Christmas Number One: Who Will Be Top Of The Charts For Christmas 2024?

By Charlie Mullan Dec 17th, 2024 9:12 AM EDT

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For five years between 2018 and 2022, the UK's Christmas number one was monopolised by social media influencers LadBaby. The act, made up of husband and wife Mark and Roxanne Hoyle, however, decided to hang their microphone last year and will be doing the same this year, which means punting on who will be number one at Christmas is wide open at the best betting sites. 

That's great news for the artists hoping to be top of the charts when the countdown is made official on Friday 20th December, and it opens up the market on the best betting apps.  

So, who is most likely to be celebrating a festive number one this year? At Bookies.com, we have the latest odds on all the candidates from the 40th anniversary version of Band Aid, to a yuletide classic such as Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas, as well as a number of free bets to help give great value with your punts on the number one. Find the latest odds below.

Christmas 2024 Number One Odds 

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Who Will Be Christmas Number One in 2024?

With LadBaby out of the running, it could be quite open when the markets for Christmas number one settle down at most new betting sites after the news that a new Band Aid single is going to be released. To mark 40 years since the original song, a whole host of new faces will be on the track along with some older ones, and it is sure to be popular among punters.

In addition to Band Aid's seminal Do They Know It's Christmas?, there are songs that have become synonymous with the festive period that are sure to be high up the betting all winter, such as Last Christmas by Wham! and Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas. A potential dark horse for the number one spot is a charity single from Sheffield rockers Reverend and the Makers in association with the Samaritans called Late Night Phone call.

Betting on the Christmas number one is always competitive, so finding the best odds is a no-brainer. That's why we have got the best new customer betting offers in this article for you.

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Previous Christmas Number Ones

The race to Christmas number one seems to get bigger every year, but there have been some huge names take the mantle in the past. Here is who has topped the charts in the last 10 years, including Wham! finally coming out on top all of 39 years after it was originally released:

• 2023: Wham! - Last Christmas
• 2022: LadBaby - Food Aid
• 2021: LadBaby - Sausage Rolls for Everyone
• 2020: LadBaby - Don't Stop Eatin'
• 2019: LadBaby - I Love Sausage Rolls
• 2018: LadBaby - We Built This City
• 2017: Ed Sheeran - Perfect
• 2016: Clean Bandit - Rockabye
• 2015: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir - A Bridge Over You
• 2014: Ben Haenow - Something I Need

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Charlie Mullan

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UK-based stats man Charlie Mullan brings previous expertise from the Press Association, DraftKings, Betfair, SportPesa, Hull Daily Mail and more where he has crunched soccer data for many seasons, creating content to support odds providers and market makers in the European betting industry. Charlie has more than a decade of experience using in-depth stats to make informed picks across the biggest games in the EPL and European soccer leagues.