Sam Bailey gets Christmas #1, sells only 149K copies of Skyscraper. Second lowest X Factor winner’s single debut! She will support Beyonce on ONLY 1 UK tour date.
X Factor winner Sam Bailey could release her album as early as March 2014
X Factor winner Sam Bailey is to begin working on her album next month and it is hoped it will be in the shops by the end of March – the fastest turnaround since the ITV talent show began.
Record bosses are hoping it will be ready for Mother’s Day, on the final weekend of that month, to capitalise on her popularity following her win last night.
The star has now signed a deal with show boss Simon Cowell’s company Syco as part of her prize for triumphing in the contest and she had already issued a digital version of her single Skyscraper.
A spokesman for Syco said: “Sam Bailey is to sign to Syco Music after securing more than a million votes to win the X Factor.
“Sam, 36, will go into the recording studio next month to begin recording her debut album.”
Read more: The Mirror
‘It’s been tough… Craig has held the fort for so long’: Sam Bailey hopes Christmas will bring marriage ‘back up to what it was’ as she prepares to renew vows
Spending months away from home, working hard on The X Factor, seems to have taken its toll on Sam Bailey’s ten-year marriage.
The 36-year-old, who was crowned the show’s winner on Sunday evening, hopes to use her time off over the festive period to rekindle her relationship with husband Craig, she has told The Sun.
‘It’s been tough. Craig has held the fort for so long… but he wants me back now. I’ve got all of Christmas off. That’s going to bring it back up to what it was,’ she said.
Read more: Daily Mail
That’s her goal! Sam Bailey performs first gig since winning X Factor at a football ground… and finally spends time with her beloved family
She’s just been crowned the winner of X Factor 2013 and on Tuesday, Sam Bailey was back to doing what she does best as she performed her first gig since the final on Sunday.
The stunning star performed on the pitch in the rain at the Capital One Cup quarter-final between Leicester City and Manchester City on Tuesday.
Sam is a huge fan of the sport and lives locally in Leicester Forest East, so no doubt it was an honour for her to perform at her hometown club’s King Power stadium at half-time.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘She’s a fat mum in a jumpsuit’: Outspoken Katie Hopkins slams Sam Bailey following X Factor triumph
Her vitriolic outbursts have already led to a heated TV debate with Peaches Geldof, and now Katie Hopkins has taken aim at another unsuspecting victim – X Factor winner Sam Bailey.
The former Apprentice UK contestant was one of millions to watch Sam win a one-sided head-to-head with Scottish teen Nicholas McDonald on the final of the show on Sunday night.
But while many championed the former prison warden for a series of consistent performances last weekend – amongst them a stirring duet with Nicole Scherzinger – Katie has waded in with a string of insults.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘She’s not going to bring me down’: Sam Bailey stands tall after media meanie Katie Hopkins calls her a ‘fat mum in a jumpsuit’
Sam Bailey’s riding high after her X Factor win on Sunday and it seems even mean jibes from media meanie Katie Hopkins won’t even get her down.
The singer said: ‘If [Hopkins] wants to go round slating people then that’s her prerogative; if that’s what she likes doing then that’s fine. It’s not gonna bring me down.’
Former reality TV contestant Katie Hopkins wrote in her column for Best: ‘The X Factor 2013 has ended in a painful showdown between a fat mum in a jumpsuit and a small boy in whatever his mum laid out for him on his bed.’
Read more: Daily Mail
Finally! Sam Bailey eventually hears from new boss Simon Cowell THREE days after winning X Factor in ‘surreal’ phone call
She might have been left wondering whether it had all been a dream, as X Factor winner Sam Bailey still hadn’t received that call from new boss Simon Cowell three days after winning the competition.
Although on Wednesday she could breathe a sigh of relief as Simon did finally call, even calling the singer a ‘babe’.
In an interview with The Mirror the X Factor winner Sam called the phone call with Simon a ‘surreal’ experience.
Read more: Daily Mail
X Factor’s Sam Bailey will miss almost all of Beyonce’s tour dates
X Factor winner Sam Bailey won’t be appearing alongside Beyonce for most of next year’s tour.
It was revealed in the run to the weekend’s final last week that this year’s champ would support Beyonce on the UK leg of her new tour next Spring.
But it seems that no one on The X Factor actually thought the idea through that much, as the Beyonce tour clashes with the X Factor live tour.
For example, when Beyonce is playing the O2 on March 1, the X Factor tour is hundreds of miles away in Glasgow.
It means that Sam will barely be appearing with Beyonce, with priority being given to the X Factor’s live stage show when dates clash.
Read more: TellyMix
Sam Bailey: Can the X Factor winner last beyond the show?
We’re just going to say it: this year’s X Factor wasn’t a golden year. By that, we mean there was no Leona, no Olly, no Alexandra, Little Mix or even a Wagner or Jedward. With the exception of Tamera Foster – who has all the components of a brilliant popstar but hasn’t quite worked out how they fit together yet – there wasn’t a whole lot to get excited about with this year’s lineup.
But it would be cruel to label the winner Sam Bailey as the best of a bad bunch. She does, without question, have a fantastic voice that was able to cope with the tired and limiting themes it was hit with each week; including disco, songs from films and, worst of all, ‘Best of X Factor’. From week one, she was the act you could depend on for a great vocal performance and as such the only one worth tuning in for.
But she didn’t enter The Voice. She entered (and won) a show where the voice is just part of the package. Where looks, personality and ‘star quality’ are also vital components of what it means to have the X Factor. And in Sam’s case, the only trait she’s missing is the star quality bit – the thing that can’t be taught, PR’d or phoned in with glossy production. So what are her chances at a long-term career post-show?
Read more: Digital Spy
Now that’s a winner’s welcome! Sam Bailey is met by hordes of fans as she signs copies of single Skyscraper in hometown
She clearly has a lot of fans after winning this years X Factor with over a million votes.
And on Thursday Sam Bailey got the chance to meet a fair few of them as she attended a signing for her winner’s single Skyscraper in Leicester.
The 36-year-old looked utterly thrilled as she sat down to meet and greet the proud people from her hometown, who queued for hours in the cold for the honour.
Read more: Daily Mail
X Factor winner Sam Bailey unveils video for debut single Skyscraper (just in time for the Christmas Number 1 spot)
She may have won the X Factor just one week ago, but the world of pop music clearly waits for no man – or woman.
Less than seven days after Sam Bailey triumphed in the ITV talent series, the official music video for her debut single Skyscraper has already been unveiled.
Conveniently, the video’s release comes just days before Christmas, when singers – and their labels – place particular emphasis on the coveted Number One spot.
Read more: Daily Mail
An Xmas treat for X Factor winner Sam Bailey
SAM Bailey says the best thing about winning X Factor will be spending Christmas Day with her kids instead of prison inmates.
The former prison officer, 36, said: “I’ve worked Christmas Day for the last three years so it’s amazing to be able to spend it this year as a family.
“I would normally have to leave about 11am and wouldn’t get back until about 9.15pm.
“So this year I’m going to make the most of opening the presents with the kids and eating Christmas dinner with the family that the hubby will cook.”
In previous years Sam and husband Craig Pearson have had to scrimp and save to treat Brooke, eight, and Tommy, four, to presents.
Read more: Daily Star
He’s BUST-ed! Sam Bailey’s husband Craig Pearson stocks up on sexy underwear for the X Factor winner after ‘three-month sex ban’
X Factor winner, Sam Bailey recently vowed to end a three-month long sex ban between her and her husband of 10 years, 40-year-old Craig Pearson.
And it looks as if the singer has stayed true to her word as her beau was pictured stocking up on sexy underwear at Boux Avenue in London’s Westfield shopping centre on December 14.
Craig seemed particularly enamoured with some of the lacy bras on offer as well as a black mesh baby-doll outfit which had hot pink suspender straps hanging from it.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘It’s the icing on the cake!’ X Factor winner Sam Bailey’s debut single Skyscraper is named the Christmas number one
Sam Bailey has secured the Christmas number one spot with her debut single Skyscraper.
The X Factor winner outsold her closest competitor, Pharrell Williams and his track Happy, by an astonishing two copies to one.
And, after selling 149,000 copies of her song, Sam is also the proud owner of one of the fastest-selling singles of the year.
Read more: Daily Mail
I felt betrayed by Louis and Gary never liked me: X Factor loser Nicholas McDonald hits out at judges
The X Factor runner-up Nicholas McDonald has criticised judges Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh over their treatment of him in the final.
The 17-year-old has accused Take That singer Barlow of ‘not liking’ him after he was the only one of the four judges to refuse him a standing ovation for his performance.
The Scots schoolboy was also ‘disappointed’ by his own mentor, after Walsh urged viewers to vote for his rival, winner Sam Bailey.
The judges’ actions were met with fury by family and fans of the singer, known as Nicky, with his mother Eileen branding them unprofessional.
However Nicholas said he was not disappointed to have lost out to 36-year-old prison officer Sam Bailey, because it means he will be able to return home to Scotland for Christmas.
Read more: Daily Mail
It’s perfume wars! Lady Gaga and One Direction go head to head for the UK’s fragrance number one
With just days to go, the battle for the coveted Christmas number one spot is hotting up with One Direction and Lady Gaga slugging it out for the title.
But this is one battle that has nothing to do with music – instead, the pop titans are going to war over perfume sales.
Currently in the lead is the British boyband, whose Our Moment fragrance is currently outselling every other celebrity perfume by five to one.
Read more: Daily Mail
One Direction have now got their own ‘eyewear’ (spectacles) range
One Direction have launched their own range of glasses in association with Vision Express.
No seriously. That’s a pair of them to your right.
The spectacles are for girls aged six to 11 and are named after the band members and specific song titles.
Apparently there are eight different styles featuring “metal and plastic frames in red, lavender, purple, brown and burgundy tones.”
Source: Popjustice
One Direction are boosting the UK’s world role – Sir John Major
The worldwide success of One Direction has increased “trust” in British diplomacy, former Prime Minister Sir John Major has argued.
He told a parliamentary committee the fame enjoyed by the boyband and musical acts such as Susan Boyle and Adele was boosting the country’s “soft power”.
Sir John also praised Downton Abbey, Premier League football and the Royal Family for their global roles.
He said few countries enjoyed such a cultural advantage.
Read more: BBC
Reaching new musical heights: One Direction stand on the edge of Tower Bridge to film death-defying new music video
Normally the sight of people standing on the edge of a bridge is a cause for panic, but not for these five lads on Saturday night.
One Direction were filming scenes for their new music video on Tower Bridge, where they balanced on the side of the upper tier which links the two towers of the famous suspension bridge.
Thankfully they were strapped into some harnesses to prevent them falling in a vertical direction.
Read more: Daily Mail
One Direction 2014 tour will top $1 billion
ONE Direction are set to smash another record – by launching the world’s first $1billion tour.
Huge ticket sales for next year’s Where We Are stadium tour have put them on track to surpass rock gods U2 and The Rolling Stones by becoming the first act to break the billion dollar mark (£610million) in a single year.
If that wasn’t enough, 1D are also set to eclipse U2’s record for average tour attendance which stands at 66,110 for their 2009-2011, 110-show 360° Tour.
U2 and the Stones currently hold the top two spots for onthe-road earnings, raking in £467million and £341million for their 360° and Bigger Bang tours.
Harry, Louis, Liam, Zayn and Niall already have 88 dates booked for 2014 at some of the biggest stadiums in Europe, South America and the US.
Venues that hold 80,000 plus concertgoers have already sold out across the US, as have others across South America and Europe.
Read more: Daily Star
One Direction smash UK record for biggest first day sales of any music DVD, ever!
One Direction are continuing to break new ground in the lead up to Christmas 2013 – storming to an all-time speed record with sales of their new video release This Is Us.
1D’s documentary/live movie This Is Us sold 170,000 DVD/Blu-ray copies in its first day of release in the UK yesterday (Thursday) – the biggest first day sales for any music DVD/Blu-ray in UK chart history.
The incredible launch compares to previous fastest starts for Michael Jackson’s This Is It (which sold 109,000 copies in its first two days on sale in February 2010) and Take That’s The Circus Live (which sold 95,000 in its first two days in November 2009). By the time the weekly chart is finalised on Sunday, One Direction’s This Is Us could even challenge Jacko’s This Is It’s first week record of 260,000 – based on just three days of sales.
This Is Us is also currently leading the overall video/DVD market for the week – after just 24 hours on sale it is already on course for Number 1 in the Official Video Chart this weekend, beating off competition in what is traditionally the biggest week of the year from Despicable Me 2, The Croods, Man Of Steel and the Manchester United Class Of 92 release.
Read more: The Official Charts Company
From Paris with love: Perrie Edwards wears a black faux-fur pillbox hat to Disneyland with Little Mix
She may have been in Paris, but Little Mix had gone for more Russian styling to visit Disneyland with her band Little Mix.
The popstar wore a faux-fur pillbox hat, to go with her black jumpsuit and boots, worn under a white coat for a cool monochrome effect.
Perrie was accompanied by her equally stylish bandmates Jade Thirlwall, Jesy Nelson and Leigh-Anne Pinnock to the Magical Kingdom as part of a charity trip with the Carers Trust.
Read more: Daily Mail
Little Mix get in touch with their serious sides for empowering and emotional Little Me video
They can usually be found bounding around the stage to one of their upbeat hits.
But for their new video Little Me, Little Mix are seen channelling their serious sides.
The girl – Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall – are seen sitting in a dilapidated building as they belt out the lyrics to the track, which is both emotional and empowering.
Read more: Daily Mail
Leona Lewis Studio Session: Watch ‘One More Sleep’ Performance and Q&A
The British songstress stopped by for a pair of holiday performances before discussing her next full-length.
Leona Lewis has been getting in the holiday spirit lately: her debut Christmas album, “Christmas, With Love,” arrived earlier this month through Syco/RCA Records, and on Thursday night (Dec. 19), the U.K. singer will bring her festive new single “One More Sleep” to the “X Factor” finale. Earlier this month, Lewis brought the song — as well as a few backup vocalists and some cheerful choreography — to the Billboard studios in New York for a performance and Q&A about “Christmas, With Love.”
Read more: Billboard
Frugal fashion! Leona Lewis wears the same silver sequinned dress for UK and US TV appearances
X Factor winner Leona Lewis capped a successful year with a performance on America’s Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Friday.
The British star, who is one of Simon Cowell’s biggest exports, took to the stage in a silver sequined floor-length dress to sing tracks from her new Christmas album, With Love.
But it wasn’t the first time Leona had worn the metallic number, as she had it on when performing on This Morning a week earlier.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘It’s a dream come true for me’: Marvin Humes talks about his new gig as the Big Top 40! Chart show host and his international DJing career
JLS may have come to an end, but it’s just the beginning for Marvin Humes and his international DJing career.
The former popstar – who shot to fame with Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams and JB Gill on The X Factor – is now the new host for the Vodafone Big Top 40! Chart Show.
Talking to Mail Online about his new gig, Marvin, 28, said ‘it’s a dream come true’.
Read more: Daily Mail
X Factor’s Ella Henderson set to finally launch her album in 2014
Well after a year since appearing on The X Factor and Ella Henderson is finally set to launch her album.
The teenage singer proved a favourite on the 2012 series ever after her original audition, singing one of her own songs.
However, Ella was eliminated in a surprise bottom two sing-off against eventual winner James Arthur, much to the anger of the judges.
Since then Ella has become rather quiet, deciding to work on her record rather than rushing a release.
“It’s been an absolutely whirlwind, my feet haven’t touched the ground,” Ella said of the past twelve months. “I’ve been writing since March, I’ve been to LA, New York, London to record.
“It’s surreal and ridiculous.”
Read more: TellyMix
‘Not bad for 57’: Has X Factor’s Wagner signalled the beginning of the end for selfies after sharing topless snap?
Synonymous with stars wanting to show off their trim figures and update fans on their glamorous lifestyles, selfies have become routine for the social media savvy.
However a new face has jumped on the revealing selfie bandwagon in the form of X Factor’s Wagner, who shared a topless picture with his fans on Thursday.
The fun-loving Brazilian took to Twitter wearing just a pair of navy swimming trunks, as he posed in front in a mirror.
Read more: Daily Mail
Not bad for 57… pic.twitter.com/NCqCeZCNAS
— Wagner (@wagnermusic) December 19, 2013
Nicole Scherzinger to front UK fashion brand Missguided – meaning we can afford to look like her
Most women would love to look like Nicole Scherzinger, and pretty soon you’ll be able to… well, sort of.
I mean, you’re not going to turn in to a bronzed Hawaiian goddess with the waist of an infant but you can at least steal a little bit of Scherzy style.
The singer and X Factor judge, 35, is being lined up to front a new fashion range.
British brand Missguided has been chatting to Nicole about getting her own line.
A source says: “Missguided think she could be great for the brand and fashion is something she wants to get into.”
Read more: Daily Mirror
Simon Cowell returns to X Factor after signing £25 million deal making him the highest paid entertainer ever
Simon Cowell will return to the UK X Factor in a deal that will make him the highest paid entertainer ever, according to reports.
The deal – which will also see him remain with Britain’s Got Talent – will last for three years, apparently.
The Sun claims that the deal will only be final when Cowell is released from his contract with the US version of the singing show, though it’s unlikely the US X Factor will be cancelled as despite its declining ratings, it’s still a steady performer and relatively cheap to produce.
If that happens, the paper claims that Cowell will receive just half the amount due to a clause in the contract, which still works out at a healthy £4.15 million a year.
Last month Cowell inked a deal to ensure that both shows would return to ITV until at least 2016 in a deal worth a reported £150m.
Read more: Daily Mirror
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Irish Charts
Singles
1 Sam Bailey – Skyscraper
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6 One Direction – Story of My Life
14 Gary Barlow – Let Me Go
16 Little Mix – Move
19 Leona Lewis – One More Sleep
37 Rebecca Ferguson – I Hope
41 James Arthur – Recovery
46 One Direction – Best Song Ever
63 One Direction – Midnight Memories
75 Gary Barlow – Face to Face (feat. Elton John)
76 Little Mix – Little Me
Albums
1 One Direction – Midnight Memories
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2 Gary Barlow – Since I Saw You Last
6 Robbie Williams – Swings Both Ways (features Olly Murs and Kelly Clarkson)
18 Olly Murs – Right Place, Right Time
19 James Arthur – James Arthur
20 One Direction – Up All Night
22 Little Mix – Salute
26 One Direction – Take Me Home
41 Rebecca Ferguson – Freedom
45 Leona Lewis – Christmas, With Love
Top 10 Music DVDs
1 One Direction – This Is Us
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The Official Charts
Singles
1 Sam Bailey – Skyscraper (148,853 copies)
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3 Leona Lewis – One More Sleep (44,642 copies) – 95,126 copies in 3 weeks
10 One Direction – Story of My Life (24,376) – 305,625 total
11 Gary Barlow – Let Me Go
19 Little Mix – Move
30 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree (10,791 copies) – 18,726 total
32 Rebecca Ferguson – I Hope
39 Little Mix – Little Me (9,080)
61 James Arthur – Recovery
62 One Direction – Midnight Memories
68 One Direction – Best Song Ever
73 Olly Murs – Dear Darlin’
75 Olly Murs – Hand on Heart
80 Gary Barlow – Face to Face (feat. Elton John)
Albums
1 Robbie Williams – Swings Both Ways (features Olly Murs and Kelly Clarkson) (126,330 copies) – 535,527 copies in 5 weeks
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2 One Direction – Midnight Memories (126,146 copies) – 608,932 copies in 4 weeks! – 2 X PLATINUM
3 Gary Barlow – Since I Saw You Last (116,730 copies)
4 Olly Murs – Right Place, Right Time (98,249 copies) – 1,130,446 total
15 Leona Lewis – Christmas, With Love (34,608 copies) – 87,239 copies in 3 weeks
17 Rebecca Ferguson – Freedom
19 Little Mix – Salute
21 James Arthur – James Arthur
45 JLS – Goodbye The Greatest Hits
49 One Direction – Up All Night
50 One Direction – Take Me Home
94 Union J – Union J
95 Little Mix – DNA
Official Video Chart Top 40
1 One Direction – This Is Us
Sam Bailey scores Xmas No.1 with 148k sales: Official Charts Analysis
SINGLES
Barely a week after winning The X Factor, Leicester prisoner officer/housewife Sam Bailey also wins the battle for the Christmas number one, debuting in pole position with her cover of Demi Lovato’s hit, Skyscraper, while Lovato’s original – a number seven hit last year – re-enters at number 37 (9,213 sales).
It is the 10th time in as many seasons that the winner’s coronation single has reached number one – but only the sixth time that an X Factor act has had the Christmas number one.
Although selling well over twice as many copies as runner-up Pharrell Williams’ Happy, Bailey’s debut came with sales of just 148,853 – a modest introductory total for an X Factor coronation single. The only one to sell fewer copies on its debut was the very first – Steve Brookstein’s version of Phil Collins’ Against All Odds. The full list of X Factor coronation singles, and their first week sales is as follows:
Read more: Music Week
