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The X Factor is an American television singing talent show. It was broadcast annually from 2011 until 2013. The winners and finalists of the seasons have seen varied levels of success with musical releases.
| Artist | Season | Position in show | Song title | U.S. release date | U.S. peak chart position | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melanie Amaro | 1 | Winner | "Don't Fail Me Now" / "Love Me Now" | September 18, 2012 | DNC | |
| "Long Distance" | December 3, 2012 | |||||
| Josh Krajcik | Runner-up | "One Thing She'll Never Know" | November 29, 2012 | |||
| "Back Where We Belong" | March 5, 2013 | |||||
| Chris Rene | 3rd | "Young Homie" | March 13, 2012 | 101 | [1] | |
| "Trouble" | June 26, 2012 | DNC | ||||
| "Rockin' with You" | October 9, 2012 | |||||
| Marcus Canty | 4th | "Won't Make a Fool Out of You" | March 7, 2012 | |||
| "In & Out" | July 31, 2012 | |||||
| "Used by You" | December 11, 2012 | |||||
| Rachel Crow | 5th | "Mean Girls" | June 26, 2012 | |||
| Drew | 6th | "Illuminate Me" | April 7, 2014 | |||
| LeRoy Bell | 8th | "One More Chance" | October 1, 2012 | |||
| Lakoda Rayne | 9th | "Emergency Brake" | September 18, 2012 | |||
| Fletcher | 9th (As part of Lakoda Rayne) | "Undrunk" | January 25, 2019 | 61 | ||
| Stacy Francis | 10th | "Purple Rain" | May 29, 2012 | DNC | ||
| "I Am the Change" | August 7, 2012 | |||||
| Simone Battle | 13th (joint) | "He Likes Boys" | October 28, 2012 | |||
| "Wild Wild Love" | March 18, 2014 | 30 | ||||
| "Ugly Heart" | June 3, 2014 | 107 | ||||
| The Brewer Boys | 13th (joint) | "The Christmas Song / Mistletoe" | October 1, 2012 | DNC | ||
| Tiah Tolliver | 13th (joint) | "I" | June 19, 2012 | |||
| Tate Stevens | 2 | Winner | "Power of a Love Song" | March 12, 2013 | ||
| Fifth Harmony | 3rd | "Miss Movin' On" | June 15, 2013 | 76 | [2] | |
| "Boss" | July 8, 2014 | 43 | [2] | |||
| "Sledgehammer" | October 28, 2014 | 40 | [2] | |||
| "Worth It" | March 3, 2015 | 12 | [2] | |||
| "Work from Home" | February 26, 2016 | 4 | [2] | |||
| "All in My Head (Flex)" | July 9, 2016 | 24 | [2] | |||
| "That's My Girl" | September 27, 2016 | 73 | [3] | |||
| "Down" | June 2, 2017 | 42 | [4] | |||
| "He Like That" | September 19, 2017 | DNC | ||||
| Camila Cabello | 3rd (As part of Fifth Harmony) | "I Know What You Did Last Summer" | November 18, 2015 | 20 | ||
| "Bad Things" | October 14, 2016 | 4 | ||||
| "Crying in the Club" | May 19, 2017 | 47 | ||||
| "Havana" | August 6, 2017 | 1 | ||||
| "Never Be the Same" | December 7, 2017 | 6 | ||||
| "Sangria Wine" | May 18, 2018 | 83 | ||||
| "Consequences" | October 9, 2018 | 51 | ||||
| "Mi Persona Favorita" | March 28, 2019 | DNC | ||||
| "Find U Again" | May 30, 2019 | 102 | ||||
| "Señorita" | June 21, 2019 | 1 | ||||
| "South of the Border" | July 12, 2019 | 49 | ||||
| "Shameless" | September 5, 2019 | 60 | ||||
| "Liar" | September 5, 2019 | 52 | ||||
| "Cry for Me" | October 4, 2019 | 115 | ||||
| "Easy" | October 11, 2019 | 110 | ||||
| "Living Proof" | November 15, 2019 | DNC | ||||
| "My Oh My" | January 6, 2020 | 12 | ||||
| "First Man " | June 21, 2020 | 94 | ||||
| Lauren Jauregui | "Back to Me" | December 9, 2016 | DNC | |||
| "Strangers" | May 26, 2017 | 100 | [5] | |||
| Ally Brooke | "Look At Us Now" | June 9, 2017 | DNC | |||
| "Perfect" | January 26, 2018 | |||||
| "Low Key" | January 31, 2018 | 118 | ||||
| Dinah Jane | "Boom Boom" | October 20, 2017 | DNC | |||
| "Bottled Up" | September 21, 2018 | |||||
| Normani | "Love Lies" | February 14, 2018 | 9 | |||
| "Dancing with a Stranger" | January 11, 2019 | 7 | ||||
| "Motivation" | August 16, 2019 | 33 | ||||
| Emblem3 | 4th | "Chloe (You're the One I Want)" | April 16, 2013 | 93 | [6] | |
| "3000 Miles" | October 8, 2013 | DNC | ||||
| Vino Alan | 7th | "My Summer" | May 22, 2013 | |||
| Bea Miller | 9th | Young Blood | June 30, 2014 | 105 | ||
| Fire n Gold | April 28, 2015 | 78 | ||||
| Yes Girl | May 20, 2016 | DNC | ||||
| "Song Like You" | February 24, 2017 | |||||
| "S.L.U.T" | October 6, 2017 | |||||
| LYRIC 145 | 12th | "I Get It" | February 10, 2013 | |||
| David Correy | 14th (joint) | "One More Chance" | July 4, 2013 | |||
| "Show Me" | July 16, 2013 | |||||
| Alex & Sierra | 3 | Winner | "Scarecrow" | September 17, 2014 | 117 | |
| Kane Brown | 4 Chair Challenge | "Used to Love You Sober" | October 3, 2015 | 82 | ||
| "What Ifs" | February 6, 2017 | 26 | ||||
| "Heaven" | November 15, 2017 | 15 | ||||
| "Lose It" | June 25, 2018 | 28 | ||||
| "Good As You" | January 7, 2019 | 36 | ||||
| "Saturday Nights" | January 11, 2019 | 57 | ||||
| "One Thing Right" | June 19, 2019 | 32 | ||||
| "Homesick" | August 5, 2019 | 35 |
| Artist | Season | Position in show | Album title | Release date | U.S. peak chart position | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Krajcik | 1 | 2nd | Josh Krajcik | November 29, 2012 | 140 | |
| Blindly, Lonely, Lovely | April 2, 2013 | 140 | ||||
| Chris Rene | 3rd | I'm Right Here | October 2, 2012 | 55 | ||
| Marcus Canty | 4th | This...Is Marcus Canty | March 5, 2013 | 114 | ||
| Rachel Crow | 5th | Rachel Crow | June 26, 2012 | 114 | ||
| Drew | 6th | Hello It's Me | December 17, 2012 | DNC | ||
| LeRoy Bell | 8th | Traces | February 28, 2012 | DNC | ||
| Rock 'N Soul | February 1, 2013 | DNC | ||||
| Fletcher (singer) Fletcher | 9th (as part of Lakota Rayne) | Girl of My Dreams | 15 | |||
| In Search of the Antidot | 36 | |||||
| Tate Stevens | 2 | 1st | Tate Stevens | April 23, 2013 | 18 | |
| Carly Rose Sonenclar | 2nd | Wild | September 10, 2020 | DNC | ||
| Fifth Harmony | 3rd | Better Together | October 18, 2013 | 6 | ||
| Reflection | January 30, 2015 | 5 | ||||
| 7/27 | May 27, 2016 | 4 | ||||
| Fifth Harmony | August 25, 2017 | 4 | ||||
| Camila Cabello | 3rd (As part of Fifth Harmony) | Camila | January 12, 2018 | 1 | ||
| Romance | December 6, 2019 | 3 | ||||
| Familia | April 8, 2022 | 10 | ||||
| Emblem3 | 4th | Nothing to Lose | July 30, 2013 | 7 | ||
| Bea Miller | 9th | Young Blood (EP) | April 22, 2014 | 64 | ||
| Not an Apology | July 24, 2015 | 7 | ||||
| Alex & Sierra | 3 | 1st | It's About Us | October 7, 2014 | 8 | |
| As Seen on TV | September 30, 2016 | 184 | ||||
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