Should Have Been Christmas Number Ones

Here are ten festive tunes that you could have sworn had the top spot at chistmas but didn t quite make it.

Should have been christmas number ones. Girl group little mix became the first band to win the x factor and have scored four number ones so far with a cover of the damien rice song cannonball in 2011. The following is a list of uk singles chart christ. These are right back to 52 british charts. Do they know it s christmas.

Since april 1973 the british phonographic industry has been classifying singles by the number of units shipped or by sales. We hear them every year and anyone could be forgiven for assuming they were christmas number ones but they weren t. Just in time for christmas whatculture run down the twenty best songs to have ever the prestigious christmas number one spot in the uk. The race for first position at christmas has become a british institution and people will speculate comment and bet upon the outcome.

The christmas songs that never made it to number one but really should have there have been 65 christmas number ones since the charts began in 1952 with the likes of slade cliff richard queen. Top 20 christmas number ones of all time. In 1984 and ed sheeran did so in 2017 with duets with beyoncé and eminem. Do they know it s christmas.

Band aid ii. Merry christmas everyone. It might have cemented its status as a classic film theme currently enjoying a revival thanks to the newly released reboot but no ghostbusters only got as far as number two in the uk charts. 10 christmas songs you thought got to number one but didn t.

6 christmas no 2s that should have been christmas no 1s jon o brien monday 21 dec 2015 8 00 am share this article via facebook share this article via twitter share this article via messenger. How many christmas number ones have had the word christmas in the title. All number 1s are special but the festive chart topper is the ultimate prize. As part of two acts george michael repeated the feat with band aid and wham.

Let s look back at every official christmas number 1 single in the uk.