List of Christmas number one singles (UK)
- List of Christmas number one singles (UK)
This is a list of Christmas number one singles in the United Kingdom. Christmas number one singles are those that are at the top of the UK Singles Chart on the nearest Sunday after Christmas. The official UK Singles Chart began in 1952, after appearing in the "New Musical Express". [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/1234212.stm |title=The story of the single |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2008-04-21 ] The positions of all songs are based on week end sale totals, from Sunday to Saturday. [cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/faq.php#howcompiled |title=FAQ |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |accessdate=2008-04-21]
The Beatles are the only artist to have four number ones, three consecutively starting from 1963. Cliff Richard also spent four Christmases at the top; two with his own songs, one with The Shadows and one as a part of Band Aid 2. Paul McCartney has been top seven times; four times with The Beatles, and once each with Wings, Band Aid and Band Aid 20. The Spice Girls equalled the record of having three consecutive Christmas number ones, from 1996 to 1998. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen reached the number one spot in Christmas 1975 and 1991, and is the only song to have reached the top twice, although "Do They Know It's Christmas?" has been Christmas number one in each of its three versions.[cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_2580000/2580729.stm |title=All the Christmas number ones |publisher=CBBC |accessdate=2008-04-21 |last= |first= ] The Band Aid version of this song is the second best selling single in UK history. [cite web |url=http://www.everyhit.com/record4.html |title=Record-Breakers and Trivia |publisher=EveryHit |accessdate=2008-04-19 ] Many of the Christmas number ones were also the best-selling song of the year. [cite web |url=http://ukcharts.20m.com/bestsell.html |title=UK Top 100 Best Selling Singles |publisher=UK Charts |accessdate=2008-04-21 ] ] List
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