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Most successful act from X factor?
Is it still One Direction?
Has anyone else come close to their success yet? Little Mix? |
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Is it still One Direction?
Has anyone else come close to their success yet? Little Mix? If the former, then still One Direction I believe. |
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One Direction - 50 million records sold.
Leona Lewis - 30 million records sold. Little Mix - 15 million records sold. |
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One of One Direction, Olly Murs or Little Mix.
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Sex sells I guess...
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Not for singing but Rylan Clark's done alright for himself, especially since he started out as a joke act. He's now a well known presenter and television personality.
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One Direction, surely. Breaking the States and world domination is hard to top, and as XF UK loses viewers and relevance, it's unlikely anyone will top their success.
Of course, unless one of the 1D boys goes on to even greater solo success. Potentially also if Little Mix keep a successful career for say, ten years. But the 1D-mania was really a phenomenon, in the US at least. One Direction, interestingly enough, didn't have *that* much chart success in the UK - they compare pretty unfavourably to e.g. Take That or Westlife. |
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Jedward made a lot of money, not necessarily from record sales though
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Has to be 1D.JLS did very well while they were together.for comebacks I want to mention James Arthur.his career was all but dead and buried and hes resurrected it admirably well with a very good comeback album.very few have managed that so well done him.
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for comebacks I want to mention James Arthur.his career was all but dead and buried and hes resurrected it admirably well with a very good comeback album.very few have managed that so well done him.
![]() ![]() I was watching a countdown of the biggest-selling 'X Factor' singles according to the Official Charts Company on the music channel VIVA and should 'SYWLG' surpass the 1 million mark, which is looking likely at this stage, he will be the first act from the show to have two singles sell over a million copies in the UK.
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I second this. His comeback has been remarkable.
I was watching a countdown of the biggest-selling 'X Factor' singles according to the Official Charts Company on the music channel VIVA and should 'SYWLG' surpass the 1 million mark, which is looking likely at this stage, he will be the first act from the show to have two singles sell over a million copies in the UK. ![]() It is an impressive feature, but million seller singles used to be very rare feature, with usually about 1 song a year reaching this, meaning the song would usually be massive and the biggest song of the year, with the chart as it is today, now 15 songs a year are hitting 1 million with streams, which kinda takes away from the achievement of 1 milllion sales of a single. |
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One Direction - 50 million records sold.
Leona Lewis - 30 million records sold. Little Mix - 15 million records sold. |
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For money made when you take into account merchandise , toys etc 1D probably blows any other act out of the water for the cash they generated
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Little Mix are at 23M from the last show figure. Still makes them 3rd though.
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There's a pretty clear top 5.
One Direction is tops on most categories. Hard to argue with multiple NA stadium tours. Leona had the biggest single and album, but not so much after that. Olly and Little Mix are all-rounders (singles, albums, tours) with the best longevity. LM is the only XF act to still be getting bigger in their 6th year and has more of an international profile, while Olly had more success faster and has lasted longer. JLS has slipped behind on aggregate now, but their first era was bigger than any Olly or LM have had. There's a big gap between those 5 and anyone else on the show, though James Arthur does have potential. |
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Honorary mention to Ruth Lorenzo who got her first number 1 single in Spain back in October- 8 years after appearing on X Factor UK.
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Little Mix are at 23M from the last show figure. Still makes them 3rd though.
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