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Social media is a powerful thing and we all take a part in it. Facebook, being one of the most recognizable ones, has just proven how influential it can be.

The UK Christmas Number 1 is a highly revered award by musicians everywhere. And for the last 4 years, this title has been dominated by the X Factor winner that year. This year, X Factor winner Joe McElderry was set to win the title. But this year, Jon and Tracy Morter had something else in mind. They wanted to break that chain and make Rage Against The Machine’s Killing in the Name of number one this year.

So they went to Facebook and made a group called Rage Against The Machine For Christmas No.1. The group left all sorts of different links on how to purchase the songs through various vendors. And with nearly 1,000,000 members, Killing in the Name of, a 15 year old song, managed to oust Joe McElderry for UK Christmas Number 1.

On another note, the Facebook group claims to have raised half a million pounds through the page as well. If you wish to help this fund, they provide a link to donate towards. But this along with RATM’s win, shows how much power social media sites such as Facebook have.

Read [TheNextWeb]