List of Christmas number one music downloads (UK)
In the United Kingdom, Christmas number one downloads are the singles and albums that are at the top of the UK Official Download Chart on Christmas Day. , seven different albums and seven different singles have become Christmas number ones. The UK Album Chart was first published in 2004. The first single to be Christmas number-one was the "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid 20, a cover version of the Band Aid track from twenty years earlier. The download charts and overall singles charts have matched the number one and number two songs every year since 2008; the two charts also had the same song at number one in 2004.
Two winners of British TV series The X Factor have topped the singles download chart at Christmas time: Alexandra Burke and Matt Cardle. This is in CONTRAST to the overall Christmas number-one charts, where The X Factor contestants reached the top of the charts five times in six years. In 2005 and 2006, the number two songs on the singles charts those years (both of which had finished behind X Factor winners) finished at the top of the download charts.
Several well-known singles and albums did not become Christmas download number ones, and had instead charted at number two by Christmas Day. Of the seven singles that have been Christmas number two, four of them either reached number-one on the UK Official Download Chart in the run-up to Christmas, or shortly after.
Number-one singles
- Key
- ◇ – Silver certification (200,000 units)
- ◆ – Gold certification (400,000 units)
- ◯ – Platinum certification (600,000 units)
Year |
Artist |
Single |
Record label |
Reached |
Weeks at |
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Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 |
Band Aid 20 |
"Do They Know It's Christmas" |
Universal |
4 |
2× ◯ |
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2005 |
Nizlopi |
"JCB" |
FDM |
3 |
◆ |
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2006 |
Take That |
"Patience" |
Universal |
6 |
◆ |
— |
|
2007 |
Mariah Carey |
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" |
Sony BMG |
1 |
◆ |
— |
|
2008 |
Alexandra Burke |
"Hallelujah" |
Sony BMG |
3 |
◯ |
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2009 |
Rage Against the Machine |
"[...] in the Name" |
Sony BMG |
2 |
None |
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2010 |
Matt Cardle |
"When We Collide" |
Sony BMG |
2 |
None |
Runners-up
Year |
Artist |
Single |
Record label |
Reached |
Certification |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 |
U2 |
"Vertigo" |
Universal |
Yes |
None |
|
2005 |
Madonna |
"Hung Up" |
Warner |
Yes |
None |
|
2006 |
Gwen Stefani |
"Wind It Up" |
Universal |
No |
None |
— |
2007 |
Leona Lewis |
"Bleeding Love" |
Sony BMG |
Yes |
◯ |
— |
2008 |
Jeff Buckley |
"Hallelujah" |
Sony BMG |
No |
None |
|
2009 |
Joe McElderry |
"The Climb" |
Sony BMG |
No |
◯ |
|
2010 |
Rihanna featuring Drake |
"What's My Name?" |
Universal |
Yes |
◯ |
Number-one albums
- Key
- ◇ – Silver certification (60,000 units)
- ◆ – Gold certification (100,000 units)
- ◯ – Platinum certification (300,000 units)
Year |
Artist |
Album |
Record label |
Reached |
Weeks at |
Certification |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 |
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2006 |
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2007 |
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2008 |
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2009 |
Rage Against the Machine |
Rage Against the Machine |
Sony BMG |
1 |
◆ |
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2010 |
Rihanna |
Loud |
Universal |
4 |
4× ◯ |
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Runners-up
Year |
Artist |
Album |
Record label |
Reached |
Certification |
Reference |
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2004 |
Information missing |
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2005 |
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2006 |
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2007 |
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2008 |
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2009 |
Various artists |
Christmas Hits – 80 Festive Favourites |
Sony BMG |
Yes |
None |
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2010 |
Various artists |
Now That's What I Call Xmas |
EMI/Universal |
Yes |
None |
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See also
- List of Christmas hit singles (UK)
- List of Christmas number one albums (UK)
- List of Christmas number one singles (UK)
External links
- Album Download Chart at The Official UK Charts Company
- Singles Download Chart at The Official UK Charts Company
- The Official UK Download Chart at MTV UK
- The Official UK Top 40 Downloads at Yahoo! Music Radio