Final Christmas has reappeared within the High 40 yearly since 2007, because of the appearance of downloads, after which streaming – every of which allowed basic songs to contribute to chart information.
Nostalgia has been the driving pressure behind the Christmas charts ever since, as perennial favourites like Fairytale Of New York and Jingle Bell Rock soundtrack the vacations.
Jack Saunders, who presents Radio 1’s Chart Present, stated it was arduous for brand spanking new songs to compete.
“It takes time for songs to heat up and change into classics,” he stated.
“I feel it will be an enormous feat for one thing to return alongside and be primary on the first time of asking.”
Consequently, 29 of the songs on this yr’s High 40 had been Christmas-themed, with solely two newcomers amongst the requirements: Tom Grennan’s It Cannot Be Christmas and Laufey’s Christmas Magic.
Each had been commissioned by Amazon Music, which mechanically performed them to anybody asking their good speaker to play Christmas music.
That gave the 2 artists a head begin within the gross sales race, with Grennan’s track finally making it to quantity 4.
The Coventry singer campaigned arduous for that place, even getting a tattoo studying “Christmas No 1 is...” on his proper thigh, which he stated he would full with whichever track emerged victorious.
