Kylie Minogue celebrates first UK Christmas Number 1 single with XMAS and it’s a record-breaker!

37 years after making her Official Chart debut with I Should Be So Lucky, pop icon Kylie Minogue lands her first-ever UK Christmas Number 1, and it’s a RECORD BREAKER!

The UK celebrates a fresh new Official Christmas Number 1 for 2025 as Kylie ends WHAM!’s two-year festive chart reign to clinch the most coveted chart-topper of the year with her brand-new Amazon Music exclusive, XMAS.



Official Charts can confirm that in securing the Christmas Number 1 crown, Kylie Minogue becomes the first female artist to boast UK Number 1 singles across four different decades -the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2020s.

Kylie surpasses Lady Gaga, Madonna and Mariah Carey, who have all topped the Official Singles Chart across three decades. In fact, only four artists in chart history have achieved the feat full stop. Elvis Presley, Elton John and Queen have managed four decades, while Cliff Richard had Number 1 singles spanning five decades.

Speaking exclusively to Official Charts, Kylie Minogue says:

“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 moment, unveiled live on BBC Radio 1’s The Official Chart with Jack Saunders this afternoon marks a milestone for Amazon Music too. Following a series of exclusive festive releases in recent years fronted by the likes of Tom Grennan, Sam Ryder and Ellie Goulding, 2025 marks the platform’s first Official Christmas Number 1 single. An Amazon Music Original, XMAS is available exclusively through the streaming platform, also released on physical CD and vinyl, and included on Amazon editions of her recent chart-topping album Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped).

As for Kylie herself, despite an early taste of Christmas Number 1 success as part of Band Aid II’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? back in 1989, XMAS is Kylie’s first solo credited festive chart-topper. She came close in 1988 with Jason Donovan duet Especially For You, which settled for the Christmas Number 2 spot that year, just behind Cliff Richard’s Mistletoe and Wine.

While Kylie has enjoyed a prolific run of 11 chart-toppers on the Official Albums Chart across her career, plus a glittering comeback to the Official Singles Chart Top 10 in 2023 with viral hit Padam Padam, XMAS marks her first UK Number 1 single since 2003’s Slow. XMAS is Kylie’s eighth UK Number 1 single overall.

Kylie is also the first solo female artist to land the Christmas Number 1 in 12 years, since Sam Bailey’s Skyscraper in 2013.

Rarer still, Kylie’s only the third international female solo artist to bask in UK Christmas Number 1 glory ever. She joins Trinidad-born Winifred Atwell, whose Let’s Have Another Party took the crown in 1954, and US superstar Whitney Houston, who managed it in 1992 with I Will Always Love You.

The last Australian artist to secure the festive UK chart-topper was Nicole Kidman 24 years ago, with 2001 Robbie Williams team-up Somethin’ Stupid.

Everybody’s going X-M-A-S! Kylie fans assemble to secure Christmas Number 1 for their queen

An intense week of campaigning saw lifelong Kylie fans turning out in full force to secure the ultimate Christmas present for their queen.

Giddily taking to social media throughout the week to rally their fellow troops into action, snapping up vinyl and downloads in their thousands, sharing viral videos of the TikTok-ready X-M-A-S choreography, and hot-footing it down to Kylie’s festive pop-up shop at Battersea Power Station, no stone has been left unturned in their quest to see Kylie at the top of the Official Chart tree this Christmas.

It paid off, according to Official Charts Company data, the past 7 days has become Kylie’s biggest week of UK sales and streams in 23 years, since 2002’s Love At First Sight. It’s also the best-selling physical single of the week in the UK, thanks to its release on 7” gold vinyl, 12” zoetrope vinyl and CD, topping the Official Vinyl Chart.

In their own words:

“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:
I Should Be So Lucky (1988)
Especially For You (1988)
Hand On Your Heart (1989)
Tears On My Pillow (1990)
Spinning Around (2000)
Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (2001)
Slow (2003)
XMAS (2025)

Recapping Kylie’s glittering XMAS Number 1 stat attack:
XMAS is Kylie’s first-ever Official Christmas Number 1 single
XMAS is Kylie’s eighth UK Number 1 single overall
Kylie is the first female solo artist to claim Number 1 singles across four different decades
Her Christmas Number 1 bid with XMAS is the biggest week of Kylie UK single sales and streams in 23 years
XMAS is Kylie’s first Official Number 1 single since Slow in 2003
Kylie is only the third international female solo artist to land Christmas Number 1, joining Winifred Atwell and Whitney Houston
Kylie becomes first female solo artist to secure Christmas Number 1 single in 12 years, since Sam Bailey’s Skyscraper in 2013.
XMAS is the best-selling vinyl single and physical single of the week

Elsewhere on the Official Christmas Singles Chart:

Following a two-time Christmas Number 1 triumph in 2023 and 2024, WHAM!’s classic Last Christmas comes in as runner-up this time around (2). George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s festive favourite, originally released in 1984, made Official Chart history in 2024, when it became the first song ever to land Christmas Number 1 in consecutive years.

Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You put in a valiant effort but settles at Number 3 for the second year in a row, with its wait for that elusive Christmas Number 1 continuing for another year.

Brenda Lee equals her personal best position with Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree, with the 1962 classic continuing its strong run (4).

Highest new entry, Together For Palestine's poignant track Lullaby, finishes the Christmas race at Number 5 and the accolade of best-selling track of the week. With over 15 UK and Palestinian artists - from Neneh Cherry to Nadine Shah – uniting to raise urgent, life-saving funds for the people of Gaza, it’s a proud moment for all involved.

The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s magical Fairytale of New York comes in at Number 6, with Kelly Clarkson’s Underneath The Tree modern classic cementing its status as one of the ‘Hall of Fame’ winter greats (8).
Looking at the rest of the Top 10, Dave and Tems team-up Raindance rises six, with the track's endurance cutting through the Christmas Number 1 noise (7). Elton John’s Step Into Christmas also sees a significant surge, moving nine from last week (9), as Bobby Helms’ Jingle Bell Rock rounds off proceedings (10).

In total there are 19 other Christmas songs present in the Top 40, with the key risers this week including:

Andy Williams - It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (16) (up four places)
José Felicano - Feliz Navidad (24) (up six places)
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (25) (up seven places)
Sia - Snowman (26) (up five places)

Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime pierces the Top 20, rising three (18).

Christmas King Michael Bublé is the only artist with more than one Christmas song in the Top 40; with It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (23) and Holly Jolly Christmas (35).
The Christmas Song from Nat King Cole has earnt its highest peak to date this week, scaling eight to Number 31.

Holiday hits entering the Top 40 this Christmas Number 1 week include Merry Xmas Everybody from Slade (36) and Leona Lewis’ One More Sleep (38).

The other festive tunes present in the Top 40 include:

Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (11)
Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me (12)
Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas? (15)
Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (17)
The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride (21)
John Lennon/Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (22)
Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas (30)
Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (32)
Laufey - Winter Wonderland (39)