LadBaby make chart history after toppling The Beatles with 5th UK Christmas number one

dailyrecord.co.uk:

LadBaby have made chart history by securing the Christmas number one for a fifth consecutive year - surpassing a record set by The Beatles in the 1960s.Social media star Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne, known as LadBaby Mum, claimed the top spot with their single Food Aid, which reworks the Band Aid song Do They Know It's Christmas?

with lyrics about the cost-of-living crisis and vocals from MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis.In the run-up to Christmas, the track sold more than 65,000 units to become the fastest-selling single of 2022 to date.

Last year LadBaby equalled the Beatles' total of four Christmas number ones, earned by the Fab Four non-consecutively in 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1967.However, Sir Paul McCartney has featured as an official artist on five festive chart-toppers, with his Beatles hits plus 1977's Mull of Kintyre by his band Wings.

Profits from the new single will be split equally between food bank charity the Trussell Trust and the Band Aid Trust LadBaby reached the top of the festive chart with food-inspired tracks We Built This City (2018), I Love Sausage Rolls (2019), Don't Stop Me Eatin' (2020) and the Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John-featuring Sausage Rolls For Everyone (2021).