The official Christmas No. 1 has become a "British institution", the "most prestigious and hard-fought-for chart topper" in any calendar year, said Official Charts. But how do you define the UK's ...

Here’s our rundown of over half a century of Christmas number ones, from the top of the pops ... but also the first ever UK number one. It was a couple of years until we had a tailor-made ...

Click the button below to learn about some of our earliest Christmas number ones. Sir Cliff Richard has ... sell a million copies of a single in the UK. Ed Sheeran was named UK artist of the ...

Wham! top Christmas Number One charts with major record tying with Whitney Houston ...

Shirley Bassey - As I Love You (UK number one, January 1959) Watch Shirley Bassey performing As I Love You on Show Of The Week Ricky Valance - Tell Laura I Love Her (UK number one, August 1960 ...

Returning to her native London to manage the UK's hottest boyband, 5 Together ... in the opinion of record company boss Grainger Cocksmith, they need a Christmas number one to prevent them from being ...