Entertainment/UK Christmas number ones

	Act	Title	Weeks at No 1
1952	Al Martino	Here in My Heart	9	First UK No 1 based on record sales
1953	Frankie Laine	Answer Me	8	Originally titled Mütterlein, with German lyrics. The song was banned by the BBC owing to the religious nature of the lyrics
1954	Winifred Atwell	Let’s Have Another Party	8	Pianist born in Trinidad
1955	Dickie Valentine	Christmas Alphabet	8	Real name Richard Maxwell. Opening lyric – “C is for the candy trimmed around the Christmas tree”
1956	Johnnie Ray	Just Walkin’ in the Rain	7	Written by two prisoners in Nashville
1957	Harry Belafonte	Mary’s Boy Child	7	Written by Jester Hairston in 1956
1958	Conway Twitty	It’s Only Make Believe	5	Real name Harold Lloyd Jenkins. US Country singer
1959	Emile Ford & The Checkmates	What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?	6	Real name Michael Emile Telford Miller. Born in Saint Lucia
1960	Cliff Richard & the Shadows	I Love You	2	Written by Bruce Welch
1961	Danny Williams	Moon River	2	Known as “Britain’s Johnny Mathis”. Song from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
1962	Elvis Presley	Return to Sender	3	Performed in the film Girls! Girls! Girls!
1963	The Beatles	I Want to Hold Your Hand	5	Remained in the UK top 50 for 21 weeks
1964	The Beatles	I Feel Fine	5
1965	The Beatles	Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out	5
1966	Tom Jones	Green, Green Grass of Home	7	Written by Curly Putman
1967	The Beatles	Hello, Goodbye	7
1968	The Scaffold	Lily the Pink	4	Novelty song by Liverpool folk group. Based on a song titled The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham
1969	Rolf Harris	Two Little Boys	6	Written in 1902 and popularised by Harry Lauder
1970	Dave Edmunds	I Hear You Knocking	6	Cover version of a song written in 1955
1971	Benny Hill	Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)	4	Novelty song inspired by Benny Hill’s experience as a milkman
1972	Jimmy Osmond	Long Haired Lover from Liverpool	5	Youngest member of The Osmonds, who at age 9 became the youngest chart topper ever
1973	Slade	Merry Xmas Everybody	5	First year that groups released festive songs to try and reach the top of the charts at Christmas
1974	Mud	Lonely This Christmas	4	Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn
1975	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	9	UK's third best-selling single of all time
1976	Johnny Mathis	When a Child is Born (Soleado)	3	Soleado was the original melody
1977	Wings	Mull of Kintyre / Girls’ School	9	First No 1 for Paul McCartney since he was a Beatle. First single to sell over two million copies nationwide
1978	Boney M	Mary’s Boy Child – Oh My Lord	4	Cover of Harry Belafonte's 1957 song, put in medley with the new song Oh My Lord
1979	Pink Floyd	Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)	5	Features children from Islington Green School
1980	St Winifred’s School Choir	There’s No One Quite Like Grandma	2	Choir from a Stockport primary school
1981	The Human League	Don’t You Want Me	5	New Romantic band
1982	Renee and Renato	Save Your Love	4	UK-based Italian tenor (Renato Pagliari) and English girl (Hilary Lester)
1983	The Flying Pickets	Only You	5	A cappella group. Cover version of the song by Yazoo
1984	Band Aid	Do They Know It’s Christmas?	5	Written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia. Sold a million copies in the first week and three million copies in total. First line is sung by Paul Young
1985	Shakin’ Stevens	Merry Christmas Everyone	2	Real name Michael Barrett
1986	Jackie Wilson	Reet Petite	4	Originally released in 1957. Wilson died in 1984
1987	Pet Shop Boys	Always on My Mind	4	Cover version of a 1972 song that was a hit for Elvis Presley
1988	Cliff Richard	Mistletoe and Wine	4	First solo No 1 for nine years. Written for a musical called Scraps, which was an adaptation of The Little Match Girl
1989	Band Aid II	Do They Know It’s Christmas?	3	Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. First line is sung by Kylie Minogue. Cliff Richard was also a singer on the record
1990	Cliff Richard	Saviour’s Day	2
1991	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody / There Are the Days of Our Lives	5	Re-issue of the 1975 hit, following the death of Freddie Mercury
1992	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	10	Included on the soundtrack of The Bodyguard. No 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a then-record-breaking 14 weeks
1993	Mr Blobby	Mr Blobby	3	Novelty song performed by the character from Noel's House Party. Often ranked as the worst Christmas No 1 in history
1994	East 17	Stay Another Day	5
1995	Michael Jackson	Earth Song	6	Presented as a world conservation statement
1996	Spice Girls	2 Become 1	3	Third single released by Spice Girls
1997	Spice Girls	Too Much	2
1998	Spice Girls	Goodbye	1	First song following the departure of Geri Halliwell
1999	Westlife	I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun	4	I Have a Dream is a cover version of an ABBA song. Seasons in the Sun is the cover of a hit for Terry Jacks
2000	Bob the Builder	Can We Fix It?	3	Theme song from the preschool TV programme Bob the Builder. Vocals on the song are provided by Neil Morrissey
2001	Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman	Somethin’ Stupid	3	Cover of a song written by C. Carson Parks and made famous by Frank and Nancy Sinatra
2002	Girls Aloud	Sound of the Underground	4	First year that the competition for the Christmas No 1 was dominated by reality television contests. Girls Aloud was created through Popstars: The Rivals and the record was released on 16 December
2003	Michael Andrews & Gary Jules	Mad World	3	Cover version of the Tears for Fears song. Recorded for the soundtrack of Donnie Darko
2004	Band Aid 20	Do They Know It’s Christmas?	4	First line is sung by Chris Martin
2005	Shayne Ward	That’s My Goal	4	Winner of the second series of The X Factor
2006	Leona Lewis	A Moment Like This	4	Winner of the third series of The X Factor. Cover of a Kelly Clarkson song
2007	Leon Jackson	When You Believe	3	Winner of the fourth series of The X Factor. Cover of a Stephen Schwartz song from The Prince of Egypt
2008	Alexandra Burke	Hallelujah	3	Winner of the fifth series of The X Factor. Cover of a Leonard Cohen song
2009	Rage Against the Machine	Killing in the Name	1	Result of a campaign to prevent the winner of The X Factor (Joe McElderry) from achieving the No 1 single. First download-only single to become the Christmas No 1
2010	Matt Cardle	When We Collide	3	Winner of the seventh series of The X Factor. Studio version of Many of Horror by Biffy Clyro
2011	Military Wives with Gareth Malone	Wherever You Are	1	Charity record
2012	The Justice Collective	He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother	1	Proceeds went to various charities associated with the Hillsborough disaster
2013	Sam Bailey	Skyscraper	1	Winner of the tenth series of The X Factor. Cover of a Demi Lovato song
2014	Ben Haenow	Something I Need	1	Winner of the eleventh series of The X Factor. Cover of a song by OneRepublic
2015	Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir	A Bridge Over You	1	Charity record
2016	Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul and Anne-Marie	Rockabye	9	The song alludes to the nursery rhyme and lullaby, Rock-a-bye Baby
2017	Ed Sheeran	Perfect	6
2018	LadBaby	We Built This City	1	Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne. Proceeds from the charity single went to The Trussell Trust. Parody cover of We Built This City by Starship
2019	LadBaby	I Love Sausage Rolls	1	Parody cover of I Love Rock 'n' Roll by Alan Merrill
2020	LadBaby	Don’t Stop Me Eatin’	1	Parody cover of Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
2021	LadBaby ft. Ed Sheeran and Elton John	Sausage Rolls for Everyone	1	Based on Merry Christmas, which became a chart-topper for featured artists Ed Sheeran and Elton John in December 2021
2022	LadBaby	Food Aid	1	Based on Do They Know It's Christmas? and featured Martin Lewis. Half of the money raised went to the Trussell Trust and the other half to the Band Aid Trust