 7 minutes long might have also contributed to the decision

Go on Dakota! Not too fussed about Tom missing out given he’s made it the last 4 years

1 week we think. No new entries as expected. Will see on Friday what has made way for Mariah and Wham! How’s the danger zone looking Julian?

Chris Rea only up to #8 on Apple so far

Difficult to say. Streaming numbers at the top of the Spotify chart were very low throughout Covid until Christmas came along, but the depth of the numbers improved so more people were using the platform it was just “popular” music wasn’t getting streamed as much and the diversity increased. Everyone listens to Christmas music however so that increase in users was potentially only shown at the top of the chart at Christmas. However I know for me personally and lots of others I know, we listened to more Christmas music and earlier in 2020 cos of how terrible the year was. So to answer your question I think a bit of both.

Thanks for confirming. That means no Wednesday update either and I retract my comment from yesterday. Makes Friday more exciting tho!

No sales update today?

I reckon she could still fraud #1 if Amazon report Christmas Day numbers and other platforms don’t

#6 max tbh, unless they reset it

Yay at the Pretenders in at #90

Chris Rea has sadly passed away, should see a boost for Driving Home for Christmas