Staying at No.1 – and becoming the Christmas No.1 2016 – in the UK Top 100 Music chart summary w/e December 29th 2016 is Clean Bandit Feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie with Rockabye, and it sounds like a very average summer hit that you’d hear in Spain, although it’s November. And why has Anne-Marie forgotten her top?
There are no new entries in the Top 10, and X-Factor’s Matt Terry drops from No.3 to No.8! Why don’t ITV just scrap X-Factor, now no-one ever gets the Xmas No.1, just like last year?
It’s interesting to note that out of all the charity singles, the cover of The Rolling Stones‘ You Can’t Always Get What You Want, by Friends of Jo Cox, didn’t even make the Top 100!
With the London Hospice Choir & Paul Carrack single only making No.81, does that mean charity singles have had their day?
As it’s the Christmas chart, and by way of a tribute to the sad passing of Greg Lake, here’s his classic hit, I Believe In Father Christmas:
The Top 10 singles are as follows:
- 1 (1) Clean Bandit Feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye
- 2 (5) Rag’N’Bone Man – Human
- 3 (2) Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki – Just Hold On
- 4 (23) Little Mix – Touch
- 5 (8) Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
- 6 (12) Zara Larsson – I Would Like
- 7 (4) The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk – Starboy
- 8 (3) Matt Terry – When Christmas Comes Around
- 9 (7) James Arthur – Say You Won’t Let Go
- 10 (6) Rae Sremmurd Feat. Gucci Mane – Black Beatles
There are new entries in the Top 40 for:
- 31 (RE) Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over
- 35 (43 RE) Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas
- 38 (44 RE) Michael Buble – It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
- 39 (53 RE) Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
Lower entries outside the Top 40 are as follows:
- 68 Chris Brown, Gucci Mane and Usher – Party
- 81 London Hospices Choir and Paul Carrack – The Living Years
- 98 Machine Gun Kelly and Cabello – Bad Things
In the album charts, Michael Ball & Alfie Boe stay at No.1 with Together. The full Top 10 is as follows:
- 1 (1) Michael Ball & Alfie Boe – Together
- 2 (3) Little Mix – Glory Days
- 3 (4) Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – The Wonder Of You
- 4 (2) The Rolling Stones – Blue & Lonesome
- 5 (5) Olly Murs – 24 Hrs
- 6 (6) Robbie Williams – The Heavy Entertainment Show
- 7 (9) Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
- 8 (7) Michael BublĂ© – Christmas
- 9 (8) Michael BublĂ© – Nobody But Me
- 10 (10) Emeli SandĂ© – Long Live The Angels
And the new entries are:
- 70 Michael Giacchino – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story OST
The new release dates for singles and albums can be found HERE.
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