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  News

  Ed Sheeran and Elton John heading for second week at Number 1 on Official Singles Chart with Merry Christmas

  Wham! and Mariah Carey are also in a closely-fought battle for Number 2 this week.

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  Christmas Number 1

  Christmas Number 1 2021: LadBaby’s Sausage Rolls For Everyone featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John takes early lead in the biggest chart race of the year

  With five days to go, it’s still all to play for as Wham!, Mariah Carey and expletive-fuelled anti-Boris Johnson track make strong Top 5 start.

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  News

  Adele claims Official Chart Double for a second week

  Mariah Carey and Wham! also return to Singles Top 10 as a flurry of Christmas songs enter the chart.

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  News

  Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You and Last Christmas by Wham! are set to re-enter the Official Singles Chart Top 40

  The festive favourites are leading the charge with the annual return of Christmas classics to the Official Chart.

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  Christmas Number 1

  Official Charts' Pop Genius Quiz: Christmas Number 1s

  From Slade to Band Aid and Wham! to Sheeran - test your festive pop knowledge with our quiz

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  Christmas Number 1

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  How to get a Christmas Number 1

  Fancy topping the festive chart? Here's how to make it happen.

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  Flashback

  Music year in review 2021

  2021 saw a host of record-breakers, and a raftload of new stars making their debut. We look back on the last 12 months.

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  Features

  The Official Top 40 most-streamed Christmas songs

  Are these the definitive Christmas classics?

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  News

  Wham's Last Christmas finally reaches Number 1 and sets Official UK Chart record

  Last Christmas was previously the UK's best-selling single to not reach Number 1.

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  Features

  The Official Top 40 best-selling songs of 1984

  The UK's top-selling tracks of 1984 include classic hits by Wham!, Stevie Wonder and Madonna.

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  Features

  Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You vs. Wham's Last Christmas: Which Christmas classic wins?

  We put the two festive favourites head-to-head in an Official Chart battle.

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  News

  Christmas favourites from Mariah Carey, Wham and Michael Buble return to the Official Chart earlier than ever before

  Sales and streams of Christmas classics up 51% compared to this time last year.

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  Christmas Number 1

  A limited edition white 7" vinyl single of Wham's Last Christmas is being released to commemorate the song's 35th anniversary

  A new twist in the race for Christmas Number 1 2019.

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  Features

  Famous Number 2 singles: Songs that just missed out on the Official UK Chart top spot

  Plus every Number 2 in UK chart history ever revealed.

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  Christmas Number 1

  LadBaby takes early lead ahead of Stormzy, Wham! and Ellie Goulding for Christmas Number 1

  After 48 hours, YouTuber and reigning Christmas Number 1 champion LadBaby, takes early lead in the biggest chart battle of the year.

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  News

  Christmas classics from Wham, The Pogues and Band Aid on course to return to the Official Singles Chart Top 40 this Friday

  You've been streaming and downloading your festive favourites.

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  News

  Unheard George Michael songs will debut on soundtrack to forthcoming Last Christmas movie

  The film will star Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke and is inspired by Wham's huge festive hit.

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  Christmas Number 1

  Wham’s Last Christmas never made it to Number 1 – could 2017 be its year?

  A Facebook campaign that has amassed 30,000 supporters in a bid to make the classic this year’s Christmas Number 1.

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  Christmas Number 1

  Christmas Number 1 2017: Ed Sheeran, Eminem and Wham go head to head after 24 hours

  It's shaping up to be a three-way battle for the 2017 Christmas Number 1.

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  Christmas Number 1

  George Michael's team say they will be "working very hard" to make Last Christmas the 2019 Christmas Number 1

  Can the Christmas classic finally get to Number 1 following the release of a new film of the same name?

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  Interview

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  Pepsi and Shirlie on Wham!

  To celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘The Final Wham!’, we caught up with Pepsi Demacque and Shirlie Kemp – who went on to find international acclaim as Pepsi & Shirlie – to find out what life inside Wham! was really like.

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  News

  Mariah Carey tops Spotify's most streamed Christmas songs

  Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande and Wham! are all among the world's festive favourites, according to the streaming service.

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  News

  Christmas classics from Ariana Grande, Michael Buble and more reach new all-time highs on the Official Singles Chart

  Michael Buble, Elton John, Chris Rea and Ariana Grande scale the Top 40 higher than ever before.

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  Flashback

  Official Charts Flashback 1984: George Michael - Careless Whisper

  Looking back at the late singer's cautionary tale of adultery, which reached Number 1 33 years ago this week.

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  Christmas Number 1

  Christmas Number 1 2017: Ed Sheeran versus Eminem at the midweek stage of the week

  See how the 2017 Official Christmas Chart Top 40 is shaping up at the halfway mark.