The Christmas Charts - 2017

More often than not in recent years the Christmas number one has been pretty conclusive. For years it was pretty much guaranteed to be the X factor winner, but this no longer seems to be the case. We've had charity records nobody wants to battle with and the Spice Girls didn't have much competition in the late 90s.

However this year we genuinely did have a battle between two records for the top spot. In true 2017 style though it was between Ed Sheeran and Ed Sheeran. Ok it was actually Ed Sheeran vs Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran, but it does seem rather odd that Ed Sheeran was battling against another record he was on.

The winner was Ed Sheeran with "Perfect", a record which first charted in March and inevitably has nothing to do with Christmas. The number two record by Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran is "River" which is a new entry but still had nothing to do with Christmas.

As for actual Christmas records, we have 16 in the Top 40 this year but none of them are new, although "Santa Tell Me" by Ariana Grande has made the Top 40 for the first time. Here's the full list:

Wham	Last Christmas
Mariah Carey	All I Want For Christmas Is You
Pogues	Fairytale Of New York
Band Aid	Do They Know It's Christmas?
Brenda Lee	Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
Shakin Stevens	Merry Xmas Everyone
Elton John	Step Into Christmas
Chris Rea	Driving Home For Christmas
Michael Buble	It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like
Wizzard	I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
Slade	Merry Xmas Everybody
Ariana Grande	Santa Tell Me
John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Leona Lewis	One More Sleep
Andy Williams	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Paul McCartney	Wonderful Christmastime