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This article was nominated for deletion on 7 December 2008 (UTC). The result of the discussion was redirect to List_of_The_X_Factor_finalists_(UK_series_5)#Alexandra_Burke.

Nationality

Leona Lewis, Estelle, Adele etc. are all identified as English, not British.They shouldnt be because they arent English they are British. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Braby (talk • contribs) 23:32, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All of the singers you mentioned were born in London, last time I looked London was in England ergo their nationality can be correctly described as English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.171.174.174 (talk) 16:28, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

London's a city in the UK, and all these singers carry UK passports, not English passports. Not that I care either way - I just think your argument is bizarre. Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 16:38, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References

Needs a lot more references, if anyone adds something could they please make sure they include one or more! BananaNoodle (talk) 09:59, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Genre?

Would you really say that she is 'Pop' as I would highly disagree. I feel she's definitly more R&B. Wneedham02 (talk) 23:17, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not disagreeing, but would say that it is difficult to judge on the limited number of recordings and releases so far. Khcf6971 (talk) 23:28, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(ec)Does it matter? If a decent reference ties her to a specific genre, include it. "Pop" isn't really a genre as such anyway, just a description of the application of another genre (rock, R'n'B, whatever). However, as the winner of a pop-music talent show and top of the pop charts, I think it's fairly obvious she would fall under the style of "pop". J Milburn (talk) 23:31, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, at this point, she falls under pop. Sky83 (talk) 11:13, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I feel it is hard to put her under any sort of genre judging by the fact she has not released any singles outside of The X Factor ones. She has got a Soul/RnB voice but she won a Pop music show so I think she should remain under Pop until she releases some music. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.71.36.27 (talk) 07:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of content

I notice that all the stuff about the campaign to get Buckley's version to #1 has been deleted (or has it been moved elsewhere?) In my view this was all pertinent information; I don't understand why it was deleted. If no one has a good reason then I propose it should be restored. 86.136.26.187 (talk) 03:37, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I think there will probably be some debate, but I see it as relevant. If only because when you consider some of the crap that makes it onto some articles, it seems completely non-sensical to delete important details. Sky83 (talk) 13:17, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored it. If someone wants to reformat it, integrate it better into the main text, and/or move it to a separate article then fine, but please don't just delete it because the Buckley "controversy", especially, is very relevant and pertinent information. 86.134.55.195 (talk) 01:02, 26 December 2008 (UTC).[reply]

I think that even though she has a limited amount of songs so far ,since they are both rnb, she should be counted as an rnb singer. January 09 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.70.109.60 (talk) 12:22, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hallelujah

Why doesn't the song Hallelujah have its own page instead of a section on the artists page? 78.147.69.160 (talk) 23:41, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The song does - and Alexandra Burke's version has a subsection on the page Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)#Alexandra_Burke Khcf6971 (talk) 00:02, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Topping the year - end chart

The article claims that Alexandra Burke is the first X-Factor winner to top the year end singles chart in the UK even though Bleeding Love was the best selling single of the year in 2007. I propose a change to "victory" single or suchlike —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebmcateer (talk • contribs) 17:28, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Discography page? Really?

Is there really any need for a whole page to state that she had two songs out - "hero" and "hallelujah". Her album is still TBAd and i think that that page is unnecessary and should be removed1