Christmas No.1 race goes to the wire

Christmas No.1 race goes to the wire

It's one of the closest Christmas No.1 battles in years, as Ava Max's Sweet But Psycho holds a slender lead over Ladbaby's We Built This City and Ariana Grande's Thank U, Next. 

Sweet But Psycho has sold 32,765 copies so far this week, according to the Official Charts Company's latest midweeks, to edge ahead of new entry We Built This City (No.2, 30,156 sales) and reigning chart-topper Thank U, Next (No.3, 29,695 sales). Grande is also straight in at No.7 with Imagine (19,874 sales).

Perennial festive favourite All I Want For Christmas Is You (21,401 sales) by Mariah Carey moves up a place to No.4, with Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus' Nothing Breaks Like A Heart rounding off the Top 5 (20,628 sales). Two other vintage Christmas songs make the Top 10 – Wham!'s Last Christmas (No.8, 19,232 sales) and Fairytale Of New York (No.9, 16,838 sales).

The all-conquering Greatest Showman OST is on course to be the No.1 album, selling another 42,405 units to hold a comfortable lead over second placed Love by Michael Buble, which has moved 36,957.

Staying At Tamara's by George Ezra is at No.3 (35,192 sales), Unchained Melodies by Roy Orbison and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is at No.4 with sales of 32,752 and Bruce Springsteen's Springsteen On Broadway is a new entry at No.5 (29,402 sales).

You can view the full Top 40 singles and albums charts below.

SINGLES:

LW POSN POSN TITLE ARTIST LABEL WKS
2 1 SWEET BUT PSYCHO AVA MAX ATLANTIC 9
NEW 2 WE BUILT THIS CITY LADBABY FRTYFVE 1
1 3 THANK U NEXT ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 7
5 4 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU MARIAH CAREY COLUMBIA 113
4 5 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART MARK RONSON FT MILEY CYRUS COLUMBIA 3
3 6 WITHOUT ME HALSEY CAPITOL 11
NEW 7 IMAGINE ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 1
7 8 LAST CHRISTMAS WHAM RCA 68
10 9 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL RHINO 111
6 10 THURSDAY JESS GLYNNE ATLANTIC 10
9 11 SUNFLOWER POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE REPUBLIC RECORDS 9
15 12 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS BAND AID MERCURY 62
12 13 LOST WITHOUT YOU FREYA RIDINGS GOOD SOLDIER 23
11 14 REWRITE THE STARS JAMES ARTHUR & ANNE-MARIE ATLANTIC 5
16 15 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 34
13 16 ZEZE KODAK BLACK/SCOTT/OFFSET ATLANTIC 10
22 17 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS ELTON JOHN MERCURY 47
28 18 ONE MORE SLEEP LEONA LEWIS SYCO MUSIC 24
21 19 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE SHAKIN' STEVENS EPIC 66
14 20 RUIN MY LIFE ZARA LARSSON BLACK BUTTER/EPIC/TEN 9
26 21 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE BRENDA LEE MCA 53
36 22 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS CHRIS REA RHINO 56
30 23 SANTA TELL ME ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 23
33 24 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY WIZZARD RHINO 64
24 25 BABY CLEAN BANDIT/MARINA/LUIS FONSI ATLANTIC 7
27 26 A MILLION DREAMS PINK ATLANTIC 8
42 27 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) JOHN & YOKO/PLASTIC ONO BAND APPLE CORPS 49
17 28 CLOSE TO ME ELLIE GOULDING/DIPLO/SWAE LEE POLYDOR/RCA 8
20 29 GOING BAD MEEK MILL FT DRAKE ATLANTIC/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 3
32 30 EMPTY SPACE JAMES ARTHUR SYCO MUSIC 9
25 31 HOLD MY GIRL GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 10
48 32 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME PAUL MCCARTNEY CONCORD/EMI 45
39 33 SHOTGUN GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 39
23 34 BETTER KHALID RIGHT HAND MUSIC 14
18 35 KIKA 6IX9INE FT TORY LANEZ TENTHOUSAND PROJECTS 4
35 36 BABY SHARK PINKFONG RELENTLESS 19
NEW 37 LIGHT UP FLAKEFLEET PRIMARY SCHOOL DARETODREAM 1
58 38 MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY SLADE POLYDOR 66
34 39 LET YOU LOVE ME RITA ORA ATLANTIC 13
8 40 WOMAN LIKE ME LITTLE MIX FT NICKI MINAJ CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC/SYCO MUSIC 10

ALBUMS:

LW POSN POSN TITLE ARTIST LABEL WKS
1 1 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING ATLANTIC 53
3 2 LOVE MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 5
2 3 STAYING AT TAMARA'S GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 39
4 4 UNCHAINED MELODIES ROY ORBISON/RPO SONY MUSIC CG 4
NEW 5 SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 1
5 6 ODYSSEY TAKE THAT POLYDOR/SONY MUSIC CG 4
6 7 SI ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA/SUGAR 8
7 8 CHRISTMAS MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 79
12 9 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP FLEETWOOD MAC RHINO 5
11 10 YOU KNOW I KNOW OLLY MURS RCA 6
16 11 A STAR IS BORN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING INTERSCOPE 11
9 12 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST QUEEN VIRGIN 9
14 13 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN JESS GLYNNE ATLANTIC 10
13 14 RISE UP CLIFF RICHARD RHINO 4
10 15 LM5 LITTLE MIX SYCO MUSIC 5
17 16 TRUE LOVE WAYS BUDDY HOLLY/RPO DECCA 5
20 17 THE LAST KING OF POP PAUL HEATON EMI 5
18 18 BLOOD RED ROSES ROD STEWART DECCA 12
8 19 CARPENTERS WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC CARPENTERS/RPO UMC 2
19 20 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION QUEEN VIRGIN 353
21 21 IN HARMONY ALED JONES & RUSSELL WATSON BMG 6
25 22 MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING POLYDOR 23
27 23 THANK YOU & GOODNIGHT BOYZONE RHINO 5
23 24 THE ARCHITECT PALOMA FAITH RCA 49
15 25 A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS - LIVE IN BUENOS COLDPLAY PARLOPHONE 2
22 26 ROMANTIC MOMENTS II ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR DECCA 2
24 27 WHAT IS LOVE CLEAN BANDIT ATLANTIC 3
28 28 KIDZ BOP 2019 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZBOP 2
26 29 DELTA MUMFORD & SONS GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD/ISLAND 5
30 30 PHOENIX RITA ORA ATLANTIC 4
31 31 WALKIN' IN THE MOONLIGHT DANIEL O'DONNELL DMG TV 3
34 32 AS TIME GOES BY ALFIE BOE DECCA 4
36 33 SWEETENER ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 18
38 34 WALLS BARBRA STREISAND SONY MUSIC CG 7
32 35 GUIDING LIGHT KATHERINE JENKINS DECCA 3
37 36 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN ASYLUM 94
33 37 A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE THE 1975 DIRTY HIT/POLYDOR 3
39 38 THE BEATLES BEATLES APPLE CORPS 61
43 39 DIAMONDS ELTON JOHN MERCURY/UMC 58
35 40 I'LL REMEMBER YOU D-DAY DARLINGS SONY MUSIC CG 6


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