List of UK Albums Chart Christmas number ones

[2] Record labels earn as much as forty per cent of their annual sales during the festive season.

[9] Speaking in 2009, music retailer Geoff Bonouvrie remarked: "The whole psychology of buying changes around Christmas.

Between 1986 and 2012, 23 of the 27 Christmas number one albums were featured in the top three of their respective year-end bestsellers chart.

Betting shops in the UK often run books regarding which albums will be at number one for Christmas.

For example, in 2010, British bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes both issued odds of 2/5 on for Take That to top the album chart at Christmas.

[11][12] At the time, these were the lowest odds William Hill had ever offered for a prediction on the Christmas number-one album.

[14] The following year, Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé topped the chart at Christmas.

Composite image of four black-and-white photographs showing the faces of The Beatles.
The Beatles have released seven Christmas number one albums, more than any other act.
Head and shoulders photograph of Marni Nixon.
Singer Marni Nixon provided vocals on the soundtrack album to The King and I , [ 21 ] the first album ever to top the UK Albums Chart at Christmas.
Black-and-white photograph of Elton John performing live in 1972.
Elton John has topped the albums chart twice at Christmas, in consecutive years.
Colour photograph of John Deacon, Brian May and Freddie Mercury of Queen performing live in 1978.
Queen have released two Christmas number one albums, in 1975 and 1991.
Colour photograph of John Lennon playing an acoustic guitar.
John Lennon posthumously achieved a solo Christmas number one in 1982 with The John Lennon Collection .
Colour photograph of Robbie Williams performing live on stage in 2006.
Robbie Williams has topped the UK Albums Chart four times at Christmas.