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20th Dec 2014

It’s Official: The 2014 Christmas No.1 Is…

Clue: it is not the X Factor winner!

Her

The official Christmas no.1 is guaranteed to have you on your feet over the festive period… ‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you.

Yes, Mark Ronson’s hit featuring Bruno Mars has claimed the coveted top spot.

Last year, X Factor winner Sam Bailey topped the charts with her cover of Demi Lovato’s ‘Skyscraper’, however Ben Haenow was unable to continue her success and debuted at no.2 as Uptown Funk secured the top slot for the second week in a row.

The Pogues legendary Christmas hit featuring Kirsty MacColl, ‘Fairytale of New York‘, re-entered the charts at no.10.

Top 10 single chart in Ireland looks a little something like this:

1. Uptown Funk! – Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars
2. Something I Need – Ben Haenow
3. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
4. Do They Know It’s Christmas? (2014)  – Band Aid 30
5. High Hopes – High Hopes Choir
6. Maybe This Christmas – Síle Seoige & Friends
7. Outside – Calvin Harris Feat. Ellie Goulding
8. All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
9. Take Me To Church – Hozier
10. Fairytale of New York – The Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl

At top of the album charts is everyone’s favourite guy, Ed Sheeran.

Top 10 albums in Ireland:
1. X – Ed Sheeran
2. Hozier – Hozier
3. In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
4. Four – One Direction
5. 1989 – Taylor Swift
6. Rock or Bust – AC/DC
7. Never Been Better – Olly Murs
8. No Sound Without Silence – The Script
9. Where I Belong – Father Ray Kelly
10. III – Take That

We’ve no doubt that several copies of the above will provide the perfect stocking fillers this Christmas!

Details above provided by IRMA.ie