George Griffiths

It's the all-important starting gun of the most important chart of the year. WHAM! return to Number 1 today with Last Christmas , firing the opening shot on the biggest chart race of the year.

Sabrina Carpenter leads the charge to top the Official Albums Chart this week – but can she hold off Christmas crooner Michael Bublé to secure the UK's Official Number 1 Christmas album?

Official Charts and The One Show staged a very special reunion to celebrate a true British Christmas classic. Are you ready children?!

But with a handful of chart units between them - Tom is very much still in the race.

Gracie Abrams has made a return as a main player in the race for Christmas Number 1 this week.

Congratulations to Sabrina Carpente r, who caps off the biggest year of her life with the Official Christmas Number 1 album 2024!

Last Christmas you gave them Christmas Number 1…and this year, WHAM! have repeated the trick, landing the Christmas Number 1 2024, making Official Chart history in the process.

The Official Charts team choose their favourite singles and albums of the year. The great thing about pop music is that everyone's experience of it is different.

Michael Bublé is set to return to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart, just in time for Christmas!

It may not seem like it most of the time - so much is made, especially in online fan circles, of instant success as a marker of true greatness - but for any artist, longevity is the true name of the game.