a chance of taking the top spot the british singer song thursday has been in the u.k. charts for nine weeks the week before christmas is a lucrative time for the u.k. music industry people buy and stream more songs during this week than at any other time of year teens are particularly eager to support their favorite stars the still a quite a strong interest from young friends so fourteen fifteen year old fans particularly big bosses pts. like for example ariana grande they're really keen on making sure that their artist is it number one. last year's number one christmas hit was perfect by ed sheeran these days the winner is determined not just by cd and record sales but also by which song was downloaded and streamed the most. but things were different in this band's heyday in one nine hundred seventy three slaying recorded the number one holiday hit with their song merry christmas everybody. the u.k.'s most popular band the