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This might help you! Some more sales figures. The OCC. 06 December 2017 The biggest new Christmas songs: How do they compare to the classics? We look at some of the biggest Christmas songs released this decade - but do they hold a candle to the likes of Mariah, The Pogues and Shakin' Stevens? By Rob Copsey Mariah. Wham. The Pogues. Shakin' Stevens. So ingrained are the Christmas classics into popular culture that they're as much a staple of the festive season as mince pies, pigs in blankets and the Queen's speech. Thanks to the introduction of downloads in 2005 and streaming in 2014, their annual resurgence is marked on the charts; this week will see a string of vintage yuletide favourites surge up the Top 40, some which first charted over 40 years ago. When it comes to Christmas songs, the old adage goes that they don't make 'em like they used to. This ends now. Below are a selection of festive tunes released this decade that are not only essential additions to your Christmas playlist, but are sizing up a spot the hall of fame. Leona Lewis – One More Sleep (2013) Peak: 3 Combined sales: 250,000 Streams: 7.1m One More Sleep's Motown-with-sleigh-bells sound made it feel like an instant classic when it was released in December 2013. It's one of the highest charting 'modern' Christmas songs, topping out at Number 3, while the track itself perfectly captures the excitement of the build up to the big day. Coldplay – Christmas Lights (2010) Peak: 13 Combined sales: 257,000 Streams: 10.3m It lacks the jauntiness of the usual festive favourites, but then this is Coldplay. Christmas Lights encapsulates the bittersweetness of the season ("I took my feet To Oxford Street/ Trying to right a wrong"), particularly around the two minute mark when it switches up from a po-faced piano ballad to stadium-sized singalong. Sia - Santa's Coming For Us (2017) This year has seen Sia toss her Christmas-themed wig into the festive music circuit with her first Christmas album, Every Day Is Christmas. Lead single Santa's Coming For Us is ridiculously catchy number with a timeless video to boot that is just shy of one million streams in the UK already. Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me (2014) Peak: 68 Sales: 137,000 Streams: 10m Ariana's attempt at a seasonal staple is a three-and-a-half minute festive romp that's part '60s girl group pastiche, part the sort of thing you'd expect to accompany a dazzling display atop a Disneyland Christmas parade float. Full marks for pep and charm. Michael Bublé – It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2011) Peak: 27 Sales: 252,000 Streams: 18.2m The popular choice from his extremely popular Christmas album, Michael Buble's rendition of the 1950s standard, released in 2011, is now up there with Perry Como and Bing Crosby's versions. Justin Bieber – Mistletoe (2011) Peak: 21 Sales: 218,000 Streams: 9m Christmas albums are particularly popular with US artists and Justin Bieber wasted no time in getting his out, releasing it as the follow-up to his debut album, My World, in 2011. Lead single Mistletoe is a curious mix of reggae, R&B and pop with lashing of sleigh bells slathered over the top, but it's holding up over time, having been streamed nine million times in the UK since records began in 2014. Kylie Minogue - Every Day's Like Christmas (2015) Taken from her 2015 album Kylie Christmas, Every Day's Like Christmas was originally recorded as a winter-warming ballad but found new life after undergoing a remix by Stock Aitken Waterman. Unsurprisingly, it could easily sit amongst her '80s hits and seems to be the preferred version with fans, now approaching one million streams. Sam Smith – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (2014) Peak: 65 Sales: 74,000 Streams: 5.6m First recorded by Judy Garland in 1944, Sam's take on the festive standard holds the accolade of being the first version of the song to chart in America, reaching Number 90. In the UK, that distinction goes to Judy's collaboration with daughter Lorna Luft in 1995, but it's Sam's version that the public seem to be revisiting, notching up 5.6 million streams to date. Kelly Clarkson – Underneath The Tree (2013) Peak: 30 Sales: 118,000 Streams: 6.3m The lead single from Kelly's Wrapped In Red album is the equivalent of a double shot of Bailey's, taking precisely six seconds to kick in before sweeping you up into a four-minute burst of festive hysteria. Hurts – All I Want For Christmas Is New Year’s Day (2010) Peak: - Sales: 20,000 Streams: 1.4m Hurts's Christmas offering strikes a near-perfect balance between happy and sad. "Everybody waits for Christmas, for me it's New Year's Day," singer Theo sings over plodding church bells, rejecting the big C but remaining hopeful next year will be different.

I assume the sales are up to date.

The Official Top 20 biggest selling Christmas hits The OCC 3/12/17 A mere 12 Official Christmas Number 1s have been about the festive season, with the rest of them simply being the big songs that everybody loved at that time of year. In recognition of the fact that there's more to Christmas than jingle bells, we count down the best selling songs associated with the most wonderful time of the year, be they a Christmas Number 1 or a seasonal fave. Only some sales were given. The Official Top 20 biggest selling Christmas hits: TRACK ARTIST (SALES) YEAR 1 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID 3.8m 1984 2 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY QUEEN 2.53m 1975/1991 3 MULL OF KINTYRE/GIRLS' SCHOOL WINGS 1977 4 MARY'S BOY CHILD/OH MY LORD BONEY M 1.88m 1978 5 LAST CHRISTMAS/EVERYTHING SHE WANTS WHAM! 1.82m 1984 6 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND THE BEATLES 1963 7 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU WHITNEY HOUSTON 1.64m 1992 8 DON'T YOU WANT ME? HUMAN LEAGUE 1981 9 I FEEL FINE THE BEATLES 1964 10 WE CAN WORK IT OUT/DAY TRIPPER THE BEATLES 1964 11 HALLELUJAH ALEXANDRA BURKE 1.3m 2008 12 MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY SLADE 1973 13 GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME TOM JONES 1966 14 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK THE POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL 1987 15 EARTH SONG MICHAEL JACKSON 1995 16 MARY'S BOY CHILD HARRY BELAFONTE 1.18m 1957 17 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID 20 2004 18 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU MARIAH CAREY 1.17m 1994 19 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (PART 2) PINK FLOYD 1979 20 2 BECOME 1 SPICE GIRLS 1996 ©2017 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved. So its really biggest hits in December. Here is an alternative list as broadcast on VH1 and MTV this week. Top 20 Christmas hits 1 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID 3.8m 2 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY QUEEN 2.54m 3 MULL OF KINTYRE/GIRLS' SCHOOL WINGS 2.08m 4 MARY'S BOY CHILD/OH MY LORD BONEY M 1.89m 5 LAST CHRISTMAS/EVERYTHING SHE WANTS WHAM! 1.83m 6 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU WHITNEY HOUSTON 1.64m 7 DON'T YOU WANT ME? HUMAN LEAGUE 1.64m 8 HALLELUJAH ALEXANDRA BURKE 1.28m 9 MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY SLADE 1.26m 10 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK THE POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL 1.26m 11 EARTH SONG MICHAEL JACKSON 1.21m 12 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID 20 1.18m 13 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU MARIAH CAREY 1.15m 14 2 BECOME 1 SPICE GIRLS 1.14m 15 THAT'S MY GOAL SHAYNE WARD 1.1m 16 WHITE CHRISTMAS BING CROSBY 1.05M 17 CAN WE FIX IT? BOB THE BUILDER 1.03M 18 WHEN WE COLLIDE MATT CARDLE 1.02M 19 HAPPY XMAS JOHN & YOKO 0.94M 20 A CHILD IS BORN JOHNNY MATHIS 0.92M Both lists are based on official sales, yet there are some discrepancies. Hits from the 50s and 60s have been left out. I assume that streams have been excluded. Based on the top 311 millionaires (sales only) we get another list, with more accurate sales figures. POS TITLE ARTIST YEAR SALES 1 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID 1984 3,802,066 2 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY QUEEN 1975 2,540,604 3 MULL OF KINTYRE/GIRLS' SCHOOL WINGS 1977 2,086,183 4 MARY'S BOY CHILD/OH MY LORD BONEY M 1978 1,885,274 5 LAST CHRISTMAS/EVERYTHING SHE WANTS WHAM! 1984 1,825,115 6 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND THE BEATLES 1963 1,810,829 7 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU WHITNEY HOUSTON 1992 1,642,360 8 DON'T YOU WANT ME? HUMAN LEAGUE 1981 1,637,503 9 I FEEL FINE THE BEATLES 1964 1,423,196 10 WE CAN WORK IT OUT/DAY TRIPPER THE BEATLES 1964 1,402,308 11 HALLELUJAH ALEXANDRA BURKE 2008 1,310,017 12 MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY SLADE 1973 1,306,566 13 GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME TOM JONES 1966 1,257,737 14 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL 1987 1,217,112 15 EARTH SONG MICHAEL JACKSON 1995 1,210,297 16 MARY'S BOY CHILD HARRY BELAFONTE 1957 1,187,752 17 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID 20 2004 1,184,396 18 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU MARIAH CAREY 1994 1,172,436 19 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (PART 2) PINK FLOYD 1979 1,146,548 20 2 BECOME 1 SPICE GIRLS 1996 1,137,775 21 WHITE CHRISTMAS BING CROSBY 1942 1,047,349 22 CAN WE FIX IT? BOB THE BUILDER 2000 1,029,644 23 WHEN WE COLLIDE MATT CARDLE 2010 1,017,149 24 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO 1972 937,801

ITunes songs 5. Elbow - Golden Slumbers 42. The Beatles - Golden Slumbers 196. Jennifer Hudson - Golden Slumbers/Carry that weight 367. The Beatles - Carry that weight 576. The Beatles - Here comes the sun (Abbey Road) 1272. The Beatles - Golden Slumbers iTunes albums 23. The Beatles - Abbey Road 106. Elbow - Little fictions 108. Elbow - The seldom seen kid Amazing what one John Lewis advert can do.

Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock BPI silver award for 200,000 copies sold since 16/11/2004 (streams plus digital downloads plus physical sales).

Still not perfect. 3 weeks of updates on BPI web site. Some repetition noted. That's a strange single by The Pixies!!!!

Yes, now back to normal levels. I was comparing with my first post which indicated multiples of 50k. The latest certs for 8th September are not yet available on the BPI web site. Go to search filter. Click on certification date. Select date range (for example, Saturday 15th April to Friday 21st April 8th). Then you will see all the certifications awarded on 21st April 2017. Not very friendly!

BPI web site is improving. Now showing multi-platinum figures. Search facility is still very poor - they should have a look at the RIAA advanced search facility. Album covers not yet available. Line graphs are just silly - would not pass a GCSE exam.

Certification levels now updated.

Don't worry - they are still working on their new site. It was released too early. Next update 1st October? and a search result They need to add a few numbers to these charts. Are they adding in previous awards by DISC magazine? Obviously these are wrong.

From BPI, BEATLES - HEY JUDE Silver Certification (Single) 12 May 2017 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (APPLE CORPS) Released 01 January 2000 EDIT: release date now changed to 16 November 2010 Strange release date. Vinyl from August 1968. Digital download from November 2010. Original sales/re-issues 950,000 plus 200,000 downloads/streams = 1,150,000 to date?

Both The Beach Boys and Led Zeppelin have received their second ever Silver Certification single award. The Beach Boys is their second award within 2 weeks. LED ZEPPELIN - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE Silver Certification (Single) 21 April 2017 WARNER MUSIC (ATLANTIC) Released 10 November 2007 LED ZEPPELIN - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Silver Certification (Single) 13 September 2013 WARNER MUSIC (ATLANTIC) Released 01 January 2000 BEACH BOYS - GOD ONLY KNOWS Silver Certification (Single) 21 April 2017 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (CAPITOL) Released 13 April 2005 BEACH BOYS - GOOD VIBRATIONS Silver Certification (Single) 07 April 2017 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (CAPITOL) Released 14 November 2004

SGT. PEPPER´S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND ANNIVERSARY SUPER DELUXE EDITION (6 Disc) Remixed , repackaged , Brand New Stereo Mix by Giles Martin and Sam Okell from the original Master Tapes. Also Available Deluxe Two CD Set including CD of previously unreleased session Takes. Format: Audio CD, (will be released on May 26, 2017) Include: 2 CDS of Extras, A deeper dive with 100 minutes of Outtakes, many previously unheard and unreleased. Plus New Stereo Mixes of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane". Mono Album with Six Extra Tracks including the "lost" version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". DVD and Blu-Ray "The Making of Sgt.Pepper´s " Plus 5.1 Surround sound and Hi Res Stereo mixes. PLUS: 144 Page Book PLUS: Two Posters and Insert I would call that a Beatles bonanza. :lol: Shame all those who are downloading Sgt. Pepper this week. They should save their money and wait until 26th May. A real bargain at only $149 on Amazon.com (that's £120). Pre-order now! You will see the trailer here.

Tracks from Pepper are being featured on BBC Breakfast all this week to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its recording. A day in the life was featured twice this morning. You can find it here on the BBC iPlayer at 1:52 and at 2:55.

On iTunes now 28 Beatles Sgt. Pepper (still £11.99) and 243 A day in the life Any particular reason for these big jumps?

Just been confirmed. 3.3 million sales for @thebeatles' compilation album '1' means that it is now 11x Platinum in the UK! Amazing!

From BPI, We have lots of multi-Platinum awards to give out today! 1 album is going 11x Platinum!!! Who could it be? I bet that it is Beatles 1.

GooglePlay have a 40% discount on albums up to 30 June 2017. For example, Ed Sheeran deluxe £7.19, Beatles 1 £5.99.

Another bargain. The Beatles Please please me album can be downloaded from Amazon for only £1.99. The individual tracks can be downloaded for 59p. I'm sure iTunes are not pleased. So you can Twist and Shout for 59 p. :D

At some stage are BPI going to combine physical sales and digital sales? For example on their database, DOLLY PARTON & KENNY ROGERS - ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Silver Certification (Single) 22 July 2013 SONY MUSIC (RCA) Released KENNY ROGERS & DOLLY PARTON - ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Silver Certification (Single) 01 January 1984 RCA (Unknown) Released 28 October 1983 Today OCC said, “To date, Islands In The Stream has racked up 287,200 downloads and 4.83 million streams in the UK.” So sales would be (at least) 250,000 physical + 287,200 + 48,300 = 585,500. (plus sales from 19/8/16) That would be GOLD, and soon platinum.

I don't understand why OCC use 2 sets of ratios. What do you mean by "total sales"? Could you please explain this further.

How can you be so sure? Do BPI not get their sales data from the OCC, who now use the 150:1 ratio? Ed Sheeran [Castle on the Hill] was at 193,744 on Thursday midnight but easily passed the 200,000 mark on Friday morning when BPI compiled their new list of certifications.

Just a week after their release 'Shape Of You' & 'Castle On The Hill' are now Silver in the UK

With the Beatles MP3 can be downloaded from Amazon for only £1.99.

124k in 10 months is 3.2k per week.