Christmas number one single

Each year, record companies compete for the Christmas number one single spot on the British charts. Having the UK Christmas number one is very prestigious and leads to a lot of media coverage. In addition single sales are extremely high in the week before Christmas so a lot of money can be earned as well. Traditionally very many people place a bet on who will be the Christmas number one at a bookmaker's .

Related Topics:
Record companies - Christmas - Number one single - British charts - Single - Bookmaker's

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The Christmas number one goes most often to sentimental, Christmas-related or novelty songs. This featured heavily in the plot of the movie Love Actually.

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Novelty songs - Love Actually

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See the list of Christmas number one singles.

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