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Justin Bieber congratulates NHS Choir after they beat him to Christmas Number…
A choir of very talented doctors, nurses and health workers from the UK’s NHS (National Health Service) is celebrating taking out the UK Charts number one spot, ahead of Justin Bieber and Adele.
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The choir overtook Bieber after he had urged his 72 million Twitter followers to buy the charity single. Amazing. That is what Christmas is all about.
Johnson, who had been the bookmakers’ favourite, could only manage 12th position.
Her album, 25, has already made chart history and now holds the top spot for the fifth week running. It’s Christmas. NHS Choir good luck’.
Proceeds from the choir’s single will go to British charities.
Speaking to OfficialCharts.com the choir said earlier: “We are absolutely overwhelmed and couldn’t be any happier!”
Commenting on their success, the choir said, “it is a brilliant celebration for the NHS across the country, so well done and thank you everyone”.
In the closest chart battle since Rage Against The Machine won out over X Factor victor Joe McElderry in 2009, the Lewisham and Greenwich choir’s single sold over 127,000 copies.
The Canadian pop star’s “Love Yourself’” was inching ahead in sales but then Bieber offered his own Christmas gift to the NHS Choir. Let s do the right thing & help them win.
He added: “This is what it’s all about”.
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But at lunchtime on Christmas Day, they were gathered together to discover whether the impossible could come true – a number one festive hit… 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.