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The X Factor is an American television singing talent show broadcast from 2011 until 2013. The winners and finalists of the seasons have had varied levels of success with their careers.
| 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 Ryniewicz | 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 | ||||
| "Don't Go Yet" | July 23, 2021 | 42 | ||||
| "Bam Bam" | March 4, 2022 | 21 | ||||
| "Psychofreak" | April 8, 2022 | 75 | ||||
| "I Luv It" | March 27, 2024 | 81 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| "Wild Side" | July 16, 2021 | 14 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| I Wanna Know | March 16, 2018 | |||||
| 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 Ryniewicz | 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 | 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 | ||||
| C,XOXO | June 28, 2024 | 13 | ||||
| Normani | 3rd (As part of Fifth Harmony) | Dopamine | June 14, 2024 | 91 | ||
| 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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