Ed Sheeran & Elton John heading for Number 1 with Merry Christmas
Ed Sheeran & Elton John are heading straight for Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with their brand new single, Merry Christmas.
With more than double the chart sales of its closest competition – reigning Number 1, Easy On Me by Adele – the pair are sleigh-riding into success on the Official Chart: First Look. If the song can hold on, it will mark Ed Sheeran’s 12th total Number 1 single, and third this year, and Elton John’s 9th and second this year.
14 total Christmas songs are currently sitting in the Top 20 after 48 hours, including George Ezra’s Come On Home For Christmas, soaring 31 places to Number 5. If he holds on, it will mark George’s first Top 5 single since his 2018 Number 1 smash Shotgun.
Other festive hits set to rise into the Top 10 this week include The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl’s Fairytale Of New York (6), Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry Christmas Everyone (7), Michael Buble’s It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (8) and Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (9).
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British singer Olivia Dean could land her first Top 20 hit, and indeed her first Top 40, with her Amazon Originals cover of Nat King Cole’s classic The Christmas Song. The track has already rocketed 29 places so far this week to Number 17.
The remaining hits jingling their way into the First Look are: Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? (11), Elton John – Step Into Christmas (12), Kelly Clarkson – Underneath The Tree (14), Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me (16) and Andy Williams – It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (19).
The Official Singles Chart Top 100 is revealed on OfficialCharts.com every Friday at 5.45pm. Follow the Top 40 countdown live on BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart show with Scott Mills.
Official Chart: First Look Top 20 - December 5, 2021
| LW | CURRENT | TITLE | ARTIST |
| NE | 1 | MERRY CHRISTMAS | ED SHEERAN & ELTON JOHN |
| 1 | 2 | EASY ON ME | ADELE |
| 4 | 3 | LAST CHRISTMAS | WHAM |
| 3 | 4 | ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU | MARIAH CAREY |
| 36 | 5 | COME ON HOME FOR CHRISTMAS | GEORGE EZRA |
| 16 | 6 | FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK | POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL |
| 17 | 7 | MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE | SHAKIN' STEVENS |
| 20 | 8 | IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE | MICHAEL BUBLE |
| 22 | 9 | ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE | BRENDA LEE |
| 2 | 10 | ABCDEFU | GAYLE |
| 23 | 11 | DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS | BAND AID |
| 30 | 12 | STEP INTO CHRISTMAS | ELTON JOHN |
| 9 | 13 | OVERPASS GRAFFITI | ED SHEERAN |
| 29 | 14 | UNDERNEATH THE TREE | KELLY CLARKSON |
| 15 | 15 | COLD HEART | ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA |
| 31 | 16 | SANTA TELL ME | ARIANA GRANDE |
| 46 | 17 | THE CHRISTMAS SONG | OLIVIA DEAN |
| 7 | 18 | FLOWERS (SAY MY NAME) | ARRDEE |
| 38 | 19 | IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR | ANDY WILLIAMS |
| 11 | 20 | COMING FOR YOU | SWITCHOTR FT A1 & J1 |
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Hugh Oxburgh
Not impressed. A singles chart that doesn't have Abba riding high isn't worth a hill of beans,.
Blank
Essentially Gayle is still #2 in the non-Christmas chart. It's just a battle of the Christmas records for the rest fo the years. Yet another top 10 week for Shaky :-)
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
the song at number 10 is exactly how i feel about the cocky pub singer.
timmusicmaniac@yahoo.ca
Elton John & Ed Sheeran song is amazing and the Video is also fun to watch...Who could not predict that it was a sure fire song to hit no.1 ...Ed Sheeran has had 3 or 4 Top 10 songs already this year...and Elton is doing pretty good as well...Wish the ABBA song "Little things" could at least make the Top 10...i guess that ain't happening....Merry Christmas everybody....
Aaron
Christmas tree farm not here 😥 easily one of the best Christmas songs :)
Alfred Lock
It had to take the combined star power of Ed and Elton to dethrone Adele...But will Ladbaby pop up a 4th time???
thierry henon
Love that song! I am not a fan anymore of ED but i got to say: he did write a beautiful Xmas song!! Love the video, the duet with Elton..If he can beat the overrated Adele to the Top: go for it ED!!
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
it was alright at first but i dont like it anymore. gayle for number 1!
Sakgra
if not Mariah i would prefer Wham at no1 and not boring Ed whos gonna stay until Easter.glad to see Kelly going well this year
NN
Nu No
At least it's a new recording and not a song 26 or 36 yo doing well because chart rules changed and streaming songs are part of the charts counting even more than real sales (that were the only thing that counted for over 60 years of UK charts). Thank god that in 2021 real sales are higher than in 2020.
Sakgra
you are jocking right?
Lawrence Colwell
No Sign of Abba Little Things then ☹ it is currently No 1 on Amazon's Movers and Shakers, surely it must be sitting just outside the top 20, the video has had over 1m streams.
LB
Lee Brown
Congratutations, 3 singles in the top 20 for Elton John 👍👍👍
R
Riley
Can we talk about for a minute how cold heart would be back in the top 5 if there were no Xmas songs!
Piran
Loving the big climbs for Ariana & Kelly. :)
afrog
ari 😍
Piran
I knew you’d definitely make a comment on her big climb, haha. :)
kittern
=yes Me Too
Piran
Eight Christmas songs in the Top 10 already! :O
afrog
just need kermit's christmas songs here :)
Piran
Speaking of frog songs, you know what’s coming on Friday? :)
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
oh for crying out loud~
Piran
Hey, I really don’t expect it to be big at all with the Christmas songs taking over here! :P
afrog
crazy frog crazy frog crazy frog :DDD
Piran
I still haven’t heard it yet! :P
Piran
Not at all surprised by the #1, but I didn’t think Wham! would be above Mariah! :O
afrog
pleasant surprise, love both but imo Wham! slightly better :D
Piran
Hmm, I agree on loving both, but Mariah’s stands out to me just a tiny bit more. :)
afrog