This year has seen a massive rise in social media. Everyone from celebrities to Joe Bloggs have been using it to tell the world what they are up to and to spread the news, so it seems right that the big news story at the end of the year has to do with social media.
For the past 4 years the Christmas number one has always been the single released by that years X Factor winner, but after a massive Facebook campaign Rage Against the Machine have beaten this years’ winner (Joe McElderry) to the top spot.
This is a massive achievement considering how many people watch X factor and the fact that the Rage Against the Machine single was only available online and not in the shops. This only goes to show how powerful social media is and we will no doubt see it used even more over the coming year.
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