LadBaby leading the race for official Christmas number one with latest charity fundraiser
He s already claimed success in the Official Big Top 40, now he s after the Official Charts title - again
Mark Hoyle of LadBaby pictured at BBC Radio Nottingham (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)
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Ed Sheeran earned £70million last year despite taking a break from music
From Simon Boyle s Bizarre column
23 Dec 2020, 20:32
Updated: 23 Dec 2020, 20:32
HE’LL go down as a music legend . . . and Ed Sheeran has the pay to show for it.
Ed made an incredible £70.4milllion last year through his touring firm.
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And that’s not including his song recording company, which banked another £48.1million.
It means his fortune is set to overtake that of greats including Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards. And all of this in a year Ed took off.
Documents filed at Companies House reveal turnover of more than £70million and profits of £37million through Nathan Cable Touring.
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With just 48 hours of the chart week left in the race to the 2020 Official Christmas Number 1, social media star LadBaby retains a strong lead ahead of Mariah Carey, while a protest song about Boris Johnson has climbed into the Top 10 since the weekend.
According to the latest Official Charts Company data (Dec 23), reigning champs and midweek leaders LadBaby (who claimed Christmas Number 1 in 2018 and 2019) are still out in front in the biggest chart race of the year with Don t Stop Me Eatin , raising money for food bank charity The Trussell Trust.
The song, including new surprise version with Ronan Keating released earlier this week, has kept up momentum in their quest for the festive hat-trick, and could earn YouTubers Mark and Roxanne Hoyle a third consecutive Christmas Number 1.
Punk band
The Kunts could be ready to spring a surprise in the battle for this year s Christmas No. 1.
Many onlookers assumed that
With Mariah Carey and Ed Sheeran also pushing their way into the upper echelons, an outsider has joined their ranks. Boris Johnson Is A F cking C t is battling its way into the charts, with The Kunts sweary punk anthem crushing all before it.
Reaching No. 2 on the iTunes chart, the latest information from the Official Chart Company suggests that the band are now in the Top 20 overall - and they re rising fast.
So, could they steal the crown? It ll be a tough ask, but with London and the South East of England locked indoors with nothing else to do, all bets are off.
LadBaby Christmas single comes out on top in midweek chart
He s in the lead against Mariah Carey and Wham
LadBaby s music video Don t Stop Me Eating (Image: LadBaby)
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