Hospital choir beats Justin Bieber and tops UK Christmas chart
By Natalie Huet | With REUTERS, APTN



"Amazing. That is what Christmas is all about"

LONDON: -- A lovely surprise for a good cause.

A London-based choir made up of nurses, doctors and other staff from British public hospitals beat Justin Bieber and took the No. 1 spot in the UK this Christmas with their single, “A Bridge Over You”.

All proceeds from the song, a mash-up of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and Coldplay’s “Fix You”, will go to charities.

Justin Bieber urged fans to help

The Official Christmas No. 1 is a much desired spot in the British music world. Justin Bieber was likely to win the top spot with his song “Love Yourself” but the Canadian singer threw his support behind the National Health Service’s choir on Twitter, calling on his fans to help them win.

The news left members of the choir feeling over the moon.

“It’s fantastic. I mean, for the choir, just all these rehearsals when we hardly had anyone coming along because of shifts,” said Carolyne Smith, a physiotherapist.

Justin Bieber also congratulated the team.

The Canadian singer stormed the British charts in November with three singles from his new album in the top five, a feat no other artist has achieved since John Lennon, after his death, in 1981.


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-12-28

Yep, better than Beiber any day!!!

Bloody pleased to hear this.

Biebers latest offering entitled ''Love yourself'' is so apt for an individual thats so up his own <deleted>,it's a wonder he a'int charging himself rent.

I must be the only ferlung that has never heard a single song by JB. Is he really that bloody awful ? Not read a single good thing about him .

I must be the only ferlung that has never heard a single song by JB. Is he really that bloody awful ? Not read a single good thing about him .

This effort to raise funds for a charity is certainly admirable, but it's nothing notable in terms of the music produced. You could get the same result with some school choir or any other random group of people.

Not sure how great JB is, but at least he threw his support behind the charitable effort.

Of course all the old dears on TV would rather listen to Lawrence Welk or Vera Lynn or even the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

I must be the only ferlung that has never heard a single song by JB. Is he really that bloody awful ? Not read a single good thing about him .

This effort to raise funds for a charity is certainly admirable, but it's nothing notable in terms of the music produced. You could get the same result with some school choir or any other random group of people.

Not sure how great JB is, but at least he threw his support behind the charitable effort.

Of course all the old dears on TV would rather listen to Lawrence Welk or Vera Lynn or even the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

A number 1 from Vera Lynn , that's a thought . she must be about 98 yo now.