The X Factor is a British television singing talent series. It was broadcast from 2004 to 2018. The winners, runners-up and other contestants of the show have seen varied levels of success, but have gone on to produce a total of 42 number ones and numerous UK chart hits. Sales figures show that artists from the show have sold around 30 million singles and over 18 million albums. [1] One Direction have sold more than 65 million records worldwide, [2] making them the most successful act to have ever appeared on any country's version of The X Factor and one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
The first eleven winners of the show—Steve Brookstein, Shayne Ward, Leona Lewis, Leon Jackson, Alexandra Burke, Joe McElderry, Matt Cardle, Little Mix, James Arthur, Sam Bailey and Ben Haenow—reached the top spot with their winner's singles, whilst 2015 winner Louisa Johnson only reached number 9, 2016 winner Matt Terry reached number 3, 2017 winners Rak-Su reached number 2, and 2018 winner Dalton Harris reached number 4. The winning contestant's single from 2004 to 2010 (and again in 2013 and 2014) was released in time for the end-of-year chart battle for the UK's Christmas number one, a spot which was gained in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014. Brookstein and McElderry both instead claimed the New Year's number one spot a week later in 2004 and 2009 respectively, while Little Mix achieved the top spot a week earlier in 2011. In 2012, Arthur achieved the number one spot a week earlier as well, but also claimed the New Year's number one spot, making him the first (and currently only) winner to regain the top spot on the charts. [3]
In 2008, the contestants from the fifth series released a cover version of Mariah Carey's "Hero" to raise money for the charity Help for Heroes; the single charted at number one in the United Kingdom. In 2009, the contestants of that year released a cover of Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone", in 2010, they released a cover of David Bowie's "Heroes", and in 2011 they released a cover of "Wishing on a Star" featuring former boyband contestants JLS and One Direction. The process was discontinued in 2012, although all winner's singles since 2012 have been released as charity singles.
| Artist | Series | Position in show | Song title | UK release date | UK peak chart position | UK certification award | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Brookstein | 1 | Winner | "Against All Odds" | 20 December 2004 | 1 | Silver | [4] |
| "Fighting Butterflies" | 2 October 2006 | DNC | — | ||||
| G4 | Runners-up | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 14 March 2005 | 9 | [5] | ||
| Shayne Ward | 2 | Winner | "That's My Goal" | 21 December 2005 | 1 | Platinum | [6] |
| "No Promises" | 10 April 2006 | 2 | Silver | [6] | |||
| "Stand by Me" | 10 July 2006 | 14 | Silver | [6] | |||
| "No U Hang Up"/"If That's OK with You" | 24 September 2007 | 2 | Silver | [6] | |||
| "Breathless" | 19 November 2007 | 6 | — | [6] | |||
| "Gotta Be Somebody" | 7 November 2010 | 12 | [6] | ||||
| "My Heart Would Take You Back" | 15 April 2015 | DNC | |||||
| "Over the Rainbow" | 22 May 2020 | DNC | [6] | ||||
| Andy Abraham | Runner-up | "Hang Up" | 27 March 2006 | 65 | [7] | ||
| "December Brings Me Back to You" | 11 December 2006 | 18 | [7] | ||||
| "Even If" | 19 May 2008 | 67 | [7] | ||||
| Chico | 5th | "It's Chico Time" | 27 February 2006 | 1 | [8] | ||
| "D.I.S.C.O" | 14 August 2006 | 24 | [8] | ||||
| "Curvy Cola Bottle Body" | 8 October 2007 | 45 | [8] | ||||
| Maria Lawson | 8th | "Sleepwalking" | 14 August 2006 | 20 | [9] | ||
| Fleur East | 2, 11 | 12th (as part of Addictiv Ladies) (2) Runner-up (11) | "Sax" | 6 November 2015 | 3 | Platinum | [10] |
| "More and More" | 5 February 2016 | 186 | — | [10] | |||
| "Favourite Thing" | 4 January 2019 | 80 | [10] | ||||
| "Size" | 18 November 2019 | DNC | [10] | ||||
| "Lucky" | 31 January 2020 | [10] | |||||
| "Mine" | 20 March 2020 | [10] | |||||
| "Not Alone" | 10 April 2020 | [10] | |||||
| "You’re Christmas to Me" | 11 December 2020 | [10] | |||||
| "Count The Ways" | 27 January 2023 | [10] | |||||
| Leona Lewis | 3 | Winner | "A Moment Like This" | 17 December 2006 | 1 | Platinum | [11] |
| "Bleeding Love" | 19 October 2007 | 1 | 3xPlatinum | [11] | |||
| "Better in Time" | 7 March 2008 | 2 | Gold | [11] | |||
| "Footprints in the Sand" | 7 March 2008 | 26 | Silver | [11] | |||
| "Forgive Me" | 3 November 2008 | 5 | — | [11] | |||
| "Run" | 30 November 2008 | 1 | 2xPlatinum | [11] | |||
| "Happy" | 8 November 2009 | 2 | Silver | [11] | |||
| "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" | 9 November 2009 | 27 | — | [11] | |||
| "I Got You" | 21 February 2010 | 14 | [11] | ||||
| "Collide" | 3 September 2011 | 4 | Silver | [11] | |||
| "Trouble" | 7 October 2012 | 7 | — | [11] | |||
| "Lovebird" | 16 November 2012 | DNC | [12] | ||||
| "One More Sleep" | 5 November 2013 | 3 | 2xPlatinum | [11] | |||
| "Fire Under My Feet" | 7 July 2015 | 51 | — | [11] | |||
| "I Am" | 15 July 2015 | DNC | [11] | ||||
| "Thunder" | 24 July 2015 | [11] | |||||
| "You Are the Reason" | 9 February 2018 | 43 | Platinum | [11] | |||
| "Solo Quiero (Somebody to Love)" | 30 August 2019 | DNC | — | [11] | |||
| "Kiss Me, It’s Christmas" | 5 November 2021 | 99 | [11] | ||||
| Leon Jackson | 4 | Winner | "When You Believe" | 16 December 2007 | 1 | Gold | [13] |
| "Don't Call This Love" | 12 October 2008 | 3 | — | [13] | |||
| "Creative" | 15 November 2008 | 94 | [13] | ||||
| Same Difference | 3rd | "We R One" | 24 November 2008 | 13 | [14] | ||
| "Shine On Forever (Photo Frame)" | 29 August 2010 | 100 | [ citation needed ] | ||||
| Mollie King | Bootcamp | "Back to You" | 19 August 2016 | 90 | |||
| Alexandra Burke | 5 | Winner | "Hallelujah" | 17 December 2008 | 1 | 2xPlatinum | [15] |
| "Bad Boys" | 12 October 2009 | 1 | Platinum | [15] | |||
| "Broken Heels" | 11 January 2010 | 8 | Gold | [15] | |||
| "All Night Long" | 3 May 2010 | 4 | Silver | [15] | |||
| "Start Without You" | 23 August 2010 | 1 | Silver | [15] | |||
| "The Silence" | 6 December 2010 | 16 | — | [15] | |||
| "Elephant" | 13 March 2012 | 3 | [15] | ||||
| "Let It Go" | 27 May 2012 | 33 | [15] | ||||
| "Silent Night" | 20 November 2020 | DNC | [15] | ||||
| JLS | Runners-up | "Beat Again" | 12 July 2009 | 1 | Platinum | [16] | |
| "Everybody in Love" | 1 November 2009 | 1 | Platinum | [16] | |||
| "One Shot" | 22 February 2010 | 6 | Gold | [16] | |||
| "The Club Is Alive" | 11 July 2010 | 1 | Silver | [16] | |||
| "Love You More" | 14 November 2010 | 1 | Gold | [16] | |||
| "Eyes Wide Shut" | 13 February 2011 | 8 | Gold | [16] | |||
| "She Makes Me Wanna" | 22 July 2011 | 1 | Gold | [16] | |||
| "Take a Chance on Me" | 4 November 2011 | 2 | Silver | [16] | |||
| "Wishing on a Star" | 27 November 2011 | 1 | — | [17] | |||
| "Do You Feel What I Feel?" | 1 January 2012 | 16 | [16] | ||||
| "Proud" | 16 March 2012 | 6 | [16] | ||||
| "Hottest Girl in the World" | 21 October 2012 | 6 | [16] | ||||
| "Billion Lights" | 15 November 2013 | 14 | [16] | ||||
| "Eternal Love" | 3 September 2021 | 71 | [16] | ||||
| "Postcard" | 12 November 2021 | DNC | [16] | ||||
| Aston Merrygold | Runners-up (as part of JLS) | "Get Stupid" | 14 August 2015 | 28 | |||
| "I Ain't Missing You" | 23 September 2016 | 126 | |||||
| Marvin Humes (as part of LuvBug) | "Resonance" | 24 October 2014 | 12 | ||||
| "Revive (Say Something)" | 8 February 2015 | 13 | |||||
| "Best Is Yet to Come" | 21 April 2016 | 68 | |||||
| Eoghan Quigg | 3rd | "28,000 Friends" | 6 April 2009 | 96 | [18] | ||
| "The Movie Song" | 2 March 2014 | DNC | |||||
| Diana Vickers | 4th | "Once" | 19 April 2010 | 1 | Silver | [19] | |
| "The Boy Who Murdered Love" | 18 July 2010 | 36 | — | [19] | |||
| "My Wicked Heart" | 17 October 2010 | 13 | [19] | ||||
| "Cinderella" | 21 July 2013 | 76 | [ citation needed ] | ||||
| "Music to Make Boys Cry" | 15 September 2013 | DNC | |||||
| Ruth Lorenzo | 5th | "Dancing in the Rain" | 18 March 2014 | 102 | |||
| Laura White | 8th | "You Should Have Known" | 2 November 2009 | 32 | |||
| The X Factor contestants 2008 | All 12 contestants | "Hero" | 27 October 2008 | 1 | 2xPlatinum | [17] | |
| Joe McElderry | 6 | Winner | "The Climb" | 14 December 2009 | 1 | Platinum | [20] |
| "Ambitions" | 10 October 2010 | 6 | — | [20] | |||
| "Someone Wake Me Up" | 5 December 2010 | 68 | [20] | ||||
| "Last Christmas" | 19 December 2011 | 68 | [20] | ||||
| "Abide with Me" | 14 April 2013 | 143 | [20] | ||||
| "Baby Had Your Fun" | 22 January 2021 | DNC | [20] | ||||
| Olly Murs | Runner-up | "Please Don't Let Me Go" | 29 August 2010 | 1 | Gold | [21] | |
| "Thinking of Me" | 21 November 2010 | 4 | Gold | [21] | |||
| "Heart on My Sleeve" | 6 March 2011 | 20 | — | [21] | |||
| "Busy" | 29 May 2011 | 45 | [21] | ||||
| "Heart Skips a Beat" | 21 August 2011 | 1 | Platinum | [21] | |||
| "Dance with Me Tonight" | 20 November 2011 | 1 | 2× Platinum | [21] | |||
| "Oh My Goodness" | 1 April 2012 | 13 | — | [21] | |||
| "Troublemaker" | 18 November 2012 | 1 | Platinum | [21] | |||
| "Army of Two" | 10 March 2013 | 12 | Silver | [21] | |||
| "Dear Darlin'" | 26 May 2013 | 5 | Platinum | [21] | |||
| "Right Place Right Time" | 25 August 2013 | 27 | — | [21] | |||
| "Inna Ninja" | 10 November 2013 | DNC | [21] | ||||
| "Hand on Heart" | 22 November 2013 | 25 | [21] | ||||
| "Wrapped Up" | 16 November 2014 | 3 | Platinum | [21] | |||
| "Up" | 4 January 2015 | 4 | Platinum | [21] | |||
| "Seasons" | 29 March 2015 | 34 | — | [21] | |||
| "Beautiful to Me" | 28 July 2015 | 93 | [21] | ||||
| "Kiss Me" | 9 October 2015 | 11 | Gold | [21] | |||
| "You Don't Know Love" | 8 July 2016 | 15 | Platinum | [21] | |||
| "Grow Up" | 7 October 2016 | 25 | Silver | [21] | |||
| "Years & Years" | 9 December 2016 | 83 | — | [21] | |||
| "Unpredictable" | 2 June 2017 | 32 | Gold | [21] | |||
| "More Mess" | 4 August 2017 | DNC | — | [22] | |||
| "Moves" | 28 September 2018 | 46 | Silver | [21] | |||
| "Die of a Broken Heart" | 7 October 2022 | DNC | — | [21] | |||
| "I Hate It When Your Drunk" | 25 November 2022 | [21] | |||||
| "Coming Off The Snow (The Miracle of Christmas)" | 9 December 2022 | [21] | |||||
| "I Found Her" | 23 February 2023 | [21] | |||||
| Stacey Solomon | 3rd | "Driving Home for Christmas" | 18 December 2011 | 27 | [23] | ||
| "Shy" | 19 April 2015 | DNC | [24] | ||||
| Jedward | 6th | "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" | 5 February 2010 | 2 | [25] | ||
| "All the Small Things" | 18 July 2010 | 80 | [26] | ||||
| "Lipstick" | 12 February 2011 | 40 | [25] | ||||
| "Bad Behaviour" | 3 July 2011 | 60 | [25] | ||||
| "Wow Oh Wow" | 20 November 2011 | DNC | |||||
| "Waterline" | 24 February 2012 | 122 | |||||
| "Young Love" | 18 June 2012 | DNC | |||||
| "Luminous" | 15 October 2012 | ||||||
| Lucie Jones | 8th | "Never Give Up on You" | 31 March 2017 | 73 | |||
| The X Factor contestants 2009 | All 12 contestants | "You Are Not Alone" | 16 November 2009 | 1 | Gold | [17] | |
| Matt Cardle | 7 | Winner | "When We Collide" | 13 December 2010 | 1 | Platinum | [27] |
| "Run for Your Life" | 10 October 2011 | 6 | — | [27] | |||
| "Starlight" | 4 December 2011 | 185 | [28] | ||||
| "Amazing" | 19 February 2012 | 84 | |||||
| "It's Only Love" | 29 October 2012 | 175 | |||||
| "Anyone Else" | 31 December 2012 | DNC | |||||
| "Loving You" | 18 August 2013 | 14 | [27] | ||||
| "When You Were My Girl" | 13 October 2013 | DNC | |||||
| "Hit My Heart" | 6 April 2014 | 171 | |||||
| Rebecca Ferguson | Runner-up | "Nothing's Real but Love" | 20 November 2011 | 10 | Silver | [29] | |
| "Too Good to Lose" | 2 March 2012 | 186 | — | [ citation needed ] | |||
| "Glitter & Gold" | 29 April 2012 | 116 | [ citation needed ] | ||||
| "Backtrack" | 14 October 2012 | 15 | [29] | ||||
| "I Hope" | 1 December 2013 | 15 | [29] | ||||
| "Light On" | 28 December 2013 | DNC | [29] | ||||
| "All That I've Got" | 2 March 2014 | 180 | [29] | ||||
| "Get Happy" | 2 February 2015 | DNC | [29] | ||||
| "Bones" | 2 September 2016 | 46 | [29] | ||||
| "Superwoman" | 6 December 2016 | 95 | [29] | ||||
| "Nothing Left but Family" | 8 May 2020 | DNC | [29] | ||||
| One Direction | 3rd | "What Makes You Beautiful" | 11 September 2011 | 1 | 3xPlatinum | [30] | |
| "Gotta Be You" | 11 November 2011 | 3 | Silver | [30] | |||
| "Wishing on a Star" | 27 November 2011 | 1 | — | [17] | |||
| "One Thing" | 6 January 2012 | 9 | Gold | [30] | |||
| "More than This" | 26 June 2012 | 86 | — | [ citation needed ] | |||
| "Live While We're Young" | 30 September 2012 | 3 | Platinum | [30] | |||
| "Little Things" | 11 November 2012 | 1 | 2xPlatinum | [30] | |||
| "Kiss You" | 7 January 2013 | 9 | Platinum | [30] | |||
| "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" | 17 February 2013 | 1 | Platinum | [30] | |||
| "Best Song Ever" | 22 July 2013 | 2 | 2xPlatinum | [30] | |||
| "Story of My Life" | 25 October 2013 | 2 | 2xPlatinum | [30] | |||
| "Midnight Memories" | 9 March 2014 | 39 | Silver | [30] | |||
| "You & I" | 25 May 2014 | 19 | Platinum | [30] | |||
| "Steal My Girl" | 29 September 2014 | 3 | 2xPlatinum | [30] | |||
| "Night Changes" | 14 November 2014 | 6 | Platinum | [30] | |||
| "Drag Me Down" | 31 July 2015 | 1 | 2xPlatinum | [30] | |||
| "Perfect" | 16 October 2015 | 2 | Platinum | ||||
| "History" | 6 November 2015 | 6 | 2xPlatinum | [30] | |||
| Zayn | 3rd (as part of One Direction) | "Pillowtalk" | 29 January 2016 | 1 | 2xPlatinum | [31] | |
| "Back to Sleep" | 26 February 2016 | DNC | — | ||||
| "Like I Would" | 24 May 2016 | 30 | Silver | ||||
| "Wrong" | 5 June 2016 | 118 | — | ||||
| "Cruel" | 15 July 2016 | 33 | Silver | ||||
| "Freedun" | 2 September 2016 | DNC | — | ||||
| "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" | 9 December 2016 | 5 | Platinum | ||||
| "Still Got Time" | 24 March 2017 | 24 | Gold | ||||
| "Dusk Till Dawn" | 7 September 2017 | 5 | 2xPlatinum | ||||
| "Let Me" | 12 April 2018 | 20 | — | ||||
| "Entertainer" | 23 May 2018 | 95 | |||||
| "Sour Diesel" | 18 July 2018 | DNC | |||||
| "Too Much" | 2 August 2018 | 79 | |||||
| "Fingers" | 18 October 2018 | DNC | |||||
| "No Candle No Light" | 15 November 2018 | ||||||
| "A Whole New World" | 9 May 2020 | 68 | |||||
| "Trampoline" | 26 September 2019 | 52 | Silver | ||||
| "Rumors" | 4 October 2019 | DNC | — | ||||
| "Flames" | 15 November 2019 | ||||||
| "Better" | 25 September 2020 | 58 | |||||
| "Vibes" | 8 January 2021 | 50 | |||||
| "Love Like This" | 21 July 2023 | 36 | |||||
| Niall Horan | "This Town" | 29 September 2016 | 9 | Platinum | [32] | ||
| "Slow Hands" | 5 May 2017 | 7 | 2xPlatinum | ||||
| "Too Much to Ask" | 15 September 2017 | 24 | Gold | ||||
| "On the Loose" | 18 February 2018 | 94 | — | ||||
| "Seeing Blind" | 1 June 2018 | DNC | |||||
| "What a Time" | 29 March 2019 | ||||||
| "Nice to Meet Ya" | 4 October 2019 | 22 | Platinum | ||||
| "Put a Little Love on Me" | 6 December 2019 | DNC | Silver | ||||
| "No Judgement" | 7 February 2020 | 32 | Silver | ||||
| "Heartbreak Weather" | 13 March 2020 | DNC | — | ||||
| "Black and White" | 21 April 2020 | 91 | |||||
| "Moral of the Story" | 11 June 2020 | DNC | |||||
| "Our Song" | 22 May 2021 | 13 | Platinum | ||||
| "Everywhere" | 19 November 2021 | 23 | — | ||||
| "Heaven" | 17 February 2023 | 16 | |||||
| "Meltdown" | 28 April 2023 | 62 | |||||
| Louis Tomlinson | "Just Hold On" | 10 December 2016 | 2 | Platinum | [33] | ||
| "Back to You" | 21 July 2017 | 8 | Gold | ||||
| "Miss You" | 1 December 2017 | 39 | — | ||||
| "Two of Us" | 7 March 2019 | 64 | |||||
| "Kill My Mind" | 5 September 2019 | DNC | |||||
| "We Made It" | 24 October 2019 | ||||||
| "Don't Let It Break Your Heart" | 23 November 2019 | ||||||
| "Walls" | 17 January 2020 | ||||||
| "Bigger Than Me" | 1 September 2022 | ||||||
| "Out of My System" | 14 October 2022 | ||||||
| "Silver Tongues" | 9 November 2022 | ||||||
| Harry Styles | "Sign of the Times" | 7 April 2017 | 1 | 3xPlatinum | [34] | ||
| "Two Ghosts" | 7 August 2017 | 58 | — | ||||
| "Kiwi" | 31 October 2017 | 66 | Gold | ||||
| "Lights Up" | 11 October 2019 | 3 | Platinum | ||||
| "Adore You" | 6 December 2019 | 7 | 3xPlatinum | ||||
| "Falling" | 28 February 2020 | 15 | 2xPlatinum | ||||
| "Watermelon Sugar" | 28 February 2020 | 4 | 4xPlatinum | ||||
| "Golden" | 23 October 2020 | 26 | Platinum | ||||
| "Treat People with Kindness" | 11 January 2021 | DNC | Silver | ||||
| "Fine Line" | 19 November 2021 | — | |||||
| "As It Was" | 1 April 2022 | 1 | 5xPlatinum | ||||
| "Late Night Talking" | 27 May 2022 | 2 | Platinum | ||||
| "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" | 27 May 2022 | 3 | Platinum | ||||
| "Matilda" | 12 August 2022 | 63 | Gold | ||||
| Liam Payne | "Strip That Down" | 19 May 2017 | 3 | 2xPlatinum | [35] | ||
| "Get Low" | 6 July 2017 | 26 | Silver | ||||
| "Bedroom Floor" | 20 October 2017 | 21 | Silver | ||||
| "For You" | 5 January 2018 | 8 | Platinum | ||||
| "Familiar" | 20 April 2018 | 14 | Platinum | ||||
| "Polaroid" | 5 October 2018 | 12 | Gold | ||||
| "Stack It Up" | 18 September 2019 | 84 | — | ||||
| "All I Want (For Christmas)" | 25 October 2019 | 73 | |||||
| "Live Forever" | 6 December 2019 | DNC | |||||
| "Midnight" | 8 April 2020 | ||||||
| "Naughty List" | 30 October 2020 | 48 | |||||
| "Sunshine" | 27 August 2021 | DNC | |||||
| "Teardrops" | 1 March 2024 | 85 | |||||
| Cher Lloyd | 4th | "Swagger Jagger" | 31 July 2011 | 1 | Silver | [36] | |
| "With Ur Love" | 31 October 2011 | 4 | Silver | [36] | |||
| "Want U Back" | 19 March 2012 | 25 | Silver | [36] | |||
| "I Wish" | 3 September 2013 | 160 | — | [36] | |||
| "Really Don't Care" | 20 May 2014 | 92 | [36] | ||||
| "Sirens" | 20 July 2014 | 41 | [36] | ||||
| "Activated" | 22 July 2016 | DNC | [36] | ||||
| "None of My Business " | 16 October 2018 | [36] | |||||
| "M.I.A" | 11 October 2019 | [36] | |||||
| "Lost" | 24 April 2020 | [36] | |||||
| "One Drink Away" | 2 October 2020 | [36] | |||||
| "Baddest" | 7 May 2021 | [36] | |||||
| Mary Byrne | 5th | "I Just Call You Mine" | 4 March 2011 | ||||
| Aiden Grimshaw | 9th | "Is This Love" | 3 June 2012 | 35 | [37] | ||
| "Curtain Call" | 12 August 2012 | 49 | [37] | ||||
| The X Factor contestants 2010 | All 16 contestants | "Heroes" | 21 November 2010 | 1 | Silver | [17] | |
| Little Mix | 8 | Winner | "Cannonball" | 11 December 2011 | 1 | Gold | [38] |
| "Wings" | 26 August 2012 | 1 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "DNA" | 11 November 2012 | 3 | Gold | [38] | |||
| "Change Your Life" | 3 February 2013 | 12 | Silver | [38] | |||
| "How Ya Doin'?" | 17 April 2013 | 16 | Silver | [38] | |||
| "Move" | 25 October 2013 | 3 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "Little Me" | 30 December 2013 | 14 | Silver | [38] | |||
| "Word Up!" | 16 March 2014 | 6 | — | [38] | |||
| "Salute" | 1 June 2014 | 6 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "Black Magic" | 21 May 2015 | 1 | 3xPlatinum | [38] | |||
| "Love Me Like You" | 25 September 2015 | 11 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "Secret Love Song" | 11 December 2015 | 6 | 2xPlatinum | [38] | |||
| "Hair" | 15 April 2016 | 11 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "Shout Out to My Ex" | 16 October 2016 | 1 | 4xPlatinum | [38] | |||
| "Touch" | 9 December 2016 | 4 | 3xPlatinum | [38] | |||
| "No More Sad Songs" | 7 March 2017 | 15 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "Power" | 26 May 2017 | 6 | 3xPlatinum | [38] | |||
| "Reggaetón Lento" | 18 August 2017 | 5 | 2xPlatinum | [38] | |||
| "Only You" | 22 June 2018 | 13 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "Woman Like Me" | 12 October 2018 | 2 | 2xPlatinum | [38] | |||
| "Think About Us" | 25 January 2019 | 22 | Gold | [38] | |||
| "Bounce Back" | 12 June 2019 | 10 | Silver | [38] | |||
| "One I've Been Missing" | 22 November 2019 | 59 | — | [38] | |||
| "Break Up Song" | 27 March 2020 | 9 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "Holiday" | 24 July 2020 | 15 | Gold | [38] | |||
| "Sweet Melody" | 23 October 2020 | 1 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "No Time for Tears" | 27 November 2020 | 19 | Gold | [38] | |||
| "Confetti" | 30 April 2021 | 9 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "Heartbreak Anthem" | 22 May 2021 | 3 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)" | 23 July 2021 | 10 | Platinum | [38] | |||
| "Love (Sweet Love)" | 3 September 2021 | 33 | — | [38] | |||
| "No" | 12 November 2021 | 35 | [38] | ||||
| Jesy Nelson | 1st (as part of Little Mix) | "Boyz" | 8 October 2021 | 4 | |||
| "Bad Thing" | 14 April 2023 | DNC | |||||
| "Mine" | 2 August 2024 | ||||||
| Leigh-Anne | "Don't Say Love" | 16 June 2023 | 11 | [39] | |||
| "My Love" | 7 September 2023 | 28 | |||||
| "Stealin' Love" | 28 March 2024 | DNC | |||||
| "Forbidden Fruit" | 3 May 2024 | ||||||
| "OMG" | 31 May 2024 | ||||||
| "Nature" | 12 June 2024 | ||||||
| Perrie | "Forget About Us" | 12 April 2024 | 10 | [40] | |||
| "Tears" | 21 June 2024 | 69 | |||||
| "You Go Your Way" | 4 October 2024 | 52 | |||||
| "Christmas Magic" | 15 November 2024 | DNC | |||||
| JADE | "Angel of My Dreams" | 19 July 2024 | 7 | Sliver | [41] | ||
| "Fantasy" | 18 October 2024 | 52 | — | ||||
| Marcus Collins | Runner-up | "Seven Nation Army" | 4 March 2012 | 9 | [42] | ||
| "Mercy" | 10 June 2012 | 194 | [43] | ||||
| Amelia Lily | 3rd | "You Bring Me Joy" | 9 September 2012 | 2 | Silver | [44] | |
| "Shut Up (And Give Me Whatever You Got)" | 18 January 2013 | 11 | — | [44] | |||
| "Party Over" | 21 April 2013 | 40 | [44] | ||||
| "California" | 5 September 2014 | 83 | [45] | ||||
| Misha B | 4th | "Home Run" | 15 July 2012 | 11 | [46] | ||
| "Do You Think of Me?" | 4 November 2012 | 9 | [46] | ||||
| "Here's to Everything (Ooh La La)" | 11 May 2013 | 35 | [46] | ||||
| Janet Devlin | 5th | "Wonderful" | 13 November 2013 | DNC | |||
| Frankie Cocozza | 8th | "She's Got a Motorcycle" | 12 November 2012 | 89 | |||
| The X Factor contestants 2011 featuring JLS and One Direction | All 16 contestants | "Wishing on a Star" | 27 November 2011 | 1 | [17] | ||
| James Arthur | 9 | Winner | "Impossible" | 9 December 2012 | 1 | 3xPlatinum | [47] |
| "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" | 20 October 2013 | 2 | Silver | [47] | |||
| "Wrecking Ball" | 97 | — | [47] | ||||
| "Recovery" | 15 December 2013 | 19 | [47] | ||||
| "Get Down" | 3 March 2014 | 96 | [47] | ||||
| "Say You Won't Let Go" | 9 September 2016 | 1 | 6xPlatinum | [47] | |||
| "Safe Inside" | 10 February 2017 | 31 | Gold | [47] | |||
| "Can I Be Him" | 15 April 2017 | 69 | Platinum | [47] | |||
| "Sun Comes Up" | 16 June 2017 | 6 | Platinum | [47] | |||
| "Naked" | 24 November 2017 | 11 | Platinum | [47] | |||
| "You Deserve Better" | 1 June 2018 | 53 | Silver | [47] | |||
| "Empty Space" | 19 October 2018 | 27 | Platinum | [47] | |||
| "Rewrite the Stars" | 16 November 2018 | 7 | Platinum | [47] | |||
| "The Power of Love" | 2 December 2018 | 4 | — | [47] | |||
| "Nobody" | 1 January 2019 | 57 | Silver | [47] | |||
| "Falling Like the Stars" | 10 May 2019 | 25 | Gold | [47] | |||
| "Treehouse" | 6 September 2019 | DNC | — | [47] | |||
| "Quite Miss Home" | 18 October 2019 | 77 | Silver | [47] | |||
| "Lasting Lover" | 4 September 2020 | 10 | Gold | [47] | |||
| "Train Wreck" | 7 November 2020 | 16 | Platinum | [47] | |||
| "Medicine" | 5 March 2021 | 41 | — | [47] | |||
| "September" | 11 June 2021 | 55 | [47] | ||||
| "Emily" | 10 July 2021 | 82 | [47] | ||||
| "Christmas Bells" | 3 December 2021 | DNC | [47] | ||||
| "Lose My Mind" | 3 February 2022 | [47] | |||||
| "Questions" | 3 June 2022 | [47] | |||||
| "Lose You" | 11 November 2022 | [47] | |||||
| "Heartbeat" | 2 December 2022 | [47] | |||||
| "Work With My Love" | 13 January 2023 | [47] | |||||
| "A Year Ago" | 12 May 2023 | 91 | [47] | ||||
| "Blindslide" | 4 August 2023 | DNC | [47] | ||||
| "Just Us" | 6 October 2023 | 81 | [47] | ||||
| "Homecoming" | 24 November 2023 | DNC | [47] | ||||
| "Sleepwalking" | 15 December 2023 | [47] | |||||
| "Bitter Sweet Love" | 12 January 2024 | [47] | |||||
| "From The Jump" | 19 April 2024 | [47] | |||||
| Jahméne Douglas | Runner-up | "Titanium" | 22 July 2013 | 94 | [48] | ||
| "Forever Young" | 4 November 2013 | DNC | |||||
| Union J | 4th | "Carry You" | 2 June 2013 | 6 | [49] | ||
| "Beautiful Life" | 21 October 2013 | 8 | [49] | ||||
| "Loving You Is Easy" | 15 December 2013 | 173 | |||||
| "Tonight (We Live Forever)" | 16 August 2014 | 9 | [49] | ||||
| "You Got It All" | 28 November 2014 | 2 | [49] | ||||
| Ella Henderson | 6th | "Ghost" | 8 June 2014 | 1 | 3xPlatinum | [50] | |
| "Glow" | 5 October 2014 | 7 | Silver | [50] | |||
| "Yours" | 30 November 2014 | 16 | Platinum | [50] | |||
| "Mirror Man" | 8 March 2015 | 96 | — | [50] | |||
| "Glitterball" | 24 July 2015 | 4 | Gold | [50] | |||
| "Here for You" | 4 September 2015 | 18 | Silver | [51] | |||
| "Glorious" | 13 September 2019 | DNC | — | [50] | |||
| "Young" | 11 October 2019 | [50] | |||||
| "This Is Real" | 21 October 2019 | 9 | Platinum | [50] | |||
| "We Got Love" | 1 November 2019 | 42 | Gold | [52] | |||
| "Young" | 21 November 2019 | DNC | — | [50] | |||
| "Hold Me Close" | 26 March 2020 | [50] | |||||
| "Take Care of You" | 12 June 2020 | 50 | Silver | [50] | |||
| "Lighter" | 24 July 2020 | 3 | Platinum | [53] | |||
| "Dream on Me" | 2 October 2020 | DNC | — | [50] | |||
| "Blame It on the Mistletoe" | 4 December 2020 | [50] | |||||
| "Let's Go Home Together" | 19 February 2021 | 10 | Platinum | [50] | |||
| "Risk It All" | 20 August 2021 | 100 | — | [50] | |||
| "Hurricane" | 11 September 2021 | DNC | [50] | ||||
| "Brave" | 20 January 2022 | 42 | Silver | [50] | |||
| "Crazy What Love Can Do" | 8 April 2022 | 5 | Gold | [50] | |||
| "21 Reasons" | 29 April 2022 | 9 | Platinum | [50] | |||
| "Heartstrings" | 9 September 2022 | DNC | — | [50] | |||
| "React" | 13 January 2023 | 4 | Platinum | [50] | |||
| "I Go Dancing" | 20 January 2023 | DNC | — | [50] | |||
| "No Sleep" | 17 March 2023 | [50] | |||||
| "Like I Used To" | 28 April 2023 | [50] | |||||
| "0800 Heaven" | 9 June 2023 | 9 | [50] | ||||
| "Lifeline" | 28 April 2023 | DNC | [50] | ||||
| "Rest Of Our Lives" | 27 October 2023 | [50] | |||||
| "Alibi" | 12 January 2024 | 10 | Platinum | [50] | |||
| "Mamma You Were Right" | 8 March 2024 | DNC | — | [50] | |||
| "Under The Sun" | 31 May 2024 | [50] | |||||
| "Filthy Rich" | 4 October 2024 | [50] | |||||
| Lucy Spraggan | 7th | "Lighthouse" | 27 July 2013 | 26 | [54] | ||
| "Last Night (Beer Fear)" | 29 September 2013 | 11 | |||||
| "Tea and Toast" | 19 October 2013 | 50 | |||||
| "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | 3 December 2021 | DNC | |||||
| Sam Bailey | 10 | Winner | "Skyscraper" | 28 December 2013 | 1 | Silver | [55] |
| "Sing My Heart Out" | 9 September 2016 | DNC | — | ||||
| "Black Velvet" | 6 August 2021 | ||||||
| Nicholas McDonald | Runner-up | "Answerphone" | 16 March 2014 | 73 | [56] | ||
| Luke Friend | 3rd | "Hole in My Heart" | 29 March 2015 | 40 | [57] | ||
| Rough Copy | 4th | "Street Love" | 29 June 2014 | 192 | |||
| Sam Callahan | 7th | "Burns Like Fire" | 20 October 2017 | DNC | |||
| Kingsland Road | 9th | "Dirty Dancer" | 10 August 2014 | 85 | [58] | ||
| Karen Harding | Bootcamp | "Say Something" | 7 February 2015 | 7 | [59] | ||
| "Feel Good (It's Alright)" | 14 August 2015 | 76 | [59] | ||||
| "New Love" | DNC | [59] | |||||
| "Open My Eyes" | 8 January 2016 | [59] | |||||
| "Like I Can" | 19 August 2016 | [59] | |||||
| "Sweet Lies" | 9 September 2016 | [59] | |||||
| "Good For Me" | 11 November 2016 | [59] | |||||
| "Gun Shy" | 3 February 2017 | [59] | |||||
| "Down" | 12 May 2017 | [59] | |||||
| "The Weekend" | 23 June 2017 | [59] | |||||
| "More & More" | 28 July 2017 | 73 | [60] | ||||
| "Runway" | 15 March 2018 | DNC | [59] | ||||
| "Picture" | 25 July 2018 | [59] | |||||
| "Stay" | 15 November 2018 | [59] | |||||
| "You Already Know" | 5 April 2019 | [59] | |||||
| "All For You" | 26 April 2019 | [59] | |||||
| "I Don’t Need Love" | 13 September 2019 | [59] | |||||
| "It Must Have Been Love" | 5 February 2020 | [59] | |||||
| "Rely" | 21 February 2020 | [59] | |||||
| "Undo My Heart" | 12 June 2020 | [59] | |||||
| "The Best" | 30 April 2021 | [59] | |||||
| "Worship You" | 14 April 2023 | [59] | |||||
| "Bring Me Joy" | 21 June 2024 | 63 | [59] | ||||
| Megan McKenna | 10, Celebrity | Bootcamp (10) Winner (Celebrity) | "High Heeled Shoes" | 6 September 2017 | 43 | [61] | |
| "Far Cry from Love" | 53 | ||||||
| "History" | 20 March 2018 | DNC | |||||
| "Everything But You" | 13 July 2018 | ||||||
| "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)" | 30 November 2019 | ||||||
| "This" | 19 February 2021 | ||||||
| "Ruin Your Night" | 28 May 2021 | ||||||
| "Won’t Go Back Again" | 24 September 2021 | ||||||
| "Family at Christmas" | 19 November 2021 | ||||||
| "Baby Talk" | 24 June 2022 | ||||||
| "Confetti" | 1 July 2022 | ||||||
| "DNA" | 22 July 2022 | ||||||
| "Sinking Boats" | 29 July 2022 | ||||||
| "Single" | 5 August 2022 | ||||||
| "Swan Lake" | 19 August 2022 | ||||||
| "Heart’s Letting Go" | 2 September 2022 | ||||||
| "Stronger" | 16 September 2022 | ||||||
| "The Good, The Bad and The Bitch" | 30 September 2022 | ||||||
| "Too Late" | 14 October 2022 | ||||||
| "Dear Mr Right" | 21 October 2022 | ||||||
| "Vulnerable" | 4 November 2022 | ||||||
| "Little Lies" | 18 November 2022 | ||||||
| "Crazy Life" | 2 December 2022 | ||||||
| Ben Haenow | 11 | Winner | "Something I Need" | 14 December 2014 | 1 | Gold | [62] |
| "Second Hand Heart" | 16 October 2015 | 21 | Silver | [62] | |||
| Andrea Faustini | 3rd | "Per Me E Per Te" | 4 January 2012 | DNC | — | ||
| "Give a Little Love" | 16 August 2015 | ||||||
| Stereo Kicks | 5th | "Love Me So" | 21 June 2015 | 31 | [63] | ||
| Only The Young | 7th | "I Do" | 7 August 2015 | 53 | [64] | ||
| Ella Mai | Bootcamp | "Boo'd Up" | 26 April 2018 | 52 | Silver | [65] | |
| "Trip" | 3 August 2018 | 47 | Silver | [65] | |||
| Louisa Johnson | 12 | Winner | "Forever Young" | 13 December 2015 | 9 | — | [66] |
| "Tears" | 27 May 2016 | 5 | Platinum | [66] | |||
| "So Good" | 28 October 2016 | 13 | Gold | [67] | |||
| "Best Behaviour" | 10 March 2017 | 48 | Silver | [67] | |||
| "Unpredictable" | 2 June 2017 | 32 | Gold | [67] | |||
| "YES" | 16 March 2018 | 65 | — | [67] | |||
| "Between You & Me" | 10 August 2018 | DNC | [67] | ||||
| "Here We Go Again" | 29 March 2019 | 96 | [67] | ||||
| "Ain't Got You" | 28 June 2019 | DNC | [67] | ||||
| "Like I Love Me" | 17 January 2020 | [67] | |||||
| "Always Be There" | 2 September 2022 | [67] | |||||
| "Who You Are" | 21 June 2024 | [67] | |||||
| Reggie 'n' Bollie | Runners-Up | "New Girl" | 20 May 2016 | 26 | [68] | ||
| Matt Terry | 13 | Winner | "When Christmas Comes Around" | 11 December 2016 | 3 | Silver | |
| "Subeme La Radio" | 21 July 2017 | 10 | — | ||||
| "Sucker for You" | 13 October 2017 | 51 | |||||
| "Try" | 10 February 2018 | DNC | |||||
| "You don’t know nothing" | 13 October 2023 | ||||||
| "Ghost of me" | 9 February 2024 | ||||||
| "His car" | 22 March 2024 | ||||||
| "Boujee" | 21 June 2024 | ||||||
| Saara Aalto | Runner-up | "Monsters" | 8 February 2018 | ||||
| "Queens" | 22 February 2018 | ||||||
| "Domino" | 15 February 2018 | ||||||
| "Dance!!!" | 17 June 2018 | ||||||
| "Let It Go" | 18 January 2019 | ||||||
| 5 After Midnight | 3rd | "Up in Here" | 2 June 2017 | 67 | |||
| Emily Middlemas | 4th | "Lost & Found" | 29 August 2017 | DNC | |||
| "Layla" | 16 March 2018 | ||||||
| "Habit" | 7 August 2018 | ||||||
| "Broken Record" | 30 September 2018 | ||||||
| "A Little Bit" | 23 August 2019 | ||||||
| "Changes" | 30 September 2019 | ||||||
| "Plastic Knife" | 11 October 2019 | ||||||
| Honey G | 5th | "The Honey G Show" | 23 December 2016 | 149 | |||
| "Hit You With The Honey G" | 30 June 2017 | DNC | |||||
| Ryan Lawrie | 6th | "Perfect Picture" | 24 August 2017 | ||||
| "If Only" | 26 January 2018 | ||||||
| Sam Lavery | 7th | "Walk Away" | 19 May 2017 | ||||
| "Beat Of You" | 13 August 2017 | ||||||
| "For the Night" | 13 April 2018 | ||||||
| "Bad Boys" | 6 July 2018 | ||||||
| "What You Do" | 18 January 2019 | ||||||
| "Done" | 31 May 2019 | ||||||
| Four of Diamonds | 8th | "Name On It" | 14 June 2018 | ||||
| "Stupid Things" | 28 August 2018 | ||||||
| "Blind" | 30 November 2018 | ||||||
| "Walk Away" | 17 May 2019 | ||||||
| "Eating Me Up" | 19 September 2019 | ||||||
| "Long Way To Go" | 31 October 2019 | ||||||
| "Let Me Love You" | 7 February 2020 | ||||||
| "Superstar" | 27 March 2020 | ||||||
| Relley C | 10th | "Unruly" | 1 June 2017 | ||||
| "Tell Me That" | 17 November 2017 | ||||||
| Caitlyn Vanbeck | Judges Houses | "I’m Sorry" | 28 May 2018 | ||||
| "Break Your Heart" | 7 September 2018 | ||||||
| "Jolene" | 6 October 2023 | ||||||
| Rak-Su | 14 | Winner | "Dimelo" | 3 December 2017 | 2 | [69] | |
| "Pyro Ting" | 29 June 2018 | DNC | |||||
| "I Want You to Freak" | 28 September 2018 | 39 | |||||
| "Yours or Mine" | 12 April 2019 | DNC | |||||
| "Rotate (Clockwise)" | 5 July 2019 | ||||||
| "La Bomba" | 8 November 2019 | ||||||
| "Girl" | 6 December 2019 | ||||||
| "Palm Trees" | 28 May 2020 | ||||||
| "Who Am I? (Black Lives Matter)" | 3 July 2020 | ||||||
| "Girls Like You" | 6 November 2020 | ||||||
| "No Contest" | 11 December 2020 | ||||||
| "Left Right" | 22 January 2021 | ||||||
| "Tongue Tied" | 15 May 2021 | ||||||
| "Statement" | 12 August 2021 | ||||||
| "Over & Over" | 27 August 2021 | ||||||
| "Catching a Vibe" | 1 October 2021 | ||||||
| "Temporary Love" | 3 March 2022 | ||||||
| "Just a Friend" | 25 March 2022 | ||||||
| "Neymar" | 25 November 2022 | ||||||
| "Role Play" | 17 July 2024 | ||||||
| "Check For Me" | 24 July 2024 | ||||||
| "Medina" | 1 August 2024 | ||||||
| "Close Your Eyes" | 7 August 2024 | ||||||
| "F With You" | 15 August 2024 | ||||||
| "Masterpiece" | 15 October 2024 | ||||||
| "Another Lover" | 15 October 2024 | ||||||
| "Translate" | 27 November 2024 | ||||||
| Myles | 1st (as part of Rak-Su) | "Old Fashioned" | 10 March 2022 | ||||
| "Crazy" | 8 April 2022 | ||||||
| Grace Davies | 2nd | "Invisible" | 31 January 2020 | ||||
| "Addicted to Blue" | 20 March 2020 | ||||||
| "Amsterdam" | 1 May 2020 | ||||||
| "Just a Girl" | 26 June 2020 | ||||||
| "I Met a Boy Online" | 19 February 2021 | ||||||
| "Iris" | 26 March 2021 | ||||||
| "Testosterone" | 28 May 2021 | ||||||
| "Toothbrush" | 23 July 2021 | ||||||
| "Used to You" | 27 August 2021 | ||||||
| "Roots" | 8 October 2021 | 89 | [70] | ||||
| "Wolves" | 1 July 2022 | DNC | |||||
| "Already Gone" | 19 August 2022 | ||||||
| "Breathe" | 14 October 2022 | ||||||
| "Illuminate" | 18 April 2024 | ||||||
| "A Wonderful, Boring, Normal Life" | 13 September 2024 | ||||||
| "Another Night" | 1 November 2024 | ||||||
| "The 25th" | 6 December 2024 | ||||||
| "It Ain’t Christmas (If You’re Not With Me)" | |||||||
| Holly Tandy | 7 | "Only for Tonight" | 6 December 2018 | ||||
| "Small Talk" | 5 November 2019 | [71] | |||||
| Molly Hocking | Bootcamp | "I'll Never Love Again" | 6 April 2019 | 73 | [72] | ||
| "After the Night Before" | 6 November 2020 | DNC | |||||
| "We Can Have the World Tonight" | 28 May 2021 | ||||||
| "Alive" | 31 December 2021 | ||||||
| "Bones" | 22 June 2022 | ||||||
| "You Can’t Hold Me Down" | 21 July 2024 | ||||||
| "The Upside" | 18 October 2024 | ||||||
| "Did You Want It At All?" | 15 November 2024 | [73] | |||||
| Dalton Harris | 15 | Winner | "The Power of Love" | 2 December 2018 | 4 | [74] | |
| "Cry" | 15 December 2019 | DNC | |||||
| Scarlett Lee | Runners-up | "Love Shy" | 26 August 2022 | ||||
| "My Christmas Wish" | 25 November 2022 | ||||||
| "Hands of Time (My Oh My)" | 9 February 2024 | ||||||
| "One For You" | 16 February 2024 | ||||||
| Brendan Murray | 5th | "If I'm Honest" | 19 April 2019 | ||||
| Shan Ako | 7th | "The Silence" | 22 March 2019 | ||||
| "Get Back" | 3 May 2019 | ||||||
| "Beautiful I Am" | 25 October 2019 | ||||||
| "God’s Best" | 25 March 2022 | ||||||
| United Vibe | 12th | "Ain't It Funny" | 2 May 2019 | ||||
| "Esta Noche" | 29 August 2019 | ||||||
| "Sticks and Stones and Mobile Phones" | 12 November 2019 | ||||||
| Olatunji Yearwood | 16th | "Start the Show" | 24 May 2019 | ||||
| Angel22 | Celebrity | 4th | "Free Hugs" | 24 September 2021 | |||
| Wes Nelson | 8th (as part of No Love Lost) | "See Nobody" | 17 September 2020 | 3 | Platinum | [75] | |
| "Nice to Meet Ya" | 1 April 2021 | 36 | Silver | ||||
| "Drive" | 30 August 2021 | 17 | Silver | ||||
| "Say Nothing" | 22 September 2021 | DNC | — | ||||
| "Abracadabra" | 9 February 2024 | 37 | |||||
| Samira Mighty | "I Love Your Smile" | 7 July 2022 | DNC | ||||
| "Like This, Like That" | 16 February 2023 | ||||||
| "That's Not What My Friends Say" | 27 April 2023 | ||||||
| The X Factor Celebrities finalists 2019 | All Celebrity finalists | "Run" | 30 November 2019 | 87 | [76] | ||
| RLY | The Band | Winner | "Love Me Or Not" | 3 August 2023 | DNC | ||
| "Superpower" | 21 September 2023 | ||||||
| "Safe & Sound" | 9 February 2024 | ||||||
| "Ring The Alarm" | 8 March 2024 | ||||||
| "Restroom Booth Confessions" | 31 May 2024 |
| Artist | Series | Position in show | Album title | UK release date | UK peak chart position | UK certification | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Brookstein | 1 | Winner | Heart and Soul | 9 May 2005 | 1 | Gold | [4] |
| G4 | Runners-up | G4 | 28 February 2005 | 1 | 2xPlatinum | [5] | |
| G4 & Friends | 28 November 2005 | 6 | Platinum | ||||
| Act Three | 27 November 2006 | 21 | Gold | ||||
| G4 Love Songs | 3 February 2017 | 56 | — | ||||
| Rowetta | 4th | Rowetta | 3 October 2005 | 89 | [77] | ||
| Voices with Soul | 6th | Celebration | 16 December 2005 | 87 | [78] | ||
| Shayne Ward | 2 | Winner | Shayne Ward | 17 April 2006 | 1 | Platinum | [6] |
| Breathless | 26 November 2007 | 2 | Platinum | [6] | |||
| Obsession | 15 November 2010 | 15 | Silver | [6] | |||
| Closer | 12 April 2015 | 17 | — | [6] | |||
| Andy Abraham | Runner-up | The Impossible Dream | 20 March 2006 | 2 | Platinum | [7] | |
| Soul Man | 13 November 2006 | 19 | Gold | [78] | |||
| Journey South | 3rd | Journey South | 20 March 2006 | 1 | Platinum | [78] | |
| Home | 22 October 2007 | 43 | — | [78] | |||
| Maria Lawson | 8th | Maria Lawson | 28 August 2006 | 41 | [9] | ||
| Leona Lewis | 3 | Winner | Spirit | 9 November 2007 | 1 | 10xPlatinum | [11] |
| Echo | 16 November 2009 | 1 | 2xPlatinum | [11] | |||
| Glassheart | 15 October 2012 | 3 | Silver | [11] | |||
| Christmas, with Love | 29 November 2013 | 13 | Gold | [11] | |||
| I Am | 11 September 2015 | 12 | — | [11] | |||
| Ray Quinn | Runner-up | Doing It My Way | 12 March 2007 | 1 | Gold | [78] | |
| Ben Mills | 3rd | Picture of You | 12 March 2007 | 3 | Gold | [78] | |
| The MacDonald Brothers | 4th | The MacDonald Brothers | 2 April 2007 | 18 | — | [79] | |
| The World Outside | 15 October 2007 | 41 | [79] | ||||
| Leon Jackson | 4 | Winner | Right Now | 20 October 2008 | 4 | Gold | [13] |
| Rhydian Roberts | Runner-up | Rhydian | 24 November 2008 | 3 | Platinum | [80] | |
| O Fortuna | 30 November 2009 | 25 | Gold | [80] | |||
| Waves | 13 August 2011 | 39 | — | [80] | |||
| One Day Like This | 7 April 2014 | 19 | [80] | ||||
| Same Difference | 3rd | Pop | 1 December 2008 | 22 | Gold | [14] | |
| Alexandra Burke | 5 | Winner | Overcome | 19 October 2009 | 1 | 2xPlatinum | [15] |
| Heartbreak on Hold | 4 June 2012 | 18 | — | ||||
| The Truth Is | 16 March 2018 | 16 | |||||
| JLS | Runners-up | JLS | 9 November 2009 | 1 | 4xPlatinum | [16] | |
| Outta This World | 22 November 2010 | 2 | 2xPlatinum | ||||
| Jukebox | 14 November 2011 | 2 | Platinum | ||||
| Evolution | 5 November 2012 | 3 | Gold | ||||
| Goodbye – The Greatest Hits | 18 November 2013 | 6 | Gold | ||||
| 2.0 | 3 December 2021 | 4 | — | ||||
| Eoghan Quigg | 3rd | Eoghan Quigg | 6 April 2009 | 14 | [18] | ||
| Diana Vickers | 4th | Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree | 3 May 2010 | 1 | Gold | [19] | |
| Music to Make Boys Cry | 15 September 2013 | 37 | — | ||||
| Ruth Lorenzo | 5th | Planeta Azul | 27 October 2014 | DNC | N/A | ||
| Loveaholic | 9 March 2018 | ||||||
| Joe McElderry | 6 | Winner | Wide Awake | 25 October 2010 | 3 | Gold | [20] |
| Classic | 22 August 2011 | 2 | Gold | [20] | |||
| Classic Christmas | 25 November 2011 | 15 | Gold | [20] | |||
| Here's What I Believe | 10 September 2012 | 8 | Silver | [20] | |||
| Saturday Night at the Movies | 14 July 2017 | 10 | — | [20] | |||
| Olly Murs | Runner-up | Olly Murs | 28 November 2010 | 2 | 2xPlatinum | [21] | |
| In Case You Didn't Know | 25 November 2011 | 1 | 3xPlatinum | [21] | |||
| Right Place Right Time | 26 November 2012 | 1 | 4xPlatinum | [21] | |||
| Never Been Better | 24 November 2014 | 1 | 3xPlatinum | [21] | |||
| 24 Hrs | 11 November 2016 | 1 | Platinum | [21] | |||
| You Know I Know | 9 November 2018 | 2 | Platinum | [21] | |||
| Marry Me | 2 December 2022 | 1 | — | [21] | |||
| Stacey Solomon | 3rd | Shy | 18 April 2015 | 45 | [ citation needed ] | ||
| Jedward | 6th | Planet Jedward | 16 July 2010 | 17 | [25] | ||
| Victory | 15 August 2011 | 34 | [25] | ||||
| Young Love | 22 June 2012 | 63 | [25] | ||||
| Matt Cardle | 7 | Winner | Letters | 17 October 2011 | 2 | Gold | [27] |
| The Fire | 29 October 2012 | 8 | Silver | [27] | |||
| Porcelain | 28 October 2013 | 11 | — | [27] | |||
| Time to Be Alive | 27 April 2018 | 28 | [27] | ||||
| Rebecca Ferguson | Runner-up | Heaven | 5 December 2011 | 3 | 2xPlatinum | [29] | |
| Freedom | 29 November 2013 | 6 | Gold | [29] | |||
| Lady Sings the Blues | 6 March 2015 | 7 | — | [29] | |||
| Superwoman | 14 October 2016 | 7 | [29] | ||||
| One Direction | 3rd | Up All Night | 18 November 2011 | 2 | 4xPlatinum | [30] | |
| Take Me Home | 12 November 2012 | 1 | 4xPlatinum | [30] | |||
| Midnight Memories | 25 November 2013 | 1 | 3xPlatinum | [30] | |||
| Four | 17 November 2014 | 1 | 2xPlatinum | [30] | |||
| Made in the A.M. | 13 November 2015 | 1 | 2xPlatinum | [30] | |||
| Zayn Malik | 3rd (as part of One Direction) | Mind of Mine | 25 March 2016 | 1 | Gold | ||
| Icarus Falls | 14 December 2018 | 77 | — | ||||
| Nobody Is Listening | 15 January 2021 | 17 | |||||
| Harry Styles | Harry Styles | 12 May 2017 | 1 | Platinum | |||
| Fine Line | 13 December 2019 | 2 | 2xPlatinum | ||||
| Harry's House | 20 May 2022 | 1 | Gold | ||||
| Niall Horan | Flicker | 20 October 2017 | 3 | Gold | |||
| Heartbreak Weather | 13 March 2020 | 1 | Silver | ||||
| Liam Payne | LP1 | 6 December 2019 | 17 | Silver | |||
| Louis Tomlinson | Walls | 31 January 2020 | 4 | Silver | |||
| Faith in the Future | 11 November 2022 | 1 | Silver | ||||
| Cher Lloyd | 4th | Sticks and Stones | 7 November 2011 | 4 | Gold | [81] | |
| Sorry I'm Late | 28 July 2014 | 21 | — | ||||
| Mary Byrne | 5th | Mine & Yours | 28 March 2011 | 6 | Silver | [82] | |
| …with Love | 5 March 2012 | 28 | — | ||||
| Aiden Grimshaw | 9th | Misty Eye | 20 August 2012 | 19 | [37] | ||
| Little Mix | 8 | Winner | DNA | 19 November 2012 | 3 | Platinum | [38] |
| Salute | 8 November 2013 | 4 | Platinum | ||||
| Get Weird | 6 November 2015 | 2 | 3xPlatinum | ||||
| Glory Days | 18 November 2016 | 1 | 4xPlatinum | ||||
| LM5 | 16 November 2018 | 3 | Platinum | ||||
| Confetti | 6 November 2020 | 2 | Platinum | ||||
| Between Us | 12 November 2021 | 3 | Platinum | ||||
| Marcus Collins | Runner-up | Marcus Collins | 12 March 2012 | 7 | — | [42] | |
| Janet Devlin | 5th | Running with Scissors | 9 June 2014 | 43 | [83] | ||
| James Arthur | 9 | Winner | James Arthur | 4 November 2013 | 2 | Platinum | [47] |
| Back from the Edge | 4 November 2016 | 1 | Platinum | [84] | |||
| You | 18 October 2019 | 2 | Gold | [47] | |||
| It'll All Make Sense in the End | 5 November 2021 | 3 | Silver | [47] | |||
| Bitter Sweet Love | 26 January 2024 | 1 | — | ref name="Arthur"/> | |||
| Jahméne Douglas | Runner-up | Love Never Fails | 22 July 2013 | 1 | Silver | [48] | |
| Union J | 4th | Union J | 28 October 2013 | 6 | Silver | [49] | |
| You Got It All – The Album | 8 December 2014 | 28 | — | ||||
| Ella Henderson | 6th | Chapter One | 13 October 2014 | 1 | Platinum | [50] | |
| Everything I Didn't Say | 11 March 2022 | 8 | Gold | ||||
| Lucy Spraggan | 9th | Top Room at the Zoo | 8 September 2012 | 22 | — | [54] | |
| Join the Club | 19 October 2013 | 7 | Silver | ||||
| We Are | 4 May 2015 | 22 | — | ||||
| I Hope You Don't Mind Me Writing | 27 January 2017 | 12 | |||||
| Today Was a Good Day | 3 May 2019 | 12 | |||||
| Choices | 26 February 2021 | 5 | |||||
| Sam Bailey | 10 | Winner | The Power of Love | 24 March 2014 | 1 | Gold | [55] |
| Sing My Heart Out | 16 September 2016 | 33 | — | ||||
| Nicholas McDonald | Runner-up | In the Arms of an Angel | 1 March 2014 | 6 | [56] | ||
| Ben Haenow | 11 | Winner | Ben Haenow | 13 November 2015 | 10 | Silver | [62] |
| Fleur East | Runner-up | Love, Sax and Flashbacks | 4 December 2015 | 14 | Silver | [10] | |
| Fearless | 20 March 2020 | DNC | — | [10] | |||
| Andrea Faustini | 3rd | Kelly | 15 July 2015 | 14 | [85] | ||
| Matt Terry | 13 | Winner | Trouble | 24 November 2017 | 29 | [ citation needed ] |
Sinitta Malone known mononymously as Sinitta, is a British-American singer. She initially found commercial success in the mid-1980s with the single "So Macho" and had several other hits during the decade. In the 2000s, she became known for television appearances, including Loose Women, The Xtra Factor and This Morning. She took part in the ITV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2011.
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"A Moment Like This" is the debut single by American singer Kelly Clarkson. The song was written by Jörgen Elofsson and John Reid from British house music project Nightcrawlers and produced by Stephen Ferrera and Steve Mac. It was released as a double A-side with "Before Your Love" as her coronation single after winning the first season of American Idol. The song was later included on her debut studio album, Thankful (2003). "A Moment Like This" was a huge hit in North America, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian Singles Chart.
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"Something I Need" is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic. It was released on August 25, 2013, through Mosley Music and Interscope Records as the third single from their third studio album, Native (2013). The song was written and produced by Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco. It peaked at number six in Australia, where it has been certified 3× Platinum, and number four in New Zealand, where it has been certified Gold.
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