Tones and I matches Whitney and Rihanna for longest running Number 1 by a female artist
It's a perfect 10 for Tones and I as she celebrates another week at the top of the Official Singles Chart, and enters the chart record books into the bargain.
The Australian singer-songwriter's international hit Dance Monkey has notched up an impressive ten straight weeks at Number 1, matching the record for longest running chart-topper by a female artist, sharing the accolade with two pop greats.
Tones and I now joins Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You, from 1992, and Rihanna's Umbrella, from 2007, in the rundown of longest reigns at the top. This week Dance Monkey racked up combined sales of 75,000, including 9.39m streams, and if Tones and I can hang on for another week, the record will belong to her alone. See the songs that spent the longest at Number 1
Arizona Zervas breaks the Top 5 with Roxanne, rising two slots to Number 5, and Mariah Carey sleighs her way back into the Top 10 as her festive favourite All I Want For Christmas Is You zooms 26 places to Number 8.
The Weeknd scores two new entries: Heartless gives him a seventh Top 10, rocketing 54 places to 10, and Blinding Lights goes straight in at 12.
Ellie Goulding leaps 43 places to enter the Top 40 at 14 with her cover of Joni Mitchell's Christmas song River, and Trevor Daniel makes his UK chart debut, with Falling, rising six spots to 40.
And, yes, it's time to get festive as a host of Christmas classics make an impact on the chart. Aside from Mariah leading the charge at 8, other festive tracks making a comeback are: Wham's Last Christmas (13); Fairytale of New York from Pogues feat Kirsty MacColl (22); Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas (23); Shakin Stevens' Merry Christmas Everyone (26); Michael Bublé's It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (32); Santa Tell Me, from Ariana Grande (33); and Elton John's Step Into Christmas (39).
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thierry henon
So glad to see Ellie Goulding getting another Top 20 under belt...I am sure Tones & 1 will get a final week at number 1 to surpass Rihanna and Whitney before we got a new Xmas number 1 single...
Piran
We've gone from one Christmas song last week to nine this week?! At this rate, the entire Top 40 might be full of festive tracks by the time we get to the final week of the year! :O
'Dance Monkey's record is a phenomenal achievement for sure, but time for a change at #1 now.
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Vikingman
It's great seeing the festive songs enter the chart each year, puts us all in the Christmas mood and after all it's only once a year. I hope the OCC would never ban them from the chart as they do bring in these stupid rules from time to time.
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Daniel
19 weeks in Oz, seeing as she just cleaned up at the ARIA's probably has Xmas number 1 in the bag. 7th week at world number 1, passing 5 million in sales as well and for the 7th week gained in world sales (422000k this week). Dua was in Oz and performed live but it wasn't enough, although did push her from 7-3. Roxanne sits comfortable at 2. Steady sales has seen Mariah chart strongly, but last christmas is gaining daily and if it continues is a threat to week 21 for tones, week 20 is already done on the back of friday/Saturday sales
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Daniel
As for xmas songs, you guys do have a strong penchant for them and I think the ease of streaming and the the brexit/boris unrest is pushing people to light relief in xmas. That is just my humble opinion though.
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Daniel
Finally, and I do apologise for my novella's lol, as a rule xmas songs and xmas number 1 are not a big thing in Oz and the reasoning is rather apparent, most xmas songs/videos include a word or scene that just doesn't fit into our Christmas and that is of course.................Snow lol
Piran
Haha, yeah, I think winter-themed songs would have a difficult time in southern hemisphere countries like yours! :D
Piran
I think the political situation is what'll really help Stormzy's album do well in the Christmas chart (since he'll be releasing it on the 13th).
That said, the Christmas #1 has always been the most coveted chart achievement in the UK, so as you can imagine, a lot of British artists take it very seriously! :P
Piran
19 weeks now?! 'Dance Monkey' is to Australia as 'Old Town Road' was to the US, haha.
Piran
It's also the only time of the year you'll get a lot of 80's chart dominate the Official Chart!
I think the only thing OCC have done to hold back Christmas songs is put any ones over two or three years old on permanent ACR, but even then, that's not exactly stopping them, haha.