{"id":3621,"date":"2016-12-20T21:48:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T21:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2016-12-20T21:48:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T21:48:31","slug":"chart-16-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3621","title":{"rendered":"Chart – 16 December 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, this is interesting. \u00a0This is the chart\u00a0before<\/em> the Christmas number one. \u00a0In recent years it’s\u00a0tended to be quiet – the regular record industry shut down for Christmas, the last-minute novelty singles and charity releases waiting\u00a0for their one-week surge. \u00a0But this\u00a0year we have a more\u00a0normal chart, notable if anything for having a couple of\u00a0high profile new releases. \u00a0Has the record industry decided that maybe, with the charity releases hobbled by the addition of streaming\u00a0data to the charts, this might just be the year when\u00a0a\u00a0regular release gets to be\u00a0Christmas number one again? \u00a0If the midweek charts are to be\u00a0believed – and they’ve been notably less accurate this year – then the answer is “yes”. \u00a0(This is also likely to be the point where the general public twig to just what a difference streaming has made to the chart.)<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Clean Bandit – “Rockabye”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

But first, Clean Bandit celebrate\u00a0six weeks at number one. \u00a0That means it overtakes “7 Years” and “Cold Water” to\u00a0have the second longest run\u00a0this year. \u00a0(Obviously, there isn’t time\u00a0for it to beat Drake’s 15-week\u00a0monopoly.) \u00a0It has\u00a0a perfectly realistic\u00a0chance of hanging on for Christmas.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki – “Just Hold On”<\/strong><\/p>\n