No Sleeep

Agreed it’s better to try for this week as the bar for #40 will likely be a lot higher next week!

Is there any hope they’ll be combined?

Haven’t they done this last year or the year before? How much demand can there really be?

They were doing the same to me! So I tried Bet 365 instead and it let me put whatever I wanted on, even though the odds were a little shorter. I don’t understand why they put a cap on these things, I think the same happened when I tried to bet on Wham last year

I’ll get £1,000 if Noah Kahan gets it so no last minute campaigns this year please! :cheer:

I have £20 on Noah at 50/1 on Bet365. Putting all my eggs in his basket :P Edit: right after I placed my bet he’s now 25/1!

Noooo Cher :cry:

She’s also #2 on iTunes

Tbf that was 5 years ago my memory isn’t quite that photographic :kink: I know she’s never been a huge albums artist here besides from when she went more pop, I just felt she had more hype for this one due to the Pink Friday association and Gag City memes but that doesn’t always translate to success

Won’t all their streams double count for the original album and the greatest hits though? Like how The Weeknd and Elton John are always clogging the top 10 with their compilations

I’m shocked Nicki is doing so poorly on Spotify… idk what I expected really but nothing even going top 50 is quite shocking

Don’t be ridiculous :lol:

You’re right he has entries from the 50s-10s, however his only 10s hit reached #57. So if Cher can make top 40 she’ll be the first to have top 40 hits in 7 decades

Oh I really hope she can get a chart entry with this! I doubt there’s anyone else who’s had a hit in 7 decades :o

How come Cher has entered all of a sudden was she added to a big playlist?

There’s not much point if there’s really not very many people listening to the “hot new music” though is there?

I don’t think there’s any reason to do anything to curtail people listening to Christmas music. Let people have fun! :P

I remember discovering it on YouTube circa 2008 and back then (and until about 2018) it felt like such an obscure little gem from a pop legend. I'm happy it's finally getting the success it deserves!

Tbh for me it's usually the most exciting time of the year. Mariah and Wham finally getting to #1 after all these years were some of the best chart moments in recent years (and, well, ever). Streaming and the way it's factored into the charts is the issue that's really at the crux of this, not Christmas music, that's just a side effect.

I think Last Christmas already getting to #1, albeit on a non-Xmas week, will take a lot of the steam out of any campaign for it to finally get the Xmas #1. I was going to put money on them at 5/1, but I just couldn’t rule out the possibility of a last-minute campaign either for The Pogues or some charity single. At this point I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if LadBaby came out of retirement for another last ever special Fairytale of Sausage Rolls lol.

Why is Cher back in the top 10? Vinyl?

I hope Madonna’s Santa Baby can chart this year, how amazing would that be for her to have three new chart entries in 2023! Also I hate that Destiny’s Child’s Christmas songs have seemingly been totally forgotten. 8 Days of Christmas used to get a lot of play on music channels, if only Spotify ever put it on their playlists

I’ve seen a lot worse on this forum I have to say :P

Well every year since then (except 2017) LadBaby have hogged the Xmas #1, so we really don’t know what could happen. Clean Bandit was the first year that really showed the power streaming has over Xmas #1, and if it weren’t for LadBaby I’m sure we would’ve had a lot more non-Christmas #1s.

Maybe so but 50/1 is still way too high