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We won't have to hear "The Little Drummer Boy" again for 10 months. (12/27a)
PHOTO GALLERY: PICS OF THE WEEK OF THE YEAR (PART TWO)
More weasel photo ops (12/30a)
TOP 50: A LITTLE SZA, A WHOLE LOTTA CHRISTMAS
The final album chart of the year (12/27a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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Stormzy has claimed his third Official U.K. Albums #1 with This Is What I Mean (0207 Def Jam). Over on singles, Taylor Swift makes it six weeks at the top.
This Is What I Mean emerged victorious in a tight battle with Cliff Richard’s Christmas With Cliff (East West/Rhino), which charts at #2 today.
A Family Christmas (Decca) by Andrea, Matteo and Virginia Bocelli jumps seven to a new peak at #4, while a reissue of The Cure’s landmark ninth album, Wish (Polydor/UMR), returns at #9.
Michael Bublé’s Christmas (Reprise) lifts back into the Top 20 at #13, as a Christmas edition of George Ezra’s Gold Rush Kid (Columbia) sees it climb 14 to #18.
Following the death of Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac have two records in the Top 40 this week. Hits collection 50 Years–Don’t Stop (Warner Records) is a non-mover at #23, while the group’s 1977 #1, Rumours, lifts 18 spots to #24.
On the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart, Swift’s “Anti-Hero” (EMI) tallies 4.9m streams to remain at #1.
Meghan Trainor’s “Made You Look” (RCA) claims a new peak at #2, while Venbee, goddard. and ArrDee’s “Messy in Heaven” (Columbia) is up two to #3.
Anne-Marie and Aitch’s “PSYCHO” (Asylum/Major Toms) jumps into the Top 5 for the first time, at #5.
RAYE f/070 Shake’s “Escapism” (Human Re Sources) rises 26 places to #6; it’s her first Top 10 as a lead artist.
Two holiday classics enter the Top 10: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Columbia) is #8 and Wham!’s “Last Christmas” (Epic) is #9.