NME — A host of records were toppled on the UK singles chart today as X Factor winner Alexandra Burke raced to number one nabbing the coveted Christmas top spot with her cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'. more info

ContactMusic — X Factor winner Alexandra Burke's cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah beat Jeff Buckley's re-released version of the classic track to take the Christmas number ... more info

ContactMusic — Gordon Brown will be among the millions buying X Factor winner Alexandra Burke's single, he has admitted.The prime minister revealed his plans to buy the single ... more info

The Independent — Writing "Hallelujah" cost the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen a lot of time and pain. He just kept on writing verse after verse, for years on end, until he had completed about 80. Then he threw most of them away. more info

The Independent — Writing "Hallelujah" cost the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen a lot of time and pain. He just kept on writing verse after verse, for years on end, until he had completed about 80. Then he threw most of them away. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Versus Cancer, the charity set up by ex-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, celebrated a successful year last night (December 18) with a hometown christmas party.Held at Manchester’s Moho Live, the evening saw a blend of new and established talent, DJ... more info

The Telegraph Blog — There has been a lot said about Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' ... some of it by me. But here is what the man himself thinks. more info

The Daily Mail — The song was completed 24 years ago by Leonard Cohen - a process which took him two years - and it looks certain to be both No. 1 and No. 2 in the charts this week. more info

Stereogum — After X Factor winner Alexandra Burke's cover of "Hallelujah" went to No. 1 in the UK, Jeff Buckley fans started an Internet campaign to push her American Idol-style rendition from the top spot and replace it with Buckley's more haunting take. Read t... more info

The Telegraph — From its appearance in Shrek to the word's Hebrew etymology 20 key facts about the song of the moment. more info