Lucy Spraggan

Lucy Honour Ruby Spraggan born 21 July 1991 is an English singersongwriter Spraggan was a contestant on for The X Factor in 2012 and she was the first contestant in the shows history to score a Top 40 single and album before the live shows aired with her independently released album Top Room at the Zoo Following the show Spraggan signed a recording contract with Columbia Records and she has released seven studio albums in total Spraggan auditioned for The X Factor in 2012 performing her own composition Last Night1 Spraggan quit her run on The X Factor due to illness finishing in ninth place and second in her category She later revealed in her biography Process that her departure was a consequence of her being raped by a porter in a hotel Her debut majorlabel album Join the Club was released on 7 October 2013 reaching No 7 in the UK Albums Chart2 She has since released five more studio albums Choices was released on 26 February 2021 and debuted at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart3 The album was preceded by the singles Flowers Roots and Sober45 Subsequently Spraggans seventh studio album Balance was released in August 2023 Her autobiography Process was released on 20 July 2023