Mariah Carey Leads Midweek U.Okay. Chart – Billboard

The Christmas takeover is about to start on the U.Okay. chart, with three vacation classics jostling for the crown.

Based on gross sales and streaming information printed by the Official Charts Company, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Columbia) holds the sting on the midway level, forward of Wham’s “Last Christmas” (RCA) and Ed Sheeran & Elton John’s “Merry Christmas” (Atlantic), respectively.

Just 1,000 chart gross sales separate the three tracks on the midweek level, the OCC stories.

All three tracks have led the Official U.Okay. Singles Chart, with Carey’s 1994 traditional the present No. 1.

They’ll face some stiff competitors for the coveted Christmas No. 1 within the type of LadBaby. The husband and spouse duo of Mark and Roxanne Hoyle final 12 months made historical past with a fourth consecutive U.Okay. Christmas No. 1, a streak they intend to increase with a fundraising cowl of Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

The single will drop this Friday (Dec. 16), with proceeds from it divided equally between meals financial institution charity The Trussell Trust and the Band Aid Trust.

This 12 months’s countdown to the Christmas No. 1 shall be revealed on Friday, Dec. 23.

Meanwhile, the unique Band Aid all-star recording is one in every of many Christmas songs which stuff the Official Chart Update, as classics by Brenda Lee, Michael Buble, the Pogues that includes Kirsty MacColl, and Bobby Helms rise within the high 10.

Also noteworthy is Lizzo’s cowl of Stevie Wonder’s “Someday At Christmas” (Atlantic), an Amazon Music “Original,” which eyes a brand new peak, up 21-13 on the chart blast, whereas Kelly Clarkson’s “Underneath The Tree” (RCA) might land its highest spot on the chart, at No. 14.

The highest debut on the chart ought to belong to SZA, whose “Kill Bill” (RCA/Top Dawg) bows at No. 24 on the midweek level, and “Nobody Gets Me” is ready to start out at No. 28. Both are lifted from the U.S. R&B artist’s long-awaited sophomore album, SOS, which dropped final Friday.