So Rage Against The Machine are going to deny X Factor winner Joe McElderry the Christmas Number One in the UK, are they? Maybe not – online download stores Tesco and Amazon are selling the MP3 of McElderry’s The Climb for £0.29 – massively undercutting iTunes’ price of £0.99. It’s part of a wider price war as Apple’s rivals try to seize market share in the run-up to Christmas. Interestingly, McElderry’s single isn’t streamable on Spotify, but is on we7. Source: Music Week
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