Who had the first ever Christmas number one single in the British charts?
1952 in British music as "Top Of The Pops") were all confused as to which was the most accurate. The Official Charts Company uses "NME" until March 1960 and then uses "Record Retailer" until 1969, when an official sole chart was formed by an alliance between the two most popular charts. To kick off the brand new chart, American jazz singer Al Martino had the first ever number one single in the UK with "Here in My Heart", which remains his biggest selling single. The song spent nine consecutive weeks at number one, which continued to be the longest consecutive run at number one
2013 in British music charts 2013. The single sold 148,853 copies in its first week to become the lowest-selling Christmas number one since Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman scored Christmas number 1 in 2001 when "Somethin' Stupid" sold 110,000 copies in the Christmas week and also, the second lowest-selling "X Factor" winner's single. Notes: 2013 in British music charts The UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart are two of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles/albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles/albums