LadBaby’s latest single Food Aid has earned the coveted UK Christmas No. 1, smashing a record set by The Beatles.
The charity single amassed more than 65,000 chart sales, according to Official Charts Company data, marking the fastest-selling week of any recording in 2022.
In doing so, the husband-and-wife duo – starring Mark and Roxanne Hoyle – overtook The Beatles as the act with the most Christmas No. 1s.
The Fab Four landed four non-consecutive Xmas chart-toppers in 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1967, while LadBaby hit the summit with We Built This City (in 2018), I Love Sausage Rolls (2019), Don’t Stop Me Eatin’ (2020) and 2021’s Sausage Rolls For Everyone with Ed Sheeran and Elton John.
“It only seems yesterday that LadBaby turned up with their first festive campaign four years ago, so it feels slightly surreal to be sending hearty congratulations on their fifth successive Official Christmas No. 1,” said Martin Talbot, chief executive of the OCC.
“Securing one Christmas No. 1 is a huge achievement in itself – to do it five times, in successive years, is unprecedented and frankly incredible.”
Proceeds from the re-interpretation of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?, featuring money saving expert Martin Lewis, will be split equally between The Trussell Trust and the Band Aid Trust.
