The X Factor winner Alexandra Burke's first single, a version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, is the fastest-selling download ever across Europe despite only being available since yesterday. Burke's ...

"X Factor" winner Alexandra Burke had her U.K. Christmas No. 1 single confirmed Sunday, as her version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" debuted at the top. By Paul Sexton, Billboard, The Associated ...

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The top two places on the Christmas singles chart have been taken by the same song for the first time. Hallelujah, recorded by X Factor winner Alexandra Burke, shot into number one. With 576,000 sales ...

Leonard Cohen's classic Hallelujah could be Christmas number one and two after Alexandra Burke's version went head to head with the famous cover by Jeff Buckley. The X Factor winner's debut single is ...

X Factor winner Alexandra’s debut single was the biggest selling single of 2008, and the very first Number 1 of 2009. Watch the official video for Alexandra’s version of Hallelujah before we take a ...

Fourteen years after his biggest sleeper hit was shaken from its slumber by Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen saw Hallelujah claim the No 1, No 2 and No 36 spots in the UK's Christmas top 40 yesterday. As ...

It was a double Hallelujah at the top of the charts today when X Factor winner Alexandra Burke won the battle for Christmas number one ahead of Jeff Buckley's version of the song. The talent show star ...

Buckley finished at number two on downloads - with sales of 81,000. Official Charts Company (OCC) managing director Martin Talbot said: "It is a particularly amazing week for Alexandra Burke who has ...

Burke sold another 311,000 copies last week to total 888,000 singles, including downloads and CDs, in the final two weeks of the year. Duffy's Rockferry was comfortably the biggest-selling album of ...

X FACTOR winner Alexandra Burke hated the song Hallelujah when she first heard it, she revealed last night... and feared it could lose her the competition. The singer, who will today top the Christmas ...