who holds the record for the most uk christmas number 1s
List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones The Beatles are the only act to have four Christmas number ones, three consecutively starting from 1963. On two occasions, 1963 and 1967, they had both the Christmas number one and the number two, the only act to have achieved this. As part of two acts, George Michael repeated the feat with Band Aid and Wham! in 1984, and Ed Sheeran did so in 2017 with duets with Beyoncé and Eminem. Paul McCartney has been top eight times with various acts. Cliff Richard has spent four Christmasses at number one; two as a solo act, one with The Shadows and one as part of Band Aid II. The Spice Girls later equalled the record of having three consecutive Christmas number ones, from 1996 to 1998. Spice Girl Melanie C achieved a fourth Christmas number one as a member of The Justice Collective in 2012, which also gave Robbie Williams his third.
List of artists by number of UK Singles Chart number ones In addition to his number ones as a member of The Beatles, Paul McCartney has received an individual credit on three more ("Ebony and Ivory", "Pipes of Peace" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey" charity record) and as a member of Wings ("Mull of Kintyre") as well as four more charity records ("Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid and Band Aid 20, "Let It Be" by Ferry Aid and "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" by Justice Collective), making a total of 99 weeks at number one with 25 different singles, including the biggest selling single of the 1960s, 70s and 80s ("She Loves You", "Mull of Kintyre" and "Do They Know It's Christmas?").