Ed Sheeran and Elton John share Merry Christmas music video - can the track claim the 2021 Official Christmas Number 1?

LadBaby seem one step closer to making Official Charts history this Friday, as Sausage Rolls For Everyone featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John becomes the Number 1 Trending Song in the UK.

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!

Strictly The Real Full Monty star Duncan James became a household name after rising to fame as one-quarter of boyband Blue.

Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, a documentary film about The Beach Boys co-founder, will be released in UK cinemas on 21st January, 2022.Directed by Brent Wilson (unrelated to Brian), the documentary charts Wilson’s life and career through “a literal and metaphorical trip exploring Brian’s hometown”.The film features talking head appearances from Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Nick Jonas, Linda Perry, Jim James, Gustavo Dudamel, Jakob Dylan, Steven Page, Taylor Hawkins, Al Jardin, Bob Gaudio,

Tick tock, tick tock, the end of the year is coming. And so TikTok has become the latest digital platform to reveal the most popular music among its users this year.Like on YouTube, the most popular track in the UK this year was Tion Wayne & Russ Millions’ ‘Body 2 (feat ArrDee, E1, ZT, Bugzy Malone, Buni, Fivio Foreign and Darkoo).

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.

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.