LUCY SPRAGGAN

Lucy Spraggan was the first contestant in “X Factor”'s history to score a Top 40 single, and independently-released album, “Top Room At The Zoo,” before the live shows even aired.

This unprecedented success for the folk-pop singer has led to three Top 20 albums in the UK — two of which were self-released. Before turning to music and after having her leg crushed as a demolition operator by 1.4 tons of slate from a cherry picker crane, Spraggan originally planned to become a firefighter. A former magician and self-proclaimed “bike purist,” Spraggan grew up listening to Dolly Parton and Joni Mitchell, but also Blackalicious and Tupac. The four-time