Diana Vickers appeared on stage with Nerina Pallot last night at London's Union Chapel to perform 'Put It Back Together Again'.

The Pallot-penned song features on Vickers's upcoming debut album Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree.

Introducing Vickers from behind her piano, Pallot said: "About a year ago I was asked if I would like to write some songs from someone and I don't normally do that. I hoard them jealously for myself!

"But I had a lot of songs and there was one in particular that I knew was really dear and special, but for some reason I never made a very good version of it. Then I had this young lady singing..."

She added: "She's really wonderful and really special and so talented and just a natural. She's also number one this week and her name is Diana Vickers."

Itunes, HMV, Tesco are just a selection of places where you can get your copy of Diana's brand new album! This is the moment that us fans have been waiting for, as today, Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree is finally released. Pop out and get it!

For this week only, you'll be treated to access to ten tracks from Diana's upcoming debut album, 'Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree'!

Head straight over to Diana Vickers' Official MySpace right NOW to take an exclusive listen to a whole host of new tracks, including 'Remake Me & You', 'Four Leaf Clover', 'My Hip' and many more.

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Diana Vickers has claimed the top spot in the UK singles chart.

The 18-year-old, who reached the semi-finals of The X Factor in 2008, knocks Usher off number one with her debut single 'Once'.

Speaking on Radio 1, the star said: "I'm just happy, but I was so nervous. I'm beaming and I'm excited, thank you all so much."


So happy for Diana, and a big thank you to everyone who bought the single!!!!!!!

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Diana Vickers has stormed in at the top spot of the midweek singles chart with her debut single 'Once'.

According to the Official Charts Company, Vickers has obtained a strong lead for the number one slot, selling 40% more copies than her closest contender, Chipmunk's duet with Esmee Denters 'Until You Were Gone', which is also a new entry this week.

The lead means she will most-likely retain her position for the final weekly chart announced on Sunday.

Tina Turner's 'The Best' is also expected to return to the top 20 this Sunday following a Facebook campaign by Glasgow Rangers fans. The song peaked at number five in the UK on it's first release in 1989.

On the album's chart, Paul Weller is on course to score his sixth number one album with Wake Up The Nation, and Meat Loaf's Hang Cool Teddy Bear and Kate Nash's My Best Friend Is You are currently holding positions four and six respectively.

Yes that's right guys, the first midweek update is here, and guess what? The Vickers is at number ONE! Yeaaaaah, she's 10,000 copies in front of Chipmunk at the minute but don't get complacent. Please please PLEASE purchase as many copes of once as you can!

Little did they know how close they came to seeing a completely different act after a glammed-up tranvestite fooled security and blagged his way back-stage.

Metro can reveal one die-hard doppelganger managed to doll himself up so well to look like the X Factor singer that he came face to face with Vickers.

But, far from being terrified when confronted by the spangling image of herself, the 18-year-old coolly stopped security from hauling out the overzealous fan and asked him to hang out instead.

Our own glammed source reveals: ‘The dressed-up guy was so convincing that security didn’t notice and thought it was Diana.

'He managed to make it backstage past the security but as soon as Diana’s tour manager saw him, he knew straight away it wasn’t her.’

The heavy was going to throw him out but Vickers was so impressed she let him watch from the side of the stage.

The star’s generous showing in her sexually charged get-up capped an impressive debut for Cheryl Cole’s protégé with news that her debut single, Once, is selling well.

Just 12 hours after being released on iTunes, it made No.2 in the charts.

Diana Vickers has admitted that she has been offered illegal drugs in the past.

However, the 18-year-old singer claims that she is "proud" that she has resisted substances such as ketamine.

She told the News of the World: "People have offered me drugs. But I've never tried them. And I'm very proud of that. I see people around me who are off their head on ketamine and I think, 'Look at yourself, you're an absolute mess'."

The star also dismissed suggestions that she acts like a diva, insisting: "I'm definitely not a diva. My mum always taught me that you get what you're given, you eat what you've got on your plate, you say thank you and you wash it up yourself. That's always stuck with me."

Yes that's right, the moment we've all been waiting for is FINALLY here. From today, you can download Diana Vickers' debut single Once, and get it right to the top of the charts where it belongs! Don't forget to treat yourself to a physical copy too!

Diana Vickers has revealed that she is happy that she didn't win The X Factor in 2008.

The semi-finalist, whose debut album Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree, released next Monday, says that being eliminated from the ITV1 reality show helped to further her career in singing and acting.

She told the News of the World: "I'm so grateful I didn't win. I think the originality is stripped away from those who do make it. Between then and now, I've been given time to grow, do The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, which I'd never been able to do had I won.

"I always knew I'd get here. At the age of 7, people would ask me what I wanted to do when I was older and I'd say, 'Be a singer'."

The 'Once' star continued: "After X Factor I felt sad because I missed everyone. I'd been in that house for nearly 10 weeks and it was very intense.

"I didn't feel like anyone outside understood me. My friends had broken up with boyfriends, had arguments and I'd missed out on it. I'd been in a different world."