Christmas Number One 2025: Kylie Minogue Beats Wham!

After two years of Wham! at the top of the festive chart, the UK has a new Christmas number one in 2025.

On Friday evening, it was announced that Kylie Minogue’s latest single XMAS was number one on this year’s Christmas chart.

The accolade is noteworthy for a number of reasons, not least because XMAS is an Amazon Music exclusive, meaning it’s not available to stream on the most popular platforms like Spotify, Apple Music or Tidal.

Kylie is also celebrating her first UK number one in more than two decades, having last topped the charts in 2003 with Slow.

In response to her first solo Christmas number one – and her eighth overall – the Australian pop superstar enthused: “It’s hard to put into words how special this feels. Being Christmas number one 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!”

As for the rest of the chart, Wham!’s Last Christmas gets the silver medal for this week at number two, while Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You is at three.

Rounding off the top five are Brenda Lee’s classic Rockin’ Around The Christmas Is You and Together For Palestine’s new charity single Lullaby.

Kylie is now the only woman to have had number one in four different decades – the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2020s – with only Elvis Presley, Elton John and Queen being able to boast the same.

XMAS is taken from the reissued version of Kylie’s seasonal album Christmas, which was revamped earlier this year in celebration of its 10th anniversary.

She was previously a featured vocalist on the oft-overlooked second version of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?, which was released in 1989 and topped the Christmas chart in the UK that year, though XMAS is her first festive number one as a solo performing.