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- Wham! are the evens favourites to have back-to-back Christmas Number One's
- Other big names in the early market include Oasis and Sidemen
- LadBaby hit the Christmas Number One spot for five years in-a-row before Wham!
Wham! are the evens favourites to have back-to-back Christmas Number One's
We're now 100 days away from Christmas and OLBG are looking at odds around who will get the prestigious Christmas Number One spot in the Official UK Charts this year.
Wham! finally scored the Christmas Number One spot with their classic 'Last Christmas' last year, 39 years on from when it was first released all the way back on 3 December 1984.
Now the latest betting market has the pop duo as the evens favourites to grab top spot once again this Christmas with a 50% chance that they do so ahead of Oasis and Sabrina Carpenter.
We're yet to have any early contenders announce their plans for a Christmas single but it's expected that we'll see a whole host of music stars announce songs for the festive period in the coming weeks.
| Christmas Number One 2024 | Odds* | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Wham! | 1/1 | 50.0% |
| Oasis | 3/1 | 25.0% |
| Sabrina Carpenter | 4/1 | 20.0% |
| John Lewis Advert performer | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Sidemen | 12/1 | 7.7% |
*As betting sites currently aren't taking bets on this event, odds have been compiled as theoretical probability from an entertainment perspective only and come from an industry expert
What the expert says...
Other big names in the early market include Oasis and Sidemen
Oasis' reunion has been one of the biggest musical stories of the year and their fans may well want to celebrate Christmas by putting the band at Number One during the big festive period.
The Manchester band have a sold-out UK Tour coming in 2025 and they can end the year by topping the singles chart at Christmas with their odds currently at 3/1 in the betting market.
YouTube group the Sidemen were in the running for Christmas Number One back in 2022 after the release of Christmas Drillings and they are 12/1 outsiders in the market this time around to go better this year.
Christmas Number 1 2024 - Betting Odds and Info
LadBaby hit the Christmas Number One spot for five years in-a-row before Wham!
Social Media influencers LadBaby was Christmas Number One for five years in-a-row before Wham! won last year with the YouTuber's not releasing a song last year.
LadBaby's Christmas songs are all charity singles with the profits going towards food bank charity The Trussell Trust and Ladbaby, real names Mark and Roxanne Hoyle, stopped their releases in 2023.
The couple told the Metro, "After five amazing years we’ve decided to pass the baton over to the Great British public and we’re not going for Christmas number one this year."
2024 though may see them return to the Christmas Number One battle and it would be no surprise to see them hit the top spot once again if they do so.
