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WHAM!’s Last Christmas returns to the top of the Official Singles Chart
As Kelly Clarkson secures a brand-new peak with Underneath The Tree
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As the race for 2025’s Official Christmas Number 1 kicks off today, to be revealed Friday December 19, WHAM! displace Taylor Swift atop the Official Singles Chart with Last Christmas.
With Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael’s timeless hit finishing less than 5,000 units ahead this week however, and several strong Christmas Number 1 contenders known to be dropping new physical releases today, the field looks to be wide open going into the biggest chart race of the year. Get ready to choose your fighter as we delve into Last Christmas’s biggest contenders.
(Andrew Ridgeley photographed this evening at a signing at the RCA Records pop-up shop at Mare St Market, Kings Cross, London. Credit Official Charts.)
MORE: Meet your 2025 Official Christmas Number 1 single contenders
RAYE’s WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! lands just behind WHAM! this week at Number 2, a third week in the runner-up spot, can Christmas party season push her all the way next week?
Kelly Clarkson’s euphoric Underneath The Tree celebrates a brand-new peak this week, breaking the Top 5 for the first time (5). The track was originally released back in 2013 and entered the UK Top 10 for the first time last year, its rise again this week arguably securing its status as a modern-day Christmas classic.
Everybody’s goin’ X-M-A-S as Kylie Minogue’s Amazon Music UK exclusive XMAS asserts its Christmas Number 1 capabilities. The track lifts eight to a new Number 16 peak this week with its vinyl and CD versions arriving today and counting in the Christmas Number 1 race. It comes as Kylie banks her 11th Official Number 1 album with Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped).
Other festive favourites on the rise
As excitement for the big day builds, a slew of seasonal staples scale the Top 40 this week:
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The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York (Number 8, up four)
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Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock (Number 10, up four)
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Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone (Number 12, up four)
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Elton John – Step Into Christmas (Number 18, up two)
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Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Number 19, up 25)
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Andy Williams – It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Number 20, up three)
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Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime (Number 21, up four)
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Number 23, up 12)
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The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride (Number 25, up three)
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Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas (Number 26, up 14)
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Michael Bublé - It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Number 29, up two) and Holly Jolly Christmas (Number 35, up three)
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José Feliciano – Feliz Navidad (Number 30, up three)
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Sia – Snowman (Number 31, up one)
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Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (Number 32, up nine)
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Gwen Stefani – Shake The Snow Globe (Number 40, up three).
Olivia Dean is also among the favourites for Christmas Number 1, as three of her tracks hold strong in the Top 10, So Easy (To Fall In Love) (6), Man I Need (7) and Sam Fender team-up Rein Me In (9) look to spoil the WHAM! party.
Don’t rule them out just yet. HAVEN. ft. Kaitlin Aragon’s I Run does just that, as it vaults seven places to Number 14 this week. They couldn’t make a late surge for the Christmas Number 1 crown, could they?
See the full Official Singles Chart Top 100 here from 5.45pm.
Follow the Official Christmas Number 1 race
The Official Christmas Number 1 race 2025 kicks off Friday December 12 with sales and streams counting up until midnight (11.59pm) on Thursday, December 18.
Tune in to The Official Chart on BBC Radio 1 on Friday December 19 from 3pm to hear the Christmas Top 40 countdown and the exclusive reveal of the Official Christmas Number 1 2025.
The full Top 100 Official Christmas Singles Chart and Albums Chart will be published on OfficialCharts.com from 5.45pm.
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Piran
So RAYE would be #1 without the Christmas songs. Definitely a promising sign for her come January.
I just know that Wham! will be Christmas Number One for the third year in a row. They're an iconic duo but it's time for a change.
jasonblur
I agree .Love Wham but this is getting a joke .They are going to be Christmas number one every year Already I can see next year 4th year running and so on.Needs to be pur on ACR otherwise the Christmas number one tradition is ruined 😭
M
musicfan86
Should’ve been #1 already but some suss numbers going on. Interesting it wasn’t able to top Taylor yet this week Taylor had a massive unexpected drop. How did her “sales” decrease so much this week? Did the streaming farms close up or the payola run out?
Piran
I believe it is on ACR, as are all the Christmas songs that are more than three years old. At this point, we need recurrent rules similar to what the US have. It would also prevent older hits spending literally years on the chart.
Piran
It's because it went on ACR. When a song declines in streams for three consecutive weeks, it's streaming units that count towards the chart are halved. Combine that with the Christmas songs gaining and it's hardly surprising that 'The Fate Of Ophelia' fell as much as it did. It would be #7 this week without them. It's definitely not payola since the UK charts don't count radio.