DID YOU KNOW?-

1. With so much publicity it receives, the winter “Number One” spot in the music charts is a much sought after position for artists. The week before Christmas day is the prime week for the winter number one and the number one is often remembered for generations. Well known number ones include Slade’s "Merry Xmas Everybody”in 1973, Band Aid’s "Do They Know It's Christmas?” in 1989 and 1984, and Cliff Richard’s "Mistletoe and Wine” in 1988. In recent years, the winter charts have been dominated by winners from the reality television programme “The X Factor”. Winners include Leona Lewis (number one in 2006), Leon Jackson (number one in 2007), Alexandra Burke (number one in 2008) and Matt Cardle (number one in 2010). In 2009, however, there was a public outcry that the X Factor winners did not represent the music taste of the nation, and a campaign through the social network Facebook brought Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name Of” to the number one spot, through download only singles. The campaign was not as successful the following year, as multiple songs were chosen to replace the X Factor winner’s, so the X Factor winner won the number one position in 2010. This year (2011), the campaign seems focused on getting Nirvana’s “Smells like Teen Spirit” to number one; it being the song’s 20th anniversary this year.) DID YOU KNOW?- The Beatles are the only artists who have more than two winter number ones, with the songs “I want to hold your hand” in 1963 (also having the number 2 spot in the same year with “She loves you”), “Day Tripper” in 1965, and “Hello, Goodbye” in 1967.