Posted December 14, 200816 yr UK CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONES 1952 Al Martino Here in my heart 1953 Frankie Laine Answer me 1954 Winifred Atwell Let’s have another party 1955 Dickie Valentine Christmas Alphabet 1956 Johnnie Ray Just walking in the rain 1957 Harry Belafonte Mary’s Boy Child 1958 Conway Twitty Its only make believe 1959 Emile Ford & The Checkmates What do you want to make those eyes at me for 1960 Cliff Richard I love you 1961 Danny Williams Moon River 1962 Elvis Presley Return to sender 1963 Beatles I want to hold your hand 1964 Beatles I feel fine 1965 Beatles We can work it out / Day Tripper 1966 Tom Jones Green Green Grass of Home 1967 Beatles Hello Goodbye 1968 Scaffold Lily the Pink 1969 Rolf Harris Two Little Boys 1970 Dave Edmunds I hear you knockin’ 1971 Benny Hill Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 1972 Little Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover from Liverpool 1973 Slade Merry Christmas Everybody 1974 Mud Lonely this Christmas 1975 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1976 Johnny Mathis When a child is born 1977 Wings Mull of Kintyre / Girls School 1978 Boney M Mary’s Boy Child – Oh My Lord 1979 Pink Floyd Another brick in the wall 1980 St. Winifred’s School Choir There’s no one quite like grandma 1981 Human League Don’t you want me 1982 Renee & Renato Save your love 1983 Flying Pickets Only you 1984 Band Aid Do they know it’s Christmas 1985 Shakin’ Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone 1986 Jackie Wilson Reet Petite (The sweetest girl in town) 1987 Pet Shop Boys Always on my mind 1988 Cliff Richard Mistletoe and Wine 1989 Band Aid II Do they know it’s Christmas 1990 Cliff Richard Saviours Day 1991 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody / These are the best days of our lives 1992 Whitney Houston I will always love you 1993 Mr. Blobby Mr. Blobby 1994 East 17 Just another day 190,000 1995 Michael Jackson Earth Song 261,852 1996 Spice Girls 2 Become 1 429,000 1997 Spice Girls Too Much 252.000 1998 Spice Girls Goodbye 381.000 1999 Westlife I have a dream / Seasons in the sun 213.000 2000 Bob the Builder Can we fix it? 359.639 2001 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman Somethin’ Stupid 110.000 2002 Girls Aloud Sound of the Underground 213.140 2003 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules Mad World 227.547 2004 Band Aid 20 Do They Know Its Christmas? 231.492 2005 Shayne Ward That’s My Goal 742.180 2006 Leona Lewis A Moment Like This 571.000 2007 Leon Jackson When You Believe 275.742
December 14, 200816 yr :lol: At leon for not selling nowhere near Leona & Shayne but When you believe i think looks like its the 3rd biggest selling Christmas no.1 of the decade :o Including outselling Band Aid 20 :o Edited December 14, 200816 yr by KJ Christmas Rob
December 14, 200816 yr Surely 2 Become 1 didn't sell all that in one week? It sold that much that week. These are official sales.
December 14, 200816 yr Bloody heck! I loved that song, but at the time too young to care about sales, all i knew was chart positions. (Too young to know the true meaning of 2 become 1 as well!)
December 14, 200816 yr Bloody heck! I loved that song, but at the time too young to care about sales, all i knew was chart positions. (Too young to know the true meaning of 2 become 1 as well!) I think you thought it sold more than 1 million but it hasn't, it looks like because of the title of the song, just noticed this :lol: 1996 Spice Girls 2 Become 1 429,000
December 14, 200816 yr Haha! Leon, bad sales compared to Shayne and Leona. I hope Alexandra can sell near enough what Leona did. And, oh, I misread the 2 Become 1 sales aswell :lol: Edited December 14, 200816 yr by ChristmasRobot
December 14, 200816 yr :lol: At leon for not selling nowhere near Leona & Shayne but When you believe i think looks like its the 3rd biggest selling Christmas no.1 of the decade :o Including outselling Band Aid 20 :o Band Aid 20 had already been out for 2-3 weeks, though. Steve Brookstein, the first X Factor winner, is missing, I think he released just after Christmas? As did Michelle McMannus (Pop Idol 2). Also, if the people of Pop Idol 1 had realised the earning potential of the eventual winner and been as cynical and money grabbing back then as the X-Factor people are now, their show would have ended just before Christmas and Will's single would have smashed all records, possibly selling even more than the 1.1m units he did sell by Sunday 2 March 2002. Or Gareth might have won, as people might be more sentimental coming up to Christmas, and he would have held that record. Sorry, I digressed. :blush: ^_^ Edited December 14, 200816 yr by Toni
December 14, 200816 yr :lol: At leon for not selling nowhere near Leona & Shayne but When you believe i think looks like its the 3rd biggest selling Christmas no.1 of the decade :o Including outselling Band Aid 20 :o In terms of Christmas week sales it's the 4th biggest of the decade but overall I'd say the majority of the others outsold Leon!
December 14, 200816 yr Band Aid 20 had already been out for 2-3 weeks, though. Steve Brookstein, the first X Factor winner, is missing, I think he released just after Christmas? As did Michelle McMannus (Pop Idol 2). Steve DID release in the Christmas week but was beaten by Band Aid, if I remember rightly he sold about 150k? He then hit #1 the week after but with a lot less sales!
December 14, 200816 yr 2B1 sold around 1.2m in total mind! Band Aid 20 has higher first week sales, at the start of December i think. Still sold in excess of 1m Shayne Ward sold over 1m copies of TMG, Leona actually sold more copies of Bleeding Love than AMLT.
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