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21 December 2020 Share with: A mixture of new Christmas songs, festive classics, charity singles and the politically-charged, are all competing for a place in this week’s Christmas Official Chart Top 40. The Official Chart: First Look, which airs on BBC Radio 1 today between 6pm – 7pm, offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports. Reigning champion LadBaby starts out in pole positi...

NEWS 21 December 2020 Share with: Sir Paul McCartney is on course for his first UK Number 1 album as a soloist in over three decades with McCartney III. The Beatles legend’s 18th solo studio album is the third and final chapter in a trilogy of albums including his debut album McCartney from 1970 and McCartney II which followed ten years later in 1980; the former reached Number 2 on the Official Albums Chart, with the latter charting at Number 1. See where all Paul McCartney’s singles and al...

LadBaby has history on its side. The family act had the U.K.’s Christmas No. 1 single in 2019 with the Joan Jett spoof “I Love Sausage Rolls” and in 2018 with another spoof release, “We Built This City.” With that feat, they became the first act in U.K. chart history to have consecutive novelty Christmas No. 1s. They’ll expect to make it a threepeat when the Official U.K. Singles Chart is published this Friday (Dec. 25). Proceeds from LadBaby’s latest single will once again suppor...

Its very disappointing @officialcharts seem to have ditched the Scottish Chart. It was a great platform for acts like @TheSnuts@LukeLaVolpe and @joshua_grantt to boast their profiles with No.1 hits early in their careers.https://t.co/6t8KUJopHh — Jim Gellatly (@JimGellatly) December 21, 2020 It certainly seems a strange move, with the Official Charts having added genre specific rundowns - the Afrobeats Chart, the Folk Chart - earlier in the year. So, what gives? One online query found the ...

Reigning champion LadBaby starts out in pole position for the UK’s Official Christmas Number 1 2020 with Don’t Stop Me Eatin’, charging out of the blocks in the biggest chart race of the year with huge sales. The YouTubers aka Mark and Roxanne Hoyle have an impressive lead so far on the Official Chart: First Look, scoring 80,000 chart sales after 48 hours and on course to be one of the biggest opening weeks of the year. The pair are currently the ones to beat as they set their eyes on a t...

Winner to be revealed exclusively on BBC Radio 1, Christmas Day The Official Chart: First Look, which airs on BBC Radio 1 today between 6pm – 7pm, offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports. Reigning champion LadBaby starts out in pole position for the UK’s Official Christmas Number 1 2020 with Don’t Stop Me Eatin’, charging out of the blocks in the biggest chart race of the ...

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18 December 2020 Share with: Taylor Swift’s surprise new album Evermore debuts at Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart. Swift claims a rarely seen feat of landing two chart-topping albums within a calendar year, following Folklore, which spent three weeks at the summit in August. Evermore was the most downloaded and streamed album of the week. The singer-songwriter is the first artist in four years to hold the Number 1 spot with two different albums in a calendar year, since David ...

Congratulations to Taylor Swift who claims this week’s highest new entries on both the Official Irish Albums and Singles Charts. Taylor’s surprise-released ninth studio album Evermore opens at Number 3, behind Dermot Kennedy’s Without Fear (1) and Bruce Springsteen’s Letter To You (2). Taylor’s sixth consecutive Top 3 album, Evermore was the most downloaded and streamed album of the week. On the Official Irish Singles Chart, Evermore’s lead single Willow matches the placement of its...

She is known for keeping her personal life and interests out of the limelight.  But on Saturday evening Mariah Carey made the unlikely admission that she is fan of British TV commentary show Gogglebox after responding to two of its stars on social media.  The pop sensation, 50, tweeted a video of show staples Abby and Georgia as they praised the singer for saving an otherwise COVID-blighted festive season with her Mariah’s Magical Christmas Special. New fan! She is known for keeping her per...