‘Christmas miracle’ as Ladbaby secures second seasonal number one
Youtube star Ladbaby has said it is a “Christmas miracle”, after claiming the Christmas number one single for the second year running.
The internet star and “dad blogger”, real name Mark Hoyle, fended off competition from artists including Stormzy, Lewis Capaldi and Dua Lipa to take the festive accolade with his charity single I Love Sausage Rolls. And in Scotland the song just edged out‘fairytale of Stornoway, an updated version of The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York, by Hebridean rock band Peat & Diesel, which was in second place.
The Ladbaby song is a twist on I Love Rock ’n’ Roll by Joan Jett and follows in the footsteps of his 2018 Christmas number one we built this city, an ode to sausage rolls parodying Starship’s classic hit.
I Love Sausage Rolls scored 93,000 chart sales over the past week, selling 18,000 copies more than his 2018 release, the Official Charts Company said.
The vlogger’s success means he is the first artist to score consecutive Christmas number ones in more than 20 years.
The Spice Girls are the last to achieve the feat, scoring three in a row in 1996 to 1998 with their hits 2 Become 1, Too Much and Goodbye.
All proceeds for the novelty song go to food bank charity The Trussell Trust for the second year running.
Ladbaby told Officialcharts. com: “How have we done this again? It’s the best feeling in the world – it’s a Christmas miracle yet again!
“Thank you everybody for supporting us once again, and all for an amazing cause. It’s going to the Trussell Trust – to the 14 million people living in poverty in the UK. Who doesn’t love a sausage roll at Christmas?”
Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company, said: “Congratulations to Ladbaby. It is a superb achievement to score an official Christmas number one once, let alone twice in successive years.
“Of course, commiserations to Stormzy, Lewis Capaldi, Dua Lipa and Wham! who made up the official top five in a genuinely competitive race.”