The X Factor winner leads what is certainly the season's biggest X Factor-influenced chart yet. For the first time, the show ended up with a group as the winner. Not for the first time, the single they chose to put out was a cover, this time a version of Damien Rice's "Cannonball," itself charting at #19 this week.
Little Mix's version sold about 210,000 copies of "Cannonball," making it the year's biggest one-week sales for a #1 single, surpassing the 154,000 of previous champ, One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful." As impressive as that may sound, it's a pretty small haul for an X Factor victory single. Only Steve Brookstein's paltry first-week take of 127,000 copies was less.
| Artist | Song | Sales |
| 2004: Steve Brookstein | Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) | 127,370 (debuted at #2 the week of Christmas, sold 26,400 when it hit #1 the following week) |
| 2005: Shayne Ward | That's My Goal | 742,180 |
| 2006: Leona Lewis | A Moment Like This | 571,253 |
| 2007: Leon Jackson | When You Believe | 290,740 |
| 2008: Alexandra Burke | Hallelujah | 576,046 |
| 2009: Joe McElderry | The Climb | 450,838 (debuted at #2 the week of Christmas, sold 195,730 when it hit #1 the following week) |
| 2010: Matt Cardle | When We Collide | 439,007 |
2.(7) Paradise - Coldplay
Also benefiting from the X Factor finale are the show's guest performers. Coldplay, who see 2-month-old "Paradise" reach a new peak position of #2. At first it didn't seem the single would ever chart this high. After debuting at #14, it fell to #20 two weeks later. But it's been climbing ever since, entering the top 10 last week and now reaching #2, where it will surely peak. This is Coldplay's fourth single to reach the top 2, including #2 hits "In My Place" and "Speed of Sound"--there's been one from each album except their 2000 debut. Only "Viva La Vida" climbed a notch higher to hit #1.
8.(NEW) Hurt - Leona Lewis
The other big star was former X Factor winner Leona Lewis, doing a remarkable rendition of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt." Early in the week, this was as high as #4, so I'm bummed it slipped through th week down to #8.
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