| Every year there's a battle between artists for the coveted Christmas Number One slot. This table shows the UK number one song in the charts each Christmas. From Christmas themed tunes to novelty and charity songs here's the ones that won the contest to be 'Christmas Number One!' To find all the No.1 songs for your birthdays listed together see the panel below. | |||
Date |
Artist |
Song Title |
Full Year |
| 25th December 1953 | Frankie Laine | Answer Me | 1953 |
| 25th December 1954 | Winifred Atwell | Let's Have Another Party | 1954 |
| 25th December 1955 | Bill Haley | Rock Around the Clock | 1955 |
| 25th December 1956 | Johnny Ray | Just Walking in the Rain | 1956 |
| 25th December 1957 | Harry Belafonte | Mary's Boy Child | 1957 |
| 25th December 1958 | Conway Twitty | It's Only Make Believe | 1958 |
| 25th December 1959 | Adam Faith | What Do You Want | 1959 |
| 25th December 1960 | Elvis Presley | It's Now or Never | 1960 |
| 25th December 1961 | Frankie Vaughan | Tower of Strength | 1961 |
| 25th December 1962 | Elvis Presley | Return To Sender | 1962 |
| 25th December 1963 | The Beatles | I Wanna Hold Your Hand | 1963 |
| 25th December 1964 | The Beatles | I Feel Fine | 1964 |
| 25th December 1965 | The Beatles | Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out | 1965 |
| 25th December 1966 | Tom Jones | Green, Green Grass Of Home | 1966 |
| 25th December 1967 | The Beatles | Hello, Goodbye | 1967 |
| 25th December 1968 | The Scaffold | Lily The Pink | 1968 |
| 25th December 1969 | Rolf Harris | Two Little Boys | 1969 |
| 25th December 1970 | Dave Edmunds | I Hear You Knocking | 1970 |
| 25th December 1971 | Benny Hill | Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) | 1971 |
| 25th December 1972 | Little Jimmy Osmond | Long Haired Lover From Liverpool | 1972 |
| 25th December 1973 | Slade | Merry Xmas Everybody | 1973 |
| 25th December 1974 | Mud | Lonely This Christmas | 1974 |
| 25th December 1975 | Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody | 1975 |
| 25th December 1976 | Johnny Mathis | When A Child Is Born | 1976 |
| 25th December 1977 | Wings | Mull Of Kintyre | 1977 |
| 25th December 1978 | Boney M | Mary's Boy Child | 1978 |
| 25th December 1979 | Pink Floyd | Another Brick In The Wall | 1979 |
| 25th December 1980 | St. Winifred's School Choir | There's No One Quite Like Grandma | 1980 |
| 25th December 1981 | The Human League | Don't You Want Me | 1981 |
| 25th December 1982 | Renne & Renato | Save Your Love | 1982 |
| 25th December 1983 | The Flying Pickets | Only You | 1983 |
| 25th December 1984 | Band Aid | Do They Know It's Christmas? | 1984 |
| 25th December 1985 | Shakin' Stevens | Merry Christmas Everyone | 1985 |
| 25th December 1986 | Jackie Wilson | Reet Petite | 1986 |
| 25th December 1987 | The Pet Shop Boys | Always On My Mind | 1987 |
| 25th December 1988 | Cliff Richard | Mistletoe and Wine | 1988 |
| 25th December 1989 | Band Aid II | Do They Know It's Christmas? | 1989 |
| 25th December 1990 | Cliff Richard | Saviour's Day | 1990 |
| 25th December 1991 | Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody | 1991 |
| 25th December 1992 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You | 1992 |
| 25th December 1993 | Mr Blobby | Mr Blobby | 1993 |
| 25th December 1994 | East 17 | Stay Another Day | 1994 |
| 25th December 1995 | Michael Jackson | Earth Song | 1995 |
| 25th December 1996 | The Spice Girls | 2 Become 1 | 1996 |
| 25th December 1997 | The Spice Girls | Too Much | 1997 |
| 25th December 1998 | The Spice Girls | Goodbye | 1998 |
| 25th December 1999 | Westlife | I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun | 1999 |
| 25th December 2000 | Bob The Builder | Can We Fix It? | 2000 |
| 25th December 2001 | Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman | Somethin' Stupid | 2001 |
| 25th December 2002 | Girls Aloud | Sound Of The Underground | 2002 |
| 25th December 2003 | Michael Andrews & Gary Jules | Mad World | 2003 |
| 25th December 2004 | Band Aid 20 | Do They Know It's Christmas? | 2004 |
| 25th December 2005 | Shayne Ward | That's My Goal | 2005 |
| 25th December 2006 | Leona Lewis | A Moment Like This | 2006 |
| 25th December 2007 | Leon Jackson | When You Believe | 2007 |
| 25th December 2008 | Alexandra Burke | Hallelujah | 2008 |
| 25th December 2009 | Rage Against the Machine | Killing in the Name | 2009 |
| 25th December 2010 | Matt Cardle | When We Collide | 2010 |
| 25th December 2011 | Military Wives with Gareth Malone | Wherever You Are | 2011 |
| 25th December 2012 | Justive Collective | He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother | 2012 |
| 25th December 2013 | Sam Bailey | Skyscraper | 2013 |
| 25th December 2014 | Ben Haenow | Someting I Need | 2014 |
| 25th December 2015 | Justin Bieber | Love Yourself | 2015 |
| 25th December 2016 | Clean Bandit | Rockabye | 2016 |
| 25th December 2017 | Ed Sheeran | Perfect | 2017 |
| 25th December 2018 | LadBaby | We Built This City | 2018 |
| 25th December 2019 | LadBaby | I Love Sausage Rolls | 2019 |
| 25th December 2020 | LadBaby | Don't Stop Me Eatin' | 2020 |
| 25th December 2021 | LadBaby | Sausage Rolls for Everyone | 2021 |
| 25th December 2022 | LadBaby | Food Aid | 2022 |
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