Alexandra Burke gets Christmas number one

The X Factor winner prayed she would get to number one this Christmas and her prayers have been answered. Alexandra Burke's debut single Hallelujah sold over half a million copies and became the fastest-selling female solo artist ever. Despite her win on the talent show it was not a certain that her version would make the top spot. There was a massive online campaign to stop an X Factor winner getting the festive top spot again. In fact, the anti X movement was so strong that the late Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah is now at number two - selling 80,000 copies through downloads alone. And in another twist - there is a third Hallelujah in the charts - Leonard Cohen's original version made it to number 36. Burke said: "I'm hoping that we come up with an amazing album and I'm just ready to be creative, you know. "I'm ready for that opportunity to just speak and just be so creative now and just get on with it and have the best time ever."

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ITN | December 22, 2008

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