Christmas Number One Artists

Prior to march 1 1991 the only means of tracking sales figures for record albums and singles in the united states was via the certification system of the recording industry association of america riaa based.

Christmas number one artists. Harry belafonte topped the charts with it in 1957 and boney m took a one horse open sleigh all the way to number. The emergence of a serious contest for the christmas number one spot began in 1973 when the glam rock bands slade and wizzard deliberately released festive songs in an effort to reach the top of the charts at christmas with slade s merry xmas everybody beating out wizzard s i wish it could be christmas everyday for the number one spot that christmas. The christmas number one does not always synchronise with the dates elsewhere as they refer to week ending chart dates. The following is a list of popular christmas songs recorded by various artists many of which have hit on various charts mostly in the united states some only released in the artist s home country.

This list is determined by singles that were at number one on december 25th of each year. Among them was kylie minogue and jason donovan. This page shows the best selling christmas albums in the united states it includes artists from all over the world but it only includes sales in the united states of america. We hope you find this summary of christmas number ones useful.

Many music lovers contend that the best christmas themed music never actually reaches the glorious peak of christmas number one. Although there are a few novelty record atrocities in there benny hill mr blobby bob the builder such classic artists as harry belafonte elvis presley tom jones pink floyd the human. The next year 25 by adele topped the christmas chart with sales of 450 000. The 2014 christmas number one was claimed by ed sheeran who achieved the biggest one week sales of any artist album that year with x.

Mary s boy child has been a christmas number 1 twice for totally different artists. The singles chart did not begin until 1952. Some of the best never made it to the top. The entire process took ten days from concept to release and spent three weeks at number one.

The year indicates the original year of release for that artist s recorded version of the single or track which may not necessarily be the first year the artist s version appeared on one or more. The christmas number ones prior to 1952 are based on sheet music sales.