Military Wives sell 242,000 in first 2 days in the UK!
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Military Wives single is fastest selling in six years
The Military Wives Choir looks certain to have the Christmas number one, after becoming the fastest-selling single in six years.
The Official Charts Company says 242,000 copies of the single, Wherever You Are, have been sold in two days.
The last time a single sold so well in its first two days was when X Factor winner Shayne Ward shifted 313,000 copies of That's My Goal in 2005.
The choir has outsold Little Mix by a ratio of 6:1 since Sunday.
The foursome, who became the first group to ever win the X Factor, have so far this week shifted 38,000 copies of their single, Cannonball, which topped the charts on Sunday.