Securing an official Christmas number one has been something historical in the UK for as long as we can remember, with every year an extremely unpredictable chart race taking place; from X Factor icons to punk-rock artists.
Last year, Wham! topped the leaderboard with their classic festive hit, Last Christmas, despite being released 39 years ago. The song completed the longest journey ever to Christmas number 1 and has 1.5 billion streams online.
The band were overwhelming favourites to once again be top of the charts at Christmas this year, and for the first time ever they managed to go back to back.
The 1984 track has made history after claiming back-to-back Christmas number ones, after topping the charts for six weeks in 2023. Meanwhile, Gracie Abrams came close to spoiling the party with her song, That’s So True, in second place.
Mariah Carey secured the Number Three spot with her festive hit, All I Want For Christmas Is You, whilst Tom Grennan posed a challenge in fourth position with his song, It Can’t Be Christmas.
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