Post by Madhatter on Dec 25, 2006 15:56:20 GMT
X Factor winner Leona Lewis has bagged the coveted Christmas number one spot, knocking Take That off the prime position.
The 21-year-old's debut single A Moment Like This was far and away the favourite to top the festive charts.
Take That's comeback single Patience was pushed into the number two spot - and the veteran boyband may have even contributed to Lewis's runaway success, after they sang with her in the X Factor final.
McFly's hit Sorry's Not Good Enough and Girls Aloud's cover I Think We're Alone Now entered the charts in third and fourth places respectively.
The Pogues' classic Christmas anthem Fairytale of New York was up from 10 to the number six slot.
Meanwhile Sir Cliff Richard's customary festive single - this year entitled 21st Century Christmas - dropped five places to number seven.
In the album charts, Take That kept the top spot with Beautiful World, leaving their boyband rivals Westlife in second position with The Love Album.
Is that really a number one though based on the music, the lyrics and the singing?
I can't help feeling that non of the others have had a chance with all the press coverage and hype, just bexause she won X factor. The question is, would she still be number one with that song if she'd not won x factor....I doubt it.
The 21-year-old's debut single A Moment Like This was far and away the favourite to top the festive charts.
Take That's comeback single Patience was pushed into the number two spot - and the veteran boyband may have even contributed to Lewis's runaway success, after they sang with her in the X Factor final.
McFly's hit Sorry's Not Good Enough and Girls Aloud's cover I Think We're Alone Now entered the charts in third and fourth places respectively.
The Pogues' classic Christmas anthem Fairytale of New York was up from 10 to the number six slot.
Meanwhile Sir Cliff Richard's customary festive single - this year entitled 21st Century Christmas - dropped five places to number seven.
In the album charts, Take That kept the top spot with Beautiful World, leaving their boyband rivals Westlife in second position with The Love Album.
Is that really a number one though based on the music, the lyrics and the singing?
I can't help feeling that non of the others have had a chance with all the press coverage and hype, just bexause she won X factor. The question is, would she still be number one with that song if she'd not won x factor....I doubt it.
