[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by cub

Biffy should be grateful to Matt and the X Factor and count the royalties. They'll never be a popular as this moment.

CONGRATS TO MATT FOR THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE!

Yeah, Let's forget they've had critical success and Gold & Platinum albums sales before this because they're obviously some garage band who's lucky to be given some sort of hand by the Godlike Cowell They didn't need X Factor and they don't care about it, I'm pretty sure it was their label that made the decision.

Originally Posted by kazanne

Well people obviously prefer the 'XFactor' style as you call it,Matt has got it to number one,what I find arrogant is people thinking they own a song and no one else should touch it,and how on earth can you say the one that got to number 20 is superior? it may be to you but obviously not to the masses,they had a second chance and STILL did not make it.

By your logic then the Crazy frog is better then Coldplay as it beat them to Number 1. The singles chart is a pit of bad taste and does nothing to grant credibility to anyone. The Albums chart is more credible and Biffy Clyro are more based around albums so their singles aren't going to do well in the singles chart is it's mostly dominated by pop/dance/R'n'B/Rap type music. It's common sense really. You're grasping at straws trying to defend it really. Anything can get to number 1 with the right promotion and Matt Cardle is a result of it. He wouldn't have done as well if it wasn't for the X Factor push.

Biffy got to number 20 in a chart where alternate types of music rarely make a splash and they didn't have the publicity either. It's much more of an achievement then Matt Cardle's number 1 and you're lying to yourself if you think he really earned it.

Originally Posted by kazanne

You don't know that.wasn't her song a cover?aren't all the XFactor songs covers who's to say the fans of the song Rebecca would have done would not have been so bitter as Biffys.

Difference between Rebecca's & Matt's songs was that the original of Rebecca's was an awful Duffy Album track and she could have only improved on it. Biffy's was much more superior, raw and heartfelt. Matt's version is robotic, stunted and quite frankly boring.