Gayle's anthemic ABCDEFU is the UK's Number 1 Trending Song

At just 17, the Nashville pop prodigy has a huge hit on her hands.

At just 17, Nashville pop prodigy Gayle has a huge, breakout hit on her hands in the form of her anthemic kiss-off ABCDEFU.

The cutting track - Gayle's debut major label single after signing with Atlantic - is riding the crest of a viral wave. It's already become her first-ever charting placement on the Official Singles Chart, and today ABCDEFU becomes the UK's Number 1 Trending Song.

According to Official Charts Company data, ABCDEFU could be heading straight for the UK Top 10 this Friday. It would be the cherry on top of the cake for the ascendant rise of Gayle on the Official Singles Chart over the last few weeks.

A classic break-up anthem, ABCDEFU seems ripped directly from the songbook of acts like Julia Michaels and Olivia Rodrigo, all about burning the ground and salting the earth so nothing can grow back after a split.

Listen to the Official Trending Chart on Spotify below, Deezer, or Apple Music.

There are also a massive 17 new or re-entries on the Official Trending Chart this week, mostly made up of brand-new Christmas songs for 2021, just as the most wonderful time of the year closes.

A lot of the new entries are part of Amazon Music's exclusive Christmas line-up; this includes Olivia Dean's The Christmas Song, Camila Cabello's I'll Be Home For Christmas and a new version of Taylor Swift's Christmas Tree Farm exclusive to Amazon Music listeners.

We also have new Christmas music from Kelly Clarkson, on the rise with her Ariana Grande duet Santa Can't You Hear Me? and the modern King of Christmas Michael Buble with The Christmas Sweater, while Carrie Underwood is a re-entry with Favorite Time of Year. This week's biggest climber comes courtesy of George Ezra and Come On Home For Christmas, another Amazon Music exclusive.

In non-Christmas-related songs, Years & Years have teamed up with producers Galantis for a slice of effervescent disco-pop called Sweet Talk, while debut UK pop-rock outfit Crawlers are beginning to make a good impression with their single Come Over (Again).

And finally, Westlife's Starlight is another new trending entry, taken from their new album Wild Dreams which is currently in the midset of challenging Adele for the Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart later this week.

Official Trending Chart - November 23, 2021

POS	CLIMB	TITLE	ARTIST	LABEL	LW	CURRENT	DIFF	PREV PEAK
1		ABCDEFU	GAYLE	ATLANTIC	14	8	6	14
2		TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD	EWAN MCVICAR	MINISTRY OF SOUND/TRICK	16	16	0	15
3	⬆️⬆️	COME ON HOME FOR CHRISTMAS	GEORGE EZRA	COLUMBIA	85	25	60
4		THE CHRISTMAS SONG	OLIVIA DEAN	EMI	NE	32	0
5		I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS	CAMILA CABELLO	EPIC	NE	41	0
6		CHRISTMAS TREE FARM	TAYLOR SWIFT	EMI	RE	43	0
7		THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER	MICHAEL BUBLE	REPRISE	NE	57	0
8		WHO YOU ARE	CRAIG DAVID & MNEK	BMG/MOOR	65	64	1	39
9		SANTA CAN'T YOU HEAR ME	KELLY CLARKSON & ARIANA GRANDE	ATLANTIC	NE	72	0
10		TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC DREAMS	LOLA YOUNG	ISLAND	NE	90	0
11		JINGLE BELL ROCK	ALESSIA CARA	VIRGIN	NE	93	0
12		COME OVER (AGAIN)	CRAWLERS	LAB	NE	96	0
13		SWEET TALKER	YEARS & YEARS/GALANTIS	POLYDOR	NE	97	0
14		I AM WOMAN	EMMY MELI	DISRUPTOR	NE	110	0
15		FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR	CARRIE UNDERWOOD	CAPITOL NASHVILLE	RE	113	0
16		THE MINCE PIE SONG	SANTA	HUGO.FM	NE	114	0
17		PURPLE SNOWFLAKES	LEON BRIDGES	COLUMBIA	NE	123	0
18		MAD AT ME	SILKY	SILKY	NE	124	0
19		STARLIGHT	WESTLIFE	EAST WEST	NE	126	0
20		ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE	MEGHAN TRAINOR	EPIC	NE	130	0

⬆️ - Indicates a climb of 10 places
LW - Last week's Official Singles Chart position
CURRENT - Current position on today's Official Singles Chart sales flash
DIFF - Number of places climbed since the previous week on the Official Singles Chart

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AUCF

Angry UK Chart Fan

30th November 2021

Wonderful. The Gayle track is another online-popular emo-pop borefest. I had it already with the likes of Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Mimi Webb. abcdef that song.