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Simon Cowell to 'sue iTunes'

SIMON COWELL is considering launching legal proceedings against iTunes after fans were prevented from downloading X-Factor winner LEON JACKSON’s single.

Demand melted the music firm’s servers shortly after When You Believe went on sale at midnight on Saturday.

The problem was only resolved some 15 hours later leading to thousands of punters being unable to get their hands on the ballad.

Last year LEONA LEWIS’ winning single shifted an astonishing 50,000 downloads on its first hour of sale.

The Scottish teen logged just 36,669 sales in three days and record label bosses are furious.

An insider at SonyBMG said: “Everybody here is up in arms.

“There’s been a monumental cock up. Simon is hugely disappointed about the situation and is considering launching legal proceedings.

“Everybody is really upset for Leon and don’t want technical malfunctions to mar his big week.”

A spokesperson for iTunes declined to comment.

Happily though, the crooner from West Lothian WILL land the coveted Christmas No1 spot despite the digital disaster.


Physical copies of the single, which were released on Wednesday were flying off shop shelves at the rate of 40 a minute.

Analysts reckon the single, which was originally recorded by MARIAH CAREY and WHITNEY HOUSTON, will sell 300,000 by the end of the week making it comfortably the fastest selling single of the year.

An HMV spokesperson said: “Even at this early stage it looks like being Leon all the way.”

Source: The Sun