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What is the only song to get the Christmas Number 1 twice by the same artist?

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen The only song to get the Christmas Number 1 twice by the same artist is Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. It first topped the Christmas charts in 1975 and pulled it off again 16 years later, following the death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. As a result, it is one of the longest-reigning Number 1 hits of all-time.

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All Number 1s are special, but scoring the Official Christmas Number 1 is the ultimate prize. Claiming the festive top spot is a British institution and is often the most un-predictable chart race of the year. Previous Christmas Number 1s have been claimed by music icons, cartoon characters, punk-rock disruptors, TV talent show winners, and all-star charity records. The 2022 Official Christmas Number 1 will be announced on Friday, December 23, and with 2021 marking the UK’s 71st Official Christmas Number 1, competition for the top spot is shaping up to be fiercer than ever. But for now, let's look back at every Official Christmas Number 1 single in the UK. There's not many chart records the Beatles haven't broken and, yes, they have the most Christmas Number 1s of everyone – four in total. The first three, I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine and Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out topped the Official Singles Chart consecutively from 1963–1965. Hello, Goodbye was the fourth in 1967. However, last year the record became shared when online entertainers LadBaby (aka Mark and Roxanne Hoyle) became the first act in UK chart history to score four consecutive UK Christmas Number 1s with We Built This City (2018), I Love Sausage Rolls (2019), Don't Stop Me Eatin' (2020) and Sausage Rolls For Everyone with Ed Sheeran Elton John (2021). This means if LadBaby do return for a stab at Christmas Number 1 this year, they could well become the first act to ever score five.

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LadBaby with their record-breaking four consecutive Official Christmas Number 1 single awards (Credit: Official Charts Company). Spice Girls notched up three consecutive Christmas Number 1s: 2 Become 1, Too Much, and Goodbye all reigned the festive rundown from 1996–1998. Seven Christmas Number 1s feature the word ‘Christmas’ in the title, if you include Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody from 1973. And as Christmas is the season of goodwill, why not, eh? In 69 years of Christmas chart-toppers, 12 are genuine Christmas songs, eight are by TV talent show winners, three are by choirs and five could be classed as novelty singles. Versions of charity smash Do They Know It’s Christmas? have topped the festive Top 40 three times: for Band Aid in 1984, Band Aid II in 1989, and finally for Band Aid 20 in 2004. The first version of Do They Know It’s Christmas? is the biggest selling Christmas Number 1 of all time, with over 3.8 million copies sold. Mary’s Boy Child has been a Christmas Number 1 twice for totally different artists. Harry Belafonte topped the charts with it in 1957 and Boney M took a one-horse open sleigh all the way to Number 1 with it (mashed up with Oh my Lord) in 1978. The only song to get the Christmas Number 1 twice by the same artist is Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. It first topped the Christmas charts in 1975 and pulled it off again 16 years later, following the death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. As a result, it is one of the longest-reigning Number 1 hits of all-time.

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Last year, Official Charts joined forces with Nine Eight Books to bring the first-ever official guide to every Christmas Number 1 single in history. The Official Christmas No.1 Singles Book is out now and available through Official Charts' online shop, as well as at Waterstones, Amazon, WHSmith* and more. *This article contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a commission.

The Official Christmas Number 1s

The list of every UK Christmas Number 1 single ever, from the very first festive chart topper in 1952 - Al Martino's Here In My Heart - to LadBaby's record-breaking four Christmas Number 1s on the bounce.

©2022 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.

Click through below to see the artwork of every Official Christmas Number 1 single:

Main image: Warner Bros/Regency/Canal +/Kobal/Mark Allan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock

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