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Alexandra Burke’s debut album will be put off until the autumn. There were rumours that the X Factor winner’s first record would be pushed for an early release by Simon Cowell’s ‘Syco’ label and could be on shelves as early as March in time for Mother’s Day.

Bosses have now said they will follow the path marked out by superstar Leona Lewis and delay the release until around November in order to give Alexandra the best possible chance of achieving credibility to match her potential chart success. 

Simon’s company Syco want to wait to find the right songs and let her polish her skills, like they did with Leona. She can then launch it on a live X Factor show to start the promotion of the new album, Alex’s talent and appeal is closer to Leona’s levels, so they can afford to wait to get it right.

The source added that despite X Factor 2007 winner Leon Jackson’s album flop after a wait of 10 months, music executives aren’t worried that the same will happen to Alexandra.