LITTLE MIX HIT 300 WEEKS ON THE UK SINGLES CHART

Congratulations to Jesy, Perrie, Jade & Leigh-Anne AKA Little Mix this week, as they become the first X Factor winner to reach 300 weeks on the UK Singles.  Only One Direction on 329 weeks now stand above them on the list (as you know One Direction came 3rd in 2010).

Here is the list of X Factor winners in chronological order with their total weeks on the UK Singles chart

2004 - Steve Brookstein - 10 weeks (1 hit, 1 Number 1)
2005 - Shayne Ward - 66 weeks (7 hits, I Number 1)
2006 - Leona Lewis - 155 weeks (18 hits, 3 Number 1's)
2007 - Leon Jackson - 13 weeks (2 hits, 1 Number 1)
2008 - Alexandra Burke - 99 weeks (8 hits, 3 Number 1's)
2009 - Joe McElderry - 14 weeks (3 hits, 1 Number 1)
2010 - Matt Cardle - 18 weeks (3 hits, 1 Number 1)
2011 - Little Mix - 301 weeks (22 hits, 4 Number 1's)
2012 - James Arthur - 90 weeks (7 hits, 2 Number 1's)
2013 - Sam Bailey - 7 weeks (1 hit, 1 Number 1)
2014 - Ben Haenow - 20 weeks (2 hits, 1 Number 1)
2015 - Louisa Johnson - 62 weeks (5 hits)
2016 - Matt Terry - 13 weeks (2 hits)

Special mention to Olly Murs, who was runner up to Joe McElderry in 2009.  He has had 20 hit singles (including 4 Number Ones), totalling 293 weeks on the chart.

Little Mix' 22 hit singles include 12 Top 10 hits, of which 4 - "Cannonball" in 2011; "Wings" in 2012; "Black Magic" in 2015 & "Shout Out To My Ex" in 2016 all hit Number 1.

Here is the song that started in all, their winning cover of Damien Rice's "Cannonball" from Christmas 2011.