"2008 on downloads alone, following the formation of a 110,000-strong protest group on Facebook to get it above (winner of ""The X Factor"" 2008) Alexandra Burke's version for the Christmas number one. Another consequence of the chart rules is that in the event of a new album release by a well-known artist, all (or most) of its tracks could appear on the singles chart due to buyers downloading individual songs rather than the complete album. There was no significant example of this until early October 2007, with the cast of ""High School Musical 2"" placing six of its songs in"
"""Hallelujah"", a cover of Leonard Cohen's song, was Burke's debut release as ""The X Factor"" winner's single. The song, which reached the UK Singles Chart Christmas number-one, broke numerous records including the ""fastest-selling download ever across Europe"" after selling 105,000 digital copies after just two days of release, and 576,000 copies in its first sales week. The song remained at number-one for three weeks, and was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. ""Hallelujah"" went on to sell over one million copies in the United Kingdom alone, and was 2008's biggest selling single in the United Kingdom, despite having only"
"Alexandra Burke Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke (born 25 August 1988) is an English singer, songwriter and actress. Burke won the fifth series of British television series ""The X Factor"" in 2008. She has been signed to Epic Records, RCA Records and Syco Music. After winning ""The X Factor"", Burke released the winner's single ""Hallelujah"", which became the European record holder for single sales over a period of 24 hours, selling 105,000 in one day, and became the top-selling single of 2008 in the UK and the UK's Christmas 2008 number one. By January 2009, the single had sold over"
"winner Alexandra Burke (""Hallelujah""). On 31 December, it was announced that the track had finished 2012 as the fifth highest-selling single. By February 2013, it had become the second best selling ""The X Factor"" winner's single with 1.25 million copies sold. To date, it has sold over 1.4 million copies in the UK, overtaking Alexandra Burke's ""Hallelujah"" to become the best-selling winners single ever. Arthur's version of ""Impossible"" was also the best-selling single of 2012 in the Republic of Ireland, where it became the 2012 Christmas number one, with ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"" peaking at number four. The"
"December 2008, by Morter on Facebook in an attempt to make the song the 2008 Christmas number one in the UK. The campaign's purpose was to stop the winner of ""The X Factor"" from gaining the Christmas number one spot, thereby ending the show's chain of success. The year's X Factor winner at the time was Alexandra Burke with her winning song being a cover of Leonard Cohen's ""Hallelujah"". The group attracted nearly 30,000 people in its first week active. Campaigners were encouraged to get as many people as possible to download the song from iTunes between 15 and 20"
"In October 2013, Alexandra Burke recorded a cover of Cyndi Lauper's ""Girls Just Want to Have Fun"" for The Happy Egg Company in the United Kingdom. In April 2016, Burke was announced as the ambassador for Slimfast. This endorsement has continued throughout 2018.<ref> Alexandra Burke Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke (born 25 August 1988) is an English singer, songwriter and actress. Burke won the fifth series of British television series ""The X Factor"" in 2008. She has been signed to Epic Records, RCA Records and Syco Music. After winning ""The X Factor"", Burke released the winner's single ""Hallelujah"", which became"
"of a large projection, with swooping shots of various landscapes behind him. It also features several clips from his time in ""The X Factor"", from his first audition to the moment he was announced the winner and performed his single to close the series. Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh, Dermot O'Leary and runner-up Rhydian Roberts all feature within the clips. On December 23, 2007, it debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, making it the coveted Christmas number one with sales of over 275,000 copies. It stayed at number one for three weeks until it"
"2008's ""The X Factor"" winner Alexandra Burke charted with ""Hallelujah"". ""Run"" re-entered The Official UK Top 40 at 32 on 15 March 2009. As of January 2014, the song has shifted 832,000 copies. ""Run"" became Lewis's fifth UK Top Five single; it follows ""A Moment Like This"" which peaked at number one in 2006 and ""Bleeding Love"" in 2007. In 2008, the double A-side ""Better in Time""/""Footprints in the Sand"" peaked at number two, while ""Forgive Me"" peaked at number five. As of December 2013, Lewis holds the record for British female solo artist with the most UK Top 5"
"Christmas songs, including Wham!'s ""Last Christmas"" and ""Fairytale of New York"" by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, returned to the chart throughout December. Alexandra Burke won the fifth series of ""The X Factor"" on 13 December, and released her debut single - a cover of Leonard Cohen's track ""Hallelujah"" - on 14 December. The single sold 576,000 copies in its first week of release, and was the Christmas number one single of 2008. The late Jeff Buckley's version of ""Hallelujah"" - originally recorded for his 1994 album ""Grace"" - charted at number two, following a campaign to raise Buckley's version"
"Minogue entered at number 32 on downloads alone with her single ""Wow"" while the Sugababes climbed up thirteen places to number 13 with ""Change"" after the physical release. Also, Rihanna had three singles in the Top 40, (""Umbrella"" at 38, ""Hate That I Love You"" at 37, and ""Don't Stop the Music"" at 30), the latter being on downloads alone. X Factor winner Leon Jackson topped the Christmas chart with ""When You Believe"". This marks the third year in a row that an X Factor winner tops the Christmas chart (Shayne Ward ""That's My Goal"" did it in 2005 and"
"""X Factor"" judge Nicole Scherzinger. The following night, she sang her winner's single, a cover of ""Skyscraper"" by Demi Lovato. Later, having received more than 1 million votes over the course of the weekend, she was announced as the winner. When the voting statistics were announced on ""The X Factor"" afterwards, Bailey was revealed to have received the most public votes seven times out of ten. As the winner, she received a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music and the opportunity to support Beyoncé on the UK leg of The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in February 2014. Bailey"
"11 January 2013. On 8 December 2013, the song re-charted at #88 on the UK Singles Chart, due to downloads. In 2018, the Jamaican singer Dalton Harris, a contestant and eventual winner of the 15th series of the UK TV talent competition programme ""The X Factor"" released the song as his winning song from the series. The song was in association with and featuring additional vocals by the same series' 9th season winner James Arthur, making it the second time the winning song UK X Factor is promoted as a duet or group performance rather than a solo performance by"
"Factor"", and their performance of the single. For the first time since series 1, ""The X Factor"" winner's single was not released the week of the coveted Christmas number one chart battle. The Official Charts Company announced that the 2011 Christmas number-one would be announced on Christmas Day, meaning releases on 18 December 2011 will be new entries in the chart that week. The winner's single was released in shops on 14 December 2011, which means it would have had to maintain significant sales numbers in its second week to achieve the Christmas number-one. The song debuted at number one"
"X Factor"" winner Leon Jackson in December 2007. The single was available to download from midnight after the result of the show on December 15, 2007, and a CD was rush-released mid-week, on December 19, 2007. This was unusual as most new singles were released on a Monday to gain maximum sales for the UK Singles Chart the following Sunday. Exceptions included the previous two ""X Factor"" winners whose were singles released in this fashion, in order for them to compete to be the Christmas number-one single, which they all became. A video for the single was made by each"
"winner of the fifth series of the reality television show ""The X Factor"", released a condensed cover version of the song as a prize for her victory. It reached Christmas number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 December 2008. The release of Burke's cover created interest in the previous versions of the song, including a Buckley fan campaign to take Buckley's cover to the top of the Christmas chart and therefore deny Burke the top spot. The campaign was fuelled by Buckley fans' dislike of ""The X Factor""s commercialism and the song's arrangement, as well as their desire"
"on the live final results show. Unlike the previous series where the live final was held at The ExCeL Center in London, instead this year's final was held at the normal venue which is The SSE Arena, Wembley in London. The winners single will be the winning contestant's duet from the Sunday (2 December 2018) result show with all proceeds going to the children's charities Together for Short Lives and Shooting Star Chase. It is the eighth year running that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has waived any VAT on ""The X Factor""'s winners single. The winner was announced to"
"after she won, and sold over 100,000 copies to become the Christmas number one on 22 December. This made Bailey the first ""X Factor"" winner since Matt Cardle in 2010 to gain the Christmas number one (series 8 winners Little Mix and series 9 winner James Arthur both released their winners' singles two weeks before the Christmas chart, thus avoiding the Christmas number-one battle, although they both charted in the top three of the Christmas chart regardless). On 24 November, it was revealed that the winner's single, like Arthur's, would be a charity release to raise money for Together for"
"the winner's single would be donated to charity, meaning that the charities Together for Short Lives and Shooting Star Chase would receive 100% of all profits from sales of the single. It is the sixth year running that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has waived VAT on ""The X Factor"" winner's single. Just hours before the first live show, duo Brooks Way, consisting of twin brothers Kyle and Josh Brooks, were suspended from the competition, over allegations that Josh had been violent with his ex-girlfriend Amelia Clark, allegedly breaking her nose and kicking her in the face during a New"
"that they could ""have a hit record"" with the performance. In week 9, JLS performed ""Umbrella"" and ""I'm Already There"". Cowell then predicted they would win the competition. They made it to the final and performed their own version of the winner's song, ""Hallelujah"", which the other finalist Alexandra Burke also performed. The public voted for the second time that night and Burke won the competition, JLS coming second. They were the fourth band to make the final. Following their success on ""The X Factor"", Cowell's record company, Syco, announced that they were to sign JLS with an advance payment"
"a UK ""X Factor"" winner has released an original winner's single. The only other original was that of second series winner Shayne Ward and his debut single ""That's My Goal"". It was also the first winner's single that was not performed by the winner or runner-up until the results were unveiled. On 16 December 2016, the song debuted at Number 31 on the Irish Singles Chart. The same day, it debuted at Number 2 on the Scottish Singles Chart and Number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. The song, however, was the most downloaded and top selling single throughout the"
"The X Factor (UK) discography ""The X Factor"" is a British television singing talent show. It has been broadcast annually since 2004. The winners and finalists of the show have seen varied levels of success, but have gone on to produce a total of 42 number ones and 58 UK chart hits. Sales figures show that artists from the show have sold around 30 million singles and over 18 million albums. One Direction have sold more than 65 million records worldwide, making them the most successful act to have ever appeared on any country's version of ""The X Factor"" and"
"sung in Swedish. The song has become a staple of television talent shows. Jason Castro, an ""American Idol"" season 7 contestant, performed a version on 4 March 2008, which propelled Jeff Buckley's version of the song to the top of the ""Billboard"" digital song chart. His version was included in his self-titled debut album and his second studio album, ""Who I Am"". Lisa Hordijk, winner of the 2009 Dutch ""X Factor"", released ""Hallelujah"" as her debut single, which went double platinum and remained at the top of the Dutch charts for ten weeks. A 2009 hit by Orthodox Jewish singer"
"Lisa Lois Lisa Lois (born 22 June 1987 as Lisa Hordijk) is a Dutch singer who rose to prominence after winning the second season of talent show ""X Factor"". In 2009, she changed her stage name to Lisa Lois and released her debut album ""Smoke"". Lois was born in Wageningen, Netherlands. She studied at the Rock Academy in Tilburg and at the Utrecht-based Herman Brood Academy. After winning the X-Factor, she released her debut single, a cover of her winning piece Leonard Cohen's ""Hallelujah"" as 'Lisa'. The single went straight to number one in the Dutch Top 40. ""Hallelujah"" went"
"The X Factor (UK series 6) The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth series started on ITV on 22 August 2009 and was won by Joe McElderry on 13 December 2009. Cheryl Cole emerged as the winning mentor for the second consecutive year, the first time in the show's history that a mentor has won back-to-back series. The show was presented by Dermot O'Leary, with spin-off show ""The Xtra Factor"" presented by Holly Willoughby on ITV2. McElderry's winner's single was a cover version of Miley Cyrus's ""The Climb"". Public auditions by"
"Day 1, fifteen celebrity housemates entered the house. Amelia Lily is a British singer, known for being a contestant on the eighth series of ""The X Factor""; where she reached the final. Since leaving ""The X Factor"", Amelia released three Top 40 songs in the UK Singles Chart, including ""You Bring Me Joy"" which peaked at number 2. Lily was also the support act for fellow housemate, Sarah Harding, on her arena tour as a member of Girls Aloud. As an actress, she has appeared in stage shows such as American Idiot on the West End and ""Joseph and the"
"1992 single ""Killing in the Name"" reached number one in the UK instead of that year's ""X Factor"" winner, Joe McElderry. In 2011, ""Wherever You Are"", the single from a choir of military wives assembled by the TV series ""The Choir"", earned the Christmas number-one single in Britain—upsetting""X Factor"" winners Little Mix. With the Military Wives Choir single not being released in Ireland, Little Mix won Christmas number-one in Ireland that year. Situated in the southern hemisphere, where seasons are reversed from the northern, the heat of early summer in Australia affects the way Christmas is celebrated and how northern"
"the winner, after the winners of 2017, Rak-Su duetted with Wyclef Jean and Naughty Boy for their single, entitled “Dimelo”. As in many earlier X Factor winning releases, VAT collected on sales of the ""X Factor"" winner's charity song will be donated to children's charities, Together for Short Lives and Shooting Star Chase, declared the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond. The UK Department of Health and Social Care will make the donation of the VAT on the UK government's behalf. This is reportedly ""The X Factor UK""'s 11th charity release. The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood"
"of thirteen weeks in the UK Singles Charts top seventy-five with his three charted singles and nine week in the UK Album Charts top seventy-five with his debut album. His winners single, ""When You Believe"" currently ranks as the seventh best-selling ""X Factor"" winners single beating off competition from the likes of Little Mix with ""Cannonball"", Sam Bailey with ""Skyscraper"" and Louisa Johnson with ""Forever Young"". His debut album also ranks as the eighth best-selling debut album from an ""X Factor"" winner, beating Ben Haenow with his self-titled debut album and Joe McElderry with ""Wide Awake"". Leon Jackson was born"
"of the final four of the series; Jackson, Rhydian Roberts, Same Difference and Niki Evans. However, only the winner's version of the song and video was released. The song ended 2007 as the year's fourth biggest-selling single in the UK and remained number one into 2008. However, it only managed to stay in the top 40 for seven weeks, despite being atop the chart for three weeks. It also soon disappeared from the top 100, and was gone by late February. The music video, like previous ""X Factor"" winners singles, is very simple, with Jackson singing the song in front"
"Sam Bailey Samantha Florence ""Sam"" Bailey (born 29 June 1977) is an English singer, songwriter and musical actress, known for winning the tenth series of ""The X Factor"" in 2013. Following her win, her debut single, a cover of Demi Lovato's ""Skyscraper"" was released on 15 December 2013, achieving the Christmas number one on 22 December 2013. She was the first ""X Factor"" winner in three years to gain the Christmas number one spot. On 24 February 2014, Bailey supported Beyoncé on one of the dates of her UK leg of The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, as well as"
"the top by Take That's album Beautiful World. These remained on top of the charts for two more weeks. During this time there were hit singles from Emma Bunton's Official Children in Need song Downtown, Chris Cornell's You Know My Name which was used in ""Casino Royale"", Cliff Richard's 21st Century Christmas and Wind It Up from No Doubt front woman Gwen Stefani. ""The X Factor"" was won by Leona Lewis, beating former child actor Raymond Quinn in the final. She became the first female winner of the show. Her debut single ""A Moment Like This"" was chosen for whomever"
"performed the single again being joined by the other X Factor contestants, and at parts she was too moved to sing. The single went on to become the Christmas number one of 2008, holding the top spot for three weeks and selling one million copies. There was also a campaign to take Jeff Buckley's cover of ""Hallelujah"" to the top of the Christmas chart to deny Burke the top spot. The campaign was fuelled by Jeff Buckley fans' dislike of ""The X Factor""s commercialism and the song's arrangement, as well as a desire by this contingent to introduce younger music"
"""Call My Name"", ""Crazy Stupid Love"" and ""I Don't Care"" – reached the top position on the UK Singles Chart. Cheryl was the first British female solo artist to have five number-one singles in the UK, and she held the record for the British female solo artist with the most UK number-one singles until Jess Glynne overtook her in 2018. Cheryl became a judge on the UK version of ""The X Factor"" in 2008. She mentored two of the eventual winners of the competition (Alexandra Burke in series five and Joe McElderry in series six), before resigning in 2011 and"