2009 � Joe McElderry (1) His debut single �The Climb� reached #1, but only after a facebook campaign to get RATM�s �Killing In The Name Of� to the Christmas Number One instead succeeded. In April 2011 his contract with Syco expired and was not renewed, due to low album sales.�McElderry went on to be crowned the winner of the�second series�of�Popstar to Operastar in 2011.
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