Alexandra Burke discography
.jpg) Burke performing in December 2010 |
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Singles | 6 | |
| ↙Music videos | 8 | |
The discography of British R&B and pop recording artist, which consists of one studio album, seven singles as a main artist, two as a featured artist and 9 music videos. All songs which have been released under the recording label of Sony BMG and Syco Music.
Alexandra made her debut in 2008 when she auditioned for British reality talent show, The X Factor during the fifth series, and ultimately won the show on December 12, 2008. During the series she dueted with Beyoncé Knowles on Knowles' "Listen". After winning the show, she instantly had a record deal with Sony BMG and Syco Music and released debut single, "Hallelujah". "Hallelujah" peaked at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart. The song became the current European record holder for single sales over a period of 24 hours, selling 105,000 copies in one day.[1] It was also the top-selling song of the year in the UK, and became the 2008 UK Christmas number one single. By January 2009, UK sales of Burke's version had passed one million copies, a first for a British female soloist.[2] The music video for the song was directed by Max and Dania who directed the charity single Burke released with fellow X Factor Finalists 2008, "Hero" which also charted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart.
Burke returned in late 2009 with follow up single, "Bad Boys" which featured vocals from American rapper, Flo Rida. She performed the song on the first live show of the sixth series of The X Factor. The R&B single debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart as well as Burke gaining international success with the single. "Bad Boys" went on to gain a Platinum certification and Burke was nominated for a BRIT Award, it was the second time Burke was nominated for the Best British Single, first time with "Hallelujah". In the UK, "Bad Boys" is the 18th Biggest Download of all time.[3]
She released her first debut album Overcome was released in October 2009. It was described as "edgy" and "beaty".[4] The album was said to resemble artists such as Rihanna or Lady Gaga.[4] Upon the release of the album, the album went straight to number one on the UK Albums Chart selling 132,065 in its first week. Its first-week numbers were the fourth largest first-week sales by a female artist in 2009 behind releases by Susan Boyle, Lily Allen and Leona Lewis and was the twenty-second best-selling album of 2009, and the forty-third best-selling album of 2010. The album spent 60 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified double platinum by The British Recorded Music Industry for shipments over 600,000 copies.[5] "Broken Heels" was released as the album third single and "All Night Long" featuring Pitbull as the fourth. "All Night Long" received a platinum certification and Burke was nominated for another BRIT Award in 2010. "Start Without You" was released in mid-2010 and the song went onto top the UK Singles Chart, "The Silence" was released as the final single from the album.
Burke began working on a second studio album in 2011 and has set a release for late 2012. The lead single "Elephant" featuring Erick Morillo is set for a release in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2012 through RCA Records.
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Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [6] |
AUT [7] |
BEL [8] |
GER [9] |
IRE [10] |
NLD [11] |
SCO [12] |
SWI [13] |
EU [14] |
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| Overcome |
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1 | 54 | 73 | 60 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 54 | 7 | |||
| TBA |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released | |||||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [6] |
AUT [7] |
BEL FLA [8] |
BEL WAL [8] |
GER [16] |
IRE [10] |
NLD [17] |
SCO [12] |
SWE [18] |
SWI [13] |
EU [19] |
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| "Hallelujah" | 2008 | 1 | 53 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 6 |
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Overcome |
| "Bad Boys" (featuring Flo Rida) |
2009 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
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| "Broken Heels" | 2010 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 3 | — | — | 26 | ||
| "All Night Long" (featuring Pitbull) |
4 | — | — | 7 | 60 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 57 | 60 | 14 | |||
| "Start Without You" (featuring Laza Morgan) |
1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 77 | 1 | — | — | 7 | |||
| "The Silence" | 16 | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | 10 | — | 66 | — | |||
| "Elephant" (featuring Erick Morillo) |
2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | |
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [6] |
AUT [7] |
GER [16] |
IRE [10] |
SWE [18] |
SWI [13] |
EU [19] |
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| "Hero" (with The X Factor Finalists 2008) |
2008 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 8 |
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Charity singles | ||||
| "Everybody Hurts" (with Helping Haiti) |
2010 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 4 | ||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Hero" | Max and Dania |
| "Hallelujah" | Max and Dania | |
| 2009 | "Bad Boys" | Bryan Barber |
| "Broken Heels" | Frank Borin | |
| 2010 | "Everybody Hurts" | Joseph Kahn |
| "All Night Long" | Dale "Rage" Resteghini | |
| "Start Without You" | Max and Dania | |
| "The Silence" | Nzingha Stewart | |
| 2012 | "Elephant" | Amit & Naroop |
References
- ^ Schmidt, Veronica (16 December 2008). "X Factor's Alexandra Burke breaks Leona Lewis record". London: The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5351941.ece. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
- ^ "Alexandra is first million-seller". BBC News. 9 January 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7820786.stm.
- ^ "Radio 1 - The Official Chart with Reggie Yates - Top 100 Downloads of All Time". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/downloads. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
- ^ a b Hardy, Alex (2009-10-17). "Alexandra Burke: Overcome". The Times (London: Times Newspapers Ltd.). http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6874092.ece. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
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- ^ a b c "UK Charts > Alexandra Burke". Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/alexandra%20burke/. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ a b c "Austrian Charts > Alexandra Burke" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alexandra+Burke. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ a b c "Belgium (Flanders) Charts > Alexandra Burke". ultratop.be/nl Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alexandra+Burke. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Burke, Alexandra / Longplay" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Burke%2CAlexandra/?type=longplay. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ a b c d "Irish Charts > Alexandra Burke". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alexandra+Burke. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ "Dutch Charts > Alexandra Burke" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alexandra+Burke. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ a b "Scottish Charts> Alexandra Burke" (in English). Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all-the-number-one-albums-list/_/2009/. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
- ^ a b c "Swiss Charts > Alexandra Burke" (in German). hitparade.ch Hung Medien. http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alexandra+Burke. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ "European Albums Chart > Week of November 7, 2009". Billboard Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/european-albums?chartDate=2009-11-07. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ a b c "BPI > Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
- ^ a b "Chartverfolgung / Burke, Alexandra / Single" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Burke%2CAlexandra/?type=single. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ http://www.top40.nl/search.aspx?keyword=Alexandra_Burke&jaar=undefined&maand=undefined&week=undefined#
- ^ a b "Swedish Charts > Alexandra Burke". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alexandra+Burke. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ a b "Artist Chart History > Alexandra Burke > European Hot 100". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/alexandra-burke/chart-history/1058541. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx
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