UK Mid: Xmas & Amazon dominate

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December 9, 20196 yr

After the chart success of Katy Perry’s Amazon Music exclusive “Cozy Little Christmas” last holiday season, enter Ellie Goulding, who is battling for her third UK Number 1 single this week with River. The cover of Joni Mitchell’s sombre Christmas classic is currently at Number 2, less than 2000 chart sales behind Tones and I’s Dance Monkey (1). River’s official music video was recently premiered on YouTube, while it's available exclusively on Amazon Music to audio stream.

Another Amazon Music exclusive is also set to enter the chart, with as John Legend is in contention for his first UK Top 10 single in over four years with his take on John Lennon’s Happy Christmas (War is Over) at Number 10, featuring guest vocals from his wife Chrissy Teigen and daughter Luna.

More holiday tracks continue their annual ascent up the charts, Mariah Carey is poised for a Top 5 return with All I Want For Christmas Is You at 5, with Wham!’s Last Christmas and Fairytale of New York by The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl on track for the Top 10 at 7 and 9 respectively.

Harry Styles starts out at Number 15 with his new single Adore You.

LW	TW	TITLE	ARTIST
1	1	DANCE MONKEY	TONES & I
14	2	RIVER	ELLIE GOULDING
4	3	DON'T START NOW	DUA LIPA
3	4	OWN IT	STORMZY FT. ED SHEERAN & BURNA BOY
8	5	ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU	MARIAH CAREY
2	6	BEFORE YOU GO	LEWIS CAPALDI
13	7	LAST CHRISTMAS	WHAM!
7	8	MEMORIES	MAROON 5
22	9	FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK	THE POGUES FT. KIRSTY MACCOLL
NEW	10	HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER)	JOHN LEGEND
23	11	DO THEY KNOW ITS CHRISTMAS	BAND AID
5	12	ROXANNE	ARIZONA ZERVAS
26	13	MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE	SHAKIN' STEVENS
6	14	EVERYTHING I WANTED	BILLIE EILISH
NEW	15	ADORE YOU	HARRY STYLES
11	16	BRUISES	LEWIS CAPALDI
9	17	SOUTH OF THE BORDER	ED SHEERAN FT. CAMILA CABELLO & CARDI B
39	18	STEP INTO CHRISTMAS	ELTON JOHN
47	19	MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY	SLADE
33	20	SANTA TELL ME	ARIANA GRANDE