ALEXANDRA BURKE has triumphed again by bagging a £3 million 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.”
Chuffed
The label are planning a similar launch plan to the one that Sony — Epic’s parent company — used for Leona.
Her album will first come out in the UK in November and she will concentrate on promoting it here.
She will then hit the States early next year — probably after slightly tailoring the album for the US market.
But for now, Alex’s main concern is next week’s Brit Awards, where she is up for the Best Single gong.
She said: “I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the Brits. I feel so honoured to be nominated so early on. Everything is happening so fast.
“I’m going to work my socks off to make an album this year that I hope people will love and I’m really proud of.”
Cowell and the other X Factor judges must be chuffed to bits to have got the charts winner they wanted.
Here are one of the many performances that helped Alexandra win the X Factor.
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