BRITISH artists have claimed the top ten places in the annual UK singles chart for the first time. Harry Styles led the way in 2022 with his hit As It Was.
23.12.2022 - 22:05 / dailyrecord.co.uk
LadBaby have made chart history by securing the Christmas number one for a fifth consecutive year - surpassing a record set by The Beatles in the 1960s.
Social media star Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne, known as LadBaby Mum, claimed the top spot with their single Food Aid, which reworks the Band Aid song Do They Know It's Christmas? with lyrics about the cost-of-living crisis and vocals from MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis.
In the run-up to Christmas, the track sold more than 65,000 units to become the fastest-selling single of 2022 to date. Last year LadBaby equalled the Beatles' total of four Christmas number ones, earned by the Fab Four non-consecutively in 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1967.
However, Sir Paul McCartney has featured as an official artist on five festive chart-toppers, with his Beatles hits plus 1977's Mull of Kintyre by his band Wings.
Profits from the new single will be split equally between food bank charity the Trussell Trust and the Band Aid Trust LadBaby reached the top of the festive chart with food-inspired tracks We Built This City (2018), I Love Sausage Rolls (2019), Don't Stop Me Eatin' (2020) and the Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John-featuring Sausage Rolls For Everyone (2021).
They said: "I can't quite believe it. We're number one. The charity has made it five years in a row. How have we done this again? "We want to say thank you to everyone who has supported us for the last five years. A massive apology to The Beatles, and to all The Beatles' fans... I'm sorry.
"The charity wins. The Trussell Trust gets Christmas number one again. Thank you to all the people who have downloaded, all the people who believed in us and brought a bit of Christmas magic. We love you all. Yes mate."
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BRITISH artists have claimed the top ten places in the annual UK singles chart for the first time. Harry Styles led the way in 2022 with his hit As It Was.
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LADBABY have made chart history by securing the Christmas number one for a fifth consecutive year - surpassing a record set by The Beatles in the 1960s. Social media star Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne, known as LadBaby Mum, claimed the top spot with their single Food Aid. The track reworks the Band Aid song Do They Know It's Christmas? with lyrics about the cost-of-living crisis and vocals from MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis.
LadBaby’s latest charity single is this year’s UK Christmas number one, meaning the YouTubers have now occupied the festive top spot for five years running. And they’ve also scored more Christmas number ones than any other artist, breaking a record previously held by The Beatles, who topped the festive chart in 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1967.This year LadBaby – aka Mark and Roxanne Hoyle – joined up with money-saving expert Martin Lewis to release a cover of Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ As with their previous releases, food bank charity The Trussell Trust is a beneficiary of the charity record, though this year the Band Aid Trust will also get some of the money generated by the release.Commenting on their latest chart achievement, Mark Doyle says: “I can’t quite believe it! We’re number one! The charity has made it five years in a row.
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LadBaby take early lead with Food Aid in the race for the most important Number 1 of the year – the coveted Official Christmas Number 1 2022, the Official Charts Company can confirm, but early data shows they’re in for a tussle.
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