Primero copypasteo de wikipedia. despues explico en pocas palabras:
Basicamente: Un tipito en UK que estaba hasta las pelotas de que el tipico american idol charteara primero todas las navidades creó un grupo de facebook instando a la gente a comprar "Killing In The Name" para que sea el nro uno de navidad y así destronarlos. Cuando el tipito se dio cuenta tenía un palo de suscriptos al grupo y estaba de fiesta. Y AL FINAL GANARON! jauj y ahora la riaa de UK lo busca y le deja amenazas en el celular (buep, eso no) pero AUju no sé LO ME JOR.
Christmas Number One – 2009 campaign
In early December 2009, Jon and Tracy Morter used the social networking site Facebook to launch a group encouraging people to buy the song in the week running up to Christmas in order to prevent the winner of the The X Factor TV show from achieving the coveted Christmas number one slot in the UK Singles Chart for the fifth year running and have "Killing in the Name" as Christmas Number One.[16][17] On December 15 the BBC reported the group has over 950,000 members.[18]
Alongside the group, a JustGiving page was created to raise money for UK homeless charity Shelter which, as of 19 December, was reported to have raised over £50,000 (approximately $80,000).[19]
After the creator of The X Factor, Simon Cowell, publicly denounced the campaign as "stupid" and "cynical", the group has been mentioned on various UK news channels, radio stations and website blogs.[20]
The campaign has also been supported by Rage Against the Machine themselves. Guitarist Tom Morello said that achieving the Christmas number one would be a "wonderful dose of anarchy" and that he plans to donate some of the unexpected windfall to charity.[21][15] Musicians Dave Grohl, Liam Howlett, Sir Paul McCartney, Jedward, The Prodigy and the band Muse [22][citation needed] also pledged their support for the campaign. [23][24][25] Comedians Stephen Fry, Ross Noble and Bill Bailey are also among the celebrity supporters of the campaign. [25][26]
On 17 December, it was reported that most bookmakers had suspended betting, with Ladbrokes announcing that "Killing in the Name" was favourite.[27][28] This was later retracted, with Ladbrokes reinstating X Factor winner Joe McElderry as favourite.[29]
After two days of sales, "Killing in the Name" was reported to be ahead by 10%, resulting in at least one major bookmaker re-opening its betting market for Christmas Number One.[18] Further midweek chart figures released on December 16 suggested "Killing in the Name" had widened the gap at the top of the charts to approximately 65,000 copies. Industry experts expected the physical CD release of McElderry's "The Climb" on Wednesday would help provide it with a big sales boost.[30][31] On December 17, a representative of HMV said Rage Against the Machine were still ahead, but only by "a few thousand" copies.[32] On December 19, the final day that sales were eligible for inclusion in the chart, NME announced that The X Factor single was outselling Rage Against the Machine by 11,000 copies. The same article included a statement from McElderry, in which he described "Killing in the Name" as "dreadful".[33] On December 20, before the final results were announced, 7Digital chief Ben Drury claimed on Twitter that "Killing in the Name" could still win. Drury's claim was based on the fact that the song had been downloaded 100,000 times on December 19 alone.[33] As a result, the track successfully reached the number one spot as revealed on BBC Radio 1 on December 20, 2009, selling over 500,000 copies and being the first exclusively download-only single to hit the Christmas number one in the process.
In early December 2009, Jon and Tracy Morter used the social networking site Facebook to launch a group encouraging people to buy the song in the week running up to Christmas in order to prevent the winner of the The X Factor TV show from achieving the coveted Christmas number one slot in the UK Singles Chart for the fifth year running and have "Killing in the Name" as Christmas Number One.[16][17] On December 15 the BBC reported the group has over 950,000 members.[18]
Alongside the group, a JustGiving page was created to raise money for UK homeless charity Shelter which, as of 19 December, was reported to have raised over £50,000 (approximately $80,000).[19]
After the creator of The X Factor, Simon Cowell, publicly denounced the campaign as "stupid" and "cynical", the group has been mentioned on various UK news channels, radio stations and website blogs.[20]
The campaign has also been supported by Rage Against the Machine themselves. Guitarist Tom Morello said that achieving the Christmas number one would be a "wonderful dose of anarchy" and that he plans to donate some of the unexpected windfall to charity.[21][15] Musicians Dave Grohl, Liam Howlett, Sir Paul McCartney, Jedward, The Prodigy and the band Muse [22][citation needed] also pledged their support for the campaign. [23][24][25] Comedians Stephen Fry, Ross Noble and Bill Bailey are also among the celebrity supporters of the campaign. [25][26]
On 17 December, it was reported that most bookmakers had suspended betting, with Ladbrokes announcing that "Killing in the Name" was favourite.[27][28] This was later retracted, with Ladbrokes reinstating X Factor winner Joe McElderry as favourite.[29]
After two days of sales, "Killing in the Name" was reported to be ahead by 10%, resulting in at least one major bookmaker re-opening its betting market for Christmas Number One.[18] Further midweek chart figures released on December 16 suggested "Killing in the Name" had widened the gap at the top of the charts to approximately 65,000 copies. Industry experts expected the physical CD release of McElderry's "The Climb" on Wednesday would help provide it with a big sales boost.[30][31] On December 17, a representative of HMV said Rage Against the Machine were still ahead, but only by "a few thousand" copies.[32] On December 19, the final day that sales were eligible for inclusion in the chart, NME announced that The X Factor single was outselling Rage Against the Machine by 11,000 copies. The same article included a statement from McElderry, in which he described "Killing in the Name" as "dreadful".[33] On December 20, before the final results were announced, 7Digital chief Ben Drury claimed on Twitter that "Killing in the Name" could still win. Drury's claim was based on the fact that the song had been downloaded 100,000 times on December 19 alone.[33] As a result, the track successfully reached the number one spot as revealed on BBC Radio 1 on December 20, 2009, selling over 500,000 copies and being the first exclusively download-only single to hit the Christmas number one in the process.
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