Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 18/12/2020

Woudnt Boris Johnson is a.... Count as a non Christmas song

Dear Mr Aardvark, this chart is last weeks chart, representing last weeks sales. The song you mentioned was released this week and will feature in the chart released later today.

and what song is that?

Boris Johnson is a....

That song will be charting in this weeks chart on Friday. This chart is the last weeks which that song didn’t make to the top 100, I’m not even sure if it was out at that point.

because the chart hasn't updated yet lol. Check back at 5:45pm for the chart update (click Singles > Update on the purple box) The official one refreshes on Friday

Thankfully, I think enough people know about his mindless acts to know that he's personating us! I'm glad you're taking this further. :/

Unfortunately LadBaby exists...

why does it matter so much? lol

it makes no sense. merry xmas everybody by slade (25) has its peak at number 1, which is true as it hit the top in 1973. then there’s mary’s boy child (91) which has it’s peak at 26 when it was clearly a number 1 in 1978...

occ really need to fix this.

Thank for this, it's pretty interesting because some songs I thought aren't as high as I thought and it's because of the barrage of christmas songs :D

"1. Willow – Taylor Swift."

That put a huge smile on my face! :D

wait, really? that’s very wrong, it was number 1 in 1978.

Yes, that’s right. I noticed it last week but thought it would be corrected but alas not. Also to only rise one position to 91 is disappointing as in my opinion it’s one of the Christmas greats.

My guess is that maybe 26 is the peak since the digital age?

I doubt it. All the other oldies aren’t affected. Strange! ????

Why are you back...

I remember somebody did that to me before on another forum. They pretended to be me lol.

wait, it happened to you as well? :(

That was many years ago now. I just found it comical that they were clearly trolling lol.

Hmm I wonder who it is..

GUYS THIS ISNT ME 😫

I know. :/

Cool username bro lol. Also nice try pretending to be someone else.

he doesn’t even know where the o and 0 go for crying out loud! 😂

Couldn't care less, they're both decent songs

Post Malone and 21 Savage for me.

oof, this is difficult as both are 10/10... but dababy’s gets the edge for me.

Post Malone's one easily for me.

Maybe, but remember that the OCC stop counting sales on Thursday, so the sales on Xmas day might count to the chart on New Years.

They stop counting at midnight and since Thursday will be Christmas eve lot of Christmas songs will rise

I know, but probably around the same amount as the chart after Xmas number 1 usually is

there clearly will be. i think on the new years chart, some of them might still be here, since christmas day counts as tracking for the new years charts, but if anything they’ll fall back a little as people will have stopped streaming them on boxing day or the 27th.

yeah 😈

Wow, I actually didn't realise until now. I joined the chart show when Jess Glynne was playing

Fair judgement. Here's mine:
1. No Time to Die
2. Blinding Lights
3. Head & Heart
4. Own It
5. Before You Go
6. Rain On Me
7. Roses
8. Godzilla
9. Rockstar
10. Mood
11. Positions
12. Toosie Slide
13. Lemonade
14. WAP
15. Savage Love

1) no time to die (billie 😍)
2) rockstar
3) wap
4) roses (the remix, duh)
5) lemonade
6) mood
7) before you go
8) godzilla
9) rain on me
10) own it
11) head & heart
12) toosie slide (didn’t age well at all for me)
13) blinding lights
14) positions
15) savage love (0/10 song as well, it’s SO ANNOYING!!!)

great placements for 1 and 15. some are similar to mine too.

I was so sad to see No Time to Die get only one week at number one, it deserves a lot more. And Savage Noise, well let's not go there, shall we XD

that’s what i thought regarding no time to die. billie eilish is my favourite artist (along w kendrick lamar) so she should’ve got three weeks minimum.

oh yeah, let’s pretend savage mess doesn’t exist. 😂

Wait, is Blinding Lights 2 or 4?

i edited it, accidentally put rockstar twice. sadly no, it didn’t age well for me. neither did toosie slide tbh, and that’s coming from a massive drake fan!

fair enough. I really like the song, but it's off my playlist right now as it's being overplayed SO MUCH! It will probably return in around April (to my playlist, that is)

1: WAP (10/10)
2: Roses (10/10)
3: Rain On Me (10/10)
4: Blinding Lights (10/10)
5: Lemonade (10/10)
6: Positions (9/10)
7: Own It (7/10)
8: No Time To Die (7/10)
9: ROCKSTAR (5/10)
10: Mood (4/10)
11: Head & Heart (3.5/10)
12: Godzilla (0/10)
13: Toosie Slide (0/10)
14: Savage Love (0/10)
15: Before You Go (-1/10)

wait really? that’s amazing. haven’t heard it yet (too obsessed with melanie rn haha) but that’d be amazing for juice. ☺️

Its gonna get there after christmas along with the business! :)

it’ll get there after christmas, it’s an amazing song. i really love it, so i hope i’m right.

Up there as well for me :(

#79

thanks 👍

glad to find someone who agrees, i love the melody to it. :)

I hate album bombs but 3 songs per artist is way too little. Maybe 6 or 7 per album.

well, i do adore christmas songs but they shouldn’t take up that much space. the three songs rule is nonsense. but hey, that’s just how the charts work... (shrugs)

I love the christmas songs filling up the chart, i would love the whole top 100 to be xmas songs

Yeah, I like said on the server earlier, you can't really make a fair comparison between Christmas songs to "normal" songs in December, since streaming playlists will obviously prioritise the former.

I've also said my piece many times on ACR too! :P

Yeah, or again, only count the songs from an album bomb that would've made the Top 20 anyway & exclude all the others below #20.

That wouldn't have affected Taylor at all this week though! :P

Probably cap them to arould 40 songs in the top 100 then I'd be happy

Yeah, a Top 40 would work too, since we'd still get to see a bit more variety in the charts even then. :)

I agree that the rules introduced in 2017 don't work but I don't see a problem with loads of Christmas songs being in the chart lol

I just think the Christmas songs flooding the charts aren't consistent with the rules that all other songs would be! I certainly love them being in the chart every December, but were the charts made to tell us that people listen to Christmas songs at Christmas? I don't think so, haha.

Oh well, I'm back home now, so I'm starting to feel a bit more festive tonight! :P

Agree and disagree...I agree with the album tracks, if the track has not been officially released as a SINGLE then it should not be allowed in the SINGLES chart. but disagree with limiting how many tracks per artist. If someone releases 10 singles in one week and they all sell enough to chart then all 10 deserve to be there or if someone has a previous singles still hanging in the charts that's fine too as long as they are selling enough to chart. Same as the Christmas stuff if has been released as a single and sells enough it has a right to chart.

The charts are meant to show what people are listening to and right now people are listening to Christmas songs lol

Yes but you dont let one hit wonders go into the top 40^^

Ah. so your point is saying that it has to be released as an official single in order to chart... I kind of agree, due to the name of the chart, but what about if somebody puts out an album & there's a very clear fan favourite within that week? There's not really a lot of time to start promoting that, especially if some pre-released tracks will still be getting a lot radio airplay, but I do get your point to some extent. :)

I guess, but it just means that we get one month of the year where people who aren't releasing Christmas songs will find it almost impossible to chart! I don't want to see that... even if a rising star appeared with a credited Top 100 (hence the cap idea) that would still be good to see. :)

If a cap isn't introduced, who knows, maybe one day the entire top 100 will be filled entirely of Christmas songs! XD

Well the earliest that Christmas songs appear in the chart is around mid to late November and then they're out the chart by January so it's only about 6 weeks having Christmas songs out of 52 weeks of the year

That's what I'm thinking! The Christmas takeover is just going to get bigger & bigger every year, as we've seen since the introduction of streaming into the charts, haha. :)

That's still over 10% of the year, which means that some of the biggest Christmas songs ('All I Want For Christmas Is You' & 'Last Christmas') will probably sneak on to the Chart Of The Year for 2020! :P

Precisely. Even last year Wham were 95th in the EOY chart, and Mariah 84th! Both will be higher this year, definitely

Maybe 'Fairytale Of New York' could sneak in there too, haha. :)

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Probably Mariah around 63rd, Wham 80th, and FONY about 96th

Good guesses! Will we get a year where Mariah gets so many streams in December that she ends up in the Top 40? ;)

that’d be overkill lmao, but it’d definitely be interesting.

What they should do is restrict the number of ACR songs to around 10 so only the top of the charts is flooded with Christmas songs allowing newer songs to chart.

They won't do that though as there are so many songs on ACR, meaning that the likes of Dance Monkey might get another run in the top 40

Yeah, that sounds like an approach that might work. :)

Definitely, maybe not next year but sometime this decade I think

at least legends like Mariah take their revenge haha

They do! That being said, she'll be dethroned by sausage roll guy on Friday. :/

I think so too, especially given how early everyone started this year, haha. :)

Seems that a lot of the christmas songs are dropping this week, which means people must be getting fed up of them since mid November. They started listening way too early

I don't think it's even the fact that everyone started early this year, but more because the latest restrictions around a large part of the country means that people are sadly feeling less festive. :/

Also, the First Look & Monday's Update are always based more on sales, so the Christmas classics tend to climb back throughout the course of the week!

to pimp a butterfly (8/10)
good kid m.a.a.d city (6/10)
. (9/10)
section 80 (5/10)

. is banging 👌

Section.80 (7/10)
good kid, m.a.a.d city (10.5/10)
To Pimp A Butterfly (10/10)
. (9/10)

lonely - joel corry (8/10)
lonely - justin bieber & benny blanco (7/10)
supalonely - benee ft gus dapperton (8/10)
how to be lonely - rita ora (6/10)
lonely - diplo & the jonas brothers (4/10)
lonely this christmas - mud (7/10)
lonely - akon (4/10)
f***, i’m lonely - lauv & anne marie (10/10)

1: Folklore (10/10)
2: Evermore (10/10)
3: 1989 (10/10)
4: Red (9/10)
5: Lover (5/10)
6: Fearless (4/10)
7: Speak Now (4/10)
8: Reputation (2/10)
9: Taylor Swift (0/10)

As you can see, a very hit or miss artist for me.

Yeah, that's a very polarising list, haha.

At least you really love her indie approach, giving her latest two albums perfect scores! :D

You really liked her last 2 albums which is cool.

I like 1989 best, followed by Evermore. Not sure about the others yet but Folklore is probably in the lower ranks.

Oh wow, so 'Evermore' is a big improvement over 'Folklore' for you then? ;)

1. willow - 40/100
2. champagne problems - 77/100
3. gold rush - 66/100
4. tis the season - 20/100
5. tolerate it - 44/100
6. no body, no crime (w/ haim) - 80/100
7. happiness - 58/100
8. dorothea - 34/100
9. coney island (w/ the national) - 42/100
10. ivy - 67/100
11. cowboy like me - 9/100
12. long story short - 18/100
13. marjorie - 22/100
14. closure - 40/100
15. evermore (w/ bon iver) - 38/100

big OOF at that 9% for cowboy like me. okay it is one of the weakest but still!

i agree on no body no crime being the best one tho. 😃

NBNC is by FAR the best on evermore. Exile wins folklore

exile was clearly the best on folklore, but the last great american dynasty, mirrorball, this is me trying, cardigan and epiphany are up there.

Happy Christmas to all the chart lovers in the UK and Merry Christmas to the USA! Really enjoy the moment as it comes only once a year! 2020 was you know......but Christmas is ALWAYS MAGICAL! Remember that! :)

Yes, then after Christmas, we'll enter the year that hopefully ends the virus forever. :)

Have a happy Xmas and all the best in the New Year Piran !!!

i won’t be here on the 25th (except for the evening on discord lol). least i can say is have a wonderful christmas, to each and every one of you! 🎄❤️

Merry Christmas to you too piran

You too Coolo. Merry Christmas

thanks david :)))

Official charts discord channel?
Merry Christmas

Thanks David! :D

Thanks! You too. :)

You too! All the best for 2021. :)

Merry Xmas

Merry Christmas to you too! :D

To be honest, its clear that he actually cares about the charity this year. The past two years the song was solely about sausage rolls, but this year the lyrics are majoritively about supporting key workers and the Trussell Trust. But the song itself, aside from the lyrics, is worse than the last two years in terms of rhythm and flow, but it does grow on you the more you listen to it. Currently a strong 6/10 but could get higher in the next few days. Personally, as much as I don't like his songs that much, I'm backing JB like you, but I think its a three-way-race between LadBaby, JB and Mariah, which will end in that order.

LadBaby had like a 60x times lead though & yeah, while his songs are getting annoying, I always have to respect him for the cause, especially in a year like this.

Either way, it's going to be one of the more interesting Christmas #1 battles in a while! :P

And he'll fall the week after lol

Yep. Last year he went from 1 to 52, the second biggest fall for a song in OCC history, after Three Lions went from 1-97

I bet he'll almost drop out of the Top 100 by next week, since the following chart update will be on New Year's Day! :P

That's a good point, I didn't think of that. Usually the week after Christmas is when the Christmas songs rise a bit more (and when Mariah peaks at 2 annually), but this time that probably won't happen, Mariah might still be there on New Year's day, but she will definitely be gone on my birthday (the week after)

I'm confused about the rules nowadays. Would the Justin Bieber / NHS thing count as a new single or just another version of the single that was in recently? That's what they did with Levitating and lots of other things with a million remixes and re-recodings. They seem to whack all the Band Aids together even though they're completely different artists in every conceivable way. All very confusing!

I don't know, but I imagine they'll just recredit it, but with the NHS Choir featuring alongside JB instead of Chance The Rapper. :)

The band aids still chart separately, you will most likely see band aid 2 in next week's chart

Why does everyone think JB will do so well next week?

Interesting that you have Christmas Day, New Year's Day & your birthday all in the same two weeks of one another! Extra big celebration for you each year then, I'm guessing? ;)

Exactly, the best time of year for me, definitely!

They're all hoping for LadBaby to not be number 1 XD. It probably will peak at 2 next week

To be fair, I do not think they will stand a chance of being No.1 again as there is much more competition than ever and to be honest it is all about sausage rolls and eating. I respect that they are releasing this for charity and I am not being rude but the lyrics are sorta lame. I guess it gets more boring through the years when they release a song.

Yeah, I have nothing against LadBaby doing this for charity at all, but it's becoming repetitive at this point!

We need another charity song like supporting our hard-working key workers to get #1 instead! I wouldn't even mind the song against the person who ruined Christmas to get there either. :/

It would be for me normally, buy yesterday's announcement badly affected our family's plans. :/

I can understand, I'm assuming you live in a tier 4 place. Living in tier 2 though, I can only empathise.

I live in a Tier 1 actually, but my older brother lives in Tier 4, so we'll really be missing him this Christmas! :(

Well said! This is why I really want them to be #1 next week. :)

Even if it isn't #1, it will raise so much money for charity which what it's all about, same with LadBaby

As I've always said, the chart position doesn't really matter, the proceeds do. :)

Yes they will be, in England you teally support charity singles, in France no one cares about charity, sad!

The amount of charity singles this year is mental. THe money that will go towards all of these causes is amazing and I'm supportive of all of the causes

Yeah, we're probably the country that support charity singles the most. :)

Speaking of France, did you hear that OCC are going to be taking over from SNEP in compiling the French Singles Chart?

Perhaps they are more charitable in France and donate to charity without feeling the need to have something in return?

Yes I commented on the article^^ its cool I think. The french singles chart is not as good as the british one...but this week the number one is fever by Angele & Dua, my favourite song for weeks so Im happy!

😁maybe, maybe not...

Honestly, your #1 is the best one France has had in months. I love 'Fever'! :D

Maybe an 'Evermore' review? :)

thanks for the idea. :))))

You're welcome! ;)

I've got a Taylor list of my own coming either later or tomorrow, haha.

Yes, seemed a strange Decision to go up against all the Christmas songs in the singles charts. But albums usually sell more in December, so perhaps that's the driving force.

Yeah, I think Taylor is trying to be more of an albums artists than a singles artist at this point! I also have a feeling that she also wanted to release it now to drive Christmas sales & also because it was her birthday this past weekend. :)

Give it 2 weeks after all the Christmas dropout and the traditional low January sales.
#1 then!

'Positions' is also going on ACR soon, so it doesn't look like there's a lot that'll challenge it in the New Year for now. :)

Those older holiday hits should have a separate chart since they come back every year. Only new releases are allowed to chart on the OSC Top 100. It's so frustrating to see my queen being blocked from topping the singles chart😣

Tbh. This particular time of the year is the reason why it's number 3, nothing much to compete with. So fingers crossed for January

Hopefully... we know who's getting it on Christmas Day though. :/

I kind of agree & yeah, it would've been amazing to see Taylor score her second #1 today. She's my queen too! Actually, no, she's my goddess, haha. :)

Yeah :/

Why don't you just create your own chart - that way it would have all you favourite music on rather than everyone else's.

I've been doing just that for over four years now.

Here's my chart for this week: http://crownnote.c*m/charts/piran-delves/pirans-top-50-44
(replace the * with an o, as OCC don't allow links anymore)

Yeah, there's a lot of Taylor & Christmas this week, but I usually try to keep my music taste as diverse as possible & I usually even do a list of throwbacks too! :P

An 80,000 combined sales lead, according to Radio 1 yesterday! :(

Both are amazing singles

Taylor Swift pushed them down. :p

Happy birthday Billie Eilish, makes me feel old that someone younger than me is so successful lol

she was 16 when ocean eyes became popular, and there’s me at 16 years old typing this on an iphone. :P

now she’s 19 and one of the biggest stars in the world...

In their own words "maybe next year"

It's always next year for Wham! :(

...Or, last year, as in last christmas

Lol don't ask why I found this comment but technically you were right I guess, they were just the first #1 of 2021 instead :P

Maybe because I mentioned about Mariah on Discord over the weekend! That's the only reasoning I can think of at least, haha.

Yeah, I said "this year" in 2020, so I wasn't exactly wrong, since they hit #1 on New Year's Day 2021! :P

Nah, the actual reason was just because I was looking at the chart that Your New Boyfriend debuted on coz someone brought it up lmao

Oh, fair enough, haha. :)

it’s always next year... 😞