{"id":203191,"date":"2025-12-21T07:23:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/203191\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T07:23:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:23:25","slug":"kylie-minogues-xmas-is-2025s-u-k-christmas-no-1-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/203191\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylie Minogue’s ‘XMAS’ Is 2025\u2019s U.K. Christmas No. 1 Single"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tKylie Minogue<\/a> has received the most coveted gift of the year as her song \u201cXMAS\u201d takes the U.K.\u2019s Official Chart\u2019s Christmas No. 1 Single<\/a> for 2025 on the list dated Dec. 19.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAwarded on the final Friday before Christmas Day, the prize is highly sought-after among artists; this is the first time that Minogue has achieved the feat as a soloist. (She appeared on 1989\u2019s No. 1 \u201cDo They Know its Christmas?\u201d as a singer for Band Aid II.)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cXMAS\u201d features as an Amazon Music exclusive on the newly reissued edition of Kylie Christmas, first released in 2015, alongside three other new songs. The LP took the top spot<\/a> on the Official Albums Chart on Dec. 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe No. 1 gives Kylie her first U.K. chart-topping single since 2003\u2019s \u201cSlow\u201d and is her eighth No. 1 overall. She also becomes the first female artist to boast U.K. No. 1 singles across four different decades (\u201980s, \u201990s, \u201900s, \u201920s), joining Elton John, Elvis and Queen with the total; Cliff Richard boasts chart-toppers across five decades.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe knocks off Wham!<\/a>\u2019s \u201cLast Christmas\u201d from the top spot (down one spot to No. 2 week-on-week), with the pop duo holding the Christmas No. 1 single title for the past two years. In the overall leader boards, Wham! is tied with Queen<\/a> on two No. 1s, behind the Spice Girls <\/a>with three, The Beatles<\/a> with four and the current record-holders, LadBaby<\/a>, with a whopping five. The latter, the moniker for YouTube influencer Mark Hoyle, holds the record for number of Christmas chart-toppers with five different songs hitting No. 1 between 2018 and 2022.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking to the Official Charts Company, Minogue said, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to put into words how special this feels. Being Christmas No. 1 really is the most wonderful gift! I\u2019m so thankful to everyone who\u2019s been listening and sharing the love and I\u2019m wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!\u201d\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFestive classics populate the remainder of the top five, with Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d at No. 3 and Brenda Lee\u2019s \u201cRockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree\u201d at No. 4. Together for Palestine, a charity group raising funds for urgent humanitarian care in Gaza, sees its song \u201cLullaby\u201d break into No. 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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