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- LW: 1,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 5
- LW: 6,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 7
- LW: 4,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 9
THE POWER OF LOVE
DALTON HARRIS FT JAMES ARTHUR
- LW: New
- Peak: 4,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 3,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 8
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU
MARIAH CAREY
- LW: 34,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 89
WOMAN LIKE ME
LITTLE MIX FT NICKI MINAJ
- LW: 2,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 8
REWRITE THE STARS
JAMES ARTHUR & ANNE-MARIE
- LW: 17,
- Peak: 8,
- Weeks: 3
- LW: 38,
- Peak: 9,
- Weeks: 2
NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART
MARK RONSON FT MILEY CYRUS
- LW: New
- Peak: 10,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 11,
- Peak: 11,
- Weeks: 7
- LW: 7,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 9
- LW: 10,
- Peak: 9,
- Weeks: 21
- LW: 52,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 55
- LW: 8,
- Peak: 7,
- Weeks: 8
SUNFLOWER
POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE
- LW: 9,
- Peak: 7,
- Weeks: 7
- LW: New
- Peak: 17,
- Weeks: 1
FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK
POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL
- LW: 66,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 91
- LW: 16,
- Peak: 11,
- Weeks: 6
CLOSE TO ME
ELLIE GOULDING/
- LW: 18,
- Peak: 18,
- Weeks: 6
- LW: 14,
- Peak: 4,
- Weeks: 11
POLAROID
JONAS BLUE/
- LW: 12,
- Peak: 12,
- Weeks: 9
- LW: 13,
- Peak: 13,
- Weeks: 9
BABY
CLEAN BANDIT/
- LW: 26,
- Peak: 25,
- Weeks: 5
DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS
BAND AID
- LW: 88,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 72
TAKI TAKI
DJ SNAKE/
- LW: 19,
- Peak: 15,
- Weeks: 10
WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER
BILLIE EILISH
- LW: 21,
- Peak: 21,
- Weeks: 7
MAMA
6IX9INE/
- LW: 68,
- Peak: 29,
- Weeks: 2
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE
MICHAEL BUBLE
- LW: 94,
- Peak: 13,
- Weeks: 25
- LW: 41,
- Peak: 7,
- Weeks: 36
SHALLOW
LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER
- LW: 5,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 10
- LW: 25,
- Peak: 25,
- Weeks: 8
- LW: 24,
- Peak: 22,
- Weeks: 7
- LW: RE
- Peak: 28,
- Weeks: 10
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
SHAKIN' STEVENS
- LW: RE
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 63
- LW: 33,
- Peak: 32,
- Weeks: 17
PROMISES
CALVIN HARRIS & SAM SMITH
- LW: 22,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 16
ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
BRENDA LEE
- LW: RE
- Peak: 6,
- Weeks: 40
ARMS AROUND YOU
XXXTENTACION/
- LW: 23,
- Peak: 14,
- Weeks: 6
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etin
why susan boyle easily forgotten ? her "gift" was a massive seller
Ronald van Veen
Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas.... on repeat now!
SB
Sarah Bowen
So the so called official charts can't even get the highest chart position right, do they know it's Christmas Band Aid, Mary's boy child Boney M, both got to No 1, and spent more weeks on the chart then shown, what other Xmas gems are missing there highest chart position, weeks on chart, if your gonna show it then get it right !
V
Vikingman
I agree. A lot of this is to do with different record labels. Wham's Last Christmas has spent many more weeks on chart also but because it had a AA side with 'Everything She Wants' back in 1984 it doesn't count. Chris Rea is the same. The Pogues peaked at No.2. I could carry on …
I'm sure all the chart geeks are keeping very concise lists as am I, considering the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles/Albums doesn't exist anymore. I expect OUR lists are more concise than that of the OCC.
SB
Sarah Bowen
I agree totally, you would think that the OCC would check the history, bet they don't reply or rectify it, would be nice to know what they base there "facts" on.
mildredfarts
Wasn't expecting such a surge of Christmas songs again after the rules were supposedly changed but,you know what? I like seeing them in there,scattering away all the truly awful,forgettable 'songs' that spend waaaay too long in the top 40.
Sakgra
i agree....maybe Mariah peak no2 once again,and maybe we ll see more forgettable xmas songs
Kasper Elbjørn
I agree but it still shows something is terribly wrong with the charts these days. I can't help to think how wrong it would have been if my mix-tapes in the 80's or my dads 7 inchs had counted in the charts in the 60's. The charts should be based on sales. Not airplays in people's living rooms
Piran
My thoughts & observations on the UK charts as always…
- ‘Thank U, Next’ by Ariana Grande is #1 on the singles chart for a fifth consecutive week. It’s set a new weekly streaming record, with a massive 14.9 million plays since last Friday! The previous record was held by ‘Shape Of You’ by Ed Sheeran with 14.2 million plays.
- ‘A Million Dreams’ by P!NK returns to #1 on the national airplay chart.
- Meanwhile, the official video to ‘Thank U, Next’ debuts straight in at #1 on YouTube, where 7.9 million streams of its total figure this week came from.
- DALTON HARRIS FT JAMES ARTHUR – THE POWER OF LOVE (#4)
So I watched the X Factor again this year, even if I can say that I wasn’t excited about this series as I have been previous ones. Now, I can say that Dalton Harris was a very deserving winner, even if I was really backing Scarlett to do it. I think the blend of Dalton’s soulful vocals & James’ raspier delivery are a cool & unique mix of their voices, even if I’m not connecting as much with their harmonies. Although, I’ll absolutely mention that the high notes they hit towards the end are just jaw-dropping, while I guess the X Factor producers did a fine enough job with that backing choir & the instrumentation. It doesn’t come on the same level as the Frankie Goes To Hollywood nor Gabrielle Aplin versions, but since Dalton didn’t even know this song existed until a week before he performed it, I’m still impressed with this! Solid 7/10 for this one.
- MARK RONSON FT MILEY CYRUS – NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART (#10)
Man… this just adds to the proof that Mark Ronson is a generally awesome producer! I’d definitely expect those retro, soulful elements coming from him in this, but I was surprised how well his sound would mix with Jamie ’s style! As for Miley, I had mixed views on her pop era, but her turn towards a folk-country song (like on most of her last album) might not fit in with the mainstream as well, but that doesn’t matter because she can pull it off incredibly! The whole song just gives me ‘Jolene’ vibes & when you add her emotion to fit in with the literally heart-breaking lyrics alongside the groovy guitar, I think it’s not hard to understand why this a good sign as we wrap up 2018. For me, light 9/10!
- MEEK MILL FT DRAKE – GOING BAD (#17)
I could just copy & paste what I’ve said about almost every Drake song to chart in 2018 here, because while it’s not precisely bad, it’s certainly overrated & forgettable. Given how big the past year has been for Drake, you’d think he would actually think he cares about his feature here, but it sure doesn’t sound like it, even if his singing continues to be admittedly decent. At least Meek Mill is bringing some energy to his flexing here, but you’re put off after a while as none of the production elements stand out here. This might be one of the better Meek Mill songs in his discography (I’m surprised he hasn’t crossed over sooner) but it’s still nothing to get excited about. Light 5/10.
- 6IX9INE FT NICKI MINAJ & KANYE WEST – MAMA (#29)
I already said my piece on 6ix9ine last week, but since he’s somehow charting another song over here, let’s talk about it anyway. His delivery is boring & incredibly flat, which might be less insufferable than his screaming but still nothing close to good. The melodies are fuzzy & basic, while Kanye’s vocal layering does not fit in with the mix at all, leaving Nicki probably the best part of this song, even if her content is laughably ridiculous. I would say look up the lyrics in full, but you’d be wasting your time. Again, 3/10.
- On the albums chart, ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ becomes The 1975’s third consecutive #1. The album debuts at the top spot with a total of 50,000 combined sales, with 8,266 of that figure coming from vinyl purchases.
- The rest of the Top 5 is: ‘The Greatest Showman: Soundtrack’ (3-2), ‘Love’ by Michael Buble (2-3), ‘Staying At Tamara’s’ by George Ezra (9-4) & ‘Odyssey’ by Take That (1-5).
- Looking ahead to next week, these songs could enter the Top 40 for the first time: ‘I Don’t Think About You’ by HRVY, ‘When You Kissed Him’ by Jake Quickenden, a couple of new Christmas songs, a couple of XXXTENTACION tracks & maybe even more.
- Thanks for reading everyone! I hope you all have a good weekend. :)
- My latest Crown Note chart: http://crownnote.com/charts/piran-delves/pirans-top-40-105
Henri Laitila
Is Dalton still forced to leave UK for Jamaica? It hit the news in Finland that his residence permit or something wasn't continued!?
Brian Quinn
Hopefully.
Nischal Joshi
This will probably be the peak for the X-factor winner's single, I presume?
I think there would have been a much closer competition for the #1 spot had the MV not dropped this week. Sweet but psycho is doing pretty well in terms of sales.
I don't think HRVY's song will enter the Top 40. I don't even think it will be in the Top 75.
I think more Christmas songs will fill the Top 40 next week. We can already see massive drops for a lot of the songs that were in the Top 40 last week and it may freefall in the next week's chart.
We may not get it, but I'm still with the underdog hoping Sweet But Psycho will be the Christmas #1.
Piran
I'd imagine so. You could tell with how early they released it, they definitely weren't going for the Christmas #1. In fact, other than 'Something I Need', I don't think one X Factor winner's single has gone to #1 since streams were incorporated into the charts.
I'd think 'Thank U, Next' would still be out in front even if the video wasn't released, since it'd still be getting around 7 million weekly streams.
HRVY sometimes starts fine on sales & radio, but again, streaming is his weak point.
I'd love 'Sweet But Psycho' to get there too, although I'm not sure I see that happening either.
Piran
From what I last heard, his visa expired.
That would probably mean that he does have to leave the UK, but not for too long.
Nischal Joshi
Hi, just coming after I saw the midweek charts and Sweet But Psycho is really cutting the gap. While I still see Ari holding onto this week's #1 spot, I see the time coming when it is going to be upsurged soon.
But, an interesting development has happened and Ari is going to drop her new single Thursday midnight, so when thank u, next falls down, it may only be replaced by another Ari song.
Also, Christmas songs are doing great and when I think about it, I'm scared that a Christmas song may take the top spot and stop Sweet But Psycho from getting to the top.
Piran
Hey Nischal! :)
I think 'Imagine' could have a good chance at debuting in the Top 10, then possibly rising to the Top 5 after all the Christmas songs start to fall off. It's not got strong enough numbers to go to #1 yet, but really, with 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' on ACR, 'Sweet But Psycho' losing on streaming & 'We Built This City' crashing on sales, I still see 'Thank U, Next' taking this year's Christmas #1 as an early prediction.