Alex Parks

Alex Parks (born Alexandra Rebecca Parks, 26 July 1984, Mount Hawke, Cornwall, England) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for winning Fame Academy in 2003, for her singles, and for the albums, Introduction and Honesty.

Career

Her song "Maybe That's What It Takes" was released on 17 November 2003 and peaked at number 3 in the UK Singles Chart the following week. Her debut album Introduction was subsequently released and sold over 500,000 copies.

Honesty was eventually released in October 2005, preceded by the lead single, "Looking For Water", in October 2005. The album peaked at #24 in the UK Albums Chart.

Discography

Albums
Year
Album
Chart positions
Sales and certification
UK
Ireland
2003
Introduction
1st studio album
Released:

24 November 2003 (UK)
Formats: CD
5
54
BPI sales: 600,000+

BPI certification: 2x Platinum

Also went Gold in Italy, Germany, Greece and Australia among others.
2005
Honesty
2nd studio album
Released:

24 October 2005 (UK)
Formats: CD
24
?
BPI sales: 50,000+

BPI certification: N/A
"?" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

Singles
Year
Title
Album
Chart positions
UK
Ireland
2003
"Maybe That's What It Takes"
Introduction
3
26
2004
"Cry"
13
32
2005
"Looking for Water"1
Honesty
?
?
2006
"Honesty"
56
?

1 On downloads only

See also

List of singer-songwriters
List of people from Cornwall
List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: P-Q
List of Polydor Records artists
List of performers on Top of the Pops