Cliff Richard has the biggest selling music calendar of 2021

Sales of Sir Cliff Richard's official calendar sees him trounce Little Mix and Harry Styles.

He may not have had a Christmas Number 1 in the Official Singles Chart this year, but Sir Cliff Richard is still a festive chart-topper!

According to The Calendar Club, sales of Cliff’s official 2022 calendar outstripped those of Taylor Swift and Little Mix, to become the most popular music-themed calendar this year, and 11th biggest overall.

The second most popular music calendar was Cliff’s one-time rival Elvis Presley, Harry Styles came third, Kylie ranks fourth and BTS were fifth.

Little Mix came sixth, and Taylor Swift was ninth, with Robbie Williams (7), Daniel O’Donnell (8) and Queen rounding off the Top Ten at 10.

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According to data, Sir Cliff has sold a whopping 1.5 million calendars since he started releasing them in 1979 and is still going strong now, at the grand age of 81.

Sir Cliff also has an enviable track record on the non-calendar-related Official Charts too. With 14 Number 1 singles – three of which have been Christmas Number 1 – he ranks as the artist with the third-most Number 1 singles in UK chart history, alongside Westlife.

Only The Beatles (17) and Elvis Presley (21) have more. Cliff also managed to snag a Number 1 in the UK for five consecutive decades - from the 1950s to the 1990s.