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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 has signed a $3.5m (£2.4m) US record deal, her spokeswoman has confirmed. 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 became the first British female solo artist to sell a million copies of Hallelujah, her debut single, has agreed the deal with Epic. Burke, 20, who won the fifth series of X Factor in the UK in December, has agreed the deal with the Epic label.
The singer is flying out to the US to meet Simon Cowell and the rest of the team who will help with her launch. In the UK, she became the first British female solo artist to sell a million singles, with her debut Hallelujah.
Burke's X Factor predecessor Leona Lewis, who won the series in 2007, also signed a huge US deal. 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.
She has been working with the man who discovered singer Whitney Houston. 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.
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.
Burke took the title on the fifth series of The X Factor, after previously auditioning but failing to get through to the live shows.