Christmas No.1 2020: LadBaby scores festive hat-trick in UK singles charts

Social media sensation LadBaby has scored the UK’s Christmas number one single – for the third consecutive year.

Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne (LadBaby Mum) have scored this year’s top chart spot with the song Don’t Stop Me Eatin’, according to the Official Charts Company.

The song is raising money for food bank charity The Trussell Trust.

Speaking on Christmas Day, Hoyle told the PA news agency: “We started this three years ago as a bit of fun and to raise money for a good cause.

LadBaby, real name Mark Hoyle, celebrating with his wife Roxanne Hoyle and their children, after his song Don't Stop Me Eatin' topped the singles charts for Christmas, making it his third Christmas number one in a row.

“We genuinely just hoped to make the top 40 three years ago and the fact now that three years on the songs have got better in terms of the downloads each year, each year we’ve had more and more people support it, more and more people download it, more people get behind us and raise even more money for the charity every year, it’s unbelievable…”.

He said they had been inspired to support The Trussell Trust as Roxanne’s mother has been a long-time supporter of the charity.

He explained: “We always heard the stories about food banks and the families that went there and how bad the situation is here in the UK for the amount of people relying on foodbanks and I think it’s one of those things that about four, four-and-a-half years ago we were in a very different position to what we are now.

“We know what it’s like when you really are on a budget, you’re struggling to make ends meet and you’re worried about putting food on the table, and knowing what it’s like and that worry of having enough money to put food on the table is something we’ll never forget and why it is we decided to do this”.

The Official Charts Company says the single has enjoyed the biggest opening week for a single this year and has also become the fastest selling single in more than three years.

They added that LadBaby has now matched a joint record held by The Beatles and Spice Girls, who are the only other musical acts to score a hat-trick of consecutive Christmas number ones.

LadBaby previously landed Christmas number ones with 2018’s We Built This City… On Sausage Rolls and last year’s I Love Sausage Rolls.

But, the Charts Company said this year’s song is the biggest number one yet of the three.

LadBaby fended off competition in the festive singles charts from Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You, which lands in second position with Wham! hit Last Christmas in third position.

An expletive-laden protest song about Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in fifth position.

There is also festive joy for Sir Paul McCartney who claims this year’s official Christmas number one album, the Official Charts Company said.

McCartney III, which follows on from 1970’s McCartney and 1980’s McCartney II, is also his first solo chart-topping record in more than three decades, according to the Charts Company.

Sir Paul said: “I just want to say Happy Christmas, Happy New Year, and a big thank you to everyone who helped get my record to Number one in the album charts.”

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