Guardian Music — The BBC could hold a Eurovision-style contest to decide the next unlikely Christmas No 1There's a problem with social media. You can only use it to do a good thing once, and then everybody's at it, cheapening the original idea. A case in point is th... more info

Guardian Music — Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates may bicker, but they share an infectious enthusiasm for chart musicTwinned on TV for more than a decade, back to when they were teenage hosts together on the Disney Channel, Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates have mastered ... more info

Guardian Music — This Sunday the Christmas No 1 will be revealed. In anticipation, we asked readers to write about what festive hits mean to themThe X Factor's Matt Cardle is up against Christmas No 1 rival John Cage this year, and as part of our people's panel serie... more info

Guardian Music — Cage Against the Machine can do far more than bring Radio 1 a silent night this Christmas. 4'33" is a living aural experienceIt was just a day after the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death that Nick Clegg, seemingly without a flicker of irony, ch... more info

Guardian Music — Former painter and decorator leading Rihanna by a huge margin, according to the latest sales figuresThe X Factor winner Matt Cardle is on course to hit the Christmas number one slot by a huge margin with his single When We Collide, according to the l... more info

Mjsbigblog — Matt Cardle was crowned the latest X Factor UK winner this past Sunday. His winner’s single is a cover of Biffy Clyro’s “Many Of Horror (When We Collide)” is now out on iTunes UK. Watch the official video after the jump. W... more info

Guardian Music — After 18.8 million viewing figures, Matt Cardle now faces competition to take the Christmas top spot in music chartsMatt Cardle's victory in The X Factor and the semi-final of Strictly Come Dancing combined to produce the largest Sunday night TV audi... more info

Guardian Music — What do you look for in a Christmas No 1, and what does your favourite Christmas hit mean to you?This is the time of year when music snobs clash with lovers of pop and kitsch: while legions enjoy watching the X Factor, others bemoan the popularity of... more info

Guardian Music — You can hate The X Factor's chart dominance without hating pop, which is why I'm backing these Cage fighters to bring some silence to the festive top spotLast Monday, a group of musicians gathered in the intimate surroundings of Soho's Dean Street st... more info

Guardian Music — The late John Cage and Captain Ska are rivals to Simon Cowell's reality-show pop starsTonight, as the victorious contestant in ITV's The X Factor is finally anointed, the race for the Christmas No 1 spot in the charts will begin in earnest. Whether R... more info