Now, don't forget, [the song] is 50 years old, so I think a good percentage ... MacGowan's death by trying to get the Pogues to Christmas Number 1 with Fairytale of New York Yes, people are ...

The festive favourite was released in 1984, and was originally beaten to Number One by Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas Time. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's catchy classic is now 1/50 ...

The Christmas Number One is a British institution ... The rise of streaming overhauled this 50-year system and the Official Charts Company first collated streaming information in 2008 with ...

s Last Christmas was always the favourite to become Christmas number one for the second year in a ... with an estimated 50 million copies sold. George Michael wrote Last Christmas in his childhood ...

Bookmaker William Hill has pegged anti-Keir Starmer anthem Freezing this Christmas as the second favourite to become Christmas Number 1. Freezing This ... offered just £50 for him to perform ...

and Ed Sheeran's Perfect, you would be sincerely mistaken. Here, ChronicleLive takes a look at every UK Christmas number one from each of the last 50 years.

They could achieve their first-ever Christmas number one. “Second favourite at ... and an honourable mention to our rank outsider is Tyson Fury at 50/1. Are we going to get an old Christmas ...

It comes around quicker every year… The Official Christmas Number 1 race 2024 has begun! Every sale and stream of music in the UK now officially counts towards this year’s Christmas Number 1 ...

The race to become the UK Christmas Number One 2024 is nearly over, with the winner set to be announced on Friday, December 20th. Wham!’s iconic Last Christmas finally reached the top spot last ...

Ms Creasy tweeted: “Walthamstow has a strong track record on Christmas singles ... ROSÉ and Bruno Mars are currently number three with Apt and the UK number one is That’s So True by Gracie ...

The iconic festive hit, which was first released in 1984 and celebrates it's 40th anniversary this year, has now become the first song ever to cling the clinch two consecutive Christmas Number 1 ...