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At the audition stages of 2008′s X Factor, the ultimate winner Alexandra Burke made a little pact with herself. ‘I said to myself that if I didn’t make it through to the live shows then I would seriously reconsider where I was going to go with music. This was about proving something to myself. That music was the thing that I was born to do.’
Thankfully Alex was voted through to the live shows and, as they say, the rest is history.
As Alexandra was crowned champion, she was still recovering from the joy of performing with her idol Beyonce.
Three years on and Alexandra Burke is no longer duetting with Beyonce. She is competing with her.
Her debut single ‘Hallelujah’ went straight in at number one and became the European record holder for single sales over a 24 hour period (105,000 copies). Such was the success of the winner’s single, ‘Hallalujah’ passed 1 million sales in less than a month.
Ten months later, and Alexandra released her first single from her debut album ‘Overcome’. ‘Bad Boys’ immediately topped the singles chart and the album also went flying in at top spot.
Further singles ‘Broken Heels’ and ‘All Night Long’ achieved top ten hits and Alex released a re-packaged version of the album late in 2010.
The first single from that album, ‘Start Without You’ (featuring Laza Morgan), spent two weeks at the top of the UK charts.
In 2011 Alexandra Burke embarked on her first headline tour, receiving rave reviews along the way.
Widely touted as one of the country’s finest talents, Alexandra has well and truly propelled herself onto the global stage.