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Al Martino, the first person to reach the Christmas top spot

The Beatles had four Christmas number ones during the 1960s, three of which were consecutive.

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Bob Geldof, creator of charity supergroup Band Aid who were Christmas number one in three different incarnations
"Bohemian Rhapsody", by Queen, reached the number one slot twice, in 1975 and 1991
Cliff Richard, who reached the number one slot at Christmas four times
The Spice Girls had three consecutive Christmas number ones in the 1990s.
Rage Against the Machine, whose song "Killing in the Name" achieved the Christmas number one in 2009, 17 years after the song's original release
Year Artist Song[1] Weeks at
No. 1[2][3][4]
1952 Al Martino "Here in My Heart" 9
1953 Frankie Laine "Answer Me" 8
1954 Winifred Atwell "Let's Have Another Party" 5
1955 Dickie Valentine "Christmas Alphabet" 3
1956 Johnnie Ray "Just Walkin' in the Rain" 7
1957 Harry Belafonte "Mary's Boy Child" 7
1958 Conway Twitty "It's Only Make Believe" 5
1959 Emile Ford and the Checkmates "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" 6
1960 Cliff Richard and The Shadows "I Love You" 2
1961 Danny Williams "Moon River" 2
1962 Elvis Presley "Return to Sender" 3
1963 The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 5
1964 The Beatles "I Feel Fine" 5
1965 The Beatles "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out"[nb 1] 5
1966 Tom Jones "Green, Green Grass of Home" 7
1967 The Beatles "Hello, Goodbye" 7
1968 The Scaffold "Lily the Pink" 3
1969 Rolf Harris "Two Little Boys" 6
1970 Dave Edmunds "I Hear You Knocking" 6
1971 Benny Hill "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" 4
1972 Jimmy Osmond "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" 5
1973 Slade "Merry Xmas Everybody" 5
1974 Mud "Lonely This Christmas" 4
1975 Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" 9
1976 Johnny Mathis "When a Child Is Born (Soleado)" 3
1977 Wings "Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"[nb 1] 9
1978 Boney M. "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" 4
1979 Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" 5
1980 St Winifred's School Choir "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" 2
1981 The Human League "Don't You Want Me" 5
1982 Renée and Renato "Save Your Love" 4
1983 The Flying Pickets "Only You" 5
1984 Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 5
1985 Shakin' Stevens "Merry Christmas Everyone" 2
1986 Jackie Wilson "Reet Petite" 4
1987 Pet Shop Boys "Always on My Mind" 4
1988 Cliff Richard "Mistletoe and Wine"[nb 2] 4
1989 Band Aid II "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 3
1990 Cliff Richard "Saviour's Day" 1
1991 Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives"[nb 1] 5
1992 Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You" 10
1993 Mr Blobby "Mr Blobby" 2
1994 East 17 "Stay Another Day" 5
1995 Michael Jackson "Earth Song" 6
1996 Spice Girls "2 Become 1" 3
1997 Spice Girls "Too Much" 2
1998 Spice Girls "Goodbye" 1
1999 Westlife "I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun"[nb 1] 4
2000 Bob the Builder "Can We Fix It?" 3
2001 Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman "Somethin' Stupid" 3
2002 Girls Aloud "Sound of the Underground" 4
2003 Michael Andrews and Gary Jules "Mad World" 3
2004 Band Aid 20 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 4
2005 Shayne Ward "That's My Goal" 4
2006 Leona Lewis "Template:Sort" 4
2007 Leon Jackson "When You Believe" 3
2008 Alexandra Burke "Hallelujah" 3
2009 Rage Against the Machine "Killing in the Name" 1
2010 Matt Cardle "When We Collide"[nb 3] 3
2011 Military Wives with Gareth Malone "Wherever You Are" 1
2012 The Justice Collective[nb 4] "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" 1
2013 Sam Bailey "Skyscraper" 1
2014 Ben Haenow "Something I Need" 1
2015 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir[8] "A Bridge over You"[nb 5] 1
2016 Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie "Rockabye" 9
2017 Ed Sheeran[nb 6] "Perfect" 6
2018 TBD (21 December 2018)[11] TBD (21 December 2018) TBD
  1. ↑ Myers, Justin (13 December 2013). "Every Official Christmas Number 1 ever!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CBBC
  3. ↑ "Christmas Number Ones – Singles". EveryHit. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  4. ↑ "Thirty years of Christmas No 1s". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  5. ↑ Masterton, James (20 December 2004). "Christmas Commentary from James Masterton". London: LAUNCHcast. Archived from the original on 31 December 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2011. ... This actually did happen back in 1988 when Christmas Day fell on a Sunday (the usual chart day). This resulted in the chart show being broadcast a day late on Monday 26th and with the industry agreeing that the crowning of Cliff Richard as that years Christmas Number One would take place then. ...
  6. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named heaint
  7. ↑ "Paul McCartney guests on Hillsborough charity single with Robbie Williams". The Guardian. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  8. 1 2 "NHS Choir beat Bieber to UK Christmas number one". BBC News. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ed Sheeran claims Christmas Number 1: "It's an actual dream"". Official Charts Company. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  10. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BBC
  11. ↑ "When will the 2018 Christmas Number 1 be announced?". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  1. 1 2 3 4 Released as a double A-side.
  2. ↑ "Mistletoe and Wine" by Cliff Richard was announced as the 1988 Christmas number one a day later than usual, on Monday 26 December.[5]
  3. ↑ A cover of a Biffy Clyro song, originally titled "Many of Horror".
  4. ↑ The Justice Collective was the name taken by a group of British musicians and football personalities who released the song in aid of various charities associated with the Hillsborough disaster.[6][7]
  5. ↑ "A Bridge over You" is a combination of the Simon & Garfunkel song "Bridge over Troubled Water" and Coldplay's "Fix You".[8]
  6. ↑ Versions of "Perfect" featuring Beyoncé ("Perfect Duet") and Andrea Bocelli ("Perfect Symphony") counted towards the placement; however, due to chart rules, only Sheeran was officially credited.[9][10]
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