Ed Sheeran & Elton John return to Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Merry Christmas
Ed Sheeran & Elton John return to Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Merry Christmas, as the UK celebrated the festive season over the past seven days.
After being nudged to Number 2 by its pastry-themed reworking – Sausage Rolls For Everyone by LadBaby, featuring the pair – Merry Christmas returns for a third total week at the top of the Official Singles Chart. The record-breaking Sausage Rolls For Everyone tumbles from Number 1 to Number 29 this week.
This means, alongside being this week's Number 1 album with Equals, Ed Sheeran claims the Official UK Chart Double - his third album to spend at least one week as part of a Chart Double. See every artist to score the Official Chart Double here.
The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York ft. Kirsty MacColl climbs three to Number 4, and Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee is up four to Number 5. Further down the Top 10, Michael Buble’s It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas is up four to Number 7, while George Ezra climbs two places to a new peak of Number 8 with Come On Home For Christmas, and It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year by Andy Williams rises six places to Number 9.
MORE: Every Official UK Number 1 single
Entering the Top 20 for the first time this year is Bobby Helms’ Jingle Bell Rock (16), Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney (17), Olivia Dean who vaults eight places with The Christmas Song (19), her first Top 20 hit in the UK, and One More Sleep by Leona Lewis (20).
Following the release of a new remix with Ed Sheeran, Peru by Nigerian singer Fireboy DML flies into this week’s Official Top 40 at Number 28. This marks a brand new peak for the song and Fireboy DML’s first UK Top 40 hit – though Fireboy previously spent four weeks at the top of the Official UK Afrobeats Chart with the track.
Further down, four more Christmas hits climb into this week’s Top 40; Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love (32), Stop The Cavalry – Jona Lewie (34), Snowman – Sia (35) and Let It Snow! Let Is Snow! Let It Snow! – Frank Sinatra (39). In total there are 33 Christmas songs in this week’s Top 40.
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BleeUK
Well i thought this, Merry Christmas by Ed Sheeran & Elton John is #1, Based From 24th to 30th December 2021 Sales & Units, the important festive effect era, litally my favioute time of the year of Charts and really is, a whopping 33 christmas songs in the UK Top 40 Singles that more than Last Week so called Christmas Charts.
rayever
BTW HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE LOL
Piran
You too, Mixra. :)
Mark Booker
Chris rea gets only his 2nd top ten single ever equalling Road To No.10 in 1989 what an achievement Driving Home For Christmas at No.10
Well done Chris, Happy xmas
rayever
was kind of hoping for fairytale of New York to be number 1 even if I knew it wouldn’t be, but oh well, there’s always next year
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Andrew
Me too, it really deserves it. And it's looking increasingly more likely each year that Brenda Lee could be a strong contender for it in a couple of years.
rayever
More Christmas songs in this chart than the Christmas chart itself!
BleeUK
Its becuase this is really the christmas Charts, as this data this week was 24th to 30th December Sales and units as last week was 17th to 23rd December Data Sales and Units, so makes very sense to have more Christmas songs in the Top 40
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husk
Stop trying to make the "real" xmas charts happen. It's not going to happen.
rayever
oh shut up
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Andrew
Are we really going there again? You are fanatical, I strongly suggest you seek professional help. I think you are too far gone to recognise that for yourself, so please, believe me, you need it.
Piran
, I was convinced that ‘Last Christmas’ was going to be #1 tonight. :/
Easily would’ve been with that poxy three letter rule beginning with A which I will not name!
BleeUK
I knew it was /would be Merry Christmas Top as that's not ACR, Wham is ACR, and Ed and Elton done very well on I Tunes live thoughout the week, YouTube & Spotify Charts daily from 24th to 30th December, also i knew Ladbaby would slip down from the Top last week to #29 this week With Sausage Rolls For Everyone.
de Sascha
Perhaps they should call it Next Christmas.
I was hoping for it too though... : /
Merry Crimbo
Piran
Hmm, well Wham! we’re literally #1 with it “last Christmas”, so I guess it’s still kind of fitting. :)