Wham’s Last Christmas is the current number one single; and it’s huge streaming numbers could allow the band to hold on to the top spot.
If they do, Last Christmas will make history as the first ever song to reach Christmas number one three times.
Meanwhile, the UK’s best-selling song of the weekend was Together For Palestine’s charity single, which will raise funds for aid for people in Gaza.
It’s based on the traditional Palestinian folk song Yamma Mwel El Hawa (Mama, Sing to the Wind), with new English lyrics written by Peter Gabriel.
“The song’s really been a part of my life since an early age,” says Nai Barghouti, a Palestinian singer who features on the track.
“I remember recording it for the first time when I was 11 years old, and it’s been going a lot of places with me since then.
“The lyrics are always a strong confirmation of what it means to be Palestinian – a never-ending sense of resilience, defiance, beauty, dignity and hope.”
Getting into the Christmas chart, she says, would represent “a small beam of light in such darkness”.
The song has sold just under 10,000 copies so far according to Official Charts Company data. However, it has yet to make Spotify’s Top 100 – which means it may fall down the rankings as the week progresses and streams for other contenders accumulate.
