X factor uk 2012 james arthur impossible

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So once the winning single is out, talk turns to debut albums, but who had the selling power for their very first long-player? LetвЂ™s just say this is pretty much a one-horse race.

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HereвЂ™s the full Top 12 ranking of all The X FactorвЂ™s winning singles so farвЂ¦ The very first winner of the show Steve Brookstein is on 204,000 for his winning single Against All Odds, originally a hit for Phil Collins and a Number 1 in 1999 for Westlife and Mariah Carey. Like previous year's victor Louisa Johnson, he missed the Number 1 spot, and she finishes in last place with Forever Young.

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Series 3 winner Leona Lewis is on her way too вЂ“ on 945,000 with A Moment Like This.ДЇurther down the tally, last year's winner Matt Terry finishes one from the bottom with When Christmas Comes Around, the first ever festive winner's song. ThereвЂ™s one more million seller courtesy of 2010вЂ™s winner Matt Cardle, whose Biffy Clyro cover When We Collide has sold 1.04 million across all formats.

#X factor uk 2012 james arthur impossible archive#

MORE: James Arthur's hit singles and albums in his archive James scored the fastest-selling single of the year with this Shontelle cover, and when you factor in physical, digital and streaming, ImpossibleВ has a tally of 1.53 million in the UK. It's been close between him and Alexandra for a few years, but 2012вЂ™s champ James Arthur now officially has the biggest X Factor winner's song, taking over Alex in sales this year. MORE: Look back at Alexandra Burke's full Official UK Chart history, including 3 Number 1 singles 1: James Arthur вЂ“ Impossible Across all formats, including streaming, Alexandra's victory anthem has cleared 1.39 million Alex still managed to sell over 575,000 physical copies of her cover of Leonard CohenвЂ™s Hallelujah, and altogether the song cleared a million copies in just four weeks вЂ“ over 576,000 in its first sales week alone. Series 5вЂ™s victor Alexandra Burke was the first X Factor winner to have her single immediately available for download.

MORE: Look back at Shayne Ward's full Official Chart history, including 4 Top 10 singles 2: Alexandra Burke вЂ“ Hallelujah Currently taking a break from music, you can find Shayne running the knicker factory in soap opera Coronation Street, playing love rat and tight shirt enthusiast Aidan Connor. ThatвЂ™s My Goal has a total of 1.12 million copies in the UK across physical, digital and streaming equivalent sales. The second winner of The X Factor, all the way back in 2005, super-talented Shayne Ward was the first winner to score a million-seller.В ShayneВ is one of only two champions so far to release a totally original song вЂ“ everyone else has launched their career with a cover version, aside from last year's winner Matt Terry.Дespite not having the advantage of convenient downloads when he won, Shayne still shifted an impressive 740,000 copies in his first week on sale. There have been four million-selling winnerвЂ™s singles and itвЂ™s pretty close at the top. ItвЂ™s a close-run thing when it comes to singles, with the Top 2 artists benefitting from the digital age. So when we count out the numbers, who comes out on top? When the studio lights dimmed and they were on their own, did their onscreen popularity guarantee them hefty sales? Winner's singles And secondly, they all released at least one album. But what about those who've already worn it?ДЄs diverse artists as they all are, they have at least two things in common вЂ“ they won the show and released a winnerвЂ™s single.

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It's that time already! The X Factor final dominates the TV schedules this weekend, with Saturday's show whittling the finalists down to two, who will then battle it out on Sunday night for The X Factor crown.