new entries in the top ten included Alicia Keys' "Doesn't Mean Anything" at number eight and Timbaland featuring SoShy and Nelly Furtado with "Morning After Dark" at number nine. Susan Boyle remained at the top of the album chart (where it has now been for three weeks). On 13 December, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" climbed to number one, therefore making chart history as Gaga now holds the title of most number one singles by a female artist in one year (tallying three). In the same week Kesha finally broke into the top five, and Timbaland climbed to number six. The Chart upset of the decade came in December, as the Christmas number one was achieved not by the X Factor winner, Joe McElderry but by 1990s rap metal band Rage Against the Machine. A Facebook group, set up to halt "Simon Cowells stranglehold on the charts" by getting the 1992 "Killing in the Name" to the top of the charts, got 750,000 members and led Rage Against the Machine to the first download-only Christmas number one, selling over 500,000 copies – ahead of Joe McElderry by 50,000. In the following week's chart (week ending 2 January 2010) McElderry's single, "The Climb" made it to the number one spot. Number ones Singles Albums Compilation albums Other charts UK Dance Chart number-one singles of 2009 UK Indie Chart number-one singles of 2009 UK Rock Chart number-one singles of 2009 UK R&B Chart number-one singles of 2009 List of top 10 singles in 2009 Year-end charts Best-selling singles of 2009 Best-selling albums of 2009 Best-selling compilation albums of 2009 Notes: Best-selling artist of 2009 (singles and albums) Total album sales Total sales for albums in 2009 amounted to 128,946,805 the lowest since 1999. This record would be beaten in 2013 when only 94,000,000 albums were sold. References Charts United Kingdom British record charts