The queen of Christmas is right here to reclaim her crown.
Based on midweek information revealed by the Official U.Ok. Charts Company, Mariah Carey’s basic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Columbia) is the race chief, lifting 8-1.
Proving that Brits are within the temper for the vacation season, Carey’s “Christmas” leads an all-yuletide prime three on the midweek survey, forward of Wham’s “Last Christmas” (RCA) and Ed Sheeran’s “Merry Christmas” (Atlantic), respectively.
All three singles have led the Official U.Ok. Singles Chart, with “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and “Last Christmas” taking the lengthy route to the highest – and smashing information alongside the way in which.
Originally launched in 1994, Carey’s “Christmas” lastly reached the summit in December 2020 to full a 26-year journey. According to the OCC, no different music has spent extra weeks within the prime 40 earlier than reaching the highest.
Wham’s enduring pop hit additionally set a brand new document when, final Christmas, the only was topped for the primary time in its 36-year historical past. No different monitor has taken such a protracted stroll to the chart apex, an effort that eclipsed the 33-year effort of Tony Christie’s “(Is This The Way To) Amarillo.”
As Christmas playlists across the nation get a strong work out, vacation tunes flood the chart blast, together with prime 10 reentries for Brenda Lee (“Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” up 19-7 by way of MCA), Michael Buble (“It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” up 24-8 by way of Reprise) and Shakin’ Stevens (“Merry Christmas Everyone” up 29-10 by way of RCA), whereas musical presents from the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Ariana Grande, Kelly Clarkson and Band Aid, Bobby Helms and Chris Rea are eying the highest 20.
The highest new entry on the chart blast belongs to Lewis Capaldi with “Pointless” (Vertigo), at No. 18. Co-written with Ed Sheeran, it’s the second single taken from his upcoming studio LP Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, and it ought to give the Scottish artist his seventh prime 40 look.
The Official U.Ok. Singles Chart is revealed late Friday.
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