Alexandra Burke Has Become Fastest Selling Female Solo Artist

This years X Factor show was probably one of the best we have had for a while. Talent in Britain is getting a lot more developed and some bright new stars are being born. This year we witnessed some great talent from the show, but from that Alexandra Burke emerged. She is a very talented individual with a huge voice.

Her debut single has made her the biggest success for a long time as she becomes one of the fastest selling female artists ever; her latest single has sold over 576,000 in its first week of release via CD sales and downloads.

There were in fact three versions of the song that were released all at the same time and it is the first time in history that two songs which are of the same have hit top spots in the charts. A 1994 version by Jeff Buckley, who drowned in Memphis in May 1997 aged 30, finished at number two as a result of download sales, boosted by a high-profile internet campaign by fans of his recording.

The song in question is Hallelujah and this has in fact been recorded and released well over 170 times since it was first written over 20 years ago. The song was written by Leonard Cohen and took him over one year to write and perfect, with more than 70 verses being created.

Alexandra Burke though is a great talent to the UK; she has a big voice and a huge personality to go along with it. Sent home in the X Factor 3 years ago by judge and mentor Louis Walsh, she never gave up on her dream to be a singer. Three years later she had matured an incredible amount and delivered outstanding performances week after week.

She has two songs sitting nicely in the Top 40 which is an incredible start for the talented singer. Firstly she hit the number one spot with her fellow contestants when they released a cover of the Mariah Carey song Hero and now with Hallelujah Alexandra Burke has already branded herself as one of the UK's top performers and so she should be.

Do we have another global diva on our hands that was born from the X Factor like Leona Lewis? Well only time can tell and although personally I don't think Alexandra has the vocal range Leona has but she has other valuable qualities that will hopefully make her a great diva.