Christmas Number One Hits

The christmas number one single was not revealed on christmas day itself until 1994.

Christmas number one hits. John lennon posthumously achieved a solo christmas number one in 1982 with the john lennon collection. The following year brendan bowyer became the first irish artist to claim top spot at christmas with no more. Robbie williams has topped the uk albums chart four times at christmas. It first topped the christmas charts in 1975 and pulled it off again 16 years later following.

Mary s boy child oh my lord. The following singles were christmas number one hits. Elton john has topped the albums chart twice at christmas in consecutive years. We hope you find this summary of christmas number ones useful.

Britain s answer to elvis presley had a string of hits throughout the 1980s including no less than four number one hits. Don t you want me. 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. St winifred s school choir.

The race to be top of the british singles chart at christmas has been an annual event every december since 1952. The beatles unsurprisingly hold the record for the most christmas number ones. Another brick in the wall. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

The only song to get the christmas number 1 twice by the same artist is bohemian rhapsody by queen. There s no one quite like grandma. The official singles chart welcomed all kinds of unusual unlikely hits in the 70s and 1977 s christmas number 1 was the mega selling mull of kintyre from wings led by none other than former. This list is determined by singles that were at number one on december 25th of each year.

The irish singles chart was first published in 1962 and the first artist to top the chart at christmas was elvis presley with return to sender. Mull of kintyre girls school. This christmas special was the last of his number ones but the title has been re released a substantial number of times ever since its original recording was made. Queen have released two christmas number one albums in 1975 and 1991.