Last Christmas overtakes AIWFCIY on Spotify Global chart. What happened?

[Damien M]

Never heard LC but not shocked. AIWFC is at peak saturation/overexposure, there isn't much room for growth.

 

it will probably get less popular and then have a resurgence in a few years. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Damien M

[Walk_Away21]

56 minutes ago, Mordecai said:

Maybe I'm just the grinch but how do people listen to Christmas music a full on month before it happens  I play them a couple of days before max

That's why you gotta stream Fruitcake. It's fresh.

[Venice B]

Last christmas I gave you my ass but the very next day you tore it away 

[iiswhoiis_max]

The only version of LC I listen to is Mileys! "Slaying ain't just for Santa"

I avoid x-mas songs like it's a disease.

 

[JO1s]

#thankyouJO1

 

[Zeferino]

It was Lights' rendition of the song for Apple Music that boosted it this year

[HardBambi]

2 hours ago, TayDuaStan said:

 

The GP finally has taste 

Both good but I'm so tired of AIW 

[LoudCitySong]

This might be a reach, but I wonder if Good Luck Babe's success brought it back into the discussion or made people look at it in a new light? Everyone was comparing the two songs when GLB first came out. 

[Mr. Duff]

Last Christmas is my favorite Christmas song, I hope it goes #1 (or top three at least!)

[fa77ot]

Thank you, Alanis

 

 

[thatsmydemi]

Last Christmas is lowkey the best Christmas song of all time tbh. Deserved. 

[AxelFox]

1 hour ago, SinnerCity said:

Why is she giving Britney for a Christmas song? 

Because that's what Sharpay would've done!  

[suburbannature]

1 hour ago, Rigalo said:

I think All I Want For Xmas is just a little played out the last few years so people are over it 

It's outstreaming 2023 by 30% 

 

This is one day in ten years. Let's be serious.

[suburbannature]

53 minutes ago, ImpressMeMuch said:

AIWFCIY has always been a US thing? Last Christmas is bigger in UK and globally... 

 

you missed with this 

AIWFCIY has always been much bigger globally.  

 

@stevyy, care to pull receipts? 

[Konril]

1 hour ago, ImpressMeMuch said:

AIWFCIY has always been a US thing? Last Christmas is bigger in UK and globally... 

 

you missed with this 

I don't think so, AIWFCIY is still bigger.

 

Billboard Global 200 Excluding the USA Peaks:

AIWFCIY: #1 [13 weeks]

Last Christmas: #2

 

#1 Peaks

AIWFCIY: 30 countries more or less

Last Christmas: 15 countries more or less

 

UWC Biggest Song of All Time

AIWFCIY: #6

Last Christmas: #37

 

Spotify Daily Top Songs Global Peak

AIWFCIY: #1 [74 days]

Last Christmas : #2

[waylon4ever]

It's the songs 40th anniversary snd it's being talked about on social media. 

[Cry]

I went this weekend to buy some stuff at a hypermarket and I think I heard 3 versions of Last Christmas being played there back to back.  

[Trash]

There's nothing wrong with AIWFCIY taking a backseat or a few spots down every now and then, it has reigned supreme long enough and people will get tired of it but go back eventually.

 

Last Christmas is a classic in its own right and deserves success.

[Cruel Summer]

I'd understand if it was the best version of this song but it's not so let's work to change that!

 

 

[ImpressMeMuch]

26 minutes ago, Konril said:

I don't think so, AIWFCIY is still bigger.

 

Billboard Global 200 Excluding the USA Peaks:

 

AIWFCIY: #1 [13 weeks]

Last Christmas: #2

 

#1 Peaks

AIWFCIY: 30 countries more or less

Last Christmas: 15 countries more or less

 

UWC Biggest Song of All Time

AIWFCIY: #6

Last Christmas: #37

 

 

 

 

32 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

AIWFCIY has always been much bigger globally.  

 

@stevyy, care to pull receipts? 

oh whoops maybe I was just thinking UK vs US? idk

 

anyway I'm team AIWFCIY and Queen of Christmas I was just trying to point out that one day is one data point and pointless

[Heldenzeit]

Both are so overplayed that I probably won't play either of them this christmas season. 

[50thStateofMind]

LC is the way better Xmas song anyway....

 

and PLEASE stop posting your faves terrible cover of it  

[Escape]

It's the far superior song.

[Tropez]

2 hours ago, PoisonPill said:

I've been ready for George to finally overtake Mariah and Brenda. In a way it's more interesting and listenable (outside of Xmas season) than all the others, and as a mid-tempo synth ballad it stands out among all the other Christmas classics which borrow from the same bombastic '50s-60s sound. 

 

The December charts will be a lot more exciting/less boring if it's actually a toss-up who will be #1 each week

I agree. The 80s had some pretty good Christmas songs. Yeah they're very synth pop, but they're such a fun twist. 

[suburbannature]

10 minutes ago, 50thStateofMind said:

LC is the way better Xmas song anyway....

 

and PLEASE stop posting your faves terrible cover of it  

 

3 minutes ago, Escape said:

It's the far superior song.

Too bad critics disagree.