Alex & Sierra were an American duo consisting of Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton, who won the third and final season of The X Factor US.
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Alex & Sierra auditioned in New Orleans, Louisiana, making it to the next round after wowing the judges with a sultry version of Britney Spears' "Toxic". They continued on to the top 40 and they were mentored by Simon Cowell.
On December 19, 2013, they were named the season's winners. In the American version of the competition, they were the only team to win.
On May 3, 2014, Alex & Sierra released "Scarecrow," their debut single. A lyrical video was released on May 27, 2014. The song was released on iTunes on June 23, 2014. 30,000 copies were sold during the first week after release. On July 11, 2014, the music video for "Scarecrow" was released. The following day, Alex & Sierra revealed the name and cover art of their debut album, "It's About Us," and on July 15, a promotional single called "Little Do You Know" was made available for pre-order. The second promotional single, "Just Kids," released on August 4, 2014. The third promotional single, "Bumper Cars," was released on August 24. "Here We Go" was released as the fourth promotional single two weeks later, on September 17, and reached its peak position of #4 on the iTunes singles charts.
Alex & Sierra revealed on their Instagram on March 6, 2016, that they were preparing to release an extended play. They claimed that the EP would include both new original songs and songs they had previously performed on The X Factor USA. On Gareth Emery's album 100 Reasons to Live, they had a song called "We Were Young," which was released on March 31, 2016. On August 1, 2016, they tweeted that their EP As Seen on TV would be officially released on September 30, 2016, and that pre-orders would open on August 5. They exclusively made a music video for their cover of "Toxic" for Yahoo Music on August 3, 2016.
On September 1, 2017, Alex and Sierra revealed on Twitter that they had attempted to stay friends after splitting up a year earlier. However, they came to the conclusion that it was time for them to stop working on music together and instead chose to concentrate on their individual careers.