I SUSPECT it wouldn’t have happened if EOGHAN QUIGG had won The X Factor.
ALEXANDRA BURKE has triumphed again by bagging a £3million US record deal.
Top label Epic swooped after her Christmas single Hallelujah smashed sales records.
When she finalised the contract this week, Londoner Alex told me: “I’d love to crack the US. After seeing COLDPLAY take away the awards at the Grammys I was so inspired.”
She has plenty of reason to feel optimistic about her future.
Her Stateside launch is being masterminded by the crack star-making team behind BEYONCE and RIHANNA’s successes.
And her contract with Epic is for up to an impressive five albums. Alex is flying over to the States next month to meet with X Factor boss SIMON COWELL, who will be involved in her bid to make it big.
He is determined to help her follow in 2006 winner LEONA LEWIS’ footsteps to top charts across the globe.
Alex is already on the right path. Thousands of Americans watched internet footage of her performance with Beyonce from the show finals in December.
They were so impressed that Alex’s fan website crashed due to unexpected levels of demand in the days after she beat Eoghan and JLS to the title.
And debut single Hallelujah was the fastest selling download ever, beating Leona’s debut, A Moment Like This.
Last night an industry insider said: “Epic think Alexandra can follow in Leona’s footsteps.
“The US market loves women with big voices — and Alex certainly has that. If she comes close to Leona’s success it will be a job well done.”
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