Kylie Minogue is the UK's Official Christmas Number 1 for 2025 with her song "XMAS". Released as an Amazon Music exclusive, the track secured the top spot in December 2025, breaking a two-year streak by Wham!'s "Last Christmas". This achievement marks her first Christmas number one and makes her the first female artist to top the chart in four different decades.
The UK Christmas Number 1 for 2025 was Kylie Minogue with her song "XMAS," dethroning Wham!'s "Last Christmas" after its two-year reign. This marked Kylie's first Christmas Number 1 and made her the first female artist to have UK number-one singles in four different decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2020s).
The UK Christmas Number 1 is announced on BBC Radio 1 on the Friday before Christmas, typically around 4 p.m. GMT, during The Official Chart with Jack Saunders, with the full Top 40 revealed then, and the final chart published online later that evening. Sales and streams count up until 11:59 p.m. on the preceding Thursday, and the winner is crowned on Friday afternoon.
After a week of asking, "will it be Kylie" or "will it be Wham!?" for Christmas number one this year, we finally have an answer.... Kylie Minogue has scored Christmas number one for the first time ever with her catchy hit, XMAS.
The Spice Girls were the first band since The Beatles to secure three Christmas number ones in a row, with 2 Become 1 in 1996, Too Much in 1997 and Goodbye in 1998.
The UK's top Christmas songs consistently feature classics like "Fairytale of New York" (The Pogues), "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Mariah Carey), "Last Christmas" (Wham!), "Merry Xmas Everybody" (Slade), and "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" (Wizzard), often alongside enduring hits such as "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (Band Aid) and "Driving Home for Christmas" (Chris Rea), reflecting a mix of nostalgic singalongs and modern streaming favorites.
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.
What is Kylie Minogue's Christmas number one this year?
In a long and hugely successful chart career, Kylie Minogue has now landed her first ever Christmas No. 1 single with XMAS (Rhino), an Amazon exclusive. It follows the chart-topping result last week for the reissued Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) album. XMAS is also the first festive No.
What is the biggest selling Christmas song of all time?
The best-selling Christmas song of all time is "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby, recognized by Guinness World Records as the best-selling single ever, with over 50 million physical copies sold worldwide, and its total sales (including covers) exceeding 100 million. For modern digital sales, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the top earner, dominating streaming charts.
Boxing Day is celebrated in the U.K. on Dec. 26, the day after Christmas every year. Despite the name, the holiday has nothing to do with the sport of boxing or returning boxes or presents.
Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards and eighteen ARIA Music Awards. Minogue is the highest-selling Australian female artist of all time, with sales surpassing 80 million records worldwide. In 2024, Time listed her in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
First released in 1984, 'Last Christmas' was originally held off the top spot by Band Aid's charity single Do They Know It's Christmas? UK fans streamed the song 13.3 million times, making it the most-played song ever during Christmas week.
IT'S✨OFFICIAL✨ Kylie Minogue's XMAS is 2025's Official Christmas Number 1🤩 This is Kylie's first ever Christmas Number 1, and her eight Number 1 single of all time 👑 Kylie, the festive throne is all yours!
The Christmas song that has been #1 the longest on the Billboard Hot 100 chart is Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which achieved a record-breaking 20 weeks at the top, surpassing other hits like Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" and Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)". This 1994 classic has returned to No. 1 for multiple holiday seasons, accumulating its weeks over several years.
What is the most beautiful Christmas song of all time?
There's no single "most beautiful" Christmas song, as it's subjective, but classics like "O Holy Night", "Silent Night", and "In the Bleak Midwinter" consistently rank high for their spiritual depth, while modern favorites like "Christmas Time Is Here" (from A Charlie Brown Christmas) and instrumental pieces by artists like Yo-Yo Ma offer ethereal beauty, with many listeners loving carols for their traditional feel and contemporary pop songs for their festive energy.
There's no single "number one song of all time" because it depends on the criteria (sales, streams, cultural impact, critical acclaim), but Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" is often cited as the best-selling single ever by sales, while Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" holds records for streaming/digital certifications, and critics' lists (like Rolling Stone's list) favor songs like Aretha Franklin's "Respect" or Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone".
While older classics like Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" hold records for physical sales, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is widely considered the most played and commercially successful modern Christmas song due to its massive streaming numbers and consistent annual chart dominance, holding multiple Guinness World Records and generating significant royalties. Other perennial favorites frequently topping "most played" lists include The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York," Wham!'s "Last Christmas," and Andy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year".
