Sam Bailey Hoping To Release Debut LP In Spring 2014

X Factorchamp Sam Bailey has revealed that she hopes to release her debut album next spring.

The singer - who is this year's Christmas No.1 withSimon Cowellhas told her not to be 'cheesy' on her forthcoming record.

The 35-year old stated: "Simon doesn’t want me to go down the cheesy route. 

"We were talking about my future for about 15 minutes and he told me, ‘When you talk about the album, don’t sit there and just say OK. Don’t let them tell you what to do. You need to research and have ideas.’ 

"I already have ideas about the songs I want to do. A lot of the stuff I’m looking at is close to my heart."

Bailey added: “Singing from the heart is what helped people to connect with me on X Factor in the first place. And there’s no point singing a song if you don’t mean it.”