Thirty seven years after first appearing on the Official Chart with I Should Be So Lucky, pop legend Kylie Minogue has finally claimed her first UK Christmas Number 1 and she has done it in record breaking fashion.
The UK welcomes a brand new Official Christmas Number 1 for 2025 as Kylie brings WHAM!’s two year festive dominance to a close, securing the most prized chart position of the year with her new Amazon Music exclusive track XMAS.
Official Charts have confirmed that by taking the Christmas Number 1 title, Kylie Minogue becomes the first female artist to achieve UK Number 1 singles across four separate decades including the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2020s.
With this achievement, Kylie moves ahead of Lady Gaga, Madonna and Mariah Carey, who have each topped the Official Singles Chart across three decades. Only four artists in chart history have reached this milestone, with Elvis Presley, Elton John and Queen all managing Number 1 singles across four decades, while Cliff Richard stands alone with chart toppers spanning five.
Speaking exclusively to Official Charts, Kylie Minogue said:
“It’s hard to put into words how special this feels. Being Christmas Number 1 really is the most wonderful gift! I’m so thankful to everyone who’s been listening and sharing the love and I’m wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!”
The announcement, revealed live this afternoon on BBC Radio 1’s The Official Chart with Jack Saunders, also marks a major moment for Amazon Music. After several years of festive exclusives led by artists such as Tom Grennan, Sam Ryder and Ellie Goulding, 2025 delivers the platform’s first Official Christmas Number 1 single. An Amazon Music Original, XMAS is available exclusively on the streaming service, alongside physical CD and vinyl releases, and appears on Amazon editions of her recent chart topping album Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped).
Despite previously tasting festive chart success as part of Band Aid II’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? in 1989, XMAS marks Kylie’s first Christmas Number 1 as a solo credited artist. She came close back in 1988 with her Jason Donovan duet Especially For You, which finished the Christmas race at Number 2 behind Cliff Richard’s Mistletoe and Wine.
While Kylie has enjoyed an impressive run of 11 Number 1 albums on the Official Albums Chart and made a major return to the Official Singles Chart Top 10 in 2023 with viral hit Padam Padam, XMAS becomes her first UK Number 1 single since Slow in 2003. It is also her eighth UK Number 1 single overall.
Kylie is now the first solo female artist to reach Christmas Number 1 in 12 years, following Sam Bailey’s Skyscraper in 2013.
Even more notably, Kylie becomes just the third international female solo artist to ever claim a UK Christmas Number 1. She joins Trinidad born Winifred Atwell, whose Let’s Have Another Party topped the chart in 1954, and Whitney Houston, who achieved the feat in 1992 with I Will Always Love You.
The last Australian act to secure the festive Number 1 was Nicole Kidman, who topped the chart 24 years ago in 2001 with her Robbie Williams collaboration Somethin’ Stupid.
Everybody is going X M A S as Kylie fans rally together to deliver Christmas Number 1 for their queen.
A highly charged week of campaigning saw devoted Kylie fans showing up in full force to secure the ultimate festive gift.
Throughout the week, supporters flooded social media to mobilise fellow fans, purchasing vinyl and downloads in huge numbers, sharing viral TikTok clips of the X M A S choreography and visiting Kylie’s festive pop up shop at Battersea Power Station, leaving no detail overlooked in their push to see her top the Official Chart at Christmas.
The effort paid off. According to Official Charts Company figures, the past seven days mark Kylie’s biggest week of UK sales and streams in 23 years since Love At First Sight in 2002. XMAS also emerged as the best selling physical single of the week in the UK, boosted by releases on seven inch gold vinyl, twelve inch zoetrope vinyl and CD, while also leading the Official Vinyl Chart.
Fans shared their excitement across social platforms:
“Come on gays. We have one job!” Karl Compton, Facebook
“Let’s do this Lovers!!!” Owen Couling, Instagram
“Thank YOU, Kylie. Not just for the new festive bops, but for 38 years soundtracking our lives. Every penny spent trying to secure that #1 is a chance to give back some live and joy to you for everything. I hope we succeeded.” didymusbrush, Instagram
“Most exciting Christmas number battle in decades” Matthew Alan Wood, Facebook
“This would be a well deserved round off to one of the most spectacular years of her career she deserves it all” Steven Joseph, Facebook
“Is this like how other people feel on World Cup final day?” hunsnet, Instagram
“My Christmas spirit depends on this” fragglelover, Instagram
“#kylieminogue an iconic legend she's been slaying the charts for decades and I'm beyond thrilled to see her making history again #kylie deserves an #XmasNumber1” Natalie Jones, Facebook
“I love it and this release caught me off guard.” Jamie Buck, Facebook
“I really hope she does it, it’s great to have some new fresh Chrismassy songs go popular” Kenny Davidson, Facebook
Kylie Minogue’s Official Number 1 singles in the UK are I Should Be So Lucky from 1988, Especially For You from 1988, Hand On Your Heart from 1989, Tears On My Pillow from 1990, Spinning Around from 2000, Can’t Get You Out Of My Head from 2001, Slow from 2003 and XMAS from 2025.
A look back at Kylie’s XMAS Number 1 highlights shows that XMAS is her first ever Official Christmas Number 1, her eighth UK Number 1 single overall, and her biggest week of UK single sales and streams in 23 years. It is also her first Official Number 1 single since Slow in 2003, makes her the first female solo artist with Number 1 singles across four decades, places her among just three international female solo Christmas Number 1 artists alongside Winifred Atwell and Whitney Houston, marks the first solo female Christmas Number 1 in 12 years since Sam Bailey, and stands as the best selling vinyl and physical single of the week.
Elsewhere on the Official Christmas Singles Chart:
After winning Christmas Number 1 in both 2023 and 2024, WHAM!’s Last Christmas finishes in second place this year. The George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley classic, originally released in 1984, made history last year by becoming the first song to claim Christmas Number 1 in consecutive years.
Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You settles at Number 3 for the second year in a row, continuing its long wait for a Christmas Number 1 crown.
Brenda Lee matches her highest ever position with Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree at Number 4, as the 1962 classic continues its impressive seasonal run.
The highest new entry of the week comes from Together For Palestine, whose track Lullaby finishes at Number 5 while also claiming the title of best selling song of the week. Featuring more than 15 UK and Palestinian artists including Neneh Cherry and Nadine Shah, the release raises urgent funds for people in Gaza.
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl place at Number 6 with Fairytale of New York, while Kelly Clarkson’s Underneath The Tree holds firm as a modern festive favourite at Number 8. Elsewhere in the Top 10, Dave and Tems climb with Raindance at Number 7, Elton John’s Step Into Christmas surges to Number 9 and Bobby Helms’ Jingle Bell Rock completes the Top 10.
There are 19 other Christmas songs featured in the Top 40 this week, with notable climbers including Andy Williams with It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year at Number 16, José Feliciano’s Feliz Navidad at Number 24, Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday at Number 25 and Sia’s Snowman at Number 26.
Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime pushes into the Top 20 at Number 18.
Michael Bublé remains the only artist with more than one Christmas track in the Top 40, with It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas at Number 23 and Holly Jolly Christmas at Number 35. Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song reaches a new peak at Number 31 after climbing eight places.
Other festive tracks entering the Top 40 this Christmas Number 1 week include Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody at Number 36 and Leona Lewis’ One More Sleep at Number 38.
The remaining Christmas songs in the Top 40 include Shakin’ Stevens with Merry Christmas Everyone at Number 11, Ariana Grande’s Santa Tell Me at Number 12, Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? at Number 15, Dean Martin’s Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! at Number 17, The Ronettes with Sleigh Ride at Number 21, John Lennon and Yoko Ono with The Plastic Ono Band and the Harlem Community Choir on Happy Xmas (War Is Over) at Number 22, Chris Rea’s Driving Home for Christmas at Number 30, Darlene Love’s Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) at Number 32 and Laufey’s Winter Wonderland at Number 39.
