Leona Lewis’ festive anthem, ‘One More Sleep’ has been officially crowned the most-listened-to British Christmas song of the 21st century.
According to the Official Charts Company, the track, released in 2013, which peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart, has now amassed over 190 million streams across the UK, surpassing many modern festival favourites.
Coldplay’s ‘Christmas Lights’ took second place in the round-up.
This was followed by Lily Allen’s cover of Keane’s ‘Somewhere Only We Know’, which was famously featured in the 2013 John Lewis Christmas advert.
Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John’s ‘Merry Christmas’ came in fourth place, while Alexandra Burke’s ‘Hallelujah’ rounded out the top five.
However, Burke’s song – which was her 2008 X Factor winning single – holds the distinction of being the biggest Christmas song of the 21st century overall, when both streaming figures and physical sales are combined.
Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts, said: “The canon of Christmas classics is rich with songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
“So it’s great to see modern classics joining the festive hall of fame – Leona Lewis’s ‘One More Sleep’ is the runaway leader as the biggest new British Christmas cracker of them all. Congratulations Leona.”
The rest of the top 10 included The Darkness’ ‘Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End)’ (six), Sam Smith’s version of ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ (seven), Jess Glynn’s ‘This Christmas’ (eight), George Ezra’s ‘Come on Home for Christmas’ (nine), and Sam Ryder’s ‘You’re Christmas to Me’ (10).
It comes after the Official Charts Company last week revealed this year’s contenders for the UK Christmas number one single, including US pop star Taylor Swift, Loose Women panellist Denise Welch and Tom Fletcher’s One of Us, which was written for the UK Christmas number one single. Paddington The Musical.
Lewis himself achieved the Christmas number one spot in 2006 with his X Factor winning single ‘A Moment Like This’.
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