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The John Lewis Christmas advert is an ongoing television advertising campaign released by British department store chain John Lewis & Partners in the build-up to Christmas.[1] John Lewis & Partners launched their first Christmas advert in 2007. It has since become something of an annual tradition in the UK,[2] and one of the signals that the countdown to Christmas has begun.[3][4][5] The adverts tend to attract widespread media coverage and acclaim upon their release.[6] Between 2019 and 2020, the advert has promoted both John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners.

The songs used in the advertising campaigns are frequently covers (excluding 2018 and 2020) of existing songs by different artists. They have often reached high positions on the UK Singles Chart, and the original versions often receive a sales boost.[7][8] Ellie Goulding, Gabrielle Aplin, Lily Allen, Aurora, Tom Odell and Vaults are among the artists whose music has appeared in a John Lewis Christmas advert.[9][10] In 2018, Sir Elton John became the first artist to perform and star in the advert. In 2021, Lola Young was chosen to cover the 1980s hit "Together in Electric Dreams", with a slowed down arrangement which had alt-folk duo the Portraits accusing the retailer of copying them and their version of the song recorded in 2020.[11]

London-based agency Adam & Eve/DDB have conceived the adverts since 2009.[12] The adverts have led to some fierce competition, most notably from Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer and Boots.[13]

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John Lewis was honoured at the 2012 IPA Effectiveness Awards for their campaigns up to that point. They were awarded the top prize which is awarded to companies "showcasing and rewarding campaigns that demonstrate their marketing payback".[40]

'There was evil in my heart': Man who gunned down John Lennon says he shot Beatles star outside NYC apartment in 1980 'for fame' as he's denied parole for TWELTH time

The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his New York City apartment building in 1980 told a parole board that he knew it was wrong to kill the beloved former Beatle, but that he was seeking fame and had 'evil in my heart.'

Mark David Chapman made the comments to a board that denied him parole for a twelfth time, citing his 'selfish disregard for human life of global consequence.' 

Chapman, in a transcript released by state officials Monday, said the decision to kill Lennon was: 'My big answer to everything. I wasn't going to be a nobody, anymore.'

'I am not going to blame anything else or anybody else for bringing me there,' Chapman told the board. 

'I knew what I was doing, and I knew it was evil, I knew it was wrong, but I wanted the fame so much that I was willing to give everything and take a human life.'

Chapman killed Lennon on the night of December 8, 1980, as he and Yoko Ono were returning to their Upper West Side apartment. 

Earlier that day, Lennon had signed an autograph for Chapman on a copy of his recently released album, 'Double Fantasy.'

Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment building in 1980. Chapman told a parole board that he knew it was wrong to kill the beloved former Beatle, but that he was seeking fame and had 'evil in his heart.' He is pictured in 2018

John Lennon was killed in 1980 as he and Yoko Ono were returning to their Upper West Side apartment

Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment building in 1980, has been denied parole for a 12th time

Chapman, 67, told the board: 'This was evil in my heart. I wanted to be somebody and nothing was going to stop that.'

The killer is serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at Green Haven Correctional Facility in New York´s Hudson Valley. He has repeatedly expressed remorse during his parole hearings over the years.

'I hurt a lot of people all over the place and if somebody wants to hate me, that´s OK, I get it,' he said at the August 31 hearing.

In denying him release, the board mentioned Chapman's action has left 'the world recovering from the void of which you created.' His next parole board appearance is scheduled for February 2024.

In June, John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was freed from court oversight, officially concluding decades of supervision by legal and mental health professionals. Hinckley had been acquitted by reason of insanity.

Chapman called his actions 'despicable' during his hearing in 2020, and said he would have 'no complaint whatsoever' if they chose to leave him in prison for the rest of his life. 

Crowds gathering outside the home of John Lennon in New York after the news that he had been shot and killed in 1980

Chapman said at a 2020 hearing of Lennon: 'I assassinated him ... because he was very, very, very famous and that's the only reason and I was very, very, very, very much seeking self-glory. Very selfish.'

Chapman is serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at Green Haven Correctional Facility, north of New York City, according to online state corrections records

Chapman was 25 when he shot Lennon dead outside the musician's apartment building on December 8, 19080, as Lennon (pictured) and wife Yoko Ono were returning to their Upper West Side apartment

He added at the time: 'I assassinated him ... because he was very, very, very famous and that's the only reason and I was very, very, very, very much seeking self-glory. Very selfish.'

He has said previously that he feels 'more and more shame' every year for the crime.

On the day of the murder, he went to The Dakota in the afternoon and asked Lennon to sign an album for him. 

He obliged him then got in his waiting limo to go to the recording studio. 

'I was too far in,' Chapman told a parole board in 2018. 'I do remember having the thought of, `Hey, you have got the album now. Look at this, he signed it, just go home.´ But there was no way I was just going to go home.' 

When Lennon returned to the building with Yoko at around 10.30pm that night, Chapman was still there.

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