<p><br /> X Factor winner Matt Cardle has done what Joe McElderry couldn't last year - he's scored the Christmas number one with his debut single When We Collide.<br /> </p><p><br /> In the six days since the 27-year-old former painter and decorator won the show, he sold 439,000 copies of the Biffy Clyro cover.<br /> </p><p><br /> He sold 300,000 more than his nearest rival Rihanna, who's at number two with What's My Name.<br /> </p><p><br /> In third place was the 1963 classic Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen which anti-X Factor campaigners were hoping to get to number one in a bid to stop winners of the reality show ruling the top spot at Christmas.<br /> </p><p><br /> The same campaign was successful in 2009 when rap metal act Rage Against The Machine snatched the title from Joe McElderry.<br /> </p><p><br /> Of his number one victory Matt Cardle said: "I can't believe it. As if winning wasn't enough. I honestly didn't think I'd even make it on to the live shows, let alone win and now be the Christmas number one.<br /> </p><p><br /> "I can't even begin to describe how if feels. It's nuts, crackers and crazy. To think that many people have supported me and bought the record is absolutely mind-blowing."<br /> </p><p><br /> Only the charity single Helping Haiti exceeded Cardle's one-week total this year, racking up 453,000 sales in February.<br /> </p>
