Holding the Christmas No 1? X Factor winners Little Mix release debut single in Perrie and Jade's hometown

By Alanah Eriksen

Last updated at 8:08 AM on 16th December 2011

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The Christmas number one has always been a subject for debate, with critics saying the X Factor makes it impossible for anyone else to get a look in.

So this year's winners Little Mix have gone back to their roots in an attempt to make it to the top of the charts.

The girls released their debut single, Damien Rice's Cannonball, in the hometown of members Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirwall.

Winners: Little Mix, from left, Jade Thirlwall, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards, launching their debut single Cannonball today in South Shields, South Tyneside - hometown of Perrie and Jade

Along with bandmates Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson, they signed autographs and posed with fans at the HMV store in South Shields, South Tyneside.



Little Mix have have reportedly already sold an impressive 68,800 copies of their winners' single.

But the girls are facing some tough competition this year as a Facebook campaign threatens to knock them off the top spit.

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Tough competition: A Facebook campaign has been started to knock Little Mix off the top of the Christmas charts in favour of Nirvana's 20-year-old Smells Like Teen Spirit