I think there was another one before, but the current Christmas chart is called Holiday 100 and runs 5 weeks a year. It started 6 years algo and Mariah is number one every single year.Is there a Christmas chart? Preferably one that runs all year?
I think there was another one before, but the current Christmas chart is called Holiday 100 and runs 5 weeks a year. It started 6 years algo and Mariah is number one every single year.
“Last Christmas” will surely overtake it next week, sadly.
I wish I knew how the charts worked- she was still #1 on spotify when I looked this evening and Sheeran was down at #5, which surely must mean she stands a chance?
With the growth of Amazon Echo, Google Home etc. this year I think lots more homes have moved over to streaming so it makes sense that Christmas playlists will be being whacked on in the home every weekend in December. Then there's office parties throughout the week not to mention the shops, cafes and salons that'll be looping them all day every day. I expect it'll just continue to grow every year now.It's very largely due to streaming, isn't it? The Spotify chart at the weekend was ridiculously dominated by Christmas songs, which I only remember seeing right on Christmas Eve and Day last year. And that is only going to grow over the next 12 days.
I suspect a lot of the people only now discovering streaming in the last year (so relatively late adopters) are also the kind more likely to be those lazily sticking on a Christmas playlist.
I hope the OCC don’t decide to remove them from the chart. The way they make up the rules as they go along, I’m sure they’ll soon decide it’s ok to cherry pick what charts and what doesn’t.
But this year is out of control, most of the Christmas songs are going to reach their peak position in decades or ever. Almost half of the top 40 are Christmas tracks, imagine next week. Surely they'll come up with a new rule to stop this, as this is just going to get worse with streaming increasing every year.It might be ok for this year, but I think if a Christmas song ends up being a recurrent #1 year in, year out, it will mean a rule change.
That said, the performance of Christmas songs has fluctuated hugely over the last decade so there’s no guarantee that this will ever be the case.
But this year is out of control, most of the Christmas songs are going to reach their peak position in decades or ever. Almost half of the top 40 are Christmas tracks, imagine next week.
It might be ok for this year, but I think if a Christmas song ends up being a recurrent #1 year in, year out, it will mean a rule change.
That said, the performance of Christmas songs has fluctuated hugely over the last decade so there’s no guarantee that this will ever be the case.
Well it's buying vs listening now; buying of Christmas songs slows down every year but listening doesn't, and streaming data means a chart growth.
I definitely see the OCC banning all songs over a certain age from the official chart within the next few years and creating a separate heritage chart.
Oddly enough, I'm OK with this. I like a Xmas chart with plenty of Xmas songs and it might encourage bands and artists to make new ones.
Always assuming the curators at Spotify then add these new songs to their playlists. Because unless they do, there would be little point. This is lazy, passive listening at its finest.
Because they are, in effect, the reason the industry tolerates Spotify - they can manipulate it and get onto the playlists with the resulting streams and exposure. If Spotify fucked that off, they'd be in a very different position, I suspect.I don't see why playlists aren't discounted
The Wham campaign is kicking in. They are combining at #2 on iTunes now. Mariah would be #15.
Mariah 21k Spotify streams ahead of Wham yesterday.
LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANYTHING MEANS![]()
True. There should be more value in an active stream though, if it was possible to track that.Because they are, in effect, the reason the industry tolerates Spotify - they can manipulate it and get onto the playlists with the resulting streams and exposure. If Spotify fucked that off, they'd be in a very different position, I suspect.
True. There should be more value in an active stream though, if it was possible to track that.