who has had the most christmas number 1?
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The Beatles, unsurprisingly, hold the record for the most Christmas number ones, with four, while The Spice Girls managed an impressive three consecutive victories in the mid-Nineties. Cliff Richard also has a hat trick to his name.
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Geri Halliwell (4) Another former girlgroup superstar to go solo, Geri held the record for most Number 1s by a British female solo artist for an incredible 14 years – 13 years all by herself and one shared with Rita Ora.
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Traditionally, the winner receives a £1million record deal under Syco Music, while their winning single is usually known to land the Christmas Number 1 spot.
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Elvis Presley holds the record for most top 10 singles with 76, having first entered the chart in 1956 with his number two hit "Heartbreak Hotel".
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["Elvis Presley (21)* The King of Rock 'n' Roll is, unsurprisingly, also the King of Number 1s. ... ", 'The Beatles (17) ... ', 'Cliff Richard, Westlife (14) ... ', 'Madonna (13) ... ', 'Take That (12) ... ', 'Calvin Harris, Eminem (10) ... ', 'ABBA, Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, Spice Girls (9) ... ', '8 Number 1s:']
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The Beatles are the only act to have four Christmas number ones, three consecutively starting from 1963. On two occasions, 1963 and 1967, they had both the Christmas number one and the number two, the only act to have achieved this.
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1, 1964. The group racked up a record total of 20 No. 1s, including such classics as "Hey Jude," "A Hard Day's Night" and "Let It Be." The Beatles' impact on the Hot 100 was so huge, in 2015 they were named as the top-performing act in the chart's history.
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The most successful songwriters in terms of number one singles are John Lennon (1940-80) and Paul McCartney (b. 18 Jun 1942). McCartney is credited as the writer on 32 number one hits in the US to Lennons 26 (with 23 co-written), whereas Lennon authored 29 UK number ones to McCartney's 28 (25 co-written).
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Madonna currently holds the record for the most number-one songs in the 43-year history of the chart, with 50, which is the record for any Billboard chart. The only other artists to have achieved more than 20 chart toppers are Rihanna (33) and Beyoncé (22).
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['Carrie Underwood.', '19 million U.S. units sold. ... ', 'Linda Ronstadt.', '30 million U.S. units sold. ... ', 'Reba McEntire.', '41 million U.S. units sold. ... ', 'Taylor Swift.', '41.5 million U.S. units sold.']
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['Ludacris – 4 number-one singles. ... ', 'Nicki Minaj – 5 number-one singles. ... ', 'Nelly – 6 number-one singles. ... ', 'Ice Cube – 6 number-one singles. ... ', 'T.I. – 7 number-one singles. ... ', 'Bow Wow – 7 number-one singles. ... ', '50 Cent – 7 number-one singles. ... ', 'Kanye West – 9 number-one singles.']
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This is a list of artists with the most number-ones on the U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. Madonna currently holds the record for the most number-one songs in the 43-year history of the chart, with 50, which is the record for any Billboard chart.
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The UK Christmas number 1 will be announced on Friday 20 December at 5:45pm. To find out who took the top spot, you can either listen to BBC Radio 1's Official Chart show from 4pm to hear as the full Christmas Top 40 is counted down or take a look online on OfficialCharts.com from 5:45pm.
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How many Number 1 singles have Take That had? The band have had a massive 12 Number 1 singles in the UK. Their first Number 1 was 'Pray' back in 1993 and their most recent Number 1 was 'These Days' in 2014. They've also had six Number 1 albums out of the eight they have released since 1992.
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['“A Benihana Christmas” (Season 3, 2006)', '“Christmas Party” (Season 2, 2005) ... ', '“Moroccan Christmas” (Season 5, 2008) ... ', '“Classy Christmas” (Season 7, 2010) ... ', '“Dwight Christmas” (Season 9, 2012) ... ', '“Secret Santa” (Season 6, 2009) ... ', '“Christmas Wishes” (Season 8, 2011) ... ']
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With seven No. 1 songs now to her credit, Jess Glynne holds the record for the most chart-toppers for a British woman in the U.K., according to the Official Charts Company.
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The Beatles had four Christmas number ones during the 1960s, three of which were consecutive. The Spice Girls had three consecutive Christmas number ones in the 1990s.