Christmas Number Ones

Every record which reached No 1 in the U.K. Singles Charts at Christmas, since records began in 1952.


Year Artist Title
1952 Al Martino Here In My Heart
1953 Frankie Laine Answer Me
1954 Winifred Atwell Let's Have Another Party
1955 Dickie Valentine Christmas Alphabet
1956 Johnnie Ray Just Walkin' In The Rain
1957 Harry Belafonte Mary's Boy Child
1958 Conway Twitty It's Only Make Believe
1959 Emile Ford And The Checkmates What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?
1960 Cliff Richard I Love You
1961 Danny Williams Moon River
1962 Elvis Presley Return To Sender
1963 The Beatles I Want To Hold Your Hand
1964 The Beatles I Feel Fine
1965 The Beatles Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out
1966 Tom Jones Green Green Grass Of Home
1967 The Beatles Hello Goodbye
1968 The Scaffold Lily The Pink
1969 Rolf Harris Two Little Boys
1970 Dave Edmunds I Hear You Knocking
1971 Benny Hill Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
1972 Little Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
1973 Slade Merry Xmas Everybody
1974 Mud Lonely This Christmas
1975 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
1976 Johnny Mathis When A Child Is Born
1977 Wings Mull Of Kintyre/Girl's School
1978 Boney M Mary's Boy Child
1979 Pink Floyd Another Brick In The Wall
1980 St Winifred's School Choir There's No One Quite Like Grandma
1981 The Human League Don't You Want Me
1982 Renee And Renato Save Your Love
1983 The Flying Pickets Only You
1984 Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas?
1985 Shakin' Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone
1986 Jackie Wilson Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town)
1987 Pet Shop Boys Always On My Mind
1988 Cliff Richard Mistletoe And Wine
1989 Band Aid II Do They Know It's Christmas?
1990 Cliff Richard Saviour's Day
1991 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives
1992 Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You
1993 Mr Blobby Mr Blobby
1994 East 17 Stay Another Day
1995 Michael Jackson Earth Song
1996 Spice Girls 2 Become 1
1997 Spice Girls Too Much
1998 Spice Girls Goodbye
1999 Westlife I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun
2000 Bob The Builder Can We Fix It
2001 Robbie Williams And Nicole Kidman Somethin' Stupid
2002 Girls Aloud Sound Of The Underground
2003 Michael Andrews ft Gary Jules Mad World
2004 Band Aid 20 Do They Know It's Christmas?
2005 Shayne Ward That's My Goal
2006 Leona Lewis A Moment Like This
2007 Leon Jackson When You Believe
2008 Alexandra Burke Hallelujah
2009 Rage Against The Machine Killing In The Name
2010 Matt Cardle When We Collide
2011 Military Wives Wherever You Are
2012 Justice Collective He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
2013 Sam Bailey Skyscraper
2014 Ben Haenow Something I Need
2015 Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir A Bridge Over You
2016 Clean Bandit Ft Sean Paul & Anne-Marie Rockabye
2017 Ed Sheeran Perfect
2018 Ladbaby We Built This City

2019

Ladbaby I Love Sausage Rolls

2020

Ladbaby Don't Stop Me Eatin'

2021

Ladbaby Ft Ed Sheeran & Elton John Sausage Rolls for Everyone

2022

Ladbaby Food Aid

2023

Wham! Last Christmas