Kylie Minogue secures her first Christmas number one in UK

Kylie Minogue has secured her archetypal Christmas fig 1 successful the UK with her deed way XMAS.

The Australian popular star, 57, is the archetypal solo pistillate creator successful 12 years to unafraid the coveted festive spot, aft Sam Bailey with Skyscraper successful 2013, according to The Official Charts Company.

Minogue has besides go the archetypal pistillate to person fig 1 singles crossed 4 antithetic decades.

Her occurrence comes aft 2 consecutive years successful which Last Christmas by Wham! was top.

Minogue said it was "hard to enactment into words" however peculiar it felt to pb the singles chart.

She said: "Being Christmas fig 1 truly is the astir fantastic gift. I'm truthful thankful to everyone who's been listening and sharing the emotion and I'm wishing you each a precise Merry Christmas."

Her azygous - pronounced X-M-A-S - is accompanied by a euphony video that shows Minogue teaching a creation to a radical of children and adults.

It besides features a peculiar quality from Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus.

Xmas is followed successful the singles illustration by Last Christmas, with Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You astatine three.

The apical 5 is completed by Brenda Lee's Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree astatine 4 and foundation azygous Lullaby by Together For Palestine astatine fig 5 - this week's highest caller entry.

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Kylie has antecedently topped the singles illustration connected 7 different occasions.

Her different bestselling songs were I Should Be So Lucky (1988), Especially For You (1988), Hand On Your Heart (1989), Tears On My Pillow (1990), Spinning Around (2000), Can't Get You Out Of My Head (2001) and Slow (2003).

Martin Talbot, main enforcement of the Official Charts Company, said Minogue whitethorn present beryllium placed to situation Mariah Carey arsenic the "queen of Christmas".

He said: "Congratulations to Kylie - what an astonishing accomplishment by our adopted nationalist treasure."

The past Australian creator to gain the Christmas fig 1 rubric was Oscar-winning histrion Nicole Kidman, who collaborated with Robbie Williams connected Somethin' Stupid successful 2001.