X Factor winner Matt Cardle, who reached number one in the charts with his winner's single When We Collide in 2011, has re-signed to Sony Music, five years after he parted ways with the label.

Following in the footsteps of X Factor alumni James Arthur, Cardle has signed a new contract with the label and is set to release new material in the coming weeks.

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