Alexandra Burke

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Mar 27, 2013

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Mar 25, 2013

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Nov 20, 2012

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Sep 03, 2012

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City	Venue	Date		Tickets
New York, NY	Apollo Theater	Mon	Jun 10 / 13	Find Tickets

Alexandra Burke Biography

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Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke (born 25 August 1988) is a British recording artist and songwriter. Born and raised in Islington, London, United Kingdom. Burke was exposed to music from an early age, with her mother being the lead singer of Soul II Soul. Burke rose to fame after winning the fifth series of British television series ''The X Factor'' in 2008, becoming the first of two winners to be mentored by Cheryl Cole. Burke currently stands as one of the most successful winners of ''The X Factor''. She is signed to three record labels: Epic Records, RCA Records and Syco Music. After winning The X Factor, Burke released the winner's single and debut single "Hallelujah", which became the European record holder for single sales over a period of 24 hours, selling 105,000 in one day until it was overtaken by her ''X Factor'' mentor Cheryl Cole with her debut solo single Fight for This Love. The song also became the top-selling single of 2008 in the UK and the UK's Christmas 2008 number one. By January 2009, the single had sold over one million copies in the UK alone, a first for a British female soloist. Burke went on to release her Debut album, ''Overcome'', in 2009, which debuted at number-one on the UK Album Charts and spawned four number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart—"Hallelujah", "Bad Boys", selling over 780,000 in the UK and becoming a Platinum selling single, "All Night Long" and "Start Without You"—and the album became one of the most successful albums of that year in the UK, the singles released from the album earned her three BRIT Award nominations. The album also saw the release of UK top 10 hit, "Broken Heels" and "The Silence". In late 2010, Burke decided to release ''Overcome: Deluxe Edition''. ''Overcome'' and the six singles released from the album have sold over four million record in the UK alone. "Elephant" was released as Burke's comeback single in February 2012, which became a hit single, with a peak position of number three in the UK. "Let It Go" served as the second single and Burke's second album, ''Heartbreak on Hold'', was released in June 2012. Burke is heavily involved with charities and is a known supporter for ''No Child Born to Die'', ''Help for Heroes'' and ''The Royal British Legion'' and has been involved in two number-one charity singles on the UK and Irish Singles Charts, this includes "Hero" (2008) with her fellow ''X Factor Finalists'' and then again as part of a celebrity super group, Helping Haiti and released "Everybody Hurts" (2010), Burke thought that she was not doing enough for the Haitian people and travelled to Haiti to give them clothes and food.

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