16 December 2022

Friday 16 December

2022-12-16

Charts

 * Wham! return to Number 1 in the UK with their classic track Last Christmas. This is the track's second stint at Number 1, and Wham!’s fifth Number 1 single overall. Last week’s no.1 Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You, is pushed down to second place, and there are a total of six Christmas tracks inside the Top 10 including Ed Sheeran & Elton John with Merry Christmas (4), Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (5), Michael Bublé’s cover of It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (7), and The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl’s Fairytale of New York (9). Festive songs by Shakin' Stevens, Band Aid, Elton John, Paul McCartney, John Lennon & Yoko Ono and Slade also feature in the Top 40.
 * Sam Ryder's debut album There's Nothing But Space, Man! enters the album charts at no.1.