'A Christmas cracker' - Record CollectorSo here it is...The perfect gift
for music lovers of all ages, The Official Christmas No. 1 Singles Book
is jam-packed with facts, figures and photos to get your toes tapping
along to the sounds of seven decades of festive chart-toppers. Have you
ever wondered how many Christmas number ones actually have the word
'Christmas' in their title? Or how many TV talent-show winners have
claimed the festive top spot? Do you know which artist has racked up the
most Christmas number ones? Or which single is the biggest-selling
seasonal chart-topper of all time? Can you name the only song to have
topped the Christmas chart twice by two different artists? Or the only
artist to have been Christmas number one twice with the same song? The
answers to all these questions - plus many more - can be found in this
exclusive festive companion, published in conjunction with the Official
Charts Company. With a fully illustrated double-page spread for every
year since the UK singles chart began in 1952, Michael Mulligan's fun
and authoritative journey through the Christmas archives will delight
curious browsers and dedicated pop nerds alike. Featuring top-ten
countdowns, fascinating trivia about the highest-charting Christmas
singles and plenty of entertaining infographics, this is the ideal
family stocking-filler, celebrating all that is wonderful, whimsical and
unpredictable about the festive season's most hotly contested musical
event.
