December 26, 2009:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the biggest selling pre-order video game of all time on Amazon.co.uk, is the best selling Christmas product of 2009. The must-have video game is closely followed by funny man of the moment Michael McIntyre with his ‘Live 2009’ DVD and another favourite Brit, Harry Potter, secures third place on the Amazon.co.uk top ten best sellers of Christmas 2009 with ‘Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince’ on DVD.

Perhaps a surprise entry into the top ten best sellers for Christmas is Rage Against the Machine’s single ‘Killing In The Name’ which saw incredible MP3 sales on Amazon.co.uk during the race for the Christmas number one.

"Who would have thought, even four weeks ago, that Rage Against The Machine would be responsible for one of the best-selling products of Christmas 2009 with greater sales than the likes of Dan Brown, Stephenie Meyer, Robbie Williams and Michael Bublé," said Brian McBride, managing director of Amazon.co.uk Ltd. "Their MP3 sales have been incredible and the only music artist to better them this Christmas has been Susan Boyle, whose debut album has broken records on Amazon and continues to grow in popularity."

"For the first time ever, the best selling Christmas product is a video game illustrating their continued increasing popularity in the UK. Call of Duty 2 has been the number one bestseller on Amazon.co.uk throughout the festive season having already achieved the status of the most pre-ordered video game in Amazon.co.uk’s history."

Amazon.co.uk received orders for 2 million items on its busiest day in the run up to Christmas (Monday 7th December) this year – a rate of around 23 items ordered per second. At its peak, Amazon.co.uk shipped over 1.2 million units in one 24-hour period, which represents about 642 tonnes of goods and means that on average a delivery truck was leaving an Amazon distribution centre once every 4 minutes and 19 seconds.

THE AMAZON.CO.UK CHRISTMAS 2009 BESTSELLERS IN FULL (1st November to 17th December 2009)

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Video games
2. Michael McIntyre Live 2009 - DVD
3. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince - DVD
4. I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle - Music
5. Star Trek XI - DVD
6. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - DVD
7. FIFA 10 - Video games
8. Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - DVD
9. Wii Fit Plus - Video games
10. Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine - MP3

BEST-SELLING TOYS ON AMAZON.CO.UK (1st November to 17th December 2009)

The 20Q Version 2 was the best-selling toy of Christmas 2009. Other big sellers included the original Rubik’s Cube at number two for the second year running, a Medical Carrycase for budding young doctors (number 6) and the popular Go Go Pets, Hamster Packs which were all the rage this Christmas (number 10).

BEST SELLERS FROM AROUND THE STORES (1st November to 17th December 2009)

TOYS - 20Q Version 2
SPORTS - Powerball 250 Hz Regular
JEWELLERY - Silver Ladies Celtic Knot Drop Pendant 18" Curb Chain
WATCHES - Breo Sport 'Roam' Black Digital Watch
CLOTHING - Fulton Cath Kidston Funbrella Birdcage Kids Umbrella Shooting Star
BABY - LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table
SHOES - Converse Unisex All Star Hi-Top Chuck Taylor Trainer Solid Colour
DIY & TOOLS - LED Lenser Police Tech Focus Torch Black
HEALTH & BEAUTY - The Genie (Head Massager)
ELECTRONICS - SanDisk 8GB SDHC Secure Digital Card
HOME & GARDEN - Egg Perfect Colour Changing Egg Timer
DVD - Michael McIntyre Live 2009
MUSIC - I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle
MP3 - Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine
BOOKS - Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
VIDEOGAMES - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
SOFTWARE - Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition

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