Thanks for putting this together Dan. Great seeing some Christmas songs at least by the end, Gwen being my favourite of those listed.

Thanks for this Dan was an interesting read and some crackers to finish with Of Monsters and Men, Mariah and Gwen Stefanis excellent new Xmas track!

Finally listened to 'All Stuck Up' after forgetting to get around to it before - worth the wait tbh, iconic. Particularly enjoyed the 'Rabbit' part x

I'm pretty sure I've heard the Gwen Christmas song but like Bre don't remember anything about it. Not a good end from the looks of things. Hopefully whatever pops up at 100 next year on Christmas chart week is an improvement!

 

Thanks for putting this together. An interesting read.

2023: The Beatles - Now and Then

Peak position: #01

Weeks in chart: 08

Christmas Number One: Wham! - Last Christmas

 

Taking the title of Christmas Number One... Hundred! this year we have The Beatles with what is their first new release since the 90s and also confirmed to be their final ever. The song shot to #1 with a first-week sale that would have seen them take the #1 spot this week and have them tie with LadBaby for the record of five #1s at Christmas. However the label ended up prioritising using the song to hype the re-issues of their Red and Blue greatest hits albums in time to be potentially purchased as Christmas presents and to their credit those sold very well given the current climate and the CD/vinyl price point. Anyhow it was great to see the song do so well as another chapter of their legacy although it was never going to be a long-running hit so here it is at the bottom of the chart 7 weeks later (if anything it's impressive the song is still charting with the help of CD sales as its streaming fell off fast after week one).

Truly the achievement they were going for methinks x

8 weeks for it is really good going! Should go silver in the new year no problem. And oddly satisfying to see it land at #100. :)

Woulda had a few more top 40 weeks without the Xmas invasion!

2024: Dasha - Austin

Peak position: #05

Weeks in chart: 43

Christmas Number One: Wham! - Last Christmas

 

This year's bum end of the Christmas chart has its residence taken by country-pop singer Dasha. Her breakthrough track 'Austin' proved an unlikely smash early in the year being assisted by the genre being trendy, with it spending ages in the top 10. There seems to be no signs of her being able to grab a second hit at the moment but we'll see this time next year. It is quite appropriate we have her sit in this thread with her stage name sharing a resemblance with one of Santa's reindeer. Although the song is not really suited to the winter season and had spent too long in the chart anyway.

I don't recall that Brand New Heavies track but they released some really good stuff in the 90s... Back To Love, Close To You, Midnight At The Oasis, Sometimes, You Are The Universe. They're largely forgotten these days but those tracks are definitely worth checking out!

I saw them live in the last few years & they were awesome, great tracks to dance to.

Their Brother Sister album is a classic & the Greame Park mix of Back to love is a house classic.

...and now we can fill in the 1991 gap! UK Singles Charts: 1991 (including chart panel sales) - UKMIX Forums

1991: Curve - Clipped

Peak position: #36

Weeks in chart: 05

Christmas Number One: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days of Our Lives

Ooh very interesting that Curve got this achievement and are the last to be found out! They're a duo who mixed shoegaze and electronic elements together. They landed a few top 40 hits (notably more than my bloody valentine and Slowdive, the 2 most remembered acts in shoegaze!) before they disbanded in 2005. I've only listened to a couple of their tracks, but all have been really good, Clipped being no exception! In 2006, vocalist Toni Halliday featured on a Christmas single by The Killers in 'A Great Big Sled', however this didn't chart.

2025: Alex Warren - Eternity

Peak position: #03

Weeks in chart: 21

Christmas Number One: Kylie Minogue (& Alexa) - XMAS

Down at the arse end of the festive chart this year we have the year's big breakout star Alex Warren. His song 'Ordinary', despite not being very critically well received, was a gigantic commercial smash spending 13 weeks officially at #1, and 20 weeks atop the official streaming chart where ACR does not exist. It was followed up by the similarly drab 'Eternity' which entered at #3 assisted by the album being released at the same time, but only spent one week in the top 10. A remix of the song with Gigi Perez assisted its return to the top 100 in the previous week at #90, before dropping ten places to get this year's coveted Christmas Number One... Hundred. Another W for the Warrenverse...

Cool to eventually get 1991 filled in. Now all we need is proof that the 1993 entry hasn't been completely lost to time!!

On 07/12/2022 at 10:34, dancember said:

1993: Serious Rope feat. Jonathan King - Music Music Music

Peak position: #89

Weeks in chart: 02

Christmas Number One: Mr. Blobby - Mr. Blobby

 

Okay now actually this is the most obscure song we'll get to because I literally can't find it on the internet. So instead I've linked to their highest charting single "Happiness" which reached #54, which on first listen sounds like a rather good piano/organ house track. Serious Rope are a dance production duo with Jonathan King a British producer and singer-songwriter.

just discovered this thread lol. Love ‘1 Thing’, ‘Unfaithful’, ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Bad Romance’ (who doesn’t), ‘Super Bass’ (don’t love the artist tho), ‘Little Talks’, ‘Don’t You Worry Child’, ‘Mr Brightside’, ‘Oh Santa!’ and ‘Austin’ (idc its cute)