November 21st 2023.
This year will be a very different Christmas for LadBaby. After five years of claiming the UK Christmas number one with their witty remixes of famous songs, such as We Built This City on Sausage Rolls and Don’t Stop Me Eatin’, they’ve decided to pass the baton over to the Great British public.
Mark Hoyle, one half of the husband and wife music duo, told The Agency: “After five amazing years we’ve decided to pass the baton over to the Great British public and we’re not going for Christmas number one this year. We never expected it to be five, I’ll be totally honest. It’s one of those things that just happened over the years and we thought it was amazing that the public got behind us in the way that they did.”
The idea for the charity Christmas songs began five years ago when Mark and Roxanne Hoyle wanted to raise funds and awareness for food banks. This idea grew with each year, with even Sir Elton John and Ed Sheeran lending their vocals to the 2021 track Sausage Rolls For Everyone. In 2022, their final quest for a chart-topper came in the form of Food Aid, a reworked version of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Even though the public still wants to see the duo release a new jingle this December, Mark and Roxanne are sticking to their plan to stop at five. Mark admitted he was ‘excited to see what’s coming next’ now that they’re out of the race, but stated: ‘The legacy for us is we want charity songs to dominate every Christmas, we want all the top 20 to be charity songs for good causes, having fun, because that’s what Christmas is, it’s time for family and time for giving.’
The decision to end their chart-topping journey hasn’t been met without criticism. Many people have expressed that other charity singles or classic Christmas songs should have been number one instead.
Addressing the criticism, Mark said: “We don’t pay attention to it. We know the reasons why we’re doing it. When you’ve got a song going for Christmas number one, the only important thing is raising awareness for this important charity. What I think is very funny is, before we started doing the Christmas number ones, the number ones before us were mainly what popular songs were in the charts at the time. If we can get the Christmas number one, then anyone can.”
Roxanne also said: “That’s why it’s good to go for a charity because the amount of eyes they get on them – we meet the people whose lives it changes and it’s really important for charities to do that.”
With the news of LadBaby’s absence from the Christmas rankings, early contenders for the Christmas number one include AC/DC’s Highway To Hell and the train station cat from Stevenage. LadBaby’s two young children, Phoenix and Kobe, might not be too bothered about the news. Mark and Roxanne laughed that their children are “just really excited about Santa coming” and “don’t care” about their chart-topping success.
So, this Christmas, the family are packing away their number ones to put their feet up. Mark and Roxanne’s legacy remains, as they hope to see charity songs dominating the Christmas charts for years to come.
Christmas is looking a bit different for LadBaby this year, as the music duo announced they won't be releasing a 2023 Christmas single. Husband and wife Roxanne and Mark Hoyle have held the UK Christmas number one spot for the past five years, thanks to their comical remixes of famous songs like We Built This City on Sausage Rolls and Don't Stop Me Eatin'.
Mark shared that it was never their intention to be on top of the Christmas charts for five years in a row. “We never expected it to be five, I’ll be totally honest. It’s one of those things that just happened over the years and we thought it was amazing that the public got behind us in the way that they did. Five years ago when we started this, we knew the importance of food banks in this country and we wanted to raise funds and awareness for that so we did that one [song], that was lovely.”
The couple's success even caught the attention of music legends like Sir Elton John and Ed Sheeran, who provided their vocals to the duo's 2021 track "Sausage Rolls For Everyone". Last year, their final Christmas chart-topper came in the form of "Food Aid", a rendition of Sir Bob Geldof's festive classic "Do They Know It's Christmas?".
Mark and Roxanne are looking forward to seeing what's next for Christmas number one, but their legacy remains the same: they want charity songs to dominate every Christmas. “We want all the top 20 to be charity songs for good causes, having fun, because that’s what Christmas is, it’s time for family and time for giving.”
Though LadBaby's news is a huge disappointment to their fans, Mark and Roxanne's two young children, Phoenix and Kobe, are too young to care. “I think my kids are just really excited about Santa coming,” Rox said, laughing.
LadBaby's chart success has been met with criticism over the years, but Mark and Roxanne don't pay attention to it. “We know the reasons why we’re doing it. When you’ve got a song going for Christmas number one, the only important thing is raising awareness for this important charity.”
Mark and Roxanne also understand where the frustration is coming from. “What I think is very funny is, before we started doing the Christmas number ones, the number ones before us were mainly what popular songs were in the charts at the time. I think what’s lovely about part of the journey we’ve done is, if we can get the Christmas number one, then anyone can. There are so many charities that deserve that spotlight. That level of exposure for a charity is unmatched.”
Roxanne concluded: “That’s why it’s good to go for a charity because the amount of eyes they get on them – we meet the people whose lives it changes and it’s really important for charities to do that.”
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