Friday, December 27, 2024
Michael Bublé (pictured) and
WHAM! enjoyed a very merry week indeed, as they are #1 on the Official U.K. Albums and Singles charts with
Christmas and "Last Christmas," respectively.
Bublé's
Christmas (
Reprise) begins a seventh non-consecutive week at the top since its 2011 release, nudging
Sabrina Carpenter's
Short n' Sweet (
Island) back to #2.
SZA's
SOS (
RCA) rockets 29 spots to #3 thanks to the long-awaited release of its deluxe edition, dubbed
Lana.
Chappell Roan's
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (
Island) slips 3-4, while
Charli xcx's
BRAT (
Atlantic) rises 7-5.
The album tally also features
Bing Crosby's
Christmas Classics at #18,
Nat King Cole's
The Christmas Song at #32 and Carpenter's
fruitcake EP at #35.
Additionally,
Lana Del Rey's
Born to Die (#36) and
Amy Winehouse's
Back to Black (#40) rebound into the Top 40 thanks to holiday sales and streams.
As for "Last Christmas," the
Epic track starts a 10th week atop the Singles chart following its second consecutive year as the U.K.'s Christmas #1.
In a holiday-heavy Top 5,
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (
Columbia) jumps 3-2,
Tom Grennan's "It Can't Be Christmas" (
Insanity) is up 4-3,
Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (
MCA) moves 6-4 and
Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" (MCA) rises 8-5.
Laufey has three Christmas songs in the Top 40: "Christmas Magic" at #13, "Winter Wonderland" at #27 and "Santa Baby" at #35. Overall, 37 of the Top 40 tunes are holiday-themed, matching a record set in 2023.