{"id":4423,"date":"2018-12-08T20:12:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T20:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4423"},"modified":"2018-12-08T20:12:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T20:12:02","slug":"charts-7-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4423","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 7 December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So much for the theory that if we give less weight to the streams of older tracks, the chart won&#8217;t be clogged up with old records this Christmas, then!<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Ariana Grande &#8211; &#8220;Thank U, Next&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Five weeks, and the chart compilers are crediting it with a new record for weekly streams &#8211; 14.9 million. \u00a0This is misleading: the previous record was 14.2 million, held by Ed Sheeran, but that was before video plays counted towards the chart. \u00a0And since Ariana Grande&#8217;s video streams stand at over 7 million in a week, it&#8217;s pretty clear that if we were comparing like with like, Ed Sheeran would still be ahead. \u00a0But more of Ariana Grande later. \u00a0Meanwhile&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. \u00a0Dalton Harris featuring James Arthur &#8211; &#8220;The Power of Love&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aLcJZ6OhxAw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Yes, it&#8217;s the 2018\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em> winner &#8211; and the very fact that his single came out in the first week of December probably tells you all you need to know about the diminished state of the show these days. \u00a0There&#8217;s no pretence here of gunning for the Christmas number one, and the show is emphatically past its commercial peak &#8211; but it still does far better than anything else ITV feel they could put in the slot, so it looks set to stagger on for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>All of the finalists would have released duets with previous\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em> winners had they won (hey, remember when you liked the show more?). \u00a0Some\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em> winners and high placing finalists have had significant chart careers &#8211; Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke, JLS, Olly Murs, Little Mix, and James Arthur are the obvious ones. \u00a0But Arthur is the last in that category, and he won in 2012. \u00a0He&#8217;s still having hits &#8211; his version of &#8220;Rewrite the Stars&#8221; climbs into the top 10 this week &#8211; but the fate of those who came after makes less encouraging reading.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Bailey (2013) never had a follow-up hit single, and her second album only reached 33. \u00a0Ben Haenow (2014) made a guest appearance on a Kelly Clarkson single that reached number 21, and released a single album before getting dropped. \u00a0Louisa Johnson (2015) had a few follow-up singles, including a top ten hit with Clean Bandit, but she never released an album before getting dropped earlier this year. \u00a0Matt Terry (2016) did a guest verse for the UK version of an Enrique Iglesias single, and released an album that got to number 29. \u00a0And Rak-Su (2017) released a follow-up single that stiffed at number 39.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is a particularly weird case\u00a0because he&#8217;s been here before &#8211; he won a similar show in Jamaica in 2010 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2cx92zJ7SUo&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had a degree of success in that country<\/a> before vanishing into obscurity. \u00a0Second time lucky, eh?<\/p>\n<p>Oh yes, the song. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NyoTvgPn0rU&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Power of Love&#8221;<\/a> was a number one for Frankie Goes to Hollywood in 1984, when it was a Christmas release, complete with nativity video. \u00a0It was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zNpeK7sDLzE&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a number one for Gabrielle Aplin<\/a> in 2012. \u00a0It&#8217;s not the identically-named song by Jennifer Rush (covered by Celine Dion), nor is it the one by Huey Lewis &amp; The News.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. \u00a0Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus &#8211; &#8220;Nothing Breaks Like a Heart&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A9hcJgtnm6Q\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The lead single from the next Mark Ronson album. \u00a0His last solo lead credit was &#8220;Uptown Funk&#8221; back in 2014, but he also had a Silk City single in the top ten earlier this year. \u00a0Miley Cyrus was last in the top 10 in 2014 when she was one of a string of guests on will.i.am&#8217;s &#8220;Feelin&#8217; Myself&#8221;. \u00a0As usual with Ronson, it&#8217;s both polished and a little bit arch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. \u00a0Wham! &#8211; &#8220;Last Christmas&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8gmARGvPlI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the first week of December and the floodgates are open. \u00a0So much for the idea that downweighting the streams of old tracks would stop them racing up the singles chart like they did in the last few years. \u00a0Mariah Carey&#8217;s &#8220;All I Want For Christmas Is You&#8221;, which re-entered last week at number 34, vaults to number 6. \u00a0And here&#8217;s good old Wham, back in the chart for the eighth year running. \u00a0&#8220;Last Christmas&#8221; was originally a number 2 hit in 1984 (when it spent five weeks stuck behind Band Aid).<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. \u00a0Meek Mill featuring Drake &#8211; &#8220;Going Bad&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T3lKEb0Cs94\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meek Mill is a Philadelphia rapper who&#8217;s only previously made the album top 40. \u00a0His new album &#8220;Championships&#8221; enters at number 33 this week &#8211; not great by his standards, as the previous two albums made 13 and 21. \u00a0But it still gets some attention on cherrypicked tracks, and what do you know, it&#8217;s the Drake guest appearance that makes the top 40. \u00a0By my count, this is Drake&#8217;s thirteenth top 40 hit single of 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18. \u00a0The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl &#8211; &#8220;Fairytale of New York&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j9jbdgZidu8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here we go again. \u00a0Originally Christmas number 2 of 1987 (it was beaten by the Pet Shop Boys&#8217; version of &#8220;Always on my Mind&#8221;), &#8220;Fairytale of New York&#8221; has returned to the chart every Christmas since 2005 (the dawn of the download era).<\/p>\n<p>The annual controversy over the lyrics of verse two has also been greater this year. \u00a0The original lyric is defensible on the level of character and storytelling but undeniably seems uncomfortable when the song is encountered &#8211; as it almost invariably is these days &#8211; as a beloved entry on a festive playlist. \u00a0Or for that matter when it&#8217;s played unedited on the radio. \u00a0Even the Pogues used alternative lyrics for some TV performances (&#8220;You scumbag, you maggott \/ You&#8217;re cheap and you&#8217;re haggard&#8221;), but there doesn&#8217;t seem to be a proper, unobtrusive radio edit available. \u00a0And historically, &#8220;Fairytale of New York&#8221; has also been in the unusual position of provoking complaints when edited versions of the song have been played on the air; there does seem to be an audience segment that sees it as an exceptional case on artistic and national-institution grounds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26. \u00a0Band Aid &#8211; &#8220;Do They Know It&#8217;s Christmas&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bjQzJAKxTrE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Christmas Number 1 of 1984, which hasn&#8217;t always made a huge impact in the streaming era, but made the top ten last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. \u00a06ix9ine featuring Nicki Minaj &amp; Kanye West &#8211; &#8220;Mama&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wPhLt1zlCik\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another track from the album &#8220;Dummy Boy&#8221;, which was a midweek release for the previous chart, and would presumably have got its permitted three tracks into the top 40 if it had had a full week to play with. \u00a0&#8220;Kika&#8221;, the track which scraped in at 38 last week, leaps to 9, giving 6ix9ine his first top 10 hit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30. \u00a0Michael Bubl\u00e9 &#8211; &#8220;It&#8217;s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QJ5DOWPGxwg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is indeed. \u00a0Released in 2011, this didn&#8217;t make the top 40 until 2016, and surprisingly reached 13 last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>35. \u00a0Ariana Grande &#8211; &#8220;Santa Tell Me&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nlR0MkrRklg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Interesting. \u00a0This dates from 2014 but didn&#8217;t chart at all until last year, when it made 28. \u00a0Looks like we might have another perennial on our hands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>36. \u00a0Shakin&#8217; Stevens &#8211; &#8220;Merry Christmas Everyone&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZeyHl1tQeaQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Boy, they knew how to make the opening minute of a video in 1986. \u00a0This was another Christmas number one, and it&#8217;s been back every year since 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>39. \u00a0Brenda Lee &#8211; &#8220;Rockin&#8217; Around The Christmas Tree&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1qYz7rfgLWE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A number 6 hit at Christmas 1962, this didn&#8217;t return to the chart until 2016, and unexpectedly made the top 10 last year. \u00a0The song used to be more often heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hdnaPAJgAQI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the Comic Relief version<\/a>, but let&#8217;s be honest, you&#8217;d rather hear the original.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Sweet But Psycho&#8221; by Ava Max<\/strong> climbs 6-2. \u00a0It couldn&#8217;t be Christmas number one, could it&#8230;?<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Without Me&#8221; by Halsey<\/strong> climbs 4-3.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;All I Want for Christmas Is You&#8221; by Mariah Carey<\/strong> climbs 34-6; see above.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Rewrite the Stars&#8221; by James Arthur &amp; Anne-Marie<\/strong> climbs 17-8.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Kika&#8221; by 6ix9ine featuring Tory Lanez<\/strong> climbs 38-9; see above.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Baby&#8221; by Clean Bandit featuring Marina and Luis Fonsi<\/strong> climbs 26-25.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Leave a Light On&#8221; by Tom Walker<\/strong> re-enters at 31, two weeks after re-entering at 36; it peaked at 7 back in June.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0The 1975 &#8211; &#8220;A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Their third album, their third number one. \u00a0Unusually for a vaguely indie album, this managed to get three singles into the top 40: &#8220;Give Yourself a Try&#8221; (22), &#8220;Love It If We Made It&#8221; (33) and &#8220;TooTimeTooTimeTooTime&#8221; (26).<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. \u00a0Katherine Jenkins &#8211; &#8220;Guiding Light&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aWv611q3LOs\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pop-classical crossover mainstay of 14 years and counting. \u00a0Her album chart positions are erratic, but this is at the lower end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19. \u00a0Clean Bandit &#8211; &#8220;What Is Love&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That seems remarkably low, but then half of its twelve tracks have been out as singles already, and the oldest date back to 2016. \u00a0Still, their previous album reached number 3, so this surely has to rank as a disappointment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23. \u00a0Daniel O&#8217;Donnell &#8211; &#8220;Walkin&#8217; In The Moonlight&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xkBc-puOBZU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The genteel Irish light entertainer is not to everyone&#8217;s taste, but he&#8217;s been at this since 1988 and he&#8217;s not going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>25. \u00a0David Bowie &#8211; &#8220;Glastonbury 2000&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AZUr5cFqqxw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Self-explanatory live album. \u00a0The video above is an excerpt from a 2006 documentary about the festival, hence all the isn&#8217;t-Glastonbury-awesome archive footage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. \u00a0Pinkfong &#8211; &#8220;Presents the Best of Baby Shark&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; okay. \u00a0 The title track reached number 32 in August.<\/p>\n<p><strong>32. \u00a0Def Leppard &#8211; &#8220;The Story So Far &#8211; The Best Of&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VhM_LxeKgEQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Again, self-explanatory. \u00a0Let&#8217;s have their number 2 hit &#8220;Let&#8217;s Get Rocked&#8221;, whose video was on the cutting edge of CGI back in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Number 33 is the Meek Mill album which we&#8217;ve already covered, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>40. \u00a0Jeff Wayne &#8211; &#8220;The War of the Worlds&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HduSinXaE0E\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Re-entry of the original, for the second time this year, which I\u00a0<em>think<\/em> is because of promotion for a new Audible version of the story, using the music. \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t actually feature the remix of &#8220;Eve of the War&#8221; 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