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17 December 2017, 18:55
André Rieu’s latest album Amore remains at no. 1, after entering at the top spot two weeks ago, making the violinist the Classic FM Christmas No. 1 2017. The rest of the top three are also non-movers for the second week running, plus The Nation’s Favourite Carols is also a non-mover this week at no. 4. The rest of the top ten remains mostly the same this week, with the loss of Hans Zimmer’s Blue Planet, this week’s biggest faller, dropping ten places out of the top ten from no. 5 to no. 15.
Surprisingly, there are no new entries in the Classic FM Chart this week. However, there are five re-entries, all outside the top ten, including Alistair McGowan’s The Piano Album, The Bets of King’s College Choir, The Very Best of Carols from Cambridge, The Ultimate Classic FM Album plus John Williams’s score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
There will be no Classic FM Chart on Sunday 25th December. Instead, you can tune in to Christmas Eve Requests with Anne-Marie Minhall and John Brunning from 1-5.30pm, followed by Aled Jones narrating The Snowman at 5.30pm and then the Children & The Arts’ Christmas Carol Concert with Catherine Bott from 6-8pm.
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On New Year’s Day, John Brunning will present a special countdown of the biggest selling classical releases of 2017 in The Classic FM Chart of the Year. The contenders for the number one spot include André Rieu, Jonas Kaufmann, and Ludovico Einaudi, all of whom have topped the weekly Classic FM Chart at some point over the last year. Join John from 4pm on Monday 1st January on Classic FM to find out which release is crowned victorious as he unveils the Top 30 in full.
This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
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1 | 1 | AMORE, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
2 | 2 | IN A WINTER LIGHT, ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
3 | 3 | ONE VOICE - BELIEVE, ALED JONES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
4 | 4 | THE NATION'S FAVOURITE CAROLS, RPO/CITY LONDON CH/WETTON Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
5 | 6 | CAROLS FROM KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR/WILLCOCKS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
6 | 7 | BEST OF CHRISTMAS, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
7 | 11 | ESSENTIAL CAROLS, KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR/WILLCOCKS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
8 | 8 | DECEMBER LIGHTS, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
9 | 10 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
10 | 9 | CHRISTMAS WITH, CANTERBURY CATH GIRLS CH Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
11 | RE | THE PIANO ALBUM, ALISTAIR MCGOWAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
12 | 0 | CLASSIC FM - CAROLS WITH ST PAUL'S, ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CH/CARWOOD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
13 | 15 | HOME ALONE - OST, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
14 | 13 | THE COLLECTION, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
15 | 5 | BLUE PLANET II - OST, HANS ZIMMER/SHEA/FLEMING Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
16 | 22 | THE JOHN RUTTER CHRISTMAS ALBUM, CAMBRIDGE SINGERS/RUTTER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
17 | 26 | CHRISTMAS AT KING'S, KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
18 | 14 | LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS - THE ULTIMATE, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
19 | 18 | ONE VOICE AT CHRISTMAS, ALED JONES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
20 | RE | THE BEST OF KING'S, KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
21 | 17 | SCORE, 2CELLOS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
22 | 23 | THE GREAT BRITISH CAROL COLLECTION, CHOIR OF TRINITY COLLEGE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
23 | 25 | ESSENTIAL CHRISTMAS CAROLS - THE FINEST, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
24 | RE | CAROLS FROM CAMBRIDGE - THE VERY BEST, CAMBRIDGE KING'S COLLEGE CH Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
25 | 21 | CHRISTMAS CLASSICAL VOICES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
26 | RE | THE ULTIMATE CLASSIC FM ALBUM, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
27 | 28 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
28 | 29 | WINTER SONGS, GJEILO/ROYAL HOLLOWAY CH Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
29 | 30 | A YEAR OF SONGS, ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
30 | RE | STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS - OST, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |