A choir from a British hospital claimed the No. 1 spot on the charts over Justin Bieber… with a little help from the Biebs himself.
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Official Charts Company chief executive Martin Talbot said: “What a fantastic result for the NHS Choir to claim the 2015 Christmas number one”. It’s a brilliant celebration for the NHS across the country so well done and thank you everyone for downloading and streaming.
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The Official Charts Company said it was the closest Christmas number one race since Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor victor Joe McElderry in 2009.
NHS Choir began trending after Bieber’s declaration of support and bookmakers started suspending betting.
Their track – A Bridge Over You (a mix of A Bridge Over Troubled Water and Fix You) – sold over 127,000 copies, while Justin sold 97,000 copies of Love Yourself.
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In the final hours of the race, Bieber’s song Love Yourself was neck-and-neck with a tune called A Bridge Over You, which was sung by a group of nurses, doctors and others from England’s National Health Service’s Lewisham and Greenwich Choir. According to the Daily Mail, the contenders had been neck-and-neck all week, with just 622 sales between them on Christmas Eve, but a late surge put A Bridge Over You at No. 1.
Her album, 25, has already made chart history and now holds the top spot for the fifth week running. “There couldn’t be a more deserving group of winners”. The charity single sold almost 31,000 more units than Bieber’s Love Yourself, which came in a close second. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Columbia/Sony) edged up 12-11 and its fellow Yuletide perennial “Fairytale Of New York” (Warner Bros.) by the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl climbed 15-13.
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