In 1976, BBC Radio One Icon John Peel created a music chart called the Festive Fifty. From 1982 the chart only consisted of the year’s top tracks chosen by the listeners. It would traditionally broadcast over Christmas Eve and Day.

This year saw a PJ Harvey's Peel Session track grab the number one spot. The album cover is a photograph entitled "Children work in opium field in Badakhshan" (1992) by Steve McCurry. Some tracks were removed because of 8tracks’ two tracks per artist and album policy.

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