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Christmas Number 1 2022: Wham!, The K**ts and Sidemen all continue to make gains on LadBaby - can anyone catch up?
It's still all to play for in the final 48 hours of the Christmas Number 1 race 2022.
By George Griffiths
Wham!, The K**ts and Sidemen all make gains today in the race for Christmas Number 1 this coming Friday, and we're forecasting further leaps by tomorrow too, based on data yet to be counted. Will any movement enough to catch up with LadBaby?
Following the start of the week - which saw classic hits by Wham! and Mariah Carey growing day-on-day - LadBaby, comprising married duo Mark and Roxanne Hoyle, are still leading the pack with charity track Food Aid as we the contenders campaign their way through the final 48 hours of the race.
Today, the Official Charts Company can confirm that LadBaby stays 12,000 chart units ahead of its nearest competition, and the UK's current Number 1 single, Wham!'s Last Christmas.
But the 2022 winner isn't a foregone conclusion yet. Overnight, Wham! have added a massive 8,200 chart units to their total, while LadBaby's impassioned push for fans to download Food Aid rolled out a new version featuring Bents Green School.
MORE: The contenders for the Official Christmas Number 1 2022
Today sees two new tracks - The K**ts' anarchic F*ck The Tories (8) and Central Cee's surprise drop Let Go (9) - gatecrash the latest midweek Top 10. The K**ts have managed to reach the Christmas Top 5 for two years running, will they make it a hat-trick in 2022?
Also earning ground massively over the last few days are YouTube supergroup Sidemen with their viral track Christmas Drillings featuring rapper JME. It's looking to be this week's highest climber on the Official Chart Top 40, up 20 places week on week, and up seven since Monday's Official Charts Update alone. Christmas Drillings now sits just outside the Top 20 at Number 21, but hitting the campaign trail hard with HMV in-store signings and more this week, Sidemen could very well be set to shake things up by Friday's final whistle. Just where will they finish? Check out our exclusive interview with Sidemen member Vik and JME here.
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JR
Jim Ross
to the charts reps STOP FIXING IT FOR LADBABY AND START BEING EQUAL TO ALL THE ARTISTS
Alfred Lock
Well we don't want X Factor like we had between 2004-2014 ?
Blank
This is essentially the same thing. from one act or organisation is never exciting, especially when all they do are bland or 'joke' covers.
JR
Jim Ross
no but I but it is similiar to the x factor people need fed all year round why pick christmas all the time and sorry its all about clicks those downloading why not just give straight to the charity? also the likes of wham! mariah even slade and queen you know those who have given everything to music getting beaten from someone who is more promoting their (im sorry) clicks and business on the back of the songs okay once or twice ok but christ 5 tears running also inclue ed sheeran who has worked hard to get where he is why should they be held off because of that clowns?
Funky Frazzled
The fact that you've put a link to the sausage roll clan's song in the article and no other songs just shows that this is a massive fix. I'm not happy that they are using disabilities to sell their record. It's hardly awareness if you are using one end of a spectrum to represent the whole thing.
Blank
What's the spectrum and what end of it? It's far from clear in the article and I sure as ain't clicking on it!
Funky Frazzled
The Autistic spectrum, LadBaby are raising awareness with the more lower-functioning end of the spectrum. But really, if you wanted to spread awareness, why not have other sides of the spectrum.
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Alexander
the two of them could not give a toss about the poor. all they care about is more views for their chanel and more money for them. why don't people just give the money to charity. the charity will get it all and these vile people won't profit off the poor as they have now done for five years.