No collision as X Factor winner takes Christmas no 1 spot | Music | The Guardian UK charts 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 band ‘It’s nuts, crackers and crazy,’ said Matt Cardle of his success, while apologising to Biffy Clyro fans for ‘ruining’ their song. Photograph: EMPICS Entertainment Helen Pidd and John Plunkett Sunday 19 December 2010 15.07 EST Close This article is 6 years old Last 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 Collide in the six days following his triumph on the ITV talent show last Sunday, the Official Charts Company said.

This represented a record weekly total for a non-charity release this year and gave Cardle a lead of more than 300,000 over Rihanna and Drake's What's My Name, which finished in second place. Last year's X Factor winner Joe McElderry, famously beaten to the number one spot by Rage Against The Machine, sold around 500,000 copies of his single The Climb in the runup to Christmas , and another 200,000 the following week. If Cardle has a similar post-festive run this year, he will remain in a top five currently headed by Love The Way You Lie, by Eminem featuring Rihanna. Though Cowell will be feeling smug as he suns himself in Barbados, the real winners of this year's festive chart race are arguably a middle-ranking Scottish indie band who found themselves taking up two positions in the top 10. Biffy Clyro , a three-piece from Kilmarnock, wrote When We Collide – though they originally called it Many Of Horror. When their fans discovered Cardle was releasing the track under a different name, they started a campaign to get the original to no 1.

Though they were no match for X Factor's pulling power, they managed to get the original to no 8 today after buying 40,000 copies. Cardle, who has apologised to Biffy Clyro fans if they felt he had "ruined" the song, said last night he planned to celebrate with "one or two beers". He said: "I can't believe it. As if winning wasn't enough. I honestly didn't think I'd even make it on to the live shows, let alone win and be the Christmas number one. "I can't even begin to describe how if feels. It's nuts, crackers and crazy. To think that many people have supported me and bought the record is absolutely mind-blowing." The third-placed single in this year's Christmas rundown was another anti-X Factor protest song, Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen (originally released in 1963), which sold just under 70,000 copies. That record became the highest ranking of all of this year's Facebook-led campaigns.

Another high-profile Christmas Facebook campaign was Cage Against The Machine's 4'33', the silent cover of John Cage's avant garde classic, which finished 21st with just under 16,000 sales. In the albums chart, Take That's Progress held on to the top spot after selling 330,000 copies last week, bringing its total to 1.440m in just five weeks. The X Factor's Matt Cardle on course for Christmas No 1 | Music | The Guardian The X Factor's Matt Cardle on course for Christmas No 1 Former painter and decorator leading Rihanna by a huge margin, according to the latest sales figures The X Factor's Matt Cardle ... glossy performance. Photograph: Ken McKay/Rex Features/Talkback Thames Thursday 16 December 2010 08.16 EST First published on Thursday 16 December 2010 08.16 EST Close This article is 6 years old The 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 latest sales figures.

Cardle, 27, from Essex, had sold 245,000 copies of his track by early today, according to the Official Charts Company, putting him well ahead of Rihanna, the US R&B singer he duetted with on Saturday's show. Rihanna has sold 68,000 copies of her single What's My Name so far this week, putting her in second place ahead of The Trashman's Surfin' Bird, which has sold 44,000. Cardle's first single is a cover of the song Many of Horror (When We Collide) Biffy Clyro. The Scottish rock band have released the original as an "anti-X Factor" single; it is currently seventh in the chart. A Facebook page set up to try and keep Cardle off the number one spot by encouraging fans to buy the track has so far failed to excite as much interest as a similar effort last year. An internet campaign helped Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name prevent 2009's The X Factor winner, Joe Mcelderry, from claiming the coveted Christmascrown last year . 'X Factor' Winner Earns No. 1 U.K.

Christmas Song | Billboard 'X Factor' Winner Earns No. 1 U.K. Christmas Song COMMENTS 'X Factor' Winner Earns No. 1 U.K. Christmas Song T ake That maintained their album chart supremacy on the U.K.'s last sales charts before the holiday, as "Progress" (Polydor/Universal) added 330,000 new sales to take its five-week total to 1.44m. Matt Cardle, who won the Dec. 12 final of "The X Factor," duly achieved the Christmas No. 1 single with "When We Collide" (Syco Music/Sony Music Entertainment), selling 439,000 units in six days, according to the Official Charts Company. Rihanna's "Loud" (Def Jam/Universal) moved 4-2 in the festive album chart, as the Barbadian superstar's "What's My Name?," featuring Drake, made the same move on the singles survey. "Loud" sold 194,000 copies last week, when the third bestselling album was the one that continues to top the compilation chart, "Now!

That's What I Call Music 77" (EMI/Virgin/UMTV), which added 188,000 for a five-week tally of 954,000. Michael Bublé's "Crazy Love" (Reprise/Warner Music) dipped 2-3 on the artist chart with 139,000 sales, so the much-vaunted posthumous Michael Jackson set, "Michael" (Sony Music Entertainment) made a somewhat muted first appearance at No. 4, on sales of 113,000 copies. The single "Hold My Hand," featuring Akon, rose 11-10. Robbie Williams' "In and Out of Consciousness - Greatest Hits 1990-2010" (Virgin/EMI) moved back into the top ten, 14-7. 27-year-old former painter and decorator Cardle marked his TV victory with the now-traditional (some say inevitable) Christmas No. 1 afforded the "X Factor" winner.

"When We Collide" is a remake of Scottish rock Biffy Clyro's "Many of Horror" (14th Floor/Warner Music), which reached No. 20 in January and reappeared on the new chart at No. 8. The latest Facebook campaign to create a chart entry resulted in an unlikely No. 3 debut for Minneapolis garage band the Trashmen's 1964 U.S. top five hit "Surfin' Bird" (Charly). The novelty track did not chart in the U.K. on first release. Another Facebook-supported release, a new "remake" of avant garde composer John Cage's celebrated "4'31"" of silence, entered at No. 21. The new track, which consists largely of silence apart from some studio ambience and a cheer at the end end, is released by Wall Of Sound and "features" Suggs, Billy Bragg, Enter Shikari, Pete Doherty, Imogen Heap and the Kooks. The recording was organised by Eddy Temple-Morris, a DJ on rock radio station XFM, to help raise awareness for the British Tinnitus Association, for which he is a spokesperson.

Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (Interscope/Universal), which topped the singles chart last week, dropped to No. 4, as Take That's current single "The Flood" moved back 15-6. "Fairytale of New York" (Warner Bros./Warner Music) by the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl made the U.K. top 20 for the sixth year in a row, climbing 26-19. X Factor winner Ben Haenow scores Christmas number one | The Independent X Factor winner Ben Haenow scores Christmas number one Haenow beat Mark Ronson whlie Ed Sheeran broke yet another record Sunday 21 December 2014 19:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Culture X Factor winner Ben Haenow has scored his first Christmas number one Official Charts Company Ben Haenow has taken the Christmas top spot with his X Factor winner’s single “Something I Need”.

The former van driver’s One Republic cover held off tough competition from “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, The Pogues’ festive classic “Fairytale of New York” and surprise last minute contender The Wealdstone Raider with “Got No Fans”. Haenow’s combined chart sales figure is currently at over 214,000, with proceeds going to charity Together For Short Lives. Past Christmas number one singles Past Christmas number one singles 1/15 2013: Sam Bailey – 'Skyscraper' This year’s X Factor winner sold 149,000 copies of her debut single 'Skyscraper', making it one of the fastest selling tracks of 2013. The Demi Lovato cover beat Pharrell Williams’ 'Happy' to claim the top spot and become the sixth Christmas number one to come out of the show’s 10 year stint. The proceeds will go to Great Ormond St Hospital and charity Together for Short Lives.

2/15 2012: The Justice Collective – 'He Ain't Heavy, He’s My Brother' The Hillsborough tribute single, featuring artists including Robbie Williams and Sir Paul McCartney, raised money for the families of the 96 Liverpool fans who died in a crush at Hillsborough stadium in 1989. The cover of The Hollies’ 1969 hit sold 269,000 copies, beating X Factor winner James Arthur’s single 'Impossible'. 3/15 2011: Military Wives with Gareth Malone – 'Wherever You Are' 2011's festive hit came from 100-strong choir The Military Wives, put together by Gareth Malone for the BBC Two series The Choir. 'Wherever You Are' sold 556,000 copies in the week leading up to Christmas and the lyrics were based on love poems written between the wives and their absent husbands. The Government donated VAT raised on the single to charities supporting servicemen and women.

4/15 2010: Matt Cardle – 'When We Collide' X Factor winner Matt Cradle sold 439,000 copies of his debut single, despite Facebook-led campaigns to stop the talent contest’s domination of the charts. The original version of Cardle’s song – 'Many Of Horror', by Biffy Clyro – sold about 40,000 copies to secure eighth place in the chart. 5/15 2009: Rage Against the Machine – 'Killing in the Name' In one of the most dramatic Christmas chart battles in recent years, Rage Against the Machine clinched the top spot after a successful Facebook campaign to prevent The X Factor single securing the Christmas number one for the fifth successive year. 'Killing in the Name' sold 500,000 downloads, 50,000 more than X factor winner Joe McElderry’s 'The Climb'. 6/15 2008: Alexandra Burke – 'Hallelujah' Leonard Cohen’s track claimed the number one, number two and number 36 spots in the 2008 Christmas chart.

X Factor winner Alexandra Burke secured the top spot, selling 576,000 of her 'Hallelujah' cover, while Jeff Buckley’s 2008 version came second. The original 1984 anthem just slipped into the charts at 36. It was the first time two versions of the same song had taken the top two spots since Tommy Steele and Guy Mitchell managed the feat with 'Singin' The Blues', in January 1957. 7/15 2007: Leon Jackson – 'When You Believe' The then 18-year-old X Factor winner became the third contestant to achieve the coveted Christmas number one. The former Gap sales assistant, who was forced out of his home by his mother just before his X Factor audition, sold 275,000 copies of his debut single 'When You Believe'. Originally recorded by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, it was the fastest-selling single of 2007. 8/15 2006: Leona Lewis – 'A Moment Like This' One of the biggest successes to come out of The X Factor, Leona Lewis started off on a high.

Her debut single broke a world record after it was downloaded 50,000 times in 30 minutes and secured the top spot after selling 571,253 copies - outselling the rest of the Top 40 sales combined. It stayed in the top spot for four weeks. 9/15 2005: Shayne Ward – 'That’s My Goal' The winner of the second series of The X Factor started the ball rolling for a succession of Christmas number ones from the singing competition. Shayne Ward’s debut single sold 742,180 copies after only four days on sale. In the same year, The Pogues' reissued 1987 hit, 'Fairytale of New York', claimed third place. 10/15 2004: Band Aid 20 – 'Do They Know It’s Christmas?' The second reincarnation of the 1984 song 'Do They Know It’s Christmas?' included artists Bono, Daniel Bedingfield, Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Sir Paul McCartney.

The track was released in November, to benefit the Darfur region of Sudan, and became the biggest-selling single of 2004. 11/15 2003: Michael Andrews and Gary Jules – 'Mad World' In a rather sombre turn, little-known US singer Gary Jules topped the charts with his song composed by Michael Andrews. The cover of the 1982 hit by Tears For Fears beat The Darkness’ 'Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End)', which had been widely expected to give the band their first number one. 12/15 2002: Girls Aloud – 'Sound of the Underground' Before The X Factor (such a time did exist) there was Popstars: The Rivals. The concept of the programme was to produce a boy band and a girl band, which would compete for the Christmas number one. Girls Aloud triumphed with their debut single 'Sound of the Underground', consigning rivals One True Voice to obscurity in the process.

13/15 2001: Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman – 'Somethin’ Stupid' The starry duo claimed the top spot with their cover of Frank and Nancy Sinatra’s 1967 hit 'Somethin’ Stupid'. Taken from Robbie Williams’ album Swing When You’re Winning, the single sold 366,000 copies, making it the best-selling track of 2001. 14/15 2000: Bob the Builder – 'Can We Fix It?' Perhaps one of the worst Christmas number ones of all time, this adaptation from the BBC children’s programme sold 240,000 copies in one week. Bob, voiced by Neil Morrissey, co-star of Men Behaving Badly, managed to knock US rapper Eminem off the top spot with his light-hearted tune.

15/15 1999: Westlife – 'I Have a Dream”/ “Seasons in the Sun' The Irish boy band outsold festive favourite Cliff Richard’s single 'The Millennium Prayer' with their double A-side single featuring covers of the Abba song 'I Have a Dream' and Terry Jacks' 1974 number one 'Seasons in the Sun'. They become the second act to go straight to number one with their first four singles in the week they were released. “Something I Need” is the second fastest-selling single of the year behind Band Aid 30’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” reboot for the Ebola crisis, which shifted almost 313,000 copies in November. “To have even been in the running for Christmas number one against some of the names that were in the race and then to have actually won is incredible,” Haenow told OfficialCharts.com . “I’m gonna go and have a few good drinks with my mates…definitely more than a few good drinks…to really celebrate! I’m absolutely shocked.

I can’t believe it.” Elsewhere, “Uptown Funk” has broken the record for the most streams in a single week with 2.34 million this week, beating previous record holder Ed Sheeran and “Thinking Out Loud”. Sheeran has broken yet another Official Charts Company record by scoring the biggest one week sales of any artist album in 2014. His album, X, has sold more than 214,000 copies in the past seven days, meaning a lot of you can expect the record in your stocking come Thursday. X Factor 2010: Matt Cardle crowned number one with When We Collide | OK!

Magazine Home > Celebrity news > X Factor 2010: Matt Cardle crowned number one with When We Collide X Factor 2010: Matt Cardle crowned number one with When We Collide X Factor 2010 winner Matt Cardle gets number one with When We Collide By Anonymous Monday, December 20, 2010 X Factor 2010 crooner Matt Cardle beat off the likes of Rihanna and The Trashmen to take the coveted Christmas number one spot with his debut single, When We Collide. On hearing he's topped the charts, the cheeky Essex chap gushed: “I can’t believe it. X Factor 2010 winner Matt Cardle has topped the Christmas charts "As if winning wasn’t enough. I honestly didn’t think I’d even make it on to the live shows, let alone win and now be the Christmas number one. “I can’t even begin to describe how if feels. It’s nuts, crackers and crazy.

To think that many people have supported me and bought the record is absolutely mind-blowing.” The ex-painter and decorator's cover of the Biffy Clyro track sold a staggering 439,000 copies in just six days. Last year’s X Factor winner Joe McElderry saw his dreams of a Christmas number one snatched away last year by rap metal act Rage Against The Machine. X Factor 2010 winner Matt Cardle beat off Rihanna to take the Christmas number one spot The band topped the singles chart with their expletive-laden 1992 hit Killing In The Name after an anti-Simon Cowell internet campaign. But luckily Matt suffered no such upset after attracting fans of all ages in their droves. His version of the track by Mercury Prize-nominated rock trio Biffy Clyro sold over 300,000 more copies than Rihanna ft Drake’s What’s My Name, which finished in second place. The only other new entry to the top 10 was the Biffy Clyro version of When We Collide - going by its original name Many Of Horror - which fans of the band urged music-lovers to buy instead of Matt’s cover.

X Factor 2010: Matt Cardle's cover of Biffy Clyro's track has reached number one The track sold about 40,000 copies to finish eighth. Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot described Cardle’s sales figures as “a truly impressive achievement”. He said: “Besides being a record for a non-charity single this year, it might even have been higher given the freezing conditions which have gripped the UK in the past couple of days and which have kept many consumers off the high streets.” The X Factor winners who smashed it in the charts, the ones who changed careers and the many pop flops - BT SETTINGS The X Factor winners who smashed it in the charts, the ones who changed careers and the many pop flops A look at all The X Factor winners to date and a comparison of their contrasting fortunes. Louisa Johnson is expected to be crowned winner of The X Factor 2015, according to bookmakers. The teenager from Essex is 1-5 odds-on favourite to win tonight’s grand final.

Louis Tomlinson helping Simon Cowell with his Overs group on the X Factor 2015 (Thames/Syco) Simon Cowell’s singing competition can provide a platform to fame – and you don’t even have to win these days. Just look at One Direction. The biggest boyband in the world finished third in 2010. But they went on to conquer the globe. Take a look at the varying fortunes of the show’s winners. Steve Brookstein Steve Brookstein (PA) X Factor hall of fame: The very first winner way back in 2004. X Factor relationship: He wasn’t happy being a covers act and soon parted company with his record company. Years of criticising the show and boss Simon Cowell has seen him erased from X Factor history; his name doesn’t appear in any promotional material or releases. Chart history: One number one single with a cover of Against All Odds in 2005. One number one album. Now: Still singing somewhere from time to time. Occasionally causes controversy on Twitter.

Shayne Ward Shayne Ward (Dominic Lipinski/PA) X Factor hall of fame: The first winner to, in the words of former judge Louis Walsh, look like a pop star in 2005. X Factor relationship: His three-album deal with Simon’s label Syco wasn’t renewed when it came to an end in 2011. Chart history: 13 Top 40 singles, including Christmas number one with X Factor winner’s track, That’s My Goal in 2005. He also released four Top 40 albums. Now: Has sustained his career with appearances on the stage and is currently playing Aidan Connor in Coronation Street. Leona Lewis Leona Lewis (Joe Giddens/PA) X Factor hall of fame: The first winner to crack America. X Factor relationship: Still very much an X Factor darling, despite leaving Syco and signing with Island Records in 2014. Chart history: Six Top 40 singles, including Christmas number one with X Factor winner’s track, A Moment Like This in 2006. Leona has released four Top 40 albums to date in the UK.

She has sold 20 million records worldwide. Now: I Am, Leona’s first Island album release, hit the Top 20. However, single Fire Under My Feet flopped. Leon Jackson Leon Jackson (PA) X Factor hall of fame: The winner whose name is not on everyone’s lips. X Factor relationship: The Scottish singer was dropped by Syco in 2009, two years after his win. Chart history: Two Top 40 singles, including Christmas number one with X Factor winner’s track, When You Believe. His sole Top 40 album was Right Now. Now: Still gigging. If a tad under the radar. Alexandra Burke X Factor hall of fame: The winner who sang with Beyonce. X Factor relationship: Alexandra and Syco parted ways in 2011, three years after her win. Few will forget her cringe-inducing “OK.com” 2011 turn on The X Factor judging panel when she stood in for a sick Kelly Rowland. Chart history: Eight Top 40 singles, including Christmas number one with X Factor winner’s track, Hallelujah. She released two Top 40 albums.

Now: She’s currently starring in a stage adaptation of Whitney Houston’s The Bodyguard. Joe McElderry Joe McElderry in 2009 and 2015 (PA) X Factor hall of fame: The winner who missed out on a Christmas number one. X Factor relationship: A mere 16 months after his 2009 win, the singer was dropped by Syco. Chart history: Two Top 40 singles, but he famously missed out on the Christmas number one thanks to a Facebook campaign which propelled Rage Against The Machine to the top spot. Joe has released four Top 40 albums. Now: Currently has the lead in a stage production of Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Matt Cardle Matt Cardle in 2010 and 2014 (PA) X Factor hall of fame: The winner who beat One Direction. X Factor relationship: Matt signed jointly to Syco and Columbia. He parted company with his record label in 2012, two years after his win. Chart history: Three Top 40 albums and singles, including the Christmas number one with X Factor winner’s track, When We Collide.

Now: Still plugging along with releases and gigs. Little Mix Little Mix at the Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball 2015 (Ian West/PA) X Factor hall of fame: The first winners from the Groups category. X Factor relationship: Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirwall were put together for the 2011 series. They are still signed to Syco. Chart history: 12 Top 40 singles, but they also missed out on having a Christmas number one with the X Factor winner’s track, Cannonball. The song still topped the charts, but Military Wives choir got the festive top spot in 2011. The girls have released three Top 40 albums. Now: Little Mix were the belles of the recent Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball. They’re very much a success story. James Arthur James Arthur (Yui Mok/PA) X Factor hall of fame: The winner who didn’t really fit the mould. X Factor relationship: Following a number of incidents – including a feud with fellow winner Matt and allegations of homophobic lyrics – James was dropped from Syco in 2014.

Chart history: Three Top 40 singles, but he missed out on the Christmas number one with winner’s track Impossible in 2012. The Justice Collective secured the festive top spot. James released one Top 40-selling album. Now: The singer recently signed up with a new record label. He’s working on a second album. Sam Bailey Sam Bailey (Yui Mok/PA) X Factor hall of fame: The winner who was a Gogglebox favourite. X Factor relationship: The former prison officer was dropped by Syco just 14 months after her 2013 win. Chart history: One Top 40 album and single. She bagged the Christmas number one with her debut single Skyscraper. Now: She’s making her pantomime debut as Fairy Bowbells in Dick Whittington. Ben Haenow Ben Haenow (Ian West/PA) X Factor hall of fame: The winner who hopes to avoid the fate of several male champions. X Factor relationship: A year after his triumph, he returned to the show to perform with fellow former winner Leona Lewis.

Chart history: One Top 40 album and two Top 40 singles, including the Christmas number one with winner’s single Something I Need. Now: He’s still in the limelight a year on from his win so that’s a huge plus. The X Factor is broadcast on ITV at 8pm X Factor winner celebrates Christmas No 1 | The Times Welcome to your preview of The Times Subscribe now X Factor winner celebrates Christmas No 1 Matt Cardle said it was mindblowing to have reached the top of the charts Ken McKay/Rex Features/Talkback Thames Google+ 1 of 1 Matt Cardle said it was mindblowing to have reached the top of the charts Ken McKay/Rex Features/Talkback Thames Last updated at 8:46AM, December 20 2010 The X Factor winner Matt Cardle is celebrating reaching No 1 today - marking the talent show’s return to the top of the Christmas charts. The 27-year-old former painter and decorator faced competition from acts including Rihanna and The Trashmen but his debut single When We Collide won the battle, selling 439,000 copies in six days.

Last year’s X Factor winner Joe McElderry saw his dreams of a Christmas No 1 snatched away last year by the rap metal act Rage Against the Machine. The band topped the singles chart with their expletive-laden 1992 hit Killing In the Name after an Subscribe now 2010 X Factor Winner Is UK’s Christmas Number One | Live4ever Media 2010 X Factor Winner Is UK’s Christmas Number One By Live4ever - Posted on 20 Dec 2010 at 10:22am No amount of Facebook campaigns could prevent Simon Cowell’s hold over the UK’s traditional Christmas Number One returning yesterday, as the 2010 X Factor winner Matt Cardle comfortably claimed this week’s number one spot with his cover of Biffy Clyro’s ‘Many Of Horror’. The effort to push the Scottish rock band’s original version to no.1 fell some way short, with the track re-entering at no.8.

A similar group aiming to push The Trashmen’s novelty single ‘Surfin Bird’ up the charts was more successful (#3), while The Pogues’ classic festive single ‘Fairytale Of New York’ is once again in the top twenty for Christmas. On the Christmas Album chart, Take That remain on top with their new record ‘Progress’, while Kings Of Leon drop out of the top ten (#11).

Top 20 Albums: 3/ Michael Buble – Crazy Love 4/ Michael Jackson – Michael 5/ Olly Murs – Olly Murs 6/ Susan Boyle – The Gift 7/ Robbie Williams – Greatest Hits 1990-2010 8/ JLS – Outta This World 9/ Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits 10/ The Black Eyed Peas – The Beginning 11/ Kings Of Leon – Come Around Sundown 12/ Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra – Moonlight Serenade 13/ Pink – Greatest Hits So Far 14/ Katy Perry- Teenage Dream 15/ Westlife – Gravity 16/ The Script – Science & Faith 17/ Cheryl Cole – Messy Little Raindrops 18/ Annie Lennox – A Christmas Cornucopia 19/ Rumer – Seasons Of My Soul 20/ N-Dubz – Love Live Life Top 20 Singles: 1/ Matt Cardle – When We Collide 2/ Rihanna – What’s My Name 3/ The Trashmen – Surfin Bird 4/ The Black Eyed Peas – The Time 5

/ Ellie Goulding – Your Song 6/ Take That – The Flood 7/ Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World) 8/ Biffy Clyro – Many Of Horror 9/ Willow – Whip My Hair 10/ Michael Jackson – Hold My Hand 11/ Far East Movement – Like a G6 12/ Katy Perry – Firework 13/ Olly Murs – Thinking Of Me 14/ The X Factor 2010 Finalists – Heroes 15/ David Guetta – Who’s That Chick?

16/ Cee Lo Green – Forget You 17/ Coldplay – Christmas Lights ‘X-Factor’ Winner Matt Cardle Off to Rehab | The Fix ‘X-Factor’ Winner Matt Cardle Off to Rehab ‘X-Factor’ Winner Matt Cardle Off to Rehab Will My Insurance Pay for Rehab? Sponsored ⓘLegal Stuff - This free insurance benefits check is a service performed by advertising sponsor Service Industries, Inc., part of a network of commonly owned rehabilitation service providers. By inputting your information, you consent to your information being transmitted to Service Industries, Inc., so that one of its representatives may contact you to discuss your insurance benefits and options for obtaining treatment. Seeking Help For * The 30-year-old 'When We Collide' singer has joined a 28-day program for prescription drug addiction. Image: Photo via Shutterstock Singer Matt Cardle, who shot to stardom in 2010 after winning the seventh series of the original British version of X-Factor, has entered The Priory treatment facility in London, England after realizing he had a problem with prescription pills.

Allegedly, Cardle began taking temazepam and Valium in order to deal with the stress of releasing his past two albums on an independent label following a split from his previous label. According to insiders, the amount of work he put into the records became overwhelming. "His last two albums have done well in the charts, but the amount of work he has had to put in has been unreal – and it all started to get too much for him,” said an undisclosed friend. "In order to calm himself down he started taking Valium and then temazepam, but things got so bad that he couldn't get up in the morning without taking pills.” While Cardle has yet to confirm the reports, he did offer a glimpse into his current mindset by tweeting, “Never in my life have I ever needed the soothing sounds of Sir David Attenborough as I do right now... Thankyou [sic] David.” Cardle won X-Factor with the hit single, "When We Collide," which topped the U.K. and Irish charts, and became the second biggest-selling single of 2010.

X Factor winner Matt Cardle is Christmas Number One with debut single When We Collide | Daily Mail Online X Factor winner Matt Cardle is Christmas Number One with debut single When We Collide comments Success: Matt Cardle, seen out in London last night, has achieved the Christmas number one X Factor winner Matt Cardle has clinched the Christmas Number One with his debut single When We Collide. The 27-year-old singer's cover of Biffy Clyro's track sold 439,000 copies in six days, and beat stars including Rihanna to the coveted top spot. After finding out he had achieved the Christmas number one, Matt said: 'I can't believe it. As if winning wasn't enough. I honestly didn't think I'd even make it on to the live shows, let alone win and now be the Christmas number one. 'I can't even begin to describe how if feels. It's nuts, crackers and crazy. To think that many people have supported me and bought the record is absolutely mind blowing.' There have been various internet campaigns to stop Matt getting to number one, including a re-release of the original track from Biffy Clyro, called Many Of Horror.

However, the track only charted at number eight. Other attempts came from The Trashmen, who reached number three with their novelty track Surfing Bird, and anti-X Factor project Cage Against The Machine. High profile musicians including The Kooks, Eddie Temple Morris, Billy Bragg, Orbital, Jon McClure and Pete Doherty are re-releasing John Cage's silent record 4'33" - four minutes and thirty three seconds of silence. Last year's winner Joe McElderry was beaten to the top spot by Rage Against The Machine after an online campaign succeeded to topple the X Factor's long-standing Christmas number one. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Matt, who beat Rebecca Ferguson to be crowned the winner of The X Factor earlier this month, told fans on Twitter he was incredibly excited about finding out the chart results, tweeting: 'Off to capital radio. . ! So exited. . May be a little bit of wee. . :) xx' And Matt's X Factor mentor Dannii Minogue also encouraged fans to go out and buy the single, tweeting: 'RT if you want to #GetMattToNumberOne !!! From a cold, rainy Melbourne...

Dx' Popular: Matt's cover of Biffy Clyro's When We Collide sold 439,000 copies in six days UK CHRISTMAS SINGLES CHART, TOP TEN: 1. Matt Cardle - When We Collide 2. Rihanna ft. Drake - What's My Name 3. The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird 4. Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit) 5. Ellie Goulding - Your Song 6. Take That - The Flood 7. Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World) 8. Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror 9. Willow - Whip My Hair 10. Michael Jackson ft Akon - Hold My Hand The single has come under fire with some Biffy Clyro fans, who claim the cover has ruined the credibility of the Scottish rock band. But Matt insists he is happy with the finished version of the track, explaining: 'I leapt at the chance to do it because it's not your average winner's song.

It's not cheesy and I'm sorry if I've ruined it for people, but it's credible.' However, Biffy Clyro drummer Ben Johnston said the band are finding the cover 'all quite funny', adding: 'The whole thing's a bit surreal. The cover is an X Factor version of the song.' Previous X Factor winners' songs have included covers of Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah and Miley Cyrus' The Climb. Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot described Matt's sales figures as 'a truly impressive achievement'. He said: 'Besides being a record for a non-charity single this year, it might even have been higher given the freezing conditions which have gripped the UK in the past couple of days and which have kept many consumers off the high streets.'

Question: The winner of ‘X Factor’ topped the Xmas charts in 2010 with ‘When We Collide’. What is his name?
Answer: MATT CARDLE