Battle Christmas ends in RAGE as the band took the coveted Christmas No. 1 in the British pop charts on Sunday, after the beloved Internet campaign to keep the winner of the "X Factor" TV talent show from the top spot."Killing in the Name" sold more than 500,000 download copies in the past week, enough to beat Joe McElderry's "The Climb", which managed sales of 450,000 by downloads and in the shops.
The surprise outcome brought an end to a four-year run of "X Factor" winners claiming top position in the seasonal charts, and showed the power of the Internet in the process. It was the first time a download-only single had achieved a Christmas No. 1, and in the process notched up the biggest one-week download sales in British chart history.
Previous 'X Factor' winners have easily secured the Christmas top spot, and music experts had said there was little chance anyone could produce a serious rival. Bookmakers had believed that the popularity of the show, with some 20 million viewers tuning in to see McElderry win last week, would mean his debut single, a cover of a song by Miley Cyrus, would come out on top.
Simon Cowell, the executive producer of "X Factor," had hit out at the online campaign, saying that it was aimed at him and it was "stupid."
In taking the title for 2009,"Killing In The Name" (released in 1992!) also set two new landmarks, becoming the UK's first download-only Christmas Number One and notching up the biggest one-week download sales total in British chart history, according to the Official Charts Company.
We've shown that we can make a difference and that you don't have a right to Number One just because Simon Cowell says so, especially with a bad cover! The revolution has begun and it's our turn to say no to spoon-fed commercialized pop "music" by greedy opportunistic media whores.
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