UK Charts/ Midweeks 2019

I'll be happy if she hits #1 next week. But its a
lolly said:
The only chart which mattered had been DEFUNCT for several years anyway.
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Are there any actual FORMER charts. Did there not used to be GAY and BLACK chart? Or something to that effect.
 
Ag said:
Are there any actual FORMER charts. Did there not used to be GAY and BLACK chart? Or something to that effect.
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The US certainly had a black music chart at one point. This was largely soul, R&B and dance music. There was a minor stir when it was topped by The Art Of Noise who turned out to be three white studio boffins.
 
TRACK STREAMS
1 Own It (feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy)by Stormzy 524,577
2 Dance Monkeyby Tones and I 438,635
3 All I Want for Christmas Is Youby Mariah Carey 431,298
4 Last Christmasby Wham! 408,805
5 ROXANNEby Arizona Zervas 358,735
6 Before You Goby Lewis Capaldi 349,800
7 Don't Start Nowby Dua Lipa 331,355
8 Audacity (feat. Headie One)by Stormzy 315,125
9 Lessonsby Stormzy 314,003
10 Adore Youby Harry Styles 291,482
 
She looks like she is catching up slightly, but clearly not enough.
 
Wednesday Update

Singles

1 LadBaby - I Love Sausage Rolls (66,569) *
2 Stormzy feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy - Own It (40,203)
3 Wham! - Last Christmas (27,370)
4 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now (25,617)
5 Ellie Goulding - River (25,613)

6-10
8 Stormzy feat. Headie One - Audacity (22,842) *

11-20
11 Stormzy - Lessons *
13 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
15 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
18 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
19 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar ^
20 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

21-30
22 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
23 John Legend - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) *
25 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
28 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
29 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
30 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams ^

31-40
31 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree
33 Sia - Santa's Coming For Us ^
37 Katy Perry - Cozy Little Christmas ^
40 Harry Styles - Falling *

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Albums

1 Rod Stewart - You're In My Heart (48,360)
2 Stormzy - Heavy Is The Head (40,401) *
3 Harry Styles - Fine Line (37,955) *
4 Robbie Williams - The Christmas Present
5 Coldplay - Everyday Life

6-10

11-20
14 Tom Walker - What a Time to Be Alive
17 Celine Dion - Courage
18 Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
20 Aled Jones & Russell Watson - Back In Harmony

21-30
22 Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 2020
23 Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out of Nowhere
24 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman
25 James Blunt - Once Upon A Mind
28 Andrea Bocelli - Si Forever ^
29 The Script - Sunsets & Full Moons
30 RPO - Christmas With The Stars

31-40
32 Gary Numan and the Skaparis Orchestra - When The Sky Came Down *
33 Liam Gallagher - Why Me? Why Not
34 Stereophonics - Kind
35 Taylor Swift - Lover ^
36 Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas Baby ^
 
Céline is certainly holding up a lot better in the UK than she did in America
 
Rita said:
I must say I am rather fond of Shaky’s Merry Christmas Everyone. :santa:
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I only found out last year that it was recorded for release in 1984 but when the label heard about Band Aid they cancelled the release and held it back until '85.
 
The article which puts Mariah at #7 doesn't list her sales, but from the ones it does list, it's based on the Wednesday update above. And it also lists Wham! as having sold 4.2k copies.on physical.

I'm guessing those physical sales will drop right back next week, so I'm still expecting Mariah to be the biggest Christmas song over Christmas week itself. I don't think #1 is out of reach, but I'd have hoped she would be building a bit more than she has this week for that to happen.
 
4200 copies feels like a lot for a supposedly "limited edition" 7" that costs a tenner but I guess it could be proving popular as a gift?
 
octophone said:
I only found out last year that it was recorded for release in 1984 but when the label heard about Band Aid they cancelled the release and held it back until '85.
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It was rather a good decision- Band Aid, Wham, Like A Virgin, Paul McCartney and The Frog Chorus, Frankie Goes to Hollywood- NO ONE STOOD A CHANCE.

(Well, Nellie the Elephant did, but I digress...)
 
Yeah, '84 did turn out to be something of a banner year in the Xmas charts. Although I seem to recall Tears For Fears's unfestive ode to primal screaming, "Shout" being top 10 as well.
 
octophone said:
Yeah, '84 did turn out to be something of a banner year in the Xmas charts. Although I seem to recall Tears For Fears's unfestive ode to primal screaming, "Shout" being top 10 as well.
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1984 was just a banner year for the charts in general. WHAT A YEAR!
 
I always tend to think of the Shaky song as pre-dating Band Aid and Wham!, but I think that's because I tend to associate Shaky more with '81 and '82.

Although as anyone who has been following the TOTP reruns on BBC4 can attest, his reign of terror was staggeringly long.
 
I was staggered that Shaky was still having hits as far on as he did.
 
1984 was Duran, Madonna, Wham! (and solo George), Billy Ocean, Purple Rain, Tina Turner, HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Bananarama, Chaka Khan...Chaka Khan, Chhh-Chhh-Chhaka Khan, Thompson Twins, Pointer Sisters, The only year Queen were any good, Cyndi Lauper, LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY, Bronski Beat, Alf and, of course, EMERGENCY! PAGING DR BEAT! EMERGENCY!

And THAT'S just off the top of my HAIRDO.

It was the first year I was properly obsessed by music, so I remember it all SO SO well. With the obvious exception of the disco glory years, it really is one of the years that produced my favourite music- that and 1989 I have in my head for some reason...
 
I’ve thrown on a 1984 playlist on Spotify after reading this- I forgot SELF CONTROL and Hazell Dean from my list and I’ve only just GOT GOING :disco:
 
1 All I Want for Christmas Is Youby Mariah Carey 509,238
2 Own It (feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy)by Stormzy 502,301
3 Last Christmasby Wham! 490,568
4 Dance Monkeyby Tones and I 452,120
5 ROXANNEby Arizona Zervas 378,186
6 Before You Goby Lewis Capaldi 352,933
7 Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)by The Pogues 338,559
8 Rockin' Around The Christmas Treeby Brenda Lee 337,059
9 Don't Start Nowby Dua Lipa 329,824
10 Do They Know It's Christmas? - 1984 Versionby Band Aid 316,137

I fully expect Mariah to remain at #1 until Boxing Day now.
 
And hopefully once LadBaby's #1 is announced soon, its sales will start falling right back.

I'm going to predict Stormzy for #1 and Mariah #2 next week.
 
Xmas songs update:

#5 Wham
#8 Mariah
#14 Pogues
#16 Shakin Steven's
#17 Band Aid
#19 Elton John
#24 Michael Buble
#25 Leona Lewis
#28 Ariana Grande
#29 Wizzard
#31 Slade
#32 Brenda Lee
#33 Kelly Clarkson
#34 John Legend
#36 Sia
#42 Chris Rea
#43 Katy Perry
#46 Andy Williams
#47 Justin Bieber
#53 John Lennon
#61 Bobby Helms
#62 Coldplay
#64 Michael Buble
#66 Bing Crosby
#67 Paul McCartney
#69 Ronettes
#70 Darlene Love
#73 East 17
#75 Dean Martin
#82 Darkness
#83 Jonas Brothers
#87 Boney M
#89 Jackson 5
#96 Jose Feliciano
#97 Nat King Cole
 
I'm sure that's exactly the reason. On the main Spotify Chridtmas Hits playlist, she's lower than Ariana's version. Higher in the Spotify chart though. I think it may yet chart next week.
 
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