The Official Charts is making a list and checking it twice before we can find out who will take the coveted Christmas chart top spot.
A host of artists old and new are vying for the peak position in the singles chart this festive season.
It’s a place which has been filled by the likes of Ladbaby, Spice Girls, The Beatles and Bob the Builder over the past 72 years of Christmas number ones.
But as only one act can take the top Christmas slot this week, we look at who is hoping to be top of the tree.
Who’s in the running for the 2024 Christmas No 1?
Wham! have taken an early lead in the fight for the festive number one spot, taking first place in the UK Official Singles Chart from Friday 13 December.
“Last Christmas” missed out on the Christmas top spot in 1984, held at Number two by Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”.
It eventually got the Christmas number one slot in 2023 after 39 years.
Odds on being Christmas Number One: 1/6 with PaddyPower and Betfair
All Mariah Carey wants for Christmas is to be number one (Photo: Terence Patrick/CBS/Getty)All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
The Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey is yet to secure a UK Christmas Number one throne.
But “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is only a whisker away this year at number three.
Odds on being Christmas Number One: 12/1 William Hill
It Can’t Be Christmas – Tom Grennan
Tom Grennan has released “It Can’t Be Christmas” as an Amazon exclusive.
And he is throwing everything at this week’s chart race – even getting a Christmas Number one tattoo, complete with a blank space for the winner’s name.
It’s currently at number six in the charts,
Odds on being Christmas Number One: 10/1 Coral
www.instagram.com/p/DDfPx07O4bD/?hl=en-gbFormer chart topper Gracie Abrams is at number two with “That’s So True”, after peaking at number one.
Odds on being Christmas Number One: 33/1 Bet365
APT – ROSÉ and Bruno Mars
This Christmas collaboration was at number two but has dropped to number four this week.
Odds on being Christmas Number One: 66/1 Bet365
A second new Amazon Original for 2024 is Laufey’s “Christmas Magic”.
The Icelandic-Chinese singer-songwriter’s first Top 20 hit is currently at number 20 and rising.
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
This Christmas classic was first released in 1958 but streaming has seen it storm back up the charts to number five.
Odds on being Christmas Number One: 33/1 Bet365
This 1987 collaboration between The Pogues and folk singer Kirsty MacColl has never reached the top spot in the UK Christmas Singles charts.
It is at number eight in the charts this week.
Odds on being Christmas Number One: 50/1 BetVictor
Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Band Aid
Marking Band Aid’s 40th anniversary, this new version was produced by Trevor Horn and features vocalists from the 1984 original, 2004’s Band Aid 20, and 2014’s Band Aid 30.
All three versions have topped the Official Singles Chart, as did 1989’s Band Aid II.
It is currently at number 14 in the charts.
Odds on being Christmas Number One: 20/1 Bet365
Some Christmas Number Ones over the past 72 years:
1952: Here In My Heart by Al Martino
1957: Mary’s Boy Child by Harry Belafonte
1961: Moon River by Danny Williams
1967: Hello, Goodbye by The Beatles
1972: Long Haired Lover from Liverpool by Jimmy Osmond
1975: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
1980: There’s No-one Quite Like Grandma by St Winifred’s School Choir
1984; Do They Know It’s Christmas? by Band Aid
1988: Mistletoe and Wine by Cliff Richard
1992: I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
1994: Stay Another Day by East 17
1998: Goodbye by Spice Girls
2000: Can We Fix It by Bob the Builder
2009: Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine
2015: A Bridge Over You by The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir
2019: I Love Sausage Rolls by LadBaby
2023: Last Christmas by Wham!
When is the Christmas No 1 announced?
The 2024 Official Christmas Number 1 will be announced on Friday 20 December.
The full Christmas Top 40 will be counted down on BBC Radio 1’s The Official Chart with Jack Saunders from 4pm.
And the the full Top 100 Official Christmas Singles Chart and Official Christmas Albums Chart will be published on OfficialCharts.com from 5.45pm on Friday 20 December.
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