“X Factor” Winner Beats Rage For U.K.’s New Year’s Number One

Photo: Mockford/FilmMagic Just a week after losing the competition for the U.K.’s Christmas Number One single to Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name,” The X Factor winner Joe McElderry exacted a small measure of revenge against the Los Angeles rockers as his song “The Climb” beat out “Killing” for the distinction of New Year’s [...]

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