{"id":359104,"date":"2025-12-19T21:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/359104\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T21:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:45:13","slug":"pink-floyds-wish-you-were-here-is-u-k-s-christmas-no-1-lp-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/359104\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ Is U.K.’s Christmas No. 1 LP of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPink Floyd<\/a>\u2019s classic LP Wish You Were Here is the U.K.\u2019s Christmas No. 1 album for 2025 on the chart dated Dec. 19, five decades years on from when it first hit the top spot.<\/p>\n

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\n\tA new digital and physical reissue of the 1975 LP features a number of previously unreleased alternate versions and demos of songs such as \u201cShine on You Crazy Diamond\u201d and its title track, \u201cWish You Were Here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBy returning to the No. 1 spot, the band achieves a rare feat, becoming the longest span between its first No. 1 album to its last No. 1 at over 50 years (2,620 weeks). Wish You Were Here hit No. 1 on release in 1975, but Dark Side of the Moon (1973) peaked at only No. 2. They overtake The Beatles and Abbey Road, who previously held the title with 49 years and 252 days between No. 1s, first hitting the summit in 1969 before regaining the top spot in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThis becomes the Floyd\u2019s second<\/a> No. 1 album of the 2025 after the re-release Pink Floyd at Pompeii \u2013 MCMLXXII, a live show from 1971, hit the top spot in May. It\u2019s the band\u2019s first Christmas No. 1 Album, though the group did secure the Christmas No. 1 single in 1979 with \u201cAnother Brick in the Wall.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOlivia Dean<\/a>\u2019s The Art of Loving closes at No. 2, and the record scores a 12th consecutive week in the top five. Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl lifts one place to No. 3 ,while Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/a>\u2019s Christmas also rises one spot to No. 4 and Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>\u2019s Man\u2019s Best Friend rounds out the top five at No. 5.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere\u2019s three spots for Oasis<\/a> in the top 40 with (What\u2019s the Story) Morning Glory? back up to No. 10,\u00a0 (What\u2019s the Story) Morning Glory? \u2013 Singles Box, a 7\u2033 singles box set which commemorates 30 years of the LP\u2019s release, landing at No. 23, while debut album Definitely Maybe jumps five places to No. 26.<\/p>\n


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