No collision as X Factor winner takes Christmas no 1 spot

Pole position for Matt Cardle – with 439,000 copies of When We Collide sold in six days – brings windfall for indie bandLast year he was denied the Christmas number one after half a million detractors conspired to propel a 17-year-old punk song to the top of the charts instead of the winner of his TV talent show.But this year Simon Cowell was back in pole position after Matt Cardle, the guitar strumming X Factor victor, won the coveted festive top spot. Cardle sold 439,000 copies of When We ...

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20:07 on December 19 2010

No collision as X Factor winner takes Christmas no 1 spot

Guardian Music — Pole position for Matt Cardle – with 439,000 copies of When We Collide sold in six days – brings windfall for indie bandLast year he was denied the Christmas number o... more info