George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley’s wistful festive classic is back at the top of the Official Singles Chart for an eighth non-consecutive week in just under four years, having first reached the summit for the first time on New Years’ Day 2021.
Last year, Last Christmas became the UK’s Official Christmas Number 1 single for the first time in its 39-year history. Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and with a special limited-edition physical re-issue launching today on CD and 12” vinyl…can anyone stand in their way next week?
Mariah Carey jumps up to Number 3 with All I Want For Christmas Is You, while Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree climbs to Number 5.
Big congratulations are in order for Tom Grennan, whose Amazon Music Original It Can’t Be Christmas enters the Top 10 for the first time today (6), up 19 places week-on-week. It becomes Tom’s fifth UK Top 10 hit.
Bobby Helms’s Jingle Bell Rock is up three (7), back to a re-peak of its highest-ever chart position in the UK, while The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl rise five with Fairytale of New York (8) and Ariana Grande’s Santa Tell Me bounces up two (9) for its second-ever week in the Top 10.
Proving its ascent to modern Christmas classic status, Kelly Clarkson’s rollicking Underneath The Tree enters the UK Top 10 for the first time ever today (10), 11 years after its original release. Overall, it becomes the original American Idol’s 10th UK Top 10 hit, and first in nine years.
Just outside the Top 10, Lola Young’s breakthrough hit Messy vaults a spectacular 24 spots to Number 11, impressively rutting against the seasonal trends as a non-Christmas song. Last week the viral indie-pop anthem became the London native’s first Top 40 single. Could it challenge all the festive tracks for a Top 10 entry next week? Don’t count it out!
In total there are 26 Christmas songs present in the Top 40 today. Of those rising inside the Top 20, this includes; Andy Williams’ It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (13), Elton John’s Step Into Christmas (15), Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry Christmas Everyone (16), Michael Bublé’s It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (17) and Sia’s Snowman (18).
Laufey sinks two tracks in the Top 40 today; Christmas Magic (20) becomes the Icelandic-Chinese musician’s first UK Top 20 single, while Winter Wonderland (40) also joins the party.
Bolton-born singer-songwriter Chrystal’s The Days reaches a brand-new peak in the UK today, ricochetting 14 spots to Number 24.
Have you ever seen Santa Claus and Sabrina Carpenter in the same room? 2024’s big breakout pop princess sees the launch of her Netflix festive special launch A Nonsense Christmas into the Top 40 for the first time ever (25), becoming Sab’s ninth Top 40 hit single.
Finally, yet more Christmas songs rising in the Top 40 include; Dean Martin’s Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (21), The Ronettes’ Sleigh Ride (23), Michael Bublé’s Holly Jolly Christmas (26), José Feliciano’s Feliz Navidad (27), Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime (28), Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (33), Chris Rea’s Driving Home For Christmas (34), John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Plastic Band’s Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (38) and Leona Lewis’s One More Sleep (39).
