2020 marks a record-breaking year on the Official Albums Chart, as 43 different albums made it to Number 1 - more than any other year in UK chart history, new analysis from the Official Charts Company confirms.
09.12.2020 - 15:21 / officialcharts.com
Elf stands tall at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart as it marks a second week leading a notably festive Top 10. Notching up 30,000 sales, with 73% of these made up of digital downloads, it’s another very strong week at the top for the 2003 classic starring Will Ferrell.
Meanwhile, Last Christmas improves one place to Number 2, just a few thousand sales behind, while The Grinch climbs ever closer to the top, rising five places to Number 3.
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2020 marks a record-breaking year on the Official Albums Chart, as 43 different albums made it to Number 1 - more than any other year in UK chart history, new analysis from the Official Charts Company confirms.
LadBaby officially scored the Christmas number one hat-trick yesterday with the YouTuber’s latest sausage roll themed charity record topping the UK chart.Having got off to a strong lead at the start of the chart week, LadBaby managed to stay ahead beating some Christmas songs old and new, and late contender ‘Boris Johnson Is A Cunt’ by The Kunts.Behind LadBaby’s ‘Don’t Stop Me Eatin’ were Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ and Jess Glynne’s ‘This
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is the biggest-selling physical game in the UK this Christmas.Ubisoft has taken home the number one Christmas spot in the physical games chart, after Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla was revealed to be the best-selling title.
Reigning champion LadBaby starts out in pole position for the UK’s Official Christmas Number 1 2020 with Don’t Stop Me Eatin’, charging out of the blocks in the biggest chart race of the year with huge sales.
Deadline, the online mega-retailer has snapped up Shotgun Wedding for its Prime Video service in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and a lot of Europe, while Lionsgate will distribute in the United States.
Taylor Swift’s surprise new album Evermore debuts at Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart.
We all want to forget just how dismal 2020 has been for the most part, so much so that the British public have been putting up the tinsel, chugging down the eggnog and blasting the Christmas music earlier than ever.
Taylor Swift is set to land the highest new entry on this week’s Official Singles Chart – plus a further two Top 40 placings – with songs from her surprise new album Evermore.
Taylor Swift is set to land the highest new entry on this week’s Official Singles Chart – plus a further two Top 40 placings – with songs from her surprise new album Evermore.
Mariah Carey’s wish comes true as her iconic festive hit All I Want For Christmas Is You finally reaches Number 1 on the Official UK Singles Chart 26 years after its release, and breaks a new Official Chart record in the process, the Official Charts Company can confirm.
Kaleem Aftab British film “Limbo,” a wry refugee drama, directed by Edinburgh-born director Ben Sharrock and produced by Spain’s Irune Gurtubai, won the Golden Pyramid for best film at the Cairo Film Festival on Thursday.Told in a pleasing deadpan style, “Limbo” recounts the story of a Syrian musician, played by the BIFA nominated rising star Amir El-Masry, who is placed on a Scottish island when awaiting his request for asylum to be processed.
15 years ago, something shifted in the landscape of British pop music.
With people already playing more Christmas music earlier in the year than usual this year, the UK singles chart looks set to be 80% festive this week, as people attempt to inject some joy into the shitshow that is 2020. As a result, Mariah Carey and Wham are currently battling it out for a ‘premature Christmas’ number one.The Official Charts Company published data in mid-November showing that sales and streams of festive tunes were already up 51% compared to the same point in 2019.
Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You is leading the charge on today’s Official Chart: First Look.