This has been made possible since the chart show rules changed in 2006, to including downloads as well as the brought c.d’s; meaning every download now counts towards the charts. Since then many previous chart toppers have again reach the top 40.
And this week 8 classic Christmas hits have re entered the charts with Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is you reaching number 8! Other great Christmas classics which have re-entered include Wham!'s Last Christmas and Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl.
I don’t think the chart has even been so dominated with one theme, especially such a great theme like Christmas - with one in five places taken by a Christmas song. So could a classic even make a Christmas number 1? With still 2 weeks till Christmas the songs could rise further in the charts and we may see even more enter.
So could the potential X factor winner have a threat for its expected Christmas number 1 spot? For the last two years the X factor winners have taken the Christmas number 1 spot. (2005 Shane Ward and last year Leona Lewis) and it has come expected that they will become number 1. But whoever wins (come on Rhydian!!) will have a lot of competition not only from the other great selection of Christmas songs but also the old classics. But have we had enough of the x factor now?
X factor Rhydian has been given the odds of 4-11 from the bookies to steal the top spot with his version of Mariah Carey’s When You Believe. This is an even stronger position than last year’s winner Leona Lewis.
This year’s contenders even include an animated sheep. Shaun the Sheep from Wallace and Gromit will release a novelty Christmas single. Could he make number one? I honestly don’t know, if Bob the Builder could, why can’t Shaun? I personally want it to be a good old classic Christmas tune.
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