“Surprising Twist: Discover the Unexpected Artist Who Clinched the 2024 Christmas Number One!”
The holiday season is upon us, and while we’re all busy decking the halls and sipping on cocoa, there’s one burning question that pops into my head: how do we choose a favorite festive tune when there are just so many!? As it turns out, the quest for the official Christmas number one in 2024 has provided some intense competition this year, with past classics mingling with fresh tracks to keep us all humming along. Yes, I’m talking about the undeniable legacies of artists like Mariah Carey and Slade. But let’s not forget the newcomers trying to take a slice of the jingle pie—Tom Grennan and Sabrina Carpenter have thrown their festive hats into the ring! So, without further ado, let’s dive into the scoop on who claimed the coveted title this year. Spoiler alert: it’s a familiar tune that’s been beloved since the ’80s! Ready for the reveal? LEARN MORE.
The official Christmas number one for 2024 has been announced.
With festive tunes of past and present having filled pretty much every public space for the last month or so, we’ve all got our favourites.
And this year, it felt like there was some tough music competition in the UK for the top spot. Of course, there’s always Mariah Carey and Slade, but 2024 had some new faces in the mix with Tom Grennan’s ‘It Can’t Be Christmas’ and Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘A Nonsense Christmas’.
What song has been named the official Christmas number one?
But for the second year in a row, it’s ‘Last Christmas’ by Wham! that’s taken the place of the UK Christmas Number 1 2024.
To many fans’ surprise, last year was actually the first time the bop claimed the title despite knocking about since 1984.
It’s a biggie for the George Michael creation too as Official Charts confirm ‘Last Christmas’ is the first song in chart history to ever clinch two consecutive Christmas Number 1 victories. Also, it marks its 40th anniversary as the most-streamed and physically purchased song of the week.
The track secured the spot through both digital and physical domination, with a whopping 12.6 million streams.
WHAM!’s reaction
Speaking to Official Charts, WHAM!’s Andrew Ridgeley says: “37 years to get to Number 1, 39 years to Christmas Number 1, and then like London buses they all come along at once!
Andrew Ridgeley of Wham! (Official Charts)
“I’m especially pleased for George, he would have been utterly delighted, his fabulous Christmas composition has become such a classic, almost as much a part of Christmas as mince pies, turkey and pigs in blankets.
“It’s testament to a really wonderful Christmas song that in a lot of people’s minds evokes and represents Christmas as we would all wish it to be. I’d like to thank everyone who has listened to, downloaded, bought, streamed Last Christmas and been a part of history. Thanks so much and Merry Christmas!”
Who else has Christmas number ones?
This second Christmas Number 1, puts Wham! in the rare group of acts to achieve it multiple times. Their peers now include: Queen (two), Spice Girls (three), The Beatles (four) and the current record-holders, LadBaby (five).
They’ve done it again (Wham!)
The second place in the UK Official Singles Chart for Christmas is taken by Gracie Abrams’ with ‘That’s So True’.
She’s followed by Mariah Carey’s now 30-year-old ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ with Tom Grennan landing in fourth.
ROSÉ and Bruno Mars round off the Christmas Top 5 with their track ‘APT’.
Not necessarily getting the number one single, Sabrina Carpenter does however take the title of Official Christmas Number 1 Album with Short n’ Sweet.
The UK Official Singles Chart Top 10 for 20-26 December 2024:
- ‘Last Christmas’, Wham!
- ‘That’s So True’, Gracie Abrams
- ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’, Mariah Carey
- ‘It Can’t be Christmas’, Tom Grennan
- ‘APT’, ROSÉ and Bruno Mars
- ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’, Brenda Lee
- ‘Messy’, Lola Young
- ‘Jingle Bell Rock’, Bobby Helms
- ‘Santa Tell Me’, Ariana Grande
- ‘Fairytale of New York’, The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl
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