Luke’s Top Tracks - Bleachers round off the 2024 festive season with a third week at the top

After a week of huge change in streams and sales, with many songs falling from the top and others making huge climbs, one has stayed consistent - Bleachers’ “Merry Christmas, Please Don’t Call” has perhaps enjoyed its biggest streaming week on record, spending its third consecutive week at the summit and breaking into many streaming charts over the past few days. It’s a true testament to its emergence as a new festive favourite and suggests it may become a mainstay over the next few years. Following closely behind is a huge climb for Billie Eilish’s former #1 single “CHIHIRO”, rounding off its massive year back at #2. Rounding off the top three is this week’s biggest and most remarkable climb from SZA; “Kitchen” becomes the highest-charting single from the “LANA” edition of her second studio album, “SOS”.

Going into 2025 there’s a lot of uncertainty as to the hits and future #1s this chart may have in the future. While there aren’t many scheduled releases, favourites such as Ethel Cain and Lana Del Rey are set to come out with new projects making for some exciting possibilities. It’s also exciting to perhaps see some new talent as tastes develop, and mainstays (perhaps Charli xcx, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Ethel Cain?). We’ll just have to wait and see what the future holds!