The HOTLY ANTICIPATED 2022 Christmas Number One thread

dmlaw said:
Loads of big acts have released new Christmas singles in recent years. Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran immediately come to mind. They generally do well-ish in the first year and come back as minor hits towards the end of the standard Christmas playlists. With the exception of Sheeran last year, they don't really compete for Christmas number one and I'll be very interested to see how his song does this year.
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It's Spotify etc playlists that throttle the new ones. Christmas was always the one time of year when old people could ruin everything (see Cliff vs Kylie & Jason) and it still is - instead of new Christmas songs that appeal to the usual audience whose listening makes up the charts, it gets invaded by drunk 56 yr olds at the Xmas Party who want to shout the f-slur during The Fairytale Of New York.
 
The Unholy Ghost said:
How do they pronounce the name on the chart rundown, if indeed they even bother with such things DE NOS JOURS? “The K…”? “The K Unts?”
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They were literally ignored. I believe the actual BBC chart programme just said something like "at no 5 is a protest song aimed at the Prime Minister which has such a rude title we can't even tell you what it's called" or similar.
 
Oh I forgot Coldplay. That's over a decade old now though, isn't it?

Also forgot Ariana. No idea of the Taylor Swift one, and have forgotten the Sheeran one totally, even after reminding myself what it was called.
 
dmlaw said:
Loads of big acts have released new Christmas singles in recent years. Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran immediately come to mind. They generally do well-ish in the first year and come back as minor hits towards the end of the standard Christmas playlists. With the exception of Sheeran last year, they don't really compete for Christmas number one and I'll be very interested to see how his song does this year.
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I forgot about Ed and Elton. I couldn’t even tell you what it went like. Leona seems to be a Christmas staple though that charts Top 20? every year over the festive period.
 
lolly said:
Apparently Peter Crouch has done a charity Christmas thing with Paul Potts ''Crouchy Conducts The Classics', with all profits going to Stonewall to tackle oppression in Qatar :o

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This is quite clever because the tracks are all very short and therefore, eminently replayable.
 
I've noticed that quite a few old Christmas songs are getting a festive physical release this year. Elton John for one.
 
lolly said:
Oh I forgot Coldplay. That's over a decade old now though, isn't it?

Also forgot Ariana. No idea of the Taylor Swift one, and have forgotten the Sheeran one totally, even after reminding myself what it was called.
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What is the Coldplay one? Ariana is Santa Tell Me? Not sure how well that does each year?
 
The Unholy Ghost said:
EASILY :tongueout:
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Christmas Party with Cheryl & Jay

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lolly said:
Tickets still available!

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Christmas Party with Cheryl & Jay

Come and join our lovely ladies Cheryl & Jay for a Christmas Party like no other!!! This will take place at an exclusive intimate venue in Tonbridge on the 3rd December from 6pm. Cheryl & Jay will be amongst you all for the duration of this private event, where you will have plenty of time to...
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Exclusive intimate venue being Crudge’s living room AGAIN no doubt
 
lolly said:
Tickets still available!

www.thefizzshop.co.uk

Christmas Party with Cheryl & Jay

Come and join our lovely ladies Cheryl & Jay for a Christmas Party like no other!!! This will take place at an exclusive intimate venue in Tonbridge on the 3rd December from 6pm. Cheryl & Jay will be amongst you all for the duration of this private event, where you will have plenty of time to...
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Please note:

*This is an intimate social gathering and not a gig

**Mike Nolan will not be attending this event, due to Panto Commitments.
 
What will people have plenty of time to do? What an exciting ellipsis. GET HANDSY? Directly accuse them of WAR CRIMES?
 
We really need someone to attend that and report back on the party food. I’d offer to go - mind you, bit pricey - but I just know I would laugh uncontrollably throughout the whole event and TO THE FACE. I imagine Jay might get a bit X-rated with the proferring of toppy carrots
 
At least Crudge and Adolf’s lovely party has taken my mind off LadBaby. How do they get rid of guests at the end? I imagine there are some fans who’ll be trying to get to the bedrooms to have a whiff of knicker. Does Adolf get busy with the tear gas?
 
lolly said:
And they are both about to hit their 10th annual outing, aren't they? Are there really no more shaping up to be festive staples?
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Coldplay and The Darkness (ugh) appear to have done alright and feature heavily on the comps and Christmas charts
 
funky said:
Coldplay and The Darkness (ugh) appear to have done alright and feature heavily on the comps and Christmas charts
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The Darkness? I haven’t heard that since about 2004. Does it do big numbers on streaming?
 
I hate The Darkness. The joke doesn't even work properly.

The video was quite funny tho'. Sort of. Ish.
 
funky said:
Also that Sia Snowman song does well internationally

Spotify numbers are huge
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That used to be my daughters showpiece here at Christmas when all the family were over. That hasn’t happened since before lockdown so I assume she won’t be giving it a turn this year.
 
The Darkness came out at the same time as that Keith Lemon rubbish I think? Not a vintage year.
 
Rita said:
That used to be my daughters showpiece here at Christmas when all the family were over. That hasn’t happened since before lockdown so I assume she won’t be giving it a turn this year.
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I’m always amused by SHOWPIECE (also SHOWBOAT) so what did it actually involve?
 
Rita said:
The Darkness came out at the same time as that Keith Lemon rubbish I think? Not a vintage year.
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Proper Chrimbo was actually 4 years later. Once you get to my age all the years start to GEL.
 
The Unholy Ghost said:
I’m always amused by SHOWPIECE (also SHOWBOAT) so what did it actually involve?
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My Mother used to get her to stand in the middle of the room and sing Snowman for everyone. Quite a common thing in an Irish household. My parents owned a bar when we were growing up and we always had to do a turn for the punters whether it be sing/dance/tell jokes. :zombie:
 
Yeah, The Darkness is nearly two decades old already.

Now we've got Mariah and Wham their #1 The Pogues and The Darkness are next!
 
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Already imagining Band Aid 40, those emotional opening bars from Paul Young, Boy George, George Michael and Bono expertly recreated by Fredo, Aitch, Central Cee and Bad Boy Chiller Crew :eyes:
 
To be fair Ariana and Kelly do fairly well internationally for somewhat new ‘classics’, with Leona in the UK as well. It does though strike me as odd many more acts don’t give it a bash - even the likes of Britney’s one from a dodgy 1999 compilation does solidly and racks up about ten million plays each season. Given it happens every year it must be money for jam to release something that can slot in at the bottom of a playlist.
 
Leona and Ariana are both certified 2x platinum in the UK. The OCC reported Kelly was on 780k in September 2021, so I assume she's likely to hit a million this year.
 
This was from the OCC in December last year.

The Official Top 40 most-streamed Christmas Songs​

TITLEARTIST
1ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOUMARIAH CAREY
2LAST CHRISTMASWHAM!
3FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORKPOGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL
4MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONESHAKIN' STEVENS
5DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMASBAND AID
6IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKEMICHAEL BUBLE
7STEP INTO CHRISTMASELTON JOHN
8SANTA TELL MEARIANA GRANDE
9I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAYWIZZARD
10ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREEBRENDA LEE
11DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMASCHRIS REA
12MERRY XMAS EVERYBODYSLADE
13ONE MORE SLEEPLEONA LEWIS
14UNDERNEATH THE TREEKELLY CLARKSON
15MISTLETOEJUSTIN BIEBER
16HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)JOHN & YOKO/PLASTIC ONO BAND
17IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEARANDY WILLIAMS
18WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIMEPAUL MCCARTNEY
19HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMASMICHAEL BUBLE
20CHRISTMAS LIGHTSCOLDPLAY
21JINGLE BELL ROCKBOBBY HELMS
22WHITE CHRISTMASBING CROSBY
23SLEIGH RIDERONETTES
24LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOWDEAN MARTIN
25SANTA BABYKYLIE MINOGUE
26MARY'S BOY CHILD/OH MY LORDBONEY M
27CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME)DARLENE LOVE
28LONELY THIS CHRISTMASMUD
292000 MILESPRETENDERS
30STOP THE CAVALRYJONA LEWIE
31SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWNMICHAEL JACKSON & JACKSON FIVE
32HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMASSAM SMITH
33LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOWFRANK SINATRA
34BLUE CHRISTMASELVIS PRESLEY
35FELIZ NAVIDADJOSE FELICIANO
36THE CHRISTMAS SONGNAT KING COLE
37BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDEIDINA MENZEL FT MICHAEL BUBLE
38CHRISTMAS TIME (DON'T LET THE BELLS END)DARKNESS
39SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWNMICHAEL BUBLE
40SANTA'S COMING FOR USSIA
 
lolly said:
That was what was reported a couple of years ago. I doubt it has changed significantly.
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Noddy Holder must have made an absolute bomb off that song. The Pogues and Mariah aren’t that far behind. I always remember Tony Mortimer saying that he still makes a good living from Stay Another Day too.
 
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