Fewer than 7,000 sales stand between the NHS Choir and frontrunner Justin Bieber in the race to become Christmas Number 1.
Justin’s track Love Yourself is ahead of The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir’s A Bridge Over You - a mash-up of Coldplay’s Fix You and Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel – after a weekend with the charity single in pole position.
Members of the NHS Choir (Lauren Hurley/PA)
Just three days remain for the NHS Choir in their fight to beat the pop behemoth after its high-profile appearances on ITV’s This Morning and Chris Evans’ BBC Radio 2 show, leaving the festive top spot too close to call.
Justin is set to dominate the top three regardless of whether he gets the prime position.
Justin Bieber looks set to dominate the top three with Love Yourself and Sorry (Yui Mok/PA)
His song Sorry is in third place, while X Factor winner Louisa Johnson will need a Christmas miracle to even reach the top five as Forever Young slips from sixth to seventh place.
Stormzy’s Shut Up is holding firm in the Top 10 after he launched a campaign for Christmas number one, settling at number nine in the chart update.
Louisa Johnson’s dreams slip through her fingers as she falls from 6 to 7 (Yui Mok/PA)
Sales and streams of songs between 12.01am on Friday December 18 and midnight on Thursday December 24 will count towards the 2015 Official Christmas Singles Chart, with the number one announced on Christmas Day.
Proceeds from the sale of the NHS Choir’s single will go to the charities Mind and Carers UK.
