Ed Sheeran and Elton John topped the UK singles chart with their new duo “Merry Christmas”, according to the website of the official company that monitors sales and compiles the charts.
The song debuted at the top of the charts with 76,700 sales in its first week on the market. “Merry Christmas” is Ed Sheeran’s third track to top the UK singles chart this year and Elton John’s second after “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” with Dua Lipa.
In second place is Adele with “Easy on me”, followed by the Christmas evergreen of “Uem” “Last Christmas” and Mariah Carey in fourth place with “All I Want for Christmas is You”. The fifth position is ABCDEFU with “Gayle”.
Other songs related to the upcoming holidays have found a place in the top 10 of the British charts this week. Sheikin Stevens ‘Merry Christmas Everyone is in sixth place, Michael Buble is in ninth place with “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” is in tenth place.
A total of 22 Christmas songs are in the top 40 last week.
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