Entertainment quiz
UK Christmas number ones since 1990
Thirty six Christmases, from Cliff Richard in 1990 to Kylie Minogue in 2025. The year and artist are given; type the song that was number one on Christmas Day.
- Format
- Type them all
- Items
- 36 answers
- Limit
- 7:00
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Answers
- 36
- Time limit
- 7:00
- Order
- Any order
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- Type an answer; it files itself the moment it matches.
- One answer can fill several slots.
- Give up at any time to see what you missed.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the UK Christmas number one single for each year.
| Year | Artist | Christmas number one |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Cliff Richard | Not found yet |
| 1991 | Queen | Not found yet |
| 1992 | Whitney Houston | Not found yet |
| 1993 | Mr Blobby | Not found yet |
| 1994 | East 17 | Not found yet |
| 1995 | Michael Jackson | Not found yet |
| 1996 | Spice Girls | Not found yet |
| 1997 | Spice Girls | Not found yet |
| 1998 | Spice Girls | Not found yet |
| 1999 | Westlife | Not found yet |
| 2000 | Bob the Builder | Not found yet |
| 2001 | Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman | Not found yet |
| 2002 | Girls Aloud | Not found yet |
| 2003 | Michael Andrews and Gary Jules | Not found yet |
| 2004 | Band Aid 20 | Not found yet |
| 2005 | Shayne Ward | Not found yet |
| 2006 | Leona Lewis | Not found yet |
| 2007 | Leon Jackson | Not found yet |
| Year | Artist | Christmas number one |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Alexandra Burke | Not found yet |
| 2009 | Rage Against the Machine | Not found yet |
| 2010 | Matt Cardle | Not found yet |
| 2011 | Military Wives with Gareth Malone | Not found yet |
| 2012 | The Justice Collective | Not found yet |
| 2013 | Sam Bailey | Not found yet |
| 2014 | Ben Haenow | Not found yet |
| 2015 | The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir | Not found yet |
| 2016 | Clean Bandit | Not found yet |
| 2017 | Ed Sheeran | Not found yet |
| 2018 | LadBaby | Not found yet |
| 2019 | LadBaby | Not found yet |
| 2020 | LadBaby | Not found yet |
| 2021 | LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John | Not found yet |
| 2022 | LadBaby | Not found yet |
| 2023 | Wham! | Not found yet |
| 2024 | Wham! | Not found yet |
| 2025 | Kylie Minogue | Not found yet |
About this quiz
The Christmas number one is the single at the top of the Official Singles Chart in Christmas week. The race for it has been a British tradition for decades.
- LadBaby took five Christmas number ones in a row, from 2018 to 2022.
- The Spice Girls had three in a row, from 1996 to 1998.
- Last Christmas by Wham! reached Christmas number one in 2023 and again in 2024.
- Two of the 36 were double A sides: Queen's in 1991 and Westlife's in 1999. Either song is accepted.
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