, ▁Little ▁Mix , ▁James ▁Arthur , ▁Sam ▁Ba iley ▁and ▁Ben ▁Ha en ow — re ached ▁the ▁top ▁spot ▁with ▁their ▁winner ' s ▁singles , ▁whilst ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁winner ▁Louis a ▁Johnson ▁only ▁reached ▁number ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁winner ▁Matt ▁Terry ▁reached ▁number ▁ 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁w inners ▁Rak - Su ▁reaching ▁number ▁ 2 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁winner ▁Dal ton ▁Harris ▁reached ▁number ▁ 4 . ▁The ▁winning ▁contest ant ' s ▁single ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 4 – 2 0 1 0 ▁( and ▁again ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 4 ) ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁time ▁for ▁the ▁end - of - year ▁chart ▁battle ▁for ▁the ▁UK ' s ▁Christmas ▁number ▁one , ▁a ▁spot ▁which ▁was ▁gained ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁winner ' s ▁single ▁was ▁released ▁a ▁week ▁earlier . ▁With ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁Johnson , ▁Terry , ▁Rak - Su ▁and ▁Harris , ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁w inners ' ▁singles ▁have ▁gone ▁on ▁to ▁achieve ▁the ▁number ▁one ▁chart ▁position ▁never theless