Can Sabrina Carpenter see off Mariah Carey? Will Wham! beat Sheeran? How race for Xmas no.1 became a battle of the ages ...Middle East

THE race for Christmas No1 is a battle of the ages with Mariah Carey and Sabrina Carpenter going head to head.

The pop sensation’s 1994 hit, All I Want For Christmas, is in the running once again but it must fend off fresh entries from the pint-size singer, Tom Grennan and Ariana Grande, as well as classics from Wham!, East 17 and Band Aid.

Georgie Culley looks at the contenders in BBC Radio 1’s The Official Chart on Friday.

Sabrina Carpenter

Is It New Years Yet?

THE hitmaker has taken 2024 by storm, with her runaway single Espresso going platinum five times and shifting over five million copies.

Is It New Years Yet? is her strongest contender for Christmas No1, but she’s also propping up the charts with Taste and A Nonsense Christmas.

Mariah Carey

All I Want For Christmas Is You

IT peaked at No2 on its release in 1994, but has appeared in the Top 40 every year since 2007 and reached No1 in 2020.

All I Want For Christmas has consistently broken records to become one of the most enduring anthems ever.

Incredibly, Mariah, 55, and Walter Afanasieff, 66, wrote the song in 15 minutes.

Tom Grennan

 It Can’t Be Christmas

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