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Abigail
09-12-2007, 22:41
From BBC

Festive music fans have given the chart a Christmas theme after sending eight classic hits back into the UK top 40.

Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You leads the seasonal favourites at number eight, up from 23 last week.

Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl is in 12th place, while Wham!'s Last Christmas is at number 23.

Andy Williams, Wizzard, Slade, Shakin' Stevens and Band Aid have also seen old hits reappear in the chart. Leona Lewis is at number one for a seventh week.

The X Factor winner's Bleeding Love, the year's best-selling single, held off the challenge of T2's Heartbroken at number two.

But with one in five places taken by Christmas songs, it is the first time the top 40 has been dominated by one theme.

That has been made possible by the easy availability of classic tracks to download, and rules introduced at the end of 2006 that mean every download counts toward the chart.

And with two more full weeks until 25 December, there is every chance that the festive hits could rise further in the top 40, and that more could appear.

Girls Aloud, Timbaland and Take That complete this week's top five.

Leona Lewis has also held on to the top spot in the album chart, with Westlife and Shayne Ward following at two and three.


CHRISTMAS CLASSICS IN TOP 40
8 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
12 Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
23 Wham! - Last Christmas
25 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
27 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
33 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
37 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
38 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?


Maybe we could have a proper Christmas number one this year :thumbsup:
Chloe O'brien
09-12-2007, 23:21
As long as it's not anything by Cliff Richard. I don't mind who has the Christmas no 1
CrazyLea
09-12-2007, 23:26
Ah what :p Chistmas with out Cliffy is like Christmas without Turkey :lol:.
Chloe O'brien
09-12-2007, 23:38
Ah what :p Chistmas with out Cliffy is like Christmas without Turkey :lol:.

That's alright I hate Turkey as well
CrazyLea
09-12-2007, 23:42
Errrrrrrrrrrr, without chocolate then :p
Abbie
10-12-2007, 13:38
Im loving all the christmas songs, they really set the mood :)
Katy
10-12-2007, 14:03
me to, although if i hear Mariah Carey one more time i may be up on a murder charge.
Abbie
10-12-2007, 14:10
me to, although if i hear Mariah Carey one more time i may be up on a murder charge.

Lol, someone being playing it way too much?
Trinity
10-12-2007, 14:42
I wish that Wizzard would give it a rest, too.

This has been on the go since I was 9 or 10 and I am 43 now, lol!
Chloe O'brien
10-12-2007, 21:48
I like the Mariah Carey song. Although I can see a certain 9 year old getting to throttled if she don't give the Slade song a rest :rotfl:
Abbie
10-12-2007, 22:11
Lol im guessing it just me who cant get enough of them :p
CrazyLea
10-12-2007, 22:14
No no no, it's me too Abs :D.
Abbie
10-12-2007, 22:15
hehe thats good, I was starting to think there was something wrong with me
pookie1968uk
11-12-2007, 14:16
Lol im guessing it just me who cant get enough of them :p

and me too! i just love them all, including cliff richard lol!!!!!
Kim
11-12-2007, 14:18
I don't particularly want Cliff Richard to get to number one, but anything that's not Leona will do. She was there last year, and if she's there again, I'll scream! :lol:
Abigail
11-12-2007, 15:48
Its going to be interesting this year with Leona and the new X Factor winner. Personally, I don't want either of them to be at the top, its high time we had a proper Christmas song.
pookie1968uk
11-12-2007, 20:32
Its going to be interesting this year with Leona and the new X Factor winner. Personally, I don't want either of them to be at the top, its high time we had a proper Christmas song.

hear hear, i completely agree! christmas song for christmas number one! :cheer:
Abbie
11-12-2007, 20:54
Its going to be interesting this year with Leona and the new X Factor winner. Personally, I don't want either of them to be at the top, its high time we had a proper Christmas song.

hear hear, i completely agree! christmas song for christmas number one! :cheer:

I second that :) Or is that third that :p
Chris_2k11
16-12-2007, 18:41
the chart is absolutely full of them this week, Mariah Carey has even got to number 4
Abigail
16-12-2007, 19:14
the chart is absolutely full of them this week, Mariah Carey has even got to number 4

Who is number one?
Chris_2k11
16-12-2007, 19:22
Katie Melua with that wonderful world song.
Abbie
16-12-2007, 20:14
Katie Melua with that wonderful world song.

wow really? I love that song :D