Sam Bailey
Kaiser Chiefs’ frontman Ricky Wilson has seen his time on The Voice pay off as his band scored a number one album. The day after the live final of The Voice, on which Wilson served as a judge and mentor, Education, Education, Education & War hit the top. The Kaiser Chiefs had previously released four […]
Pharrell Williams saw out 2013 with his third UK number one single of the year, Happy, knocking X Factor winner Sam Bailey into second place. The 40-year-old previously topped the charts on Daft Punk’s Get Lucky and Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines, with writing credits on both. Happy, a feel-good pop song featured in the hit […]
X Factor winner Sam Bailey has claimed this year’s Christmas number one, with her debut single Skyscraper. The former prison officer outsold her nearest rival, Pharrell’s Happy, by two to one to become one of the fastest selling singles of the year. Bailey, 36, said topping the festive chart was the “icing on the cake”. […]
Sam Bailey has beaten fellow finalist Nicholas McDonald in the final of this year’s X Factor show on ITV. The prison officer, 36, received more than one million votes and thanked everyone for choosing her before performing her single Skyscraper. Her mentor Sharon Osborne was tearful throughout much of Sunday’s show. Bailey and McDonald battled […]
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