British Christmas No 1 2024. Kicking off friday 15th december 2023, and running through to 23.59pm thursday 21st, the winner of 2023’s official christmas number 1 will be announced. Wham!, sam ryder and mariah carey are all vying for this year's christmas number one, in one of the most open festive chart battles of recent years.

Star andrew ridgley has told the bbc that when the band wrote last christmas it was always with the intention of being a christmas number one hit. Wham!, sam ryder and mariah carey are all vying for this year’s christmas number one, in one of the most open festive chart battles of recent years.