The first version of Do They Know It’s Christmas? is the best-selling Christmas Number 1 of all time, with over 3.8 million copies sold. Versions of charity smash Do They Know It’s Christmas? have topped the festive Top 40 three times: for Band Aid in 1984, Band Aid II in 1989, and finally for Band Aid 20 in 2004.
And as Christmas is the season of goodwill, why not, eh? In 69 years of Christmas chart-toppers, 12 are genuine Christmas songs, eight are by TV talent show winners, three are by choirs and five could be classed as novelty singles. Seven Christmas Number 1s feature the word ‘ Christmas’ in the title, if you include Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody from 1973. Spice Girls notched up three consecutive Christmas Number 1s: 2 Become 1, Too Much, and Goodbye all reigned the festive rundown from 1996–1998. LadBaby with their record-breaking four consecutive Official Christmas Number 1 single awards (Credit: Official Charts Company). This means if LadBaby do return for a stab at Christmas Number 1 this year, they could well become the first act to ever score five. However, last year the record became shared when online entertainers LadBaby (aka Mark and Roxanne Hoyle) became the first act in UK chart history to score four consecutive UK Christmas Number 1s with We Built This City (2018), I Love Sausage Rolls (2019), Don't Stop Me Eatin' (2020) and Sausage Rolls For Everyone with Ed Sheeran Elton John (2021). The first three, I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine and Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out topped the Official Singles Chart consecutively from 1963–1965. There's not many chart records the Beatles haven't broken and, yes, they have the most Christmas Number 1s of everyone – four in total. But for now, let's look back at every Official Christmas Number 1 single in the UK.
The 2022 Official Christmas Number 1 will be announced on Friday, December 23, and with 2021 marking the UK’s 71st Official Christmas Number 1, competition for the top spot is shaping up to be fiercer than ever.
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