Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke is a British singer, songwriter and actress. She won the fifth series of the British television series The X Factor in 2008. Burke released her debut album, Overcome, which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spawned four number-one singles. In June 2014, Burke replaced Beverley Knight in the lead role of Rachel Marron in the West End musical The Bodyguard. In 2016, Burke commenced a 12-month residency in Sister Act The Musical, leading the cast as Deloris Van Cartier. In 2017, she took part in the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing.
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Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke is a British singer, songwriter and actress. She won the fifth series of the British television series The X Factor in 2008. Burke released her debut album, Overcome, which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spawned four number-one singles. In June 2014, Burke replaced Beverley Knight in the lead role of Rachel Marron in the West End musical The Bodyguard, at the Adelphi Theatre. In 2016, Burke commenced a 12-month residency in Sister Act The Musical, leading the cast as Deloris Van Cartier. In 2017, she took part in the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing. Her third album, The Truth Is, was released on in March 2018. Burke has four siblings, Sheneice, David Jr, Aaron and Jahzeel. She is of Dougla, Afro-Jamaican, and Irish descent. Burke began singing when she was as young as five years old. Her mother was a soul and R&B singer, and featured as a singer in the band Soul II Soul. Burke said that she had to grow up very fast, at a very young age, as her mother was always touring with her band and that sheHad to look after her young brother, which included taking him to and picking him up from school. Burke’s mother put her in contact with Stevie Wonder who rang Burke and she sang down the phone to him. At the age of twelve, Burke entered the television talent show, Star for a Night and was the youngest person in the competition.
She was the runner-up after she was beaten for the winners title by Joss Stone. She has been signed to Epic Records, RCA Records and Syco Music. Burke auditioned for the second series of TheX Factor in 2005. She made it through to the final seven in Louis Walsh’s 16–24 category. She did not give up and went on to seek professional singing lessons over the next three years, proving her dedication and commitment to becoming a popstar. In 2008, she was mentored by Cheryl Aloud who selected her for the Girls’s category of the competition, and she was selected for the finals for the next year’s Girls’ X Factor. In 2009, 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. By January 2009, the single had sold over one million copies in the UK alone, a first for a British female soloist. The album saw the release of UK top 10 hit, ‘Broken Heels’ and ‘The Silence’ In February 2012, Burke’s comeback single, ‘Let It Go’, was released as her comeback single in February 2012. That same year, Burke signed a record deal with Universal Music Group’s Decca Records. In 2013, she signed a deal with Epic Records to release her second album, Heartbreak on Hold.
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