The hangover years. The download era. The LadBaby industrial complex. ๐ค๐ฅด
Right then butt, strap in. From X Factor coronations to viral chaos, from proper pop bangers to charity-fuelled sausage roll dominance, hereโs every UK No.1 single on New Yearโs Day from 2007 onwards. This is modern chart history, for better or worse. ๐๐
๐ THE FULL LIST
- 2007 โ Leon Jackson โ When You Believe
- 2008 โ Leona Lewis โ Bleeding Love
- 2009 โ Alexandra Burke โ Hallelujah
- 2010 โ Rage Against the Machine โ Killing in the Name
- 2011 โ Matt Cardle โ When We Collide
- 2012 โ Military Wives โ Wherever You Are
- 2013 โ Ben Howard โ Only Love
- 2014 โ Pharrell Williams โ Happy
- 2015 โ Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars โ Uptown Funk
- 2016 โ Justin Bieber โ Love Yourself
- 2017 โ Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie โ Rockabye
- 2018 โ Ed Sheeran โ Perfect
- 2019 โ Ariana Grande โ Thank U, Next
- 2020 โ Stormzy โ Own It
- 2021 โ LadBaby โ Donโt Stop Me Eatinโ
- 2022 โ LadBaby โ Sausage Rolls for Everyone
- 2023 โ LadBaby โ Food Aid
- 2024 โ Wham! โ Last Christmas
- 2025 โ Wham! โ Last Christmas
- 2026 โ TBC (Christmas 2025 chart still loadingโฆ ๐)
๐งจ ERA BREAKDOWN (AKA: WHAT ON EARTH WAS GOING ON)
๐ค The X Factor Years (2007โ2012)
Simon Cowell had the charts in a chokehold. Christmas TV winners rolled straight into New Yearโs Day like clockwork. Absolute domination.
๐ฅ The Internet Fights Back (2010)
Rage Against the Machine at No.1 remains one of the most beautiful middle fingers in British music history. Still hits like a brick to the chest. ๐งฑ๐ธ
๐ฑ Streaming Takes Over (2013โ2019)
Ben Howard, Pharrell, Ronson, Ed Sheeran, Ariana. Fewer novelty records, more global pop giants. Clean shirts. Big numbers.
๐ญ The LadBaby Era (2021โ2023)
Like it or not, sausage rolls became a chart strategy. Charity-driven, meme-powered, and completely unavoidable.
๐ Wham! Finally Win (2024โ2025)
After decades of near misses, Last Christmas finally ruled the charts. Twice. George Michael smiling somewhere cosmic. ๐โจ
๐ฅ FINAL RIFF
From Rage Against the Machine to LadBaby, this list is proof that the UK charts are a beautiful, baffling, sausage-roll-scented mess. And we wouldnโt have it any other way.
Happy New Year from The Riff Report ๐
Same riffs. Same chaos. New hangover.
Cโmon butt ๐ค๐ป
