Kylie Minogue is making Christmas 2025 her own, as Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) is on course to gain the Australian star an 11th UK Number 1 album.
The festive package, a reissue of 2015’s Kylie Christmas, which originally peaked at Number 12, contains brand-new tracks Hot In December, This Time Of Year and Office Party. Amazon variants of the LP also include Amazon Music UK exclusive single XMAS, expected to make its Top 10 debut this week.
With the deluxe version of the record dropping last Friday, Sam Fender’s Mercury Prize-winning People Watching is in the running to regain the top spot, jumping 32 places midweek (2). People Watching hit Number 1 upon its release in March of this year, earning Sam the biggest opening week of his career to date.
Olivia Rodrigo could see her 2025 festival headline performance Live From Glastonbury (A BBC Recording) debut inside the Top 5 (4).
Another new live album looking to pierce the Top 10 is Depeche Mode's Memento Mori: Mexico City (6). It’s a recording from their tour celebrating 2023 release Memento Mori, which peaked at Number 2.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ Live God, the live version of their 2024 project Wild God, looks to land a Top 10 position (9).
Rotherham rock outfit The Reytons are aiming for a fourth Top 10 with their latest surprise release, Roll The Dice (10).
London-based new wave legends Ultravox could see The Collection rebound back into the charts following an expanded release of the album, including a further 14 new tracks and remastered cuts (13).
The Happy Mondays’ The Factory Singles, a compilation of remastered classics, is set to break the Top 20 (19).
After re-entering the Top 40 last week, Fontaines D.C.’s Romance could continue its climb, projected to move six places (31).
Ariana Grande’s festive collection Christmas & Chill is aiming to secure a Top 40 spot for the first time (34). Released in 2015, the EP contains seven songs including the modern holiday hit Santa Tell Me.
Finally, Jacob Collier will be hoping for a second Top 40 success with The Light For Days, after physical variants of the album dropped last week (35).
