Alexandra Burke hasn't been the X Factor winner a whole week and she's already breaking chart records.
Her winners' single, a cover of the Leonard Cohen clasic "Hallelujah", is the fastest-selling download single in European music history. On its first day of release, the track sold a mind-blowing 105,000 copies, zooming past the previous record-holder, Leona Lewis. Her debut, "A Moment Like This" brought in 82,000 copies in its first week.
She is now a certain lock for the UK Christmas number one, especially after the physical single is released on Wednesday. Retailer HMV has reportedly a large number of the CD in order to meet heavy demand. They have shown record-high sales of the download from their website.
Alexandra's closest competition appears to be Geraldine McQueen and her Gary Barlow-penned Christmas track "Once Upon A Christmas Song".
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