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Benjamin
15-12-2025, 09:45 PM
…but Together For Palestine, WHAM! and The Pogues are hot on her tail.

Kylie Minogue takes an early lead in the Official UK Christmas Number 1 race 2025 with her Amazon Music UK exclusive single XMAS, Official Charts can confirm.

Currently 7,000 units ahead 48 hours into the race, the Aussie pop princess’s lead is boosted by the release of XMAS's new 7” gold vinyl, 12” zoetrope vinyl and CD editions which freshly dropped on Friday, and also Amazon Music streams which are typically higher over the weekend too.

The UK's best-selling track of the week so far, and just 231 chart units behind WHAM!, is Together For Palestine's charity single, Lullaby (3). The song, featuring Leigh-Anne, Bastille's Dan Smith, Mabel, Neneh Cherry, Nadine Shah and more raises life-saving funds for the people of Gaza. All profits from the release will go to Choose Love’s Together For Palestine Fund, supporting three Palestinian-led organisations: Taawon, Palestine Children's Relief Fund and Palestine Medical Relief Service.


https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kylie-minogue-leads-official-christmas-number-1-single-xmas-together-for-palestine/

Would love Kylie to do it but reckon she’ll get overtaken by Wham.

Lullaby at 3 surprises me, that will defo drop off though by the end of the week as it doesn’t have strong streaming numbers.
Oliver_W
15-12-2025, 10:46 PM
I like it when proper Christmas songs get the Number One slot, rather than cheesey (or meaty, in the case of LadBaby) novelty songs.
Benjamin
18-12-2025, 08:12 PM
Less than 24 hours to go. It’s apparently very close between Kylie, Wham and Together for Palestine.

I hope Kylie gets it
joeysteele
18-12-2025, 09:18 PM
I hope Kylie gets it.
Although I have never liked Christmas reduced to XMAS.

I can see why however for this song after her performance on Strictly.
Crimson Dynamo
18-12-2025, 09:29 PM
No one cares about this anymore
Cherie
18-12-2025, 09:33 PM
I hope Kylie gets it.
Although I have never liked Christmas reduced to XMAS.

I can see why however fir this song after her performance on Strictly.

With you on all those points Joey
Benjamin
18-12-2025, 09:46 PM
No one cares about this anymore

Correction, you don’t care.

You really are a misery aren’t you.
jones89
18-12-2025, 11:17 PM
Yeah i hope Kylie gets it too
Mystic Mock
19-12-2025, 12:27 AM
I like it when proper Christmas songs get the Number One slot, rather than cheesey (or meaty, in the case of LadBaby) novelty songs.

You don't love Sausage Rolls?:nono:
Mystic Mock
19-12-2025, 12:29 AM
No one cares about this anymore

I think that it sounds fun tbf.

Hopefully we'll get Ella Langley in a sexy Christmas outfit next year.:fc::laugh:
Benjamin
19-12-2025, 05:39 PM
Yay, Kylie nabbed the Christmas number 1 and in doing so stopped Wham getting it a third year in row. :clap1:

Wham finished at #2 followed by Mariah at #3, Brenda Lee at #4 and Together for Palestine at #5.
Kate!
19-12-2025, 05:41 PM
Yay, Kylie nabbed the Christmas number 1 and in doing so stopped Wham getting it a third year in row. :clap1:

Wham finished at #2 followed by Mariah at #3, Brenda Lee at #4 and Together for Palestine at #5.

Result!!! Adore Kylie
Benjamin
19-12-2025, 05:52 PM
Result!!! Adore Kylie

Bagged her first Christmas number 1 and her 8th number 1 overall. :clap1:
MTVN
19-12-2025, 06:00 PM
I heard that she had a partnership with Amazon so that it just played first every time anyone asked their Amazon device to play Christmas music - and that counted to the charts. Makes it a bit of a fix. Don't think in reality most people even realise that Kylie has released a Christmas song
Benjamin
19-12-2025, 06:01 PM
I heard that she had a partnership with Amazon so that it just played first every time anyone asked their Amazon device to play Christmas music - and that counted to the charts. Makes it a bit of a fix. Don't think in reality most people even realise that Kylie has released a Christmas song

I’m happy it blocked Wham getting it for a third year. :dazzler:

Also Kylie’s song has been in the charts for a few weeks now. ;)
MTVN
19-12-2025, 06:06 PM
Yeah Wham would be boring, that must be another product of it just being one of the first songs on a lot of streaming playlists
Benjamin
19-12-2025, 06:07 PM
Yeah Wham would be boring, that must be another product of it just being one of the first songs on a lot of streaming playlists

Yeah, between Wham and Mariah, it’s usually a pretty boring race for number 1 at Christmas now due to streaming. Happy Kylie bucked that trend.
Parmy
19-12-2025, 06:23 PM
https://share.google/wgCBxYTBitm1QpFMq


Sorry poor people, santa hasn't much left in his sacks.
Swan
19-12-2025, 06:26 PM
I just listened, i guess it's ok, but wont be going down as a classic that's for sure. Good luck to Kylie though
joeysteele
19-12-2025, 07:28 PM
I'm pleased.
Strictly Jake
19-12-2025, 10:14 PM
Very happy for her!!
AnnieK
19-12-2025, 10:19 PM
Do people really like it? I think its awful :laugh:
Cherie
19-12-2025, 11:04 PM
Do people really like it? I think its awful :laugh:

Its pretty poor, I think its taken off because you can do actions to it like YMCA.... better than Wham though
bots
20-12-2025, 03:33 AM
Christmas number 1's actually meant something when grannies went to the record shop just before christmas to get the number 1 for the grand kids. It could make an artists career. Those days are long gone
Benjamin
20-12-2025, 08:08 AM
Christmas number 1's actually meant something when grannies went to the record shop just before christmas to get the number 1 for the grand kids. It could make an artists career. Those days are long gone

It’s weird (and I love it); Christmas number 1 is a big thing in the UK only. No other country makes it a big deal.