Wham’s Last Christmas sets new streaming record

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Last Christmas sets a new streaming record this week, notching up a massive 17.1 million plays. It’s the biggest week of streams for a song in the UK ever, overtaking Ariana Grande’s 7 Rings, which racked up 16.9 million plays in a week in January 2019.

With Christmas Day falling on a Wednesday, most of this week’s Top 40 is made up of popular festive hits. Others that rank in this week’s Top 10 are: Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry Christmas Everyone (6); Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas (7); Elton John’s Step Into Christmas (8); John Legend’s Happy Christmas (War Is Over), another new Amazon Original (9); and Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (10).

Further down, other Christmas songs that set new all-time chart peaks are: Sia’s Santa’s Coming For Us, up 19 to Number 17; Kelly Clarkson’s Underneath The Tree, up 12 to Number 21; Katy Perry’s Cozy Little Christmas, up 21 to Number 22; Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms (30); Michael Buble’s Holly Jolly Christmas (32); The Ronettes’ Sleigh Ride (34); and Dean Martin’s classic Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, which makes its UK Top 40 debut at Number 39.

December 27, 2019 1:00pm ET by Official Charts Company  

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