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Who is Matt Cardle and what is the Halstead singer doing nine years after winning The X Factor? - Essex Live
The X Factor - When We Collide by Matt Cardle became the second biggest-selling single of 2010; and sold 815,000 copies within two weeks! Good work, Matt - you nailed it! | Facebook
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