Anyone think that Alex might have been on a 360 record deal during the last two years? For anyone who doesn't know what that is, it's a type of record deal that a label give you where they pay for absolutely everything...time in recording studio, flights etc. In return, the label takes a cut of all of your earnings from areas other than music itself, for example endorsements, advertisements, private gigs, merchandise. People like PIxie Lott, Union J, The Saturday's, Cheryl are all on 360 deals. That's the reason they're still signed despite flops...particularly The Saturdays and Pixie Lott. Their music has flopped, but their label are still making money from them from other areas as they take a cut. I think Alex might have been on this sort of deal during the last two years...it explains how she was managing to spend so much time in the recording studio, flights here there and everywhere.