The 10 Most Successful Artists To Come Out Of The X Factor

Overall X Factor graduates have sold 30 million singles and 18 million albums in the UK since the start of the series in 2004. Here are the top 10 most successful artists based on UK record sales to come out of The X Factor.

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Artist/Group: Rhydian Roberts

Series: 2007

Position: 2nd place

Albums released: 4

Career Height: Rhydian has hosted his own chat show on the Welsh TV channel S4C

Overall UK record sales: 0.5 million

Last heard of: Rhydian's last record release was in 2011. Since then he has toured wildly in many theatre productions and embarked on his own tour this year.

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Artist/Group: G4

Series: 2004

Position: 2nd place

Albums released: 3

Career height: Performing in front of 100,000 in London's Hyde Park for the Last Night of the Proms in September 2005

Overall UK record sales: 1.2 million

Last heard of: The 'popera' group went their separate ways in 2007.

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Artist/Group: Joe McElderry

Series: 2009

Position: 1st place

Albums released: 4

Career Height: Joe's second album debuted at number 2 in the charts after he had won the second series of Popstar to Operastar

Overall UK record sales: 1.5 million

Last heard of: Joe is currently working on his fifth studio album and will tour the UK in 2014.

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Artist/Group: Little Mix

Series: 2011

Position: 1st place

Albums released: 1

Career Height: Little Mix's debut album entered the US charts at number 4. The first UK girl band to do this since the Spice Girls.

Overall UK record sales: 1.7 million

Last heard of: The group are currently working on their second studio album and enjoying success both at home and stateside.

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Artist/Group: Shayne Ward

Series: 2005

Position: 1st place

Albums released: 3

Career Height: Shayne's first two albums achieved platinum status in the UK and went 4 and 5 times platinum respectively in Ireland

Overall UK record sales: 2.9 million

Last heard of: Shayne was last seen in early 2013 competing on the ITV show Dancing on Ice.

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Artist/Group: Alexandra Burke

Series: 2008

Position: 1st place

Albums released: 2 albums and 2 EP's.

Career Height: Alexandra's second single 'Bad Boys' went platinum in 2010

Overall UK record sales: 4 million

Last heard of: Alexandra is working on her third studio album set for release in 2013. However, in June 2013 she parted ways with her record company.

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Artist/Group: One Direction

Series: 2010

Position: 3rd place

Albums released: 2

Career Height: First album 'Up all Night' went to number one in sixteen countries including the UK and US. Second album 'Take Me Home' went to number one in THIRTY FOUR countries including the UK and US. Let's just be honest and say One Direction's run from 2010 to the present day is one big career high!

Overall UK record sales: 4.9 million

Last heard of: One Direction are currently enjoying the success of their first concert movie 'This Is Us' and will embark on a worldwide stadium tour in 2014.

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Artist/Group: JLS

Series: 2008

Position: 2nd place

Albums released: 4

Career Height: JLS won the awards for Best British Breakthrough and Best British Single at the 2010 BRIT Awards. They have also released their own range of condoms.

Overall UK record sales: 6.1 million

Last heard of: JLS are set to release their 5th and final album in late 2013. They will embark on a farewell tour before going their separate ways.

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Artist/Group: Olly Murs

Series: 2009

Position: 2nd place

Albums released: 3

Career Height: In 2013, Olly was the opening act for Robbie Williams's European Stadium Tour.

Overall UK record sales: 6.5 million

Last heard of: Olly will be touring the UK and releasing his fourth studio album in 2014

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Artist/Group: Leona Lewis

Series: 2006

Position: 1st place

Albums released: 3

Career Height: Leona is the most successful artist to come out of The X Factor to date

Overall record sales: 8.3 million

Last heard of: Leona is set to release her fourth studio album at the end of this year which is said to be a collection of 'Motown themed Christmas cover's'.