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Burke signs $3.5m US record deal | Burke signs $3.5m US record deal |
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X Factor winner Alexandra Burke is to launch her career in the US after signing a $3.5m (£2.4m) record deal. | |
Burke, 20, who won the fifth series of X Factor in the UK in December, has agreed the deal with the Epic label. | |
In the UK, she became the first British female solo artist to sell a million singles, with her debut Hallelujah. | |
She is flying to the US to work with Simon Cowell on her launch. Burke's X Factor predecessor Leona Lewis has enjoyed huge success in the US. | |
Lewis, who won the talent series in 2007, also signed a huge US deal and has been working with the man who discovered singer Whitney Houston. Clive Davis, 74, also mentored Alicia Keys and Justin Timberlake. | |
In April 2008, Lewis became the first UK female solo artist to go straight to number one in the US album chart. | In April 2008, Lewis became the first UK female solo artist to go straight to number one in the US album chart. |