X Factor winners Little Mix storm to No.1 with 'Cannonball'

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X Factor winners Little Mix have landed straight at the top of the UK singles chart with their debut release 'Cannonball'.



The girl band - individually known as Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall - bump the show's 2009 runner-up and Xtra Factor host Olly Murs from pole position following their victory last Sunday (December 11).

Murs instead settles for third with 'Dance With Me Tonight' behind Coldplay's 'Paradise', which hits a new peak after a performance on the X Factor final.

Leona Lewis scores the second-highest new entry of the week at eight with a cover of 'Hurt' by Nine Inch Nails, also performed at the X Factor final, while T-Pain, Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen complete the Top 10 after falling four with '5 O'Clock'.

With one week to go until Christmas Day, Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' and 'Fairytale Of New York' by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl both rise up the chart. Carey's track is up one to 11 and 'Fairytale' gains another two positions at 13.

Little Mix make a second appearance in the Top 20 on 'Wishing On A Star' by the X Factor finalists, JLS and One Direction, which crashes from last week's runner-up spot to 17 in just its third week of release.

'Mama Do The Hump' by Rizzle Kicks is a new entry at 18, while the original version of 'Cannonball' by Damien Rice re-enters the chart at 19 off the back of Little Mix's win. The song peaked at 32 when it was first released in 2002 and got to nine in September following an X Factor contestant's earlier performance.

Katy Perry concludes the top 20 after climbing five from 25 with 'The One That Got Away', Jessie J plummets 12 to 21 with 'Who You Are' and Kelly Rowland's 'Down For Whatever' settles at 22 from last week's 13.

By contrast, One Direction propel 11 places up the chart with their September debut 'What Makes You Beautiful' at 24, as the Little Mix influence continues with En Vogue's 'Don't Let Go (Love)' re-entering at 27 after the group reprised the song at the X Factor final.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Little Mix: 'Cannonball'
2. (7) Coldplay: 'Paradise'
3. (1) Olly Murs: 'Dance With Me Tonight'
4. (3) Lloyd ft. Andre 3000 & Lil Wayne: 'Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)'
5. (4) Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris: 'We Found Love'
6. (5) Flo Rida: 'Good Feeling'
7. (8) Avicii: 'Levels'
8. (-) Leona Lewis: 'Hurt'
9. (10) Ed Sheeran: 'Lego House'
10. (6) T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalfia & Lily Allen: '5 O'Clock'

Source: Official Charts Company