And the winner is...

Rage against the machine became this year's UK Christmas number one after beaten X Factor winner Joe McElderry to get to the top of the charts.
This Christmas was absolutely unexpected for the UK charts: for the first time the single of the X-Factor winner doesn't reach the number one.
After the past 4 years the name of the X-Factor winners was always in the top of the charts and their brand new songs became the number one in Christmas.
Alexandra Burke made it with 'Hallelujah' in 2008, Leon Jackson reached the top in 2007 with 'When you believe', Leona Lewis captivated the nation with 'A moment like this' in 2006 and finally the heart-throb Shayne Ward became the number one in 2005 with 'That's my goal'.
But 2009 will always be a remarkable year when Joe McElderry didn't get to the top of the charts with the single 'The Climb' (originally released by Miley Cirus).
The reason?
A campaign in Facebook started by a british couple with the aim of preventing another X-Factor number one in Christmas and supporting the song 'Killing in the name' by Rage Against the Machine to became the number one.
And this effort was successful when yesterday around 18:45 the Chart Show in BBC Radio 1 announced unexpectedly that this band was the number one Christmas with the sold of 500,000 downloads during the week.
Since that moment a lot of controversy has been in the news about people dissapointed with this results and claiming that this Rage against the machine's song is not proper for this time of the year as it is all about burning crosses, unholiness and rudeness.
Actually this song was released 17 years ago by this american band and it wasn't a massive success at all.
However, music experts predict that next sunday Joe McElderry will become the number one and might be the number one for New Year's Eve.

No Christmas in the UK Charts
This year seems to be quite different from, at least, last year. Here is the picture:
Last year during december and even january the UK charts were so full with classic Christmas songs and anthems, there was no much space for current singles, all you could see in the top 40 was Mariah Carey, Pogues, Wham, Chris Rea and some others, but was all about Christmas songs.
This year, so far, just a few Christmas songs have reached the chart, but when I say a few I really meant it: basically 4 or 5 songs at the most, while last year were like 10 or 12 songs.
And I reckon the same situation was in past years: in the Christmas period was a must to have the charts full by this kind of songs.
But, what is happening this year?
I guess, no one knows.