Christmas Number Ones Through The Years

Christmas number ones through the years posted by adam macdonald on august 28 2007 it may at first seem quite a pointless exercise looking at what was christmas number one four years ago but don t be so quick to condemn it.

Christmas number ones through the years. The original detailed listing of all the british number one hits from 1950 to the present day with information about every hit. Sixty years of british number ones. Last year band aid 20 claimed the christmas number one becoming the biggest selling single of the year in the process. All number 1s are special but the festive chart topper is the ultimate prize.

All the christmas number ones in the uk charts from the beginning in 1952 to the most recent in 2009. From the beatles to the x factor machine. Many of the christmas number ones were also the best selling song of the year. At number 2 in 1984 sheeran as a solo artist at number 1 and as a featured artist under eminem at number 2 in 2017.

Christmas number ones from the past 50 years. Let s look back at every official christmas number 1 single in the uk. Despite inexplicable popularity of mr blobby and bob the builder british public has sent. George michael and ed sheeran have been christmas number one and number two the same year in different groups michael with band aid at number 1 and wham.

When it was all about delia and her. This year s winner sam bailey has topped the festive singles chart for 2013. Despite mixed reviews the song which was released to raise money for famine victims in sudan africa captured the imagination of the british public and went on to easily surpass the 8million raised by the original band aid record in 1984. Every festive chart topper since records began from the beatles to ed sheeran.

And welshman shakin stevens was celebrating the number one spot with merry christmas everyone a song which apparently makes 53 834 a year.