Last Uk Christmas Number One Of The 20th Century

The emergence of a serious contest for the christmas number one spot began in 1973.

Last uk christmas number one of the 20th century. 7th last no 1. The majority of it was in the 20th century though. Let s look back at every official christmas number 1 single in the uk. His banishment from the number one spot means 1999 has become the first year no record has stayed at number one for more than three weeks.

One of his least successful albums of the previous 20 years. The official uk singles chart began in 1952 after appearing in the new musical express. Economic cultural and social change. Blood on the dance floor.

The positions of all songs are based on week end sale totals from sunday to saturday until 2015 then from friday to thursday. Related articles 20th century britain. This job was invariably done in the garden so as to keep the house clean. All number 1s are special but the festive chart topper is the ultimate prize.

Other strong contenders for the festive number one were john lennon s re released imagine which came top of the christmas chart following the former beatle s death in 1980. Before 1987 they were released on a tuesday due to the need for manual calculation. We take you on a trip down memory lane of the christmas number ones of the 21 st century so far and reveal just who s in the running for the top spot this year. This hit presented as a world conservation statement was the 1995 christmas no 1 and sold a million in the uk alone.

Rap metal band rage against the machine scored the last christmas number one of the decade and their first uk number one with killing in the name after a successful facebook campaign by dj jon morter to stop another the x factor winner s single dominating the christmas charts. The 20th century was the period between january 1 1901 and december 31 2000 so yeah 1936 is a part of 20th century. For more on 20th century britain read francesca carnevali s 20th century britain. Track taken from his album of the same name.

However it wasn t completed until the early 2000 s. Read the full article and discover lots more historical features in the newest issue of britain click here to subscribe. Over the last 65 years when the christmas number one tradition first began the likes of band aid spice girls queen and the beatles have all graced the top spot. That was probably because butchers normally sold their birds with their feathers and heads on and their innards inside and it was a thoroughly unpleasant job to prepare them for cooking.