The story that has everything just got something more!!
Apparently the x factor bloke failed to get his CD into record stores so the big hit that was expected didn’t happen. I’m old and tired so I’ll just lift the Daily Mirror storyverbatim. It’s a Christmas miracle indeed… one other thing (bc its not in here) Rage went from 100: 1 odds for best selling Xmas song to 5:4 odds… RAGE RAGE RAGE.
Here is the Daily Mirror story:
“Fans of X Factor winner Joe McElderry besieged HMV in his home town of South Shields yesterday as he signed copies of his new CD there.But his chances of beating rivals Rage Against The Machine to the Christmas No1 took a blow as his record company failed to get the CD into many shops yesterday, blaming “distribution issues”.
Only Asda and HMV had copies, with other outlets expecting it today.
Latest figures show Joe’s single The Climb is 60,000 sales BEHIND Rage’s 1992 hit Killing In The Name, which is being bought as a protest vote against Simon Cowell’s show.
The two songs combined had sold around 300,000 downloads last night.
However, retail insiders insisted Joe had clocked up 80,000 more yesterday, which will close the gap.
His CD may also be bought later this week by fans who have already downloaded the single as it contains two of his X Factor songs as bonus tracks, Somebody to Love and Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.
Joe, 18, is downplaying the chart battle. He said: “It’s the same as any song going against another song in a normal chart. Good luck to them.”
He signed 500 copies of his CD for fans, some of whom had queued overnight with tents and umbrellas, braving freezing temperatures, to make sure they got wristbands for the Tyneside signing.
Among the fortunate few were Jamara Cook, 19, and her four friends.
She said: “We’ve been here since 5.30am. My toes are numb, but we wanted to get a signed copy of Joe’s new single and see him in person.”
BEATEN
Hmv spokesman Gennaro Castaldo said he was still tipping Joe to top the chart. He said: “It’s going to be a much closer race than predicted but we remain confident Joe will do it.”
Beaten finalist Olly Murs also backed Joe: “I am going to buy his single today. Joe’s going to be phenomenal,” he told the Mirror.
If he doesn’t make it, Joe will be the first X Factor winner not to debut at No1. The past four winners took the Christmas top spot and in the first series Steve Brookstein’s single was released at the end of the year and also got the main prize.”
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