Love, Sax and Flashbacks
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| Studio album by Fleur East | ||||
| Released | 4 December 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014-15 | |||
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| Label | Syco | |||
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Love, Sax and Flashbacks is the debut studio album by British singer and rapper Fleur East. It was released on 4 December 2015, through Syco Music.
In 2005, East was in the girl group Addictiv Ladies, who were on the second series of The X Factor, mentored by judge and head of Syco Music, Simon Cowell, but were eliminated in the first week after ending up in the bottom two with Chico Slimani. East worked as a waitress at the London nightclub Aura Mayfair to help support her music career, and was a fitness model with the agency W Athletic, but struggled with her finances.
East later said that by early 2014, she was "definitely depressed" and considering ending her music career, until her friends and relatives encouraged her to audition for The X Factor. In June 2014, East auditioned for the eleventh series of The X Factor. She progressed to the live shows in the Over 25 category, mentored by Cowell. In the ninth week of the live shows, East performed "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars. East's version went to number one on the UK iTunes Store, which led the original song to be released five weeks earlier than planned; it subsequently reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. The following week, during the show's final, East was announced as the runner-up in the competition, losing to Ben Haenow.
In January 2015, East announced that she had signed to Cowell's Syco Music record label. She recorded her debut album with musicians such as Wayne Hector, The Invisible Men, Jack Splash and TMS.
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