Not when Kiss You and C'mon C'mon are on that album. But Rock Me, Little Things and They Don't Care About Us can all go Top 5.
Little Things is a musical abomination that was essentially just 1D shamlessly pandering to their core fanbase. Absolutely awful track and it's getting a 0 from me.
This is going to be rough. None of these albums are particularly good, and they're far from what each artist is capable of producing.
Olly and Little Mix will probably get middling scores from me, and I'm prepared to unleash some lashings on 1D and Cheryl. Some truly awful tracks on both their albums, but I think both of them will have a track within my Top 10.
My 11 is either going to Call My Name or DNA. Not much else here to latch onto.
These were 4 of the biggest British pop albums from 2012. X Factor has produced highly successful alumni. The fact they are all tied to XF in some way is just a coincidence. The only other albums that were considered for this rate were Leona's Glassheart (but she's an XF winner) and Paloma Faith's Fall To Grace.
Emeli Sande? Rita Ora? Even low-key Marina and the Diamonds. Each of them had a number 1 album and hits, Emeli sold TONS!