Posted December 14, 200916 yr The first genuine battle in years for the Christmas number one slot has delivered round one to Rage Against The Machine, as campaigners aim to break X Factor’s festive monopoly. According to early sales figures from the Official Charts Company, the band’s 1993 hit Killing In The Name has opened up a lead of about 10% over The Climb, the debut single from X Factor winner Joe McElderry. The Rage Against The Machine track, which was the band’s first UK hit single and originally reached number 25 in 1993, has been propelled into the Christmas chart battle by a Facebook group campaign to try to stop X Factor landing the festive chart-topper for the fifth successive year. However, the RATM single, which like McElderry’s is a Sony release, will face increased competition as the week progresses as a physical version of The Climb will be released on Wednesday. Hollywood/Polydor act Miley Cyrus’s original hit version is also likely to make the Top 40 this Sunday. Until now, X Factor winners have had an impressive strike rate in reaching number one at Christmas with their debut releases, the run beginning with the ITV show’s first winner Shayne Ward in 2005 and then continuing with Leona Lewis, Leon Jackson and Alexandra Burke who topped last year’s Christmas chart with her version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. The debut single from Steve Brookstein, who won the show in 2004, was released too late for the festive number one slot. Whatever the eventual outcome of the race, the two singles are likely to be joined in the Christmas Top 10 by a handful of other releases linked to X Factor’s two final shows broadcast last weekend. Virgin’s Robbie Williams You Know Me, which he performed on last Saturday’s show, is poised to climb into the top five, while George Michael’s Island-issued single December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas), which featured on last Sunday’s main final, should debut in and around the Top 10. Meanwhile, Journey’s early Eighties hit Don’t Stop Believin’ could be heading into the UK Top 10 for this first time after McElderry performed it on last Sunday’s show. Although new closest challenger Reprise/Warner Bros’s Michael Buble is closing the gap with Crazy Love, Syco’s Susan Boyle’s looks very likely to spend a fourth consecutive at the top of the artist albums chart on Sunday with I Dreamed A Dream. Interscope/Polydor’s Black Eyed Peas and Lady GaGa and Epic’s JLS presently join Boyle and Buble in the week’s top five sellers, while Virgin’s Robbie Williams and Syco’s Leona Lewis are benefiting from X Factor performances and could well return to the Top 10 as a result. Paul McCartney, who also performed on last Sunday’s X Factor show, is currently just outside the week’s Top 20 sellers with his newly-issued Hear Music/Mercury album Good Evening New York City, a few places behind J/RCA’s new Alicia Keys album The Element Of Freedom. ================================= Top 40 Only Singles http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/4722242.JPG 1 Rage Against The Machine 83k 2 Joe McElderry 77k 3 Lady GaGa 4 Robbie Williams 5 Peter Kay Top 10 7 Cheryl Cole George Michael 9 Journey Top 15 11 3OH!3 ft. Katy Perry Top 20 Michael Buble Top 30 Alexandra Burke 22 Pet Shop Boys Leona Lewis [sCYHO] 27 Miley Cyrus Susan Boyle Top 40 Luther Vandross Miley Cyrus [Party In The USA] =========================== Albums http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697554542.JPG 1 Susan Boyle 2 Michael Buble 3 Black Eyed Peas 4 JLS 5 Lady GaGa Top 10 6 Robbie Williams Snow Patrol 9 Leona Lewis Top 15 12 Will Young 14 Alicia Keys 15 Cheryl Cole Top 20 Paolo Nutini 19 Alexandra Burke Top 30 Paul McCartney Fleetwood Mac Top 40 Florence & The Machine Lily Allen Muse Katherine Jenkins [believe] NO SALES INFO ================================================= Artists Mini-Update Singles Alicia Keys 7+7 Cheryl "National Treasure" Cole FFTL 9+9 Pixie Lott 12+12 Pogues 20+5 JLS [EIL] 20+8 Mariah 20+10 Leona Lewis 30+5 Saturdays 30+6 Albums Take That 5+5 Will Young 6+6 Michael Jackson 10+7 Rihanna 20+2 N-Dubz 20+3
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December 15, 200916 yr I think RATM will be #1 today and tomorrow. Joe will be #1 starting Thursday's mids then. Albums... hmm... hoping for a Top 10 for Alicia Keys. SuBo might stay at #1. Edited December 15, 200916 yr by Hapinuyir FM11
December 15, 200916 yr I predict: #1 - Alexandra Burke 'Hallelujah' #2 - Jeff Buckley 'Hallelujah' #3 - Leona Lewis 'Run' #4 - That other X-Factor thingy .... dammit! That was last year. Do forgive me ... but all Christmases just seem to have faded into one big blur over the last few years. Norma
December 15, 200916 yr Please please tell where madonna 'revolver' is. I've been a lurker for too long, and have now signed up. I'm so appreciative of all your updates, and I really hope madge is top 40 x
December 15, 200916 yr RATM #1 (Not for long hopefully though) JOE @#2 CHERYL enteriing tip top ten :)
December 15, 200916 yr 1. Joe 2 RATM 3 Lady gaga 4. Peter Kay's Animated All Star 1. Susan boyle 2. Alicia keys ( I wish, her best album so far) 3. Michael buble 4. BEP
December 15, 200916 yr I hope "Rage Against the Machine" are #1 today, cos today is their only chance :lol:
December 15, 200916 yr Joe will be number 1 i think Rage aaginst the machine number 2 Susan Boyle will easily hold number 1 in the album. I hope the pet shop boys make the top 40, and id say cheryl cole with go top 10 with the 3 words single. Im hoping take thats live album doesnt drop too much,
December 15, 200916 yr I hope "Rage Against the Machine" are #1 today, cos today is their only chance :lol: I disagree. It may well have outside XFactor in the last 24 hours, it's more diverse on sites then just iTunes I think. No reason it can't today either. Still, very interested to see the predictions today. Edited December 15, 200916 yr by Xmas presence
December 15, 200916 yr Today 01 RAGE 02 JOE 03 LADY GAGA 04 ROBBIE 13 30H!3 22 LEONA LEWIS 34 MILEY CYRUS Sunday 01 Joe 02 RATM 03 3oh!3 04 Journey 05 Lady GaGa 10 Leona Lewis 23 Miley Cyrus
December 15, 200916 yr RATM No1 in single mids today; Boyle on course for 500k in albums. Yes I think she'll beat her opening week sales this week!
December 15, 200916 yr Author This is going to be the most craziest week in the singles chart especially with RATM. Try not to bring the topic into disrepute. Thank you. I shall split the topic in 2 parts this week.
December 15, 200916 yr I hope "Rage Against the Machine" are #1 today, cos today is their only chance :lol: I disagree. It may well have outside XFactor in the last 24 hours, it's more diverse on sites then just iTunes I think. No reason it can't today either. Still, very interested to see the predictions today. Joe has physicals coming, which will no doubt be a stocking filler like Peter Kay's 'Children In Need' single. Today is realistically the only chance Rage has. Edited December 15, 200916 yr by britster
December 15, 200916 yr Author Rock anthem outselling X Factor winner Joe McElderry http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8413557.stm
December 15, 200916 yr Rock anthem outselling X Factor winner Joe McElderry http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8413557.stm I don't usually do this but ... :yahoo:
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