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It\u2019s that time of the year again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Christmas singles are back once again in the singles chart and pushing for a Top 20 finish in the latest Midweeks sales flash.<\/span><\/p>\n Wham!\u2019s Last Christmas<\/span><\/a> \u2013\u00a0the No.1 single for Christmas last year \u2013\u00a0is at No.21 (4,114) with a consumption increase of 64.2% week-on-week powering a 29 place surge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Not far behind, <\/span>Mariah Carey\u2019s All I Want For Christmas<\/span><\/a> Is You is at No.25 (3,985 units), up from No.51 thanks to a 54.5% week-on-week consumption increase.<\/span><\/p>\n Each of the festival perennials has already been streamed more than a million times in the UK since Friday. It\u2019s also worth noting that, as catalogue tracks, both are penalised by chart rules that impose ACR, which means they require double the volume of streams to register a chart \u2018sale\u2019. If that wasn\u2019t the case, both would already be pushing for the Top 10.<\/span><\/p>\n As a result, they could face a challenge for No.1 this year from a high-profile new Amazon Original festive single from <\/span>Kylie Minogue<\/span><\/a>. XMAS is in the Midweek sales flash at No.72 (2,158 units) with consumption up 83.6% week-on-week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Minogue\u2019s XMAS will be available digitally exclusively from Amazon Music, which will limit its audio streaming consumption. But with the gifting season approaching, the track is also being sold physically on CD, seven-inch gold vinyl and 12-inch zoetrope vinyl. In addition, Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) \u2013 a special 10th anniversary edition of Kylie Christmas \u2013\u00a0is released on December 5.<\/span><\/p>\n Amazon Original<\/span><\/a> songs have previously made a strong challenge for the Christmas No.1, with YouTube video streams combining with Amazon audio streams. Last year Tom Grennan made No.4 in Christmas week with It Can\u2019t Be Christmas, while Sam Ryder was in the running in 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Modern festive hits could be set to return to the chart in the run-up to Christmas, alongside potential new entries for 2025 Amazon Originals from Gwen Stefani.<\/span><\/p>\n Although it\u2019s still only mid-November, the festive songs have arrived a week later than normal, as noted in <\/span>Alan Jones\u2019 charts analysis<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Forty-one years since its release, Last Christmas is about to secure its 134th week in the Top 75. Carey\u2019s hit is heading for its 126th week in the Top 75, although it came out a decade after Wham!\u2019s song. Following chart changes allowing downloads (2005) and then streams, they have become regulars in the rundown \u2013\u00a0both are charting for the 19th season in a row.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In terms of overall UK consumption, All I Want For Christmas Is You is ahead on 5,626,585 units (post-1994), while Last Christmas is on 4,877,378 units (post-1994).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the US, All I Want For Christmas Is You has already re-entered the Hot 100, marking its earliest re-entry in chart history. It has topped the US chart every festive season since 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n Other festive regulars set to return to the UK singles chart on Friday (November 21) include <\/span>Brenda Lee\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Around The Christmas Tree<\/span><\/a>, Bobby Helms\u2019 Jingle Bell Rock, Fairytale Of New York by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Santa Tell Me by Ariana Grande and Underneath The Tree by Kelly Clarkson.<\/span><\/p>\n In the UK albums chart, <\/span>Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/span><\/a> is beginning his return to the upper reaches with Christmas \u2013 it has moved 142-56 with a 91.6% consumption increase in the latest Midweeks. The album has returned to No.1 for the last four years.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n