Ed Sheeran and Elton John announce details of new single Merry Christmas - can it claim the 2021 Official Christmas Number 1?

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe Brit Awards, one of Britain’s biggest music events, have unveiled their 2022 nominees, with the likes of ABBA, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Måneskin and Olivia Rodrigo up for awards.Adele and Ed Sheeran picked up four nominations apiece with both getting nods for album of the year, artist of the year, best pop/R&B act and song of the year.

Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s Merry Christmas enters its second week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart today, and its sights seem set on next week’s Official Christmas Number 1 - the biggest and most exciting chart battle of the year.

Adele’s Easy On Me holds at Number 1 for an eighth total week as it leads a very festive Top 50.

It's the most important time of year for Chart fans - as the race for this year's Official Christmas Number 1 has just begun!

It's one of the most important days in the Official Charts calendar today - the last Friday before the Official Christmas Number 1 is announced, which means that with a host of new releases, the race for Christmas Number 1 is officially on!

Ed Sheeran, PinkPantheress, Tion Wayne and Russ Millions are among some of the music acts who’ve made the biggest impact on TikTok in the UK this year.TikTok has unveiled its statistics for 2021, which range from the most-used songs in videos to the most-watched livestreams.Tion Wayne and Russ Millions’ song ‘Body’ is the video-sharing platform’s biggest 2021 track, followed by Sam Smith‘s ‘Like I Can’ and PinkPantheress’ breakout hit ‘Just For Me’.

Elton John and Ed Sheeran‘s new Christmas song is set for a second week at the top of the UK singles charts.The pair’s festive collaboration ‘Merry Christmas’, which came out earlier this month (December 3), hit top spot in the charts last week. Its first week sales saw the song rack up 76,700 chart sales, including 7.6million streams.

Blue was by far one of the most popular boybands of the noughties.Together Duncan James, Lee Ryan, Simon Webb and Anthony Costa dominated the charts with hit singles such as All Rise, Too Close and One Love.Their album All Rise sold 1.4 million copies and was certified platinum in the UK.The band even collaborated with Sir Elton John on a cover of his hit, Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, which can only mean one thing – the race for the Official Christmas Number 1 is coming.

You’ve probably been thinking that – having seen all the major competition for the UK Christmas number one spot this year – LadBaby had decided to throw in the towel and not even try to get to the top of the festive singles chart for the fourth year in a row. Well, you are wrong, my friend.

Ed Sheeran and Elton John's Merry Christmas has become the UK's Number 1 Trending Song.

Ed Sheeran and Elton John have dropped the very festive music video for their new single, Merry Christmas.

pre-order or pre-save the single now. All UK proceeds from the Christmas song will go to the Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Irish alt-pop artist April has dropped a bouncy new single called Someone That I Made.

Ed Sheeran secured two major wins at the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in Budapest as stars joined together to celebrate the LGBT community. The British singer-songwriter opened a car boot to receive his best artist award before also securing best song for Bad Habits.