Last Christmas by WHAM! is up 2 to 3. That has now spent 75 weeks on the chart.

All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey is up 6 to 2. That has now spent 121 weeks on the chart.

And that means the brand new Number One on this week's UK singles chart is River by Ellie Goulding which has moved up 10 places to claim the top spot, despite not having the word "Christmas" in its title.

There is no trace of sausage rolls in the top 40.

Has it managed the magnificent feat of being a Number One that has spent just one week on the chart?

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

There is no trace of sausage rolls in the top 40.

Number 57.

Is that a record?

Noticeable absences from the chart include Greg Lake and The Darkness.

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

There is no trace of sausage rolls in the top 40.

Number 57.

Is that a record?

No. It's a CD.

Arga range against the Machine (on the Sony label, which incidentally was the same record company who brought out the X-factor winner single) dropped down to 40.




Hang on, it dropped from 1 to 2, then down to 40.

https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20091220/7501/

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

Cozy Little Christmas by Katy Perry is back on at 22.

I have no idea what the heck that is.

Me neither.

Now for the album chart.

I suspect it will be a lot less busy than the singles chart.

Abbey Road is back in at 38. It has now racked up 211 weeks on the chart.

And that means that You're In My Heart by Rod Stewart is still Number One on the UK album chart.

You have to hand it to Rod. He's the only one I can think of of his generation who can still spend a month at the top of the album chart.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

You have to hand it to Rod. He's the only one I can think of of his generation who can still spend a month at the top of the album chart.

Paul McCartney?

His last album only got to Number Three here and only spent one week at Number One in America.

Oh, I misread the 3 as being at number one for err... Never mind.

The last Elton John album only went to number 6. The last Leonard Cohen album went to number 7.

err.. Pink?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_Albums_Chart_number_ones_of_the_2010s#2019

Slipknot had a number one album?