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Created: Friday, 27 April 2007

The track at the top of the singles chart on 25th December is an annual source of speculation and intrigue. The winner tends to be thoroughly soppy, wonderfully nostalgic or utterly jingoistic! A technical note; the Christmas Number One does not always synchronise with the dates elsewhere as they refer to 'week ending' chart dates. These are the real Christmas Number Ones!

The singles chart did not begin until 1952. The Christmas Number Ones prior to 1952 are based on sheet music sales. The artists listed for those hits are the ones mainly responsible for popularising the song.

  1945 Issy Bonn I'm In Love With Two Sweethearts  
  1946 Frank Sinatra Five Minutes More  
  1947 Lou Preager & Jimmy Leach An Apple Blossom Wedding  
  1948 Dinah Shore & Evelyn Knight Buttons And Bows  
  1949 Anton Karas The Harry Lime Theme  
  1950 Gene Autry & Bing Crosby Rudoph The Red-Nosed Reindeer  
  1951 Teddy Johnson & Teresa Brewer Longing For You  
1 1952 Al Martino Here In My Heart  
2 1953 Frankie Laine Answer Me  
3 1954 Winifred Atwell Let's Have Another Party  
4 1955 Dickie Valentine Christmas Alphabet  
5 1956 Johnnie Ray Just Walkin' In The Rain  
6 1957 Harry Belafonte Mary's Boy Child  
7 1958 Conway Twitty It's Only Make Believe  
8 1959 Emile Ford & The Checkmates What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For  
9 1960 Cliff Richard & The Shadows I Love You  
10 1961 Danny Williams Moon River  
11 1962 Elvis Presley Return To Sender  
12 1963 The Beatles I Want To Hold Your Hand  
13 1964 The Beatles I Feel Fine  
14 1965 The Beatles Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out  
15 1966 Tom Jones The Green Grass Of Home  
16 1967 The Beatles Hello Goodbye  
17 1968 Scaffold Lily The Pink  
18 1969 Rolf Harris Two Little Boys  
19 1970 Dave Edmunds I Hear You Knockin'  
20 1971 Benny Hill Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)  
21 1972 Little Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover From Liverpool  
22 1973 Slade Merry Xmas Everybody  
23 1974 Mud Lonely This Christmas  
24 1975 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody  
25 1976 Johnny Mathis When A Child Is Born (Soleado)  
26 1977 Wings Mull Of Kintyre / Girls' School  
27 1978 Boney M Mary's Boy Child-Oh My Lord  
28 1979 Pink Floyd Another Brick In The Wall  
29 1980 St Winifred's School Choir There's No One Quite Like Grandma  
30 1981 The Human League Don't You Want Me  
31 1982 Renee & Renato Save Your Love  
32 1983 The Flying Pickets Only You  
33 1984 Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas?  
34 1985 Shakin' Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone  
35 1986 Jackie Wilson Reet Petite  
36 1987 The Pet Shop Boys Always On My Mind  
37 1988 Cliff Richard Mistletoe & Wine  
38 1989 Band Aid II Do They Know It's Christmas?  
39 1990 Cliff Richard Saviours' Day  
40 1991 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives  
41 1992 Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You  
42 1993 Mr Blobby Mr Blobby  
43 1994 East 17 Stay Another Day  
44 1995 Michael Jackson Earth Song  
45 1996 Spice Girls 2 Become 1  
46 1997 Spice Girls Too Much  
47 1998 Spice Girls Goodbye  
48 1999 Westlife I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun  
49 2000 Bob The Builder Can We Fix It?  
50 2001 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman Somethin' Stupid  
51 2002 Girls Aloud Sound Of The Underground  
52 2003 Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules Mad World  
53 2004 Band Aid 20 Do They Know It's Christmas?  
54 2005 Shayne Ward That's My Goal

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