British singer Alexandra Burke has recorded songs for two studio albums. She has collaborated with other artists for duets and featured songs on her albums. Burke has also contributed vocals for charity singles. After she won the fifth series of The X Factor in December 2008, Burke signed a recording contract with Syco Music. Her first single, "Hallelujah", was made available to purchase the day after she won the singing competition on 14 December 2008.
She began to work with writers for her debut album, Overcome, which was released on 19 October 2009. The album's second single, "Bad Boys" featuring Flo Rida, was released in the same month to coincide with Overcome. American singer-songwriter Ne-Yo co-wrote two songs for the album, "Good Night Good Morning" and "Nothing But the Girl"; he appeared as a featured artist on the former. "Good Night Good Morning" was written in collaboration with Norwegian production team Stargate, while "Nothing But the Girl" was co-written with Stargate along with Chase and Status. British singer-songwriter Pixie Lott received writing credits for the song "You Broke My Heart", while Moroccan-Swedish songwriter RedOne wrote and produced three songs for the album, "The Silence", "Broken Heels" and "Dumb". The re-release of Overcome in December 2010 included new songs which were not on the original album. They included collaborations with Cobra Starship on "What Happens on the Dancefloor" and Laza Morgan on "Start Without You". Burke stated that a newly recorded vocal version of "The Silence" was released as a promotional single for the album.
Burke revealed that she would be "getting down and dirty" on her second studio album, Heartbreak on Hold (2012), and that her future music would be "fiercer and sexier". She was involved with writing two songs on the album; "What Money Can't Buy" and the lead single "Elephant" featuring DJ Erick Morillo. Burke collaborated with a new set of writers and producers, none of whom were involved with Overcome. Autumn Rowe co-wrote the song "Fire", which was produced by iSHi. Cutfather and Jason Gill co-wrote and produced three songs for Heartbreak on Hold, "This Love Will Survive", "Between the Sheets" and the second single "Let It Go". DJ Smash and DJ Antoine collaborated for song "Tonight", while English DJ Michael Woods co-wrote and produced "Daylight Robbery". The deluxe edition of the album featured two additional songs, "Devil in Me" and "Beating Still"; Burke also recorded different vocals for acoustic versions of "Heartbreak on Hold" and "Let It Go".
In October 2012, Burke confirmed that she is in the process of recording songs for her third studio album, as well as an R&B album for her American debut, both due for release in 2013. In December 2012, Burke released her first Extended play (EP) entitled Christmas Gift. It contains two songs: a cover of "Silent Night" and an original track written by Burke entitled "Christmas Time".
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+KeyIndicates single releaseIndicates promotional single releaseIndicates song written solely by Burke
Song Artist(s) Writer(s) Album(s) Year Ref. "All Night Long" Alexandra Burke James Scheffer Louis Biancaniello Richard Butler Jr. Sam Watters Overcome 2009 "All Night Long" (Remix) Armando Pérez James Scheffer Louis Biancaniello Richard Butler Jr. Sam Watters Single release only 2010 "Bad Boys" Alexander James Larry Summerville Jr. Lauren Evans Melvin K. Watson Jr. Michael Busbee Tramar Dillard Overcome 2009 "Bad Boys" (No rap version) Alexandra Burke Alexander James James Ryan Larry Summerville Jr. Lauren Evans Melvin K. Watson Jr. Michael Busbee Radio airplay only 2009 "Beating Still" Alexandra Burke Carl Ryden Cozi Costi Nina Woodford Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Before the Rain" Alexandra Burke AJ Junior Bilal Hajji Gabe Saporta Nadir Khayat Savan Kotecha Overcome 2010 "Between the Sheets" Alexandra Burke Brittany Burton Dee Adam Josh Wilkinson Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Broken Heels" Alexandra Burke Bilal Hajji Nadir Khayat Savan Kotecha Overcome 2009 "Bury Me (6 Feet Under)" Alexandra Burke Andrea Martin Hitesh Ceon Kim Ofstad Tor Erik Hermansen Overcome 2009 "Christmas Time" Alexandra Burke Alexandra Burke Christmas Gift 2012 "Dangerous" Alexandra Burke Andrea Martin Hitesh Ceon Kim Ofstad Overcome 2009 "Daylight Robbery" Alexandra Burke Gavin Jones Marlene Strand Michael Woods Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Devil in Me" Alexandra Burke Bryn Christopher Pete Martin Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Dumb" Alexandra Burke Bilal Hajji Martin Kierszenbaum Nadir Khayat Savan Kotecha Overcome 2009 "Elephant" Alexandra Burke Brittany Burton Erick Morillo Harry Romero Jose Nuñez Josh Wilkinson Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Everybody Hurts" Helping Haiti Artists Bill Berry Michael Stipe Mike Mills Peter Buck Charity record 2010 "Fire" Alexandra Burke Autumn Rowe Charlie Bernardo Eshraque "iSHi" Mughal Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Good Night Good Morning" Mikkel S. Eriksen Shaffer Smith Tor Erik Hermansen Overcome 2009 "Gotta Go" Alexandra Burke Aeon Manahan Herbie Crichlow Savan Kotecha Wayne Wilkins Overcome 2009 "Hallelujah" Alexandra Burke Leonard Cohen Overcome 2009 "Heartbreak on Hold" Alexandra Burke David Gamson Erika Nuri Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Heartbreak on Hold" (Acoustic version) Alexandra Burke David Gamson Erika Nuri Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Hero" The X Factor Finalists 2008 Mariah Carey Walter Afanasieff Charity record 2008 "It's Over" Alexandra Burke Leonard Cohen Overcome 2009 "Let It Go" Alexandra Burke Belle Humble Jason Gill Mich Hansen Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Let It Go" (Acoustic version) Alexandra Burke Belle Humble Jason Gill Mich Hansen Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Love You That Much" Alexandra Burke Brittany Burton Fred Falke Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Nothing But the Girl" Alexandra Burke Mikkel S. Eriksen Will Kennard Shaffer Smith Tor Erik Hermansen Will Kennard Overcome 2009 "Oh La La" Alexandra Burke Crystal Waters Gavin Jones Ivar Lisinski Marlene Strand Neal Brian Conway Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Overcome" Alexandra Burke Louis Biancaniello Sam Watters Overcome 2009 "Perfect" Alexandra Burke Ari Levine Peter Hernandez James Fauntleroy II Philip Lawrence Overcome 2010 "" Alexandra Burke Bilal Hajji Nadir Khayat Savan Kotecha Overcome 2009 "" Alexandra Burke Bilal Hajji Nadir Khayat Savan Kotecha Overcome 2010 "Silent Night" Alexandra Burke Franz Xaver Gruber Joseph Mohr Christmas Gift 2012 "Sitting on Top of the World" Alexandra Burke Brittany Burton Dee Adam George Tizzard Josh Wilkinson Rick Parkhouse Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Start Without You" Julian Bunetta Kristian Lundin Nadir Khayat Savan Kotecha Overcome 2010 "They Don't Know" Alexandra Burke Brian Kennedy Seals James Fauntleroy II Overcome 2009 "This Love Will Survive" Alexandra Burke Daniel Davidson Jason Gill Mich Hansen Sonia Clark Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "Tonight" Alexandra Burke Andrey Shirman Antoine Konrad Fabio Antonialli Lucas Scon Pablo Rodriguez Thomas Troelsen Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "What Happens on the Dancefloor" AJ Junior Bilal Hajji Gabe Saporta Nadir Khayat Savan Kotecha Overcome 2010 "What Money Can't Buy" Alexandra Burke Alexandra Burke Ben Adams Heartbreak on Hold 2012 "You Broke My Heart" Alexandra Burke Steve Booker Niara Scarlett Victoria Lott Overcome 2009
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