Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You tracks for Number 1 as Wham!, RAYE and Lewis Capaldi enter chart race
Mariah Carey leads the Official Singles Chart Number 1 race at the midweek mark, with All I Want For Christmas Is You currently tracking for the top spot. But it’s by no means a done deal, as another festive staple sits less than 300 chart units behind the Queen of Christmas.
Wham!’s Last Christmas eyes a lift to Number 2, currently just 50 chart units ahead of Taylor Swift’s Anti-Hero at Number 3. Could Anti-Hero’s reign come to an end on Friday following its six-week stint at Number 1?
MORE: See the full list of Christmas Number 1 2022 contenders
Newly-independent RAYE looks set to see viral hit featuring 070 Shake reach a new peak; the track jumping two midweek (4). Read our exclusive interview with RAYE here.
Lewis Capaldi could claim the week’s highest new entry with Pointless. The Ed Sheeran co-write, and second single to be lifted from his upcoming Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent LP, eyes a Number 5 debut after 48 hours.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, as a host of festive favourites are on the ascent midweek. Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s Merry Christmas might just enter the Top 10 for the first time this year (9), while Brenda Lee’s 1958 staple Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree could jump seven spots (11).
Elsewhere in the midweek Top 20, we see yuletide classics from Michael Bublé (It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas – 13), Shakin’ Stevens (Merry Christmas Everyone – 14) and The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl (Fairytale Of New York – 16).
Ariana Grande’s Santa Tell Me could lift 11 (17), Kelly Clarkson’s Underneath The Tree eyes an ascent (18) and Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? looks set to impact the Top 20 for the first time this year (20).
Official Chart First Look Top 20 - December 4 2022
| LW | TW | TITLE | ARTIST |
| 8 | 1 | ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU | MARIAH CAREY |
| 9 | 2 | LAST CHRISTMAS | WHAM |
| 1 | 3 | ANTI-HERO | TAYLOR SWIFT |
| 6 | 4 | ESCAPISM | RAYE FT 070 SHAKE |
| NEW | 5 | POINTLESS | LEWIS CAPALDI |
| 15 | 6 | MERRY CHRISTMAS | ED SHEERAN & ELTON JOHN |
| 3 | 7 | MESSY IN HEAVEN | VENBEE & GODDARD |
| 2 | 8 | MADE YOU LOOK | MEGHAN TRAINOR |
| 4 | 9 | MISS YOU | OLIVER TREE & ROBIN SCHULZ |
| 11 | 10 | FIREBABE | STORMZY |
| 18 | 11 | ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE | BRENDA LEE |
| 5 | 12 | PSYCHO | ANNE-MARIE & AITCH |
| 20 | 13 | IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE | MICHAEL BUBLE |
| 26 | 14 | MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE | SHAKIN' STEVENS |
| 7 | 15 | HIDE & SEEK | STORMZY |
| 30 | 16 | FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK | POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL |
| 28 | 17 | SANTA TELL ME | ARIANA GRANDE |
| 31 | 18 | UNDERNEATH THE TREE | KELLY CLARKSON |
| 13 | 19 | OUT OF NOWHERE | BUGZY MALONE & TEEDEE |
| 34 | 20 | DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS | BAND AID |
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Ivan Balja
please lets make raye number 1! she deserves it
thierry henon
So happy to see RAYE still cimbing the chart in spite of the Xmas songs in the Top 20 this week....i bet she has a chance to reach the top spot after the Xmas period...really hope so!!
rayever
it’s officially #1 in Ireland!!
thierry henon
I do wish to see DARLENE LOVE making the Top 20 next week....
thierry henon
I am loving this Top 20!! Xmas is coming guys....earlier than expected but still so happy about it!! Really hope to see THE POGUES making the Top 5 next week!!
thierry henon
OMG! i cannot believe it...MARIAH back at number 1!! Really hope so....and if she does, really hope to see her there for 3 weeks..just in time for Xmas!! I didn''t expect to see her claiming the top spot so early this year!! Yippee..oh, oh, oh!!
Kai Chung
I hope either Mariah Carey or Wham! Make it to the top this year. Those classic tracks remind me of how a prepandemic Christmas used to be like.
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Christian Martin
Why? These songs are getting way too much airplay this December! They need to drop out of the top 5 by Friday! https://media4.giphy.com/media/3o7qE70qESbBcMfeoM/giphy.gif
omie
oh raye is 100% getting that #1 after new years
Ian Robert Herechuk
Would love Underneath The Tree to make top 10 this year
Piran
Even though I'm not the biggest fan of the song, I'm surprised 'Made You Look' fell as far back as it did. 🤔
Rob Parkinson
Shame for Venbee but could also have a great shot of being No.1 in new year
Piran
The Top 3 are only separated by 350 combined sales, so any one of them could get it for now! 👀
Rob Parkinson
I think Taylor is going to struggle the most as the Xmas classics are onky going to get stronger as the week progresses, they have come with vengeance this year already tracking for no.1! Looks like one of them could actually get the Xmas No.1 this year!
rayever
Escapism. is already ahead of Anti-Hero on Spotify so she might even be out of the top 3 by Friday
J
Jovian
The Xmas songs always stream most strongly over the weekend and then fall back slightly through the week. Escapism is now well ahead of Anti-Hero on all streaming platforms and is continuing to gain, so should end up ahead of Taylor by Friday, and if Taylor is only 350 sales behind WhamiahCarey then it seems quite possible that Raye will end up on top before the Xmas jugganaut takes over for the remainder of the month!
Rob Parkinson
Will have a better idea tomorrow as the first update doesn't always seem to have all streaming data and also is the most affected with sales, though they are such a small % these days, they do create a big boost. Not sure people buying Xmas songs, could be wrong, think it's more listening too, though you are right plenty of Xmas parties etc over a weekend, good luck for Raye but I think she may well have to wait for the new year but she has great momentum behind, amazing for an independent artist
Piran
I think Taylor will be dethroned on Friday, but six consecutive weeks at #1 for ‘Anti-Hero’ is better than I think anybody expected! 😊
Rob Parkinson
Her biggest song in the UK to date, although being pushed out by Xmas tracks now, if it avoids ACR in new year will still be flying high top 5
Piran
Yeah, but avoiding ACR may be difficult throughout the month & I think ‘Escapism’ will overtake it tonight among the non-Christmas songs anyway! 😳
Piran
RAYE in the Top 5 & the second biggest non-Christmas song? :O
Sweet revenge on her old record label! 😈
Rob Parkinson
New Year No.1 contender?
Piran
Maybe even sooner looking at Spotify! 👀