X Factor's Arthur hits million sales, confirms Syco signing

Paul Williams

James Arthur has broken through 1 million UK sales of debut single Impossible, and confirmed that he has signed to Simon Cowell's Syco.

The track surpassed seven figures domestically on Wednesday, making Arthur only the fourth X Factor UK winner to achieve more than 1 million sales for a debut single.

The programme's 2005 winner Shayne Ward managed it with That's My Goal as did 2008 champ Alexandra Burke with Hallelujah and Matt Cardle with his 2010-winning release When We Collide.

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