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Official Singles Chart on 20/12/2019

20 December 2019 - 26 December 2019

The Official UK Singles Chart reflects the UK’s biggest songs of the week, based on audio and video streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl, compiled by the Official Charts Company. The UK Top 40 is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV, the Top 100 is published exclusively on OfficialCharts.com. View the biggest songs of 2023.

 

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steve 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆

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How many units does the Christmas 🎄 🎁 # 1 sell? 💿

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Sunny Blackett

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Have a merry Christmas to all

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Frank Griffin

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I have made my own game. What I do is I look through the Charts from any year and I have to look at a song and sing part of it.

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Frank Griffin

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So looks like River by Ellie Goulding could be next weeks #1 then!

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Michael Javes

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Singles And Albums Analysis

https://databasedreams.createaforum.com/chart-tracker-elite-2020/uk-singles-chart-20-december-2019-to-26-december-2019-analysis/msg268/#msg268

This is still a work in progress thanks

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Frank Griffin

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Next Friday's Chart, it will either be Mariah Carey or Wham at #1 and Ladbaby will make a massive from #1.

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Piran

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I do feel sorry for any vegetarians regarding this week's #1... :/

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Piran

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So I counted 16 Christmas songs inside this week's Top 40.

In other words, 40% of the hits you heard on Radio 1's Chart Show a couple of days ago were festive!

How many do you think we're going to have next Friday? :)

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Frank Griffin

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Any good Lyric writers on here

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Frank Griffin

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I don't think being an artist is that bad actually. Take Elton John for example. He was nervous about performing infront of loads of people but now he is a megastar.

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Frank Griffin

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X Factor Winners Singles
2004. Steve Brookstein: Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)

2005. Shayne Ward: That's My Goal

2006. Leona Lewis: A Moment Like This

2007. Leon Jackson: When You Believe

2008. Alexandra Burke Hallelujah

2009. Joe McElderry: The Climb

2010. Matt Cardle: When We Collide
2011. Little Mix: Cannonball

2012. James Arthur: Impossible

2013. Sam Bailey: Skyscraper

2014. Ben Haenow: Something I Need
2015. Louise Johnson: Forever Young
2016. Matt Terry: When Christmas Comes Around
2017. Rak-Su: Dimelo

2018. Dalton Harris feat. James Arthur: The Power Of Love

2019. Meghan McKenna: Unknown song!

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Piran

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Okay, I've thought of something...

As I've recently been getting really positive feedback from my long reviews lately (seriously, thanks everyone, means a lot!), how about I bring them back, but only on weekends?

Fridays will generally just be me summarising the Top 40, as there are other reviews to check out as well as mine after all, haha! :)

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Damián

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Excellent idea because I read the charts on Sundays, not Fridays when it's released😂😂

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Piran

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Ah, so it would be better for you in a sense then! :D

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akyovbashiev

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I review everything hot inside and bubbling just under the Christmas top 40 (sorry for the late review - more on that in a bit!) - an incredibly interesting battle took place this week for the Christmas Number 1, but at the end, it wasn't even close. And it seems that this year, we have the same number 1 as last Christmas… wait, I'm being told this is a different song. I genuinely couldn't tell that. Whoops.

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akyovbashiev

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(NEW ENTRY) #01: LADBABY - I LOVE SAUSAGE ROLLS
So in the beginning of this week, I couldn't have told you whether this or Stormzy's "Own It" would be claiming the Christmas #1 spot, but as the week progressed, LadBaby's sales didn't really slow down, and quite the opposite happened, actually - it seems like midweek, he realized that he could game the system and release a second version of the song, which would get its sales added to the original, and… he won by a landslide. I genuinely did not think for a second that Britain would be this interested in supporting the same joke for another year, even if the proceeds from this track are going to charity. Let's ignore that fact for a second, not because it's not important, but because we can't use that argument to excuse this song from a poor review. First of all, even with all proceeds going to charity, you can't deny releasing a remix of the song midweek is a move exclusively to boost sales - Ladbaby might be doing good, but it's painfully obvious he was desperate for another Christmas #1, clogging up the charts for another year with a song that's not even musically decent - and let's be honest, I doubt even a percent of the people who've purchased this song have actually listened to it or enjoyed it. One of the benefits of streaming being incorporated into the charts, apart from that being the de facto way of consuming music nowadays, is that it tells us how much these songs are actually being enjoyed - their replay value is taken into account, which helps avoid songs that would only chart because they're bought based on an the idea that "you're helping a good cause". And that's exactly what happened here. And so, for the second year, we have a sausage roll tribute by a British YouTuber topping the charts. I wouldn't be as upset with this if it was genuinely a different attempt from last year, but it's not. It's the same basic idea - take a popular karaoke song, swap out "rock and roll" for "sausage rolls", throw in some "funny" references throughout, campaign for it like crazy, and bam. Ladbaby has the added benefit of already holding the Christmas #1 and being an established name, so he was always going to have it a bit easier this year, and with the general public seemingly not tired of this concept, he's done it again. At the end of the day, however, this is the same song that topped the charts last year, in new clothing. Speaking to the OCC, Ladbaby stated: "I hope we've re-inspired magic in the Christmas Number 1". Considering that he's apparently going to try for three consecutive Christmas #1s, and seeing as people aren't already tired of this joke, chances are he'll get it again next year if he tries too - and who's to say he's going to stop there. The only thing he's inspired into the charts is the lack of excitement, originality, and the presence of an immense amount of formulaic song production, as he has set the norm for mediocre songs charting as high purely due to people purchasing them as the joke they were intended to be. He's sufficiently positioned himself as the default Christmas #1 at this point, so… let's hope people are a bit more skeptical next year, though this year doesn't give much hope for that. From me, it's going to be an obvious 1/10 for the song, not that it's important here, but neither of them can really sing; 0/10 for originality, but a solid 10/10 for the campaign he's done. You can't deny he knew exactly how to game the charts, and he successfully did just that - desperate, but commendable. Well done, Ladbaby. Now, please, for the love of music… leave music alone.

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akyovbashiev

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(NEW ENTRY) #06: STORMZY feat. HEADIE ONE - AUDACITY
Right, onto something more interesting then, and with Stormzy being denied the Christmas #1, and missing out on the album #1, thought that wasn't ever a guarantee considering the busy time of year he's decided to release in, he's still made a heavy impact on the singles chart, and this is, rightfully in my opinion, the second highest charting single from his album. Which is great, because the song itself is great! I wouldn't say it's on the level of "Own It", but they're two entirely different tracks - this is obviously a harder, darker-sounding rap song, while the latter was more of a club/hip-hop mashup. His angry delivery sounds incredibly convincing over the dark production, and, as much as I like Headie One, he's always sounded incredibly bored in most songs he's done - I get that's his thing, but here he sounds like he's genuinely excited, and the beat fits him great. It's gonna be an 8/10 from me, and thank God for Stormzy making a dark-sounding song seem like the brightest shrine of light in this genuinely upsetting week for the charts.

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akyovbashiev

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(NEW ENTRY) #09: STORMZY - LESSONS
I was expecting something a bit different from this track, compared to most of Stormzy's recent output, and considering I already knew the track was about his ex, Maya Jama, yeah, I didn't quite expect another angry track like "Audacity". Instead, we have a much more laid-back, groovier and chiller song, where the lyrics have much more importance than the production. His delivery is very pure, very emotional and you can genuinely tell he regrets the way things went down - there's a but, though. I went over this twice, because something genuinely felt off - the lyrics were there, but the song wasn't exactly hitting me right. And I think the problem lays exactly with the instrumental - as I said, that takes a backseat here but I can't help but feel it's not exactly 100% fitting. Sure, it could be worse, but considering the lyrical delivery and Stormzy pouring his heart out, I think something slower, more balladic would have fit this so much better. As it stand right now, it's nothing offensive, I just can't help but think it could have been so much more. Light 6/10.

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akyovbashiev

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(NEW ENTRY) #34: JOHN LEGEND - MERRY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)
Look, let's get this over with quickly, as we all know by know, I'm not really a Christmas song guy, so speaking on such songs is usually painfully difficult, due to the fact that, as with this case, most of the time they're not even original. Not that that's bad but it's something I've, for the most part, already heard. John Legend gives it his best here, and this is definitely the better of the two Amazon exclusives we've had this year (I'm sorry, Ellie's voice gets more and more grating every time I hear "River", and I actually like her voice!) - but that doesn't say much unfortunately. I couldn't care at all for this, so… 5/10, I suppose.

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akyovbashiev

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(NEW ENTRY) #39: HARRY STYLES - FALLING
So there's currently two tracks titled "Falling" in the top 40, and, as much as I prefer urban tracks usually, I have to admit this is the better of the two! (I've already reviewed the one by Trevor Daniel, but in short, quite unimaginative and boring) I hate bringing this up every time, but it's true: Harry Styles is not my cup of tea personally, but I really enjoyed "Sign of the Times" back in the day, and this gave me vibes of that song! I think this is what I like hearing the most from him - the slow, touching ballad, and his voice can actually properly shine through! Not a huge fan of some of the high notes, but that's okay, again, hardly as irritating as Ellie. (yikes… sorry Ellie! Hate to bring her up in a negative light, but it's true :/ ) I thought a lot about what to give this, and… I think I'm gonna go with a strong 6/10! This is actually great from Harry - I wish this was pushed as a single in place of the much more boring "Watermelon Sugar"…

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akyovbashiev

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And that's about it for this week! Sorry my review took a bit longer to post today, holiday craze is in full force over here, I've had a ton of work, I've been travelling, and… I barely had time to write this up, haha! Plus, I did want to focus my attention on Ladbaby the most, and try to explain why him hitting #1 wasn't good at all - unfortunately, it's just bad timing, really, as "Dance Monkey" went on ACR this week, and the top spot just so happened to clear up for a swift new contender to kick in. Next week, though, should be interesting - Ladbaby should have zero chance of going a second week, and if he somehow does, I'll actually give up on these charts; which leaves us with Mariah and… Stormzy. Huh. Well, she's just managed it in the USA, and with new physicals dropping this week, as well as a brand new video, plus the Christmas Eve/Christmas Day high streaming numbers on her side, she has every advantage to her side. Stormzy seems to be slowing down as well - this could genuinely be the year Mariah gets #1. What a fascinating time.

Finally, I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas - have a good one, I hope you spend some great time with your closest people! See you next week for the most Christmas-y chart of the year, and in the meantime, check out my newest CrownNote chart! (link coming shortly!)

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Damián

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Amazing reviews!! Thanks for the hard work!!

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akyovbashiev

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Thank you so much, that really means a lot! :)

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Frank Griffin

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X Factor Winners
2004. Steve Brookstein
2005. Shayne Ward
2006. Leona Lewis

2007. Leona Lewis

2008. Alexandra Burke

2009. Joe McElderry
2010. Matt Cardle

2011. Little Mix
2012. James Arthur
2013. Sam Bailey

2014. Ben Haenow
2015. Louisa Johnson

2016. Matt Terry
2017. Rak-Su

2018. Dalton Harris

2019. Nobody.

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Piran

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You could say that both Megan McKenna & Real Like You won it this year, but only for the 'Celebrity' & 'The Band' spin-offs respectively.

Basically, like one of my mates back home put it... X Factor on the Christmas charts is like Manchester United in the Premier League; won absolutely everything at the start of the decade, but have nowhere near as many supporters at the end of the decade!

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Damián

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Matt Cardle's last year album was extremely awesome! So good!
Can't believe Louisa never got her full album dropped.
And finally, Dalton Harris has a wonderful voice. His only single releases was amazing!

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PTDv_szmL0. Love This

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Piran

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Okay, I don't usually do this, but here's a poll...

I'm going to reply to this post with the past five Christmas #1's! Upvote your favourite option & whichever song has the most likes wins. :)

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Piran

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Option 1: The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir - A Bridge Over You (2015)

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Piran

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Option 2: Clean Bandit ft Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye (2016)

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Piran

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Option 3: Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017)

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Piran

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Option 4: LadBaby - We Built This City (2018)

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Piran

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Option 5: LadBaby - I Love Sausage Rolls (2019)

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Rob Parkinson

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Out there by a million miles, original, different, no extra versions to try and ensure it stayed at no.1 it was just a phenomenal track and not a cover version.

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Piran

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While I think I liked 'Perfect' a bit more personality, this is still awesome! :D

It also relates to Christmas in a way, since it discusses the relationship between single mothers & their children.

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjCWhwdnCd0 Love this

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Piran

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Definitely one of the biggest country songs of the decade, maybe even the biggest! Very much deserved too. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM213aMKTHg

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Frank Griffin

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https://disqus.com/by/disqus_XJbjZC0JLD/
@coolocelot101 What advice would any of you give me if I really wanted to become an artist?

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Piran

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So, other than the advice I gave you yesterday, I'd say just go with your heart & stay determined no matter how long it takes!

Ed apparently took months to get something like 20 people to come of one of his gigs, but he never gave up & look at what he's doing now... :)

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Frank Griffin

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I dreamt that one day, I will be a great music artist!

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Piran

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Okay, time for some more throwbacks! :D

Let's start with one of my favourite duets of all-time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26PAgklYYvo

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Frank Griffin

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https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c0fb64b7ecf43cf9a34da49bbd7b5876b9bebc0575d8bbf513ab1b4c2645537f.jpg Who has seen this Film?

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Frank Griffin

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https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9bb2b0c928f5de3e5f78bcb7c3bbea660c53b2fb84c76f763ff93058d9b40c1f.jpg Queen News Of The World, released in 1977 on Vinyl. Before anyone comments, no this is not an evil robot. It's an innocent Robot who picks up some people and accidentally crushes them and he is looking at his Mum wondering what he has just done. Queen got the album cover idea from a story book but I can't remember what it's called. Singles from this is We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You.

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Frank Griffin

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https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/572a05ca12f5abd278c533617883e16cf9bce1ae4b1a6994930fdb8c0fb1d11e.jpg who owns this brilliant Now CD?

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Frank Griffin

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@coolocelot101
https://disqus.com/by/disqus_XJbjZC0JLD/ Artists who we have not heard from in ages!
1. Akon
2. Kasabian
3. Kaiser Chiefs
4. Take That
5.
6. Flo Rida
7. Katy Perry

8. Nick Jonas
9. Eminem
10 Usher
11. Professor Green

12. Sean Paul

13. Labrinth
14. Duke Dumont
15. Philip George

16. Razorlight
17. Pixie Lott

18. Kelly Clarkson
19. Rizzle Kicks
20. Mike Posner
21. PSY

22. Dizzee Rascal

23. Jessie J

24. Adele

25. Tinie Tempah
26. Snow Patrol

27. Justin Timberlake

28. Scissor Sisters
29. Owl City

30. Ne-Yo

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Piran

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Man, I'm waiting for an Adele comeback so much! :D

Kendrick Lamar's another one.

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F90Cw4l-8NY. Even this video is scary. Bastille must make some scary music videos then.

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Frank Griffin

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I love Bastille's song Of The Night but I don't like the video to it much!

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Frank Griffin

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I am going to have my own band and call it Months And Months.

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Vivien TD

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Grinches stole Christmasy number one

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Vivien TD

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Grinches stole Christmas number one

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghWOn8eq1hw

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Frank Griffin

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I prefer Will.I.am as a solo artist

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Frank Griffin

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I know I said that there will be no more throwbacks. But I am going to put loads on here.

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etin

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Chosen from my spotify xmas songs
1* Mariah Carey - miss you at most
2* boyzone - hour before christmas
3* faith hill - baby changes everything
4* whitney - do you hear
5* cliff Richard - walking in the ait
6* Mariah Carey - one child
7* jewel - hands ( christmas version)
8* aqua - spin me a christmas
9* train / natasha bedingfield - shake itip
10* gloria estefan - christmas through your eyes
11* 98 degrees - this gift
12* anberlin - christmas

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David N'jama

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What's wrong with you guys down here. Suddenly you all hate Dance money?? Right now, I'll prefer Dance Monkey at number 1 than "I love Sausage rolls". TBVH

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etin

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Jarvis cocker #2 in sales chart but #48 in official. Sales chart looks like meaningless.how much it sold?

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Lancashire Anglo-Saxon

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Anyone getting to number 2 in the sales chart only in the age of streaming etc is akin to having been the second best selling oil-lamp in the age of electricity.

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etin

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yes but latbaby #1 in sales chart

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Lancashire Anglo-Saxon

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yes but only the real chart matters - Jarvis Cocker's performance is even more embarrassing seeing as it only got to 48 after a campaign to get it as high as possible in the charts.

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Henk Brugge

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Christmas In New York by Lea Michele is missing from this Christmas chart. Oh well, it's this week's #1 in my charts and also Video Of The Year 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DudygHca9AY

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Penny

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Seems like Ava Max's "Torn" won't have a re-entry. :(

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Piran

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It might after all the Christmas songs drop out, but yeah, it peaked a good few weeks ago to be honest. :/

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Piran

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Completely wrong time of year, but here are my ratings of the songs that won Eurovision this decade...

2010: Lena - Satellite (8/10)
2011: Ell & Nikki - Running Scared (9/10)
2012: Loreen - Euphoria (9/10)
2013: Emmelie De Forest - Only Teardrops (9/10)
2014: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix (6/10)
2015: Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes (10/10)
2016: Jamala - 1944 (2/10)
2017: Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois (3/10)
2018: Netta - Toy (4/10)
2019: Duncan Laurence - Arcade (10/10)

TOTAL: 70/100 (70%)

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Piran

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Britain, why the did you not make 'Arcade' a hit?!

It touches my heart every time I hear it.

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Richard Robertson

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How could you rate that awful drippiness of the Portugal song higher than Ukraines powerful 1944?

This was the Eurovision where the whole fo Europe turned rpound and told Russia exactly what they thought of them.

And it deserved to win.

Toy is worth more than 4 and Satellite was dire.

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Ronald van Veen

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1944 was dreadful......

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Piran

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Because for as uninteresting as Portugal's song was, it was at least inoffensive.

ESC always try to promote the idea that it's all about the music & not the politics (that's why the contest began in the first place, to bring Europe together), so the fact that Ukraine just lashed out at Russia like that in 2016 just went against that entirely is honestly extremely spiteful in my opinion. It also doesn't help the production never escalated to much & Jamala sounded so strained in the hook. Sorry, but it's one of my least favourite ESC winners ever!

As for 'Toy', look, if I'm going to listen to female empowerment anthems, I'd them not to have so many chicken impressions! It was potentially a good opportunity to send out an important message to all women in music, but instead, she just never ended up taking it seriously & that's the real disappointment here.

'Satellite' might've been cheesy, but I think that's partly why it was so charming to me given how flirty the content was, especially when Lena had such a cheeky yet cute attitude in that song!

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Piran

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Surprised that 'Merry ChrisMoyles Everyone' never made the Top 100 considering it was #2 on iTunes almost all week!

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Rob Parkinson

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Merry xmas Piran. I guess this just goes to show how little impact iTunes has on the charts these days although I'm guessing lad baby was no.1 there and that had an impact. Crazy really as for all the people that bought that download and will most likely not even listen to it, they could have just donated to the charity direct the amount they paid for a download and the charity would have got the full amount. Crazy world we live in sometimes....

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Piran

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Merry Christmas to you too! :D

I guess in LadBaby's case, he did have the biggest download week of 2019 so far, so this was a rare instances where downloads played a massive part in his success.

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Frank Griffin

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From now on, I will only be post only 2 links to throwbacks a day!

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Mr McAmerica

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Does anyone know where Death Of Guitar Pop - Feeling Like a Right James Blunt at Christmas came in please? Is there any way to see chart positions outside the top 100?

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Frank Griffin

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The only thing that worries me about being an artists is that people might not like my music!

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Piran

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Honestly, try not to worry about that, since every artist experiences the same thing!

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Rob Parkinson

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Have to agree with Piran here, it's something everybody experiences whether it being musicians making music, sports people playing sports, builders building houses etc etc. At the end of the day there is always going to be people who like and appreciate it and people that dont like it as much. As long as you enjoy making music that's the main thing that matters.

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Frank Griffin

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Right, no more throwbacks from me

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9D-uvKih_k

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Frank Griffin

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@coolocelot101

https://disqus.com/by/disqus_XJbjZC0JLD/ Sorry for spamming. Maybe I should give you two a chance to post more links to throwbacks!

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Piran

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No worries! I always enjoy checking out your recommendations. :)

Sure, I'll post a few more a little later!

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsxlqmSDmBU LOVE THIS!

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2SCjuuGt8 Love this amazing song!

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3fSknbR7Y4. I still prefer this version than Band Aid 20 and Band Aid 30!

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh2qGWfmESk

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Piran

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Halsey to The Chainsmokers (2016): "Play that blink-182 song,"

The Chainsmokers to Halsey (2019): "Okay then..."

Seriously though, I thought this collaboration was going to , but I actually adore it! :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33M2mRz4W9Q

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-xzyD00_fI. Another forgotten Christmas song!

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Piran

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So as some of you know already, this is the Christmas #1 of 2019 on my personal chart! Really, if you follow them closely, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise at all as to who it is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLU2uttigz4

Full chart can be found here: http://crownnote.com/charts/piran-delves/pirans-top-40-160

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spinny

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Kinda wish it wasnt LadBaby this year lol. It was a nice funny surprise last year and it was a funny parody, but this year, not so much at all. I was hoping for Mariah so... to see her so low really stings lol

Maybe next week tho! Seeing how the chart week ends literally the day after Christmas Day when the song will be played most...

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwBEqupVOdc. I will be doing a cover of this song in 2020! I always want to cry when I hear this :(

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Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-ogQEeHbu8. A forgotten Christmas song!

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Frank Griffin

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Anyone else going to post Christmas music videos on here?

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eternalricardo

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LadBaby - I Love Sausage Rolls 6/10 - You cant really take this seriously, obviously neither can sing, but its still quite entertaining
Stormzy & Headie One - Audacity 7/10 - Stormzy's pretty good on this one, but Headie One killed it and completely outshined stormzy in my opinion
Stormzy - Lessons 8/10 - a lot more chilled than audacity, stormzy's general sound, but this is good. and the lyrics actually mean something which is always a bonus
John Legend - War is over (N/A) - This song is an amazon exclusive apparently so i can't listen to it and give it a score! But I like the original, and john legend is a great singer so I assume its good haha

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Richard Robertson

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Roxanne has got a good set of pipes.

I like her singing.

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Richard Clarkson

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Ye-3C1FC8

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Lee Man Lok

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I wonder if "Own It" was on top next week...

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Piran

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It's looking the most likely to be next week's #1 at the moment.

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Piran

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I love how there are two songs called "Falling" inside the Top 40, but one actually climbed nine places & the other debuted, haha! :P

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Piran

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My scores of all the new Top 40 entries (not giving up my reviews entirely, haha!)...

'I Love Sausage Rolls': Solid 5/10
'Audacity': Light 9/10
'Lessons': Solid 6/10
'Happy Xmas [War Is Over]': Light 7/10
'Falling': Strong 7/10

New personal chart coming shortly! :D

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David N'jama

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Aww... I'm already missing those long reviews. It's one of the reasons I come down here :( . Anyways, nice scores but I can't say for Happy Xmas by John Legend cause I haven't heard it yet.

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Piran

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Aw... well, how about me doing long reviews on the Fridays I have off work?

Next week is going to be one of them, so my might go back to my original format one last time for the final chart of 2019! ;)

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Ireneusz Chmielewski

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Hi Piran !!! I'm also missing your long reviews of the Chart, but don't worry about it now. Have a wonderful Xmas time, and I wish you all the best in the New Year !!!

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Piran

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Hey Ireneusz! :)

I'll probably bring them back in the New Year, but only late Friday evenings or on weekends, since a lot of people want me to keep them.

I hope you have a lovely Christmas too & all the best for 2020!

FG

Frank Griffin

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https://disqus.com/by/disqus_XJbjZC0JLD/
@coolocelot101. Good reviews!

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Piran

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Thanks Frank! :D

FG

Frank Griffin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcwOVtHdI4A

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Rector

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I saw this coming from the chart update on Monday. Even more so when they released a swing version midweek to further increase their sales, which I think is just greed and unnecessary tbh. I get that it's for charity but doing the same joke over again is just not funny. On the bright side, Dance Monkey is finally put on ACR and Last Christmas manages to break into the Top 5 :D Kinda sad Mariah fell though, hopefully she can climb next week, with it actually being THE Christmas chart (I don't get why charts work one week ahead but whatever) and her new music video which will boost her numbers.
For the new entries:

#39 - Falling - Harry Styles - 5/10

#34 - Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Legend - 7/10

#9 - Lessons - Stormzy - 6/10

#6 - Audacity - Stormzy, Headie One - 6/10

#1 - I Love Sausage Rolls - Ladbaby - 3/10

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

FG

Frank Griffin

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Christmas songs will go up in next weeks chart!

RC

Richard Clarkson

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Yeah they usually do mate. I bet you that Last Christmas by Wham will be #1 next week.

KG

Keith Gillespie

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If you can’t have a charity single as No1 at Christmas, when can we? I don’t personally like the single but I applaud the motives behind it. I hope Ladbaby have many more sausage roll themed singles to follow and top the chart every year.
Get over it😀

FG

Frank Griffin

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Good to see that Tones and I has dropped right down to #10

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Rob Parkinson

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Be interesting to see if it wasnt on acr if it would still have been No.1 though?

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thierry henon

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Awful single chart this week!!I can't believe that the amazing MARIAH dropped to number 8 this week??!! and BRENDA LEE is only at 32 this year when she made it to the top 10 last year!! Ellie Goulding dropping from the top 10 when she made it to the top 5 mid week!! and what happened this year to the XMAS songs...they all stuck to the same place or hardly moved when it is meant to be the busiest week for them!!

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etin

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UK has always awful music taste. Not surprised

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Ronald van Veen

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And why isn't this great cover not in the chart???
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Ronald van Veen

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What’s this? KEiiNO have recorded a cover of the Christmas classic ‘Fairytale of New York’ by The Pogues.
Why? They performed it live at a recent advent show on TV2 in Norway, and it went down so well, they’ve released the live recording.
What’s it like? Better than the original.
How? It’s got joiking in it.
Fair. We now, as a planet, no longer need to worry about any problematic lyrics perceived within. For we can now, as a planet, just joik our way through the song instead.

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Ronald van Veen

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Let's hope all those festive songs will climb some ore because it is not Christmas yet. Streaming fun for all! I hope EARTHA KITT to re-enter this year with SANTA BABY! She was at #95 in the midweek chart this week!!!

Ladbaby.... a big NO NO NO!

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Damián

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Totally agree mate, at least, Mariah got her deserved #1 on BB chart finally!

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thierry henon

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Morning Dami! How are you? Ready for Xmas? BTW i was surprised how the UK chart(s) didn't even get any single or album after Marie from Roxette passed away!! I am shocked really...The same goes for Sweden!! Only her solo best off album charted at a low 39 in her native country!! Weird, weird, weird!!

FG

Frank Griffin

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Oh no Ladbaby is Christmas #1 yet again

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JonJons

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I hope they are vegan sausage rolls

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Michael Javes

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Thats number 1 next year lol

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Piran

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Charts aside, I hope you all have an amazing Christmas break! :D

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David N'jama

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Thanks Piran. Merry Christmas!!

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Piran

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Thanks! You too. :)

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Piran

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Did someone seriously dislike this despite me wishing them a Merry Christmas?!

Man, I wouldn't like to meet them in person... :D

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Piran

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Yeah, not surprised to see LadBaby at #1 after all the downloads, but nowhere near as impressed this time round with the song itself! At least it’s helping homeless people out at Christmas, so that’s worth a lot of respect.

I do love that ‘Last Christmas’ makes the Top 5 once again thanks to a new physical edition being released! I’m also really liking ‘Audacity’ debuting in the Top 10 since it’s one of Stormzy’s best songs to date, as well as all the rebounds Harry Styles got with his new album!

Of course, the increased Christmas takeover is also amazing to see, haha.

Hope you’ve all had a good week too! :)

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Damián

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Wish you a really merry Xmas Piran from.sunny and hottest Buenos Aires city! I know you'll get part of the music biz big leagues one day soon! Greetings!!!

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Piran

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Thanks, you too! Yeah, I can imagine it's scorching in Argentina right now.

Aw, I appreciate those words! I really hope you're right, haha. ;)