That was fast Lead Single in January?

Is she getting the Sam Bailey treatment? Rush released album and then dropped?

Dddd I called her Sam Bailey Jr. during the series

Wow. They have not been wasting time lately, and it's not helping.

It's probably just a provisional date that will change, but if it's true.

Wow , that's so fast!

Can't wait for hear her album , she is an amazing singer!

If this is true then that is absolutely ridiculous

Like Syco are the WORST management ever, they've only managed to be successful with 1D cause of the huge fanbase and Little Mix cause of their good sized fanbase/actual talent from the band.

If she's releasing it feb 26th that means she's literally had under 3 months to write/record/produce an entire album? Surely it'll be absolutely awful if that's the case

I think Sam released in time for Mother's Day which made sense because that was her market, and her album sold well.

A rush release makes no sense for Louisa though.

This is a very very bad idea. She should take her time and properly do the album and focus on gettin great songs, and aim for a fall or summer release in 2016.

This is a disaster waiting to happen. Syco is really screwing things up, awful label.

I can see why they want to rush release it, they'll want to make sure she isn't forgotten about after Forever Young flopping.

But this means that the album is probably going to be a rushed mess. She's going to have no input whatsoever.

The album has been available to pre-order since the day she won tho.

This better not be an album of covers

Why do people go on these talent shows anymore?

Not her releasing an album before her mentor

This makes absolutely no sense at all. I could understand them taking the next month to record a really great single for her that will keep her name relevant until an album release in the summer/fall, but there's no way they'll be able to produce a decent quality LP in such a short amount of time.

She even said in an interview last week that she wasn't sure of the sound she wanted to go for and she would like to take her time to figure herself out as an artist before putting out an album.

Such a mess

They are doing it because they are worried if they wait any longer people will totally forget about her. Her chart position got them shook!

They provided provisional dates for nearly all winners tho, so this is untrue most likely

To be honest they were so desperate for her to win they probably already have an album ready for her to record.