It’s the penultimate Friday before Christmas and I think we all know what that means. It means that the race to Christmas number one has begun.
Since one minute past midnight this morning, every one of your streams and downloads has been nudging your favourite artists towards the most coveted chart position of the year, which we all definitely still care about.Well, in theory every stream and download counts towards the big Christmas chart.
Except where it’s a stream or download of a track that for some tedious chart rule reason isn’t eligible. Plus, of course, for most of the artists you’re streaming, the Christmas number one spot is well out of reach.
If the artist isn’t actively trying to get there – or doesn’t even have a perennial festive favourite in their oeuvre – there’s basically no hope that they’ll get the Christmas Day number one honour this year.So who is the running?
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