Mark and Roxanne Hoyle have done it! (Picture: PA)
It’s celebrations all round for LadBaby, as they’ve made UK Official Chart history with their 2022 Christmas number one.
Comprising of Mark and Roxanne Hoyle, the duo are now the first act in Official Chart history to secure five Christmas number one singles.
Food Aid debuted at the top spot, with a feature from Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis, having shifted a total of over 65,000 chart units and delivered the fastest-selling single of 2022 to date.
Profits from the single will be split equally between food bank charity The Trussell Trust and the Band Aid Trust, given that the song is a re-interpretation of Band Aid’s 1985 Christmas Number 1 single Do They Know It’s Christmas?
LadBaby now break a long-held chart record set by The Beatles, after equaling the Fab Four’s total of four Christmas number ones last year (The Beatles earned their four Christmas Number 1s non-consecutively in 1963, 1964, 1965 & 1967), the internet stars surpass The Beatles to undeniably cement their own place in Official Chart history.
Prior to Food Aid, LadBaby enjoyed festive chart-toppers with We Built This City (2018), I Love Sausage Rolls (2019), Don’t Stop Me Eatin’ (2020) and last year’s Ed Sheeran and Elton John collaboration Sausage Rolls For Everyone (2021).
Celebrating their historic achievement, LadBaby told OfficialCharts.com: ‘I can’t quite believe it! We’re number one! The charity has made it five years in a row. How have we done this again?
‘We want to say thank you to everyone who has supported us for the last five years. A massive apology to The Beatles, and to all The Beatles’ fans… I’m sorry! The charity wins. The Trussell Trust gets Christmas number one again!
‘Thank you to all the people who have downloaded, all the people who believed in us and brought a bit of Christmas magic. We love you all. Yes mate!’
Martin Talbot, chief executive, Official Charts Company praised LadBaby for their efforts, saying it ‘only seems yesterday’ that they released their first festive campaign.
Featuring Martin Lewis, Food Aid aims to tackle the poverty and hunger crisis (Picture: PA)
‘It feels slightly surreal to be sending hearty congratulations on their fifth successive Official Christmas number one. Securing one Christmas number one is a huge achievement in itself – to do it five times, in successive years, is unprecedented and frankly incredible.’
The Official Charts added that the work Mark, Roxanne and their family do is ‘more than just a chart feat’, having raised countless funds for those in need.
‘The work they have done to raise profile and funds for food banks generally and The Trussell Trust in particular has been immense over the past five years, especially at a time which continues to be so difficult for so many people in the UK.’
As for second place, this year we have a Christmas classic – Wham! with the much-loved Last Christmas.
YouTubers Sidemen landed at number three after a late boost (Picture: Instagram)
George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s yuletide classic is the most-streamed track of the week in the UK, racking up 12.9million plays.
YouTube supergroup Sidemen have put in a passionate promotional campaign for their own festive single Christmas Drillings featuring JME, and it was thought that a last minute boost could’ve seen them topple LadBaby.
But, it wasn’t enough, although they’ll surely still be overjoyed after placing at number three.
The track, released in aid of food poverty charity FareShare, is this week’s highest climber, vaulting a staggering 38 places.
George Michael and Wham!’s Last Christmas also features in the top 40 (Picture: Dean Gallup/Getty Images)
Queen of Christmas, Mariah Carey, would never be absent from the festive chart now, would she? (Picture: Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty Images)
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Mariah Carey follows with All I Want For Christmas Is You (4), with Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s modern classic Merry Christmas rounding off the Christmas Top 5 (5).
Other Christmas tunes in this year’s chart include Dean Martin’s Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! at 28, Jose Feliciano’s Feliz Navidad at 29), The Ronettes with Sleigh Ride at 30, and Michael Bublé’s Holly Jolly Christmas at 31.
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Meanwhile, in the Christmas Album Charts, Taylor Swift is ending 2022 on a high, as her album Midnights has returned to the top, becoming 2022’s Official Christmas number one album in the process.
Following an intense chart battle with Cliff Richard, Taylor reigns supreme this week, regaining first place with over 17,000 chart units.
Every Christmas number 1 from the past 10 years:
2012 – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Justice Collective
2013 – Skyscraper Sam Bailey
2014 – Something I Need Ben Haenow
2015 – A Bridge Over You The Lewisham & Greenwich Nhs Choir
2016 – Rockabye Clean Bandit
2017 – Perfect Ed Sheeran
2018 – We Built This City Ladbaby
2019 – I Love Sausage Rolls Ladbaby
2020 – Don’t Stop Me Eatin’ Ladbaby
2021 – Sausage Rolls For Everyone Ladbaby ft. Ed Sheeran & Elton John
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They did it!
