Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ Is U.K.’s Christmas No. 1 Album of 2025

Pink Floyd’s classic LP Wish You Were Here is the U.K.’s Christmas No. 1 album for 2025 on the chart dated Dec. 19, five decades years on from when it first hit the top spot.

A new digital and physical reissue of the 1975 LP features a number of previously unreleased alternate versions and demos of songs such as “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” and its title track, “Wish You Were Here.” 

By returning to the No. 1 spot, the band achieves a rare feat, becoming the longest span between its first No. 1 album to its last No. 1 at over 50 years (2,620 weeks). Wish You Were Here hit No. 1 on release in 1975, but Dark Side of the Moon (1973) peaked at only No. 2. They overtake The Beatles and Abbey Road, who previously held the title with 49 years and 252 days between No. 1s, first hitting the summit in 1969 before regaining the top spot in 2019. 

This becomes the Floyd’s second No. 1 album of the 2025 after the re-release Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, a live show from 1971, hit the top spot in May. It’s the band’s first Christmas No. 1 Album, though the group did secure the Christmas No. 1 single in 1979 with “Another Brick in the Wall.”

Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving closes at No. 2, and the record scores a 12th consecutive week in the top five. Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl lifts one place to No. 3 ,while Michael Bublé’s Christmas also rises one spot to No. 4 and Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend rounds out the top five at No. 5.

There’s three spots for Oasis in the top 40 with (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? back up to No. 10,  (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? – Singles Box, a 7″ singles box set which commemorates 30 years of the LP’s release, landing at No. 23, while debut album Definitely Maybe jumps five places to No. 26.