Best Selling Christmas Number Ones Uk

The uk singles chart is a weekly record chart which for most of its history was based on single sales from sunday to saturday in the united kingdom.
Best selling christmas number ones uk. The uk singles chart is one of many music charts compiled by the official charts company that calculates the best selling singles of the week in the united kingdom. Another reason to love christmas songs is that a whopping 35 of xmas number ones. Best selling christmas number ones. The top selling song released in the 21st century goes to pharrell williams happy which is eighth with 1 95 million sales while.
Biggest selling however is the first. This is a list of the top ten best selling christmas singles of the soundscan era in the united states according to the nielsen company as last updated on november 25 2016. Since july 2014 it has also incorporated streaming data and from 10 july 2015 has been based on a friday to thursday week. But it also holds a dubious distinction of being the best selling uk.
Before 2004 the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles. The uk singles chart is one of many music charts compiled by the official charts company that calculates the best selling singles of the week in the united kingdom. 1 at christmas since the inception of the charts in 1952. 1 s uk music charts lists every single which was no.
I want to hold your hand is on 1 82 million. Before 2004 the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles. This list shows singles that peaked in the top 10 of the uk singles chart during 1963 as well as singles which peaked in 1962 and 1964 but were in the top 10. The beatles have the record for the most christmas number 1s four and three of them make the top 20.
Nielsen soundscan began tracking digital download sales data at the end of june 2003. Many of the christmas number ones were also the best selling song of the year. Look back over every number 1 on the official uk singles chart. An archive of the biggest uk hits by month.
The most recent christmas number one single is i love sausage rolls by ladbaby. Best selling christmas holiday singles by nielsen soundscan data. This list shows singles that peaked in the top 10 of the uk singles chart during 1981 as well as singles which peaked in 1980 and 1982 but were in the top 10. Christmas number ones every record which reached no 1 in the u k.