LadBaby announced their fifth attempt for one Christmas No 1 as the as the YouTube stars joined forces with financial expert Martin Lewis.
The duo, Mark Hoyle’s wife Roxanne (LadBaby Mum), will compete against Cliff Richard, Stormzy and Patrick The Pony for first place when it is announced on Friday evening.
They currently have four Christmas No 1’s, the novelties being Sausage Rolls For Everyone, We Built This City, I Love Sausage Rolls and Don’t Stop Me Eatin’.
Will they do it? LadBaby announced their fifth attempt at a Christmas No. 1 as the YouTube stars joined forces with financial expert Martin Lewis
The Beatles are tied for the top spot along with YouTubers and also have their hands on four celebratory hits with I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine and Day Tripper, We Can Work It Out and Hello, Goodbye.
But LadBaby became the first person to score a record four consecutive Official Christmas Number 1 awards in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
And if they unveiled their latest charity song Food Aid, an adaptation of the Band Aid classicin a surprise Instagram video last week, they could become the first to reach five, surpassing The Beatles’ record.
But who are LadBaby? And the couple who launched a bid to score their record-breaking fifth Christmas No. 1?
But who are LadBaby? And the couple who launched a bid to score their record-breaking fifth Christmas No. 1?
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Mark Hoyle, 35, is a graphic designer and blogger from Nottingham who, along with his wife Roxanne, rose to fame with their YouTube videos.
The clips posted under the name LadBaby followed his life as he prepared to welcome his first child with Roxanne, who is known as LadBabyMum.
The couple eloped in Las Vegas in 2015 and welcomed their first son Phoenix, six in 2016 and Kobe, four, in 2018.
Their social media accounts, which have more than 12 million followers combined, feature light-hearted videos about parenting tips, money-saving hacks, and pranks.
LadyBaby struck on their first Christmas No. 1 in 2018, with We Built This City… On Sausage Rolls, a parody of the 1985 hit Starship
First Christmas No. 1
LadyBaby struck with their first Christmas No. 1 in 2018, with We Built This City… On Sausage Rolls, a parody of the 1985 hit Starship.
Mark and Roxanne unexpectedly clinched the coveted number one after the charitable single about sausage rolls swept beat numbers from Ava Max and Ariana Grande to the top spot.
His release pushed 75,000 combined streams and sales this week to take the top spot, and despite a fiercely close race all week, he finishes 18,500 ahead of his closest competition after a last-minute push.
Mark’s win was all the more remarkable as the father of two, who donates all profits to The Trussell Trust, which manages food banks across the UK, had never sung in his life.
“I’m not one to sing in the shower, which probably everyone can hear if they’ve listened to the song,” he told Femail at the time.
Second Christmas No. 1
The duo secured the top spot with a new charity single I Love Sausage Rolls in 2019.
His rise to the top of the charts once again allowed him to fend off fierce competition from the likes of Stormzy, Lewis Capaldi and Dua Lipa.
The celebratory song, a version of Joan Jett’s 1981 hit I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll, again raised money for the food bank charity The Trussell Trust.
Mark revealed that he contacted Stormzy and Lewis Capaldi to collaborate on the job, but neither of them accepted his request.
However, they both shared messages of support for the vlogger, which he said were “highlights of my life.”
They did! The duo secured the top spot with a new charity single I Love Sausage Rolls in 2019
Third Christmas No. 1
LadBaby landed at Christmas No. 1 for the third year in a row in 2020 with his single Don’t Stop Me Eating.
The YouTube stars beat Gemma Collins and Mariah Carey with the charity single Don’t Stop Me Eating, sung to the tune of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing.
The happy couple were seen wearing white faux fur hats and matching Santa Claus costumes emblazoned with a print of sausage rolls.
Their kids also wore matching sausage roll outfits as they smiled for a photo next to their dad’s three Christmas Number One awards.
Ecstatic: LadBaby landed at number 1 for the third year in a row in 2020 with his single Don’t Stop Me Eating
Fourth Christmas No. 1
And finally, LadBaby made chart history last year by securing the Christmas number one for the fourth consecutive year, becoming the first musician to do so in the 70 years of the Official Christmas Chart.
Mark Hoyle and Roxanne scored first chart success with new song Sausage Rolls For Everyone featuring global superstars Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John.
The song is a charitable sausage roll themed adaptation of Ed and Sir Elton’s own new festive single Merry Christmas, again in aid of The Trussell Trust’s food banks.
The milestone meant LadBaby surpassed music titans The Beatles and Spice Girls, who are the only other acts to score a consecutive hat-trick.
The track proved to be a huge success, charting over 136,000 in its first week, according to the Official Charts Company.
They fended off competition from festive classics, including Wham!’s Last Christmas, which took third place, and Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You came fourth.
Good luck! And finally, LadBaby made chart history last year by securing the Christmas number one for the fourth consecutive year
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