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Alexandra Burke

About Me


Alexandra started singing around the house when she was just 5. At 9 years old she sang on stage in Bahrain with her mother, one of the singers from ‘Soul to Soul’, and the audience loved her. From that moment onwards she was hooked on performing.
At the age of 12 years Alexandra entered ‘Star for a Night’ where she was the youngest person in the competition but was beaten to the no.1 spot by Joss Stone. When she first started school she was bullied because she won all the singing competitions and was in all of the school choirs. As time went on the bullying resided and she now has fond memories of school. She left school after her GCSEs to pursue a career in music.
When Alexandra’s mum asked her to sing to Jean Carne, Jean was so impressed she asked her to perform at her show the next night and at 12 she sung down the phone to Stevie Wonder. Alexandra recently went on tour with ‘Young Voices’ a charity that raises money for children with Leukaemia where she has performed at huge venues like The Royal Albert Hall.
Alexandra has lived in Islington all of her life and has 4 brothers and 1 sister. When she was 5 years old her parents split up and only recently has her father been there for her and her siblings. Alexandra’s Grandfather was always the backbone to the family and when he passed away in 2004 it left them devastated.
Alexandra has had no professional vocal training and learnt to sing through her mother and by listening to music. Her other hobbies include acting, dancing, and going to the gym.
After auditioning for X Factor in 2005 she got through to the judge’s house’s stage but was kicked out by Louis as he thought she was too young. Despite this she continued singing at small events and writing her own songs and she can’t imagine doing anything else.

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My Blog

Michael Jackson

I am deeply saddened by the news of Michael as he was my musical hero. He changed the music industry and made it what it is today. My prayers are with him and his family at this time. He will be misse...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:37:00 GMT

New Blog from Alexandra!

Hey Guys,Hope you're all well? It's been a crazy couple of weeks and I wanted to fill you all in! :-) Well as you all know I went to Beyonce's concert, she was playing at the O2 and she was out of thi...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:49:00 GMT

New Blog from Alexandra!

Hey guys!Wow! So sorry its taken me a while to do a blog since I've been home, but I went straight into the studio and I've been loving every minute of it! It feels SO good to be home!Can you believe ...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:11:00 GMT

New Blog from Alexandra!

Firstly I hope you are all well& It's now Spring, which means it's nearly SUMMER! WOOHOO! I always get excited around this time of the year! I hear the weather in the UK has been really good so far! S...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 09:01:00 GMT

I'm in LA!!

Hey guys!!!Wow, so much more to tell you all. I'm in LA now! Finally! Its so lovely here, the weather is a bit up and down but its still beautiful! Working hard out here, but I'm having a blast! I've ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:42:00 GMT

NYC Blog!

Hey guys! Wow! I'm in New York!! Oh my gosh! I'm finally here!! I'm now in the time zone! Luckily I'm not really feeling the jet lag even though it's five hours behind.  It's so weird because I dont f...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:11:00 GMT

New Blog!

Hey guys! Wow the tour is over! It makes me so sad to actually say that. But then at the same time I'm excited about what's to come! I'm missing everyone and everything about the tour so much. It was ...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:21:00 GMT

New Blog from Alexandra!

Hey guys!I'm in Dublin airport at the moment waiting to get on my flight toglasgow. My flight has been delayed! But its all good because I got myfriends Graham and Holly making me laugh!  Playing at t...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:22:00 GMT

Tour Diary No3

Hey guys!Wow, so much is happening in such a short space of time. The tour hasbeen so amazing! yesterday is a day off.. And we all needed the rest   butI can't wait to get back on the stage. Birmingha...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:15:00 GMT

Tour Diary No2

Hey guys!!Wow what an amazing couple of days! I'm on my way to sheffield now and  its raining but nothings taking my smile away!So, we've done Aberdeen, Newcastle, Manchester and LONDON!They have all ...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:03:00 GMT