article_snippet.sent: Though it's not always the winners who reap all the success (Steve Brookstein, case in point), the X Factor has produced far more chart successes than The Voice UK.
article_snippet.sent: Here are just a few of the best-selling artists that came from Simon Cowell's ITV show: .
article_snippet.sent: , in fact They came third, runners up next to Matt Cardle and Rebecca Ferguson in 2010, but Simon Cowell's boyband has sold over 50 million albums and quite literally, taken over the world with They legion of fans.
article_snippet.sent: Despite having left Simon Cowell's label Sycon last year, Leona Lewis  remains one of the show's biggest successes, having sold over 4.4 million singles off the back of Leona Lewis  2006 win.
article_snippet.sent: The runners-up of the 2009 series, JLS went on to sell over 3.9 million singles and 2.7 million albums, before splitting up in 2013.
article_snippet.sent: Olly Murs Olly Murs  came second to Joe McElderry in 2009, then went on to sell almost as many albums as JLS and co-present the X Factor's sister show Xtra Factor in ITV2 with Caroline Flack.
article_snippet.sent: After winning the 2009 series following Alexandra Burke duet with Beyonce, Alexandra went on to rack up more than 1.25 million sales for Alexandra Burke debut single Hallelujah.
article_snippet.sent: Before the singer landed the singer in hot water with volatile Twitter rants, the singer clocked up over 1.2 million sales of the singer first single Impossible after winning the 2012 series.
article_snippet.sent: The first ever group to win their talent show in 2011, Little Mix have now beaten The Spice Girls' chart success in America and raked up an impressive 132million VEVO views.