NME — But The X Factor sales are still to be added to the final score more info

Guardian Music — Paul McCartney, Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell get dragged into the most heated race for Christmas No 1 in yearsPaul McCartney has picked sides in the battle between X factor winner Joe McElderry and Rage Against the Machine, calling the latter's battl... more info

Guardian Music — Those who think X Factor has brainwashed us should look closely at album sales for 2009: very little of it is bland, processed balladrySo this is Christmas, and what have you done? Have you been basking in the gleam of Joe McElderry's teeth, or ragin... more info

Guardian Music — Can Bob Stanley listen to every No 1 song from the noughties and escape with his sanity intact? He recalls a musical decade that ranged from the sublime to the very ridiculousThere's no rule that New Year's resolutions have to be joyless, or involve ... more info

The Daily Mail — An announcement is expected in the next fortnight and it is thought that a US version of The X Factor will be lined up for 2011. more info

Perez Hilton — Say it isn't so! With Simon Cowell planning to bring his British hit The X Factor to America, rumor has it that as a result he will be leaving American Idol! His contract with the show expires in May and is currently in talks for The X Factor to begi... more info

Guardian Music — RATM still have the edge over X Factor winner Joe McElderry in the battle for Christmas number one, but the gap is closingRage Against the Machine are still ahead of Joe McElderry in the chart battle for the Christmas number one single a day after th... more info

Guardian Music — Zack de la Rocha utters F-word during breakfast-time performance of song vying with X Factor winner's tune for Christmas No 1The BBC apologised today after US rock band Rage Against the Machine - battling with The X Factor winner Joe McElderry to be ... more info

Guardian Music — Academy, Birmingham"This is the band that taught all those second-rate wankers how to play music," begins John Lydon – nee Rotten – by way of sneering introduction to his hugely influential post-punk dub band's first gig in 17 years. In... more info

NME - The Daily Download — With the tussle between The X Factor's Joe McElderry and Rage Against The Machine for this year's Christmas Number One looking like it'll go right to the wire - and an internet viral of the show's finalists singing 'Killing In The Name' already surfa... more info