The X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke sold 576,046 copies of her single "Hallelujah" this week in the UK to land straight at #1.
"Hallelujah" becomes the fastest selling female single ever in the UK, beating out Leona Lewis "A Moment Like This" back in 2006 which sold 571,000 copies.
The song became so popular that even the Jeff Buckley version flew straight to #2 right behind her with 80,883 sold!
1. 1,108,269 Will Young - Anything Is Possible/Evergreen (Mar 9 2002)*
2. 850,535 Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody (Mar 30 2002)*
3. 742,180 Shayne Ward – That’s My Goal (Dec 31 2005)*
4. 576,046 Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah (Dec 27 2008)*
5. 571,253 Leona Lewis A Moment Like This (Dec 31 2006)*
6. 549,823 Hear’say - Pure And Simple (Mar 24 2001)*
7. 377,074 Will Young - Anything Is Possible/Evergreen (Mar 16 2002)
8. 359,639 Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It? (Dec 30 2000)
9. 345,498 Shaggy feat. RikRok - It Wasn't Me (Mar 10 2001)*
10. 313,244 X Factor Finalists – Hero (Nov 8 2008)*
(credit: Haven)