| Year | Artist | Song | Weeks |
| 1952 | Al Martino | "Here in My Heart" | 9 |
| 1953 | Frankie Laine | "Answer Me" | 8 |
| 1954 | Winifred Atwell | "Let's Have Another Party" | 5 |
| 1955 | Dickie Valentine | "Christmas Alphabet" | 3 |
| 1956 | Johnnie Ray | "Just Walkin' in the Rain" | 7 |
| 1957 | Harry Belafonte | "Mary's Boy Child" | 7 |
| 1958 | Conway Twitty | "It's Only Make Believe" | 5 |
| 1959 | Emile Ford and the Checkmates | "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" | 6 |
| 1960 | Cliff Richard and the Shadows | "I Love You" | 2 |
| 1961 | Danny Williams | "Moon River" | 2 |
| 1962 | Elvis Presley | "Return to Sender" | 3 |
| 1963 | The Beatles | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | 5 |
| 1964 | "I Feel Fine" | 5 |
| 1965 | "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out" | 5 |
| 1966 | Tom Jones | "Green, Green Grass of Home" | 7 |
| 1967 | The Beatles | "Hello, Goodbye" | 7 |
| 1968 | The Scaffold | "Lily the Pink" | 4 |
| 1969 | Rolf Harris | "Two Little Boys" | 6 |
| 1970 | Dave Edmunds | "I Hear You Knocking" | 6 |
| 1971 | Benny Hill | "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" | 4 |
| 1972 | Jimmy Osmond | "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" | 5 |
| 1973 | Slade | "Merry Xmas Everybody" | 5 |
| 1974 | Mud | "Lonely This Christmas" | 4 |
| 1975 | Queen | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 14 |
| 1976 | Johnny Mathis | "When a Child Is Born (Soleado)" | 3 |
| 1977 | Wings | "Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School" | 9 |
| 1978 | Boney M. | "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" | 4 |
| 1979 | Pink Floyd | "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" | 5 |
| 1980 | St Winifred's School Choir | "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" | 2 |
| 1981 | The Human League | "Don't You Want Me" | 5 |
| 1982 | Renée and Renato | "Save Your Love" | 4 |
| 1983 | The Flying Pickets | "Only You" | 5 |
| 1984 | Band Aid | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | 5 |
| 1985 | Shakin' Stevens | "Merry Christmas Everyone" | 2 |
| 1986 | Jackie Wilson | "Reet Petite" | 4 |
| 1987 | Pet Shop Boys | "Always on My Mind" | 4 |
| 1988 | Cliff Richard | "Mistletoe and Wine" | 4 |
| 1989 | Band Aid II | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | 3 |
| 1990 | Cliff Richard | "Saviour's Day" | 1 |
| 1991 | Queen | "Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives" | 14 / 5 |
| 1992 | Whitney Houston | "I Will Always Love You" | 10 |
| 1993 | Mr Blobby | "Mr Blobby" | 3 |
| 1994 | East 17 | "Stay Another Day" | 5 |
| 1995 | Michael Jackson | "Earth Song" | 6 |
| 1996 | Spice Girls | "2 Become 1" | 3 |
| 1997 | "Too Much" | 2 |
| 1998 | "Goodbye" | 1 |
| 1999 | Westlife | "I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun" | 4 |
| 2000 | Bob the Builder | "Can We Fix It?" | 3 |
