Alexandra Burke Overcomes Houston To Debut at No.1
Date: 10/26/09 | Newsroom
Filed under: R&B News, Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Burke reached out and overcame intense competition on the UK Albums chart this week.
Burke beat out both Michael Buble and Whitney Houston, topping the albums chart with a strong 132, 065 copies of her post 'The X-Factor' debut disc "Overcome" moved.
Led by the hit single "Bad Boys," Burke's "Overcome" beat its closest competitor, Michael Buble's "Crazy Love," by over 50,000 copies (78,006).
In related UK Albums Chart news, Whitney Houston's "I Look To You," which debuted in the UK nearly two months after its U.S. release, arrived at no.3 with 51,632 copies sold.
Fleetwood Mac, Chipmunk, Paloma Faith, and Vera Lynn round out this week's UK Albums charting top 10.
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Whitney's on-line (pre-) orders were very high from the UK since the album debuted in the US on August 31. None of us avid Whitney fans could wait for the UK debut considering it was available via mail. I still wish Alexandra the very best. She is an amazing talent, and I think I may really be able to follow her closely. Like Whitney, she has powerful magnetic energy that pulls me in. Go Ladies, go!
Good for her but Whitney's album went number one in many other parts of the world. So most of the uk already had access to the album.
Glad to see a British artist at the top! I like Whitney but I feel lets give young Alexandra a chance. Well done little princess!