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At least, that's how it seems. The sales figures for the UK Christmas top twenty have been circulating, and here they are.

1        KILLING IN THE NAME        RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE        502672
2        THE CLIMB        JOE MCELDERRY        450838
3        BAD ROMANCE        LADY GAGA        61677
4        THE OFFICIAL BBC CHILDREN IN NEED MEDLEY        PETER KAY'S ANIMATED ALL STAR        52605
5        STARSTRUKK        3OH3 FT KATY PERRY        40742
6        YOU KNOW ME        ROBBIE WILLIAMS        38435
7        3 WORDS        CHERYL COLE        36232
8        RUSSIAN ROULETTE        RIHANNA        34094
9        DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'        JOURNEY        33337
10        MEET ME HALFWAY        BLACK EYED PEAS        32517
11        TIK TOK        KESHA        26571
12        YOU ARE NOT ALONE        X FACTOR FINALISTS 2009        24404
13        DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING        ALICIA KEYS        23415
14        DECEMBER SONG (I DREAMED OF CHRISTMAS)        GEORGE MICHAEL        22243
15        LET THE BASS KICK IN MIAMI GIRL        CHUCKIE & LMFAO        21556
16        MORNING AFTER DARK        TIMBALAND/NELLY FURTADO/SOSHY        19687
17        FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE        CHERYL COLE        18859
18        FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK        POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL        18457
19        WHATCHA SAY        JASON DERULO        18278
20        LOOK FOR ME        CHIPMUNK FT TALAY RILEY        17775

If true, as you can see RATM have secured the #1 spot this Christmas, and by a healthy 50,000.

This is still unofficial. At the time of writing, I'm listening to Mariah Carey at #21 in the charts with "All I Want For Christmas Is You". You can monitor the countdown from this point forward and if any of the songs above is not in the correct place then the entire list is likely a little suspect. However, it has been completely right from #40-#21 thus far. Make of that what you will.

UPDATE 17:31 - Accurate up to #'18, Fairytale Of New York, thus far.

UPDATE 17:47 - Correct up to #14, December Song.

UPDATE 17:55 - X Factor finalists at #12!

UPDATE 18:15 - 100% accurate up to #8, Rihanna.

UPDATE 18:05 - Bring on the top ten. 100% accurate so far.

UPDATE 18:29 - We're all good to #5...

UPDATE 18:39 - Okay, 100% accurate up to Lady Gaga at #3. Should be Joe next...

UPDATE 18:45 - Joe is the #2, RATM are number one. The leak was 100% accurate. Thanks to everybody who took part. If you enjoyed this post, I normally write about Twitter at Twittercism.com. Cheers!

Check out that jump between positions 2 and 3.

There was much rejoicing last night :) Really surprised Simon didn't buy up a whole load of records himself just to keep his unbroken string of X Factor hits.

I do wonder how many sales it takes to normally reach number 1 at Christmas? Regardless of only coming second, I wonder if this years X Factor winner made more money than the winners in previous years?

I doubt that there's any way you can look at this chart battle without Simon Cowell coming out as a winner.