Melanie Amaro

1. 2011

   The X Factor, season 1

   Winner

   September 21 – December 22, 2011

2. 2011

   Record deal · December 2011

   In the week after December 15, 2011, she was declared the winner. Her prize was a $5 million recording contract with Syco Music and a Sony Music label.

3. 2012

   Other · 2012 – 2015

   In 2012 she was a featured singer on Rocki Boulis's Girl Code. In 2015 she was a featured singer on Konshens's Can't Wait.

4. 2012

   Record deal · January 3, 2012

   On January 3, 2012, Epic Records announced that it had signed her to a recording contract.

5. 2012

   Release · February 2, 2012

   On February 2, 2012 her dance cover of Respect was released as a download. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Dance/Club chart. Her Pepsi commercial using the song aired during Super Bowl XLVI.

6. 2012

   Release · August 1, 2012

   On August 1, 2012 she released her debut single Don't Fail Me Now. The album was then pushed back to 2013. The video premiered on October 19, 2012.

7. 2012

   Release · December 3, 2012 – December 6, 2012

   Long Distance was released on December 3, 2012. She performed it on The X Factor on December 6, 2012. On December 5 it was already on iTunes.

8. 2013

   Television · August 2013

   In August 2013 she performed in Indonesia on RCTI's X Factor Around the World, singing Long Distance and The World's Greatest with Fatin Shidqia.

9. 2013

   Broadway · October 4, 2013

   On October 4, 2013 she made her musical theater debut in the national tour of You're Never Alone.

10. 2014

    Release · June 26, 2014

    She premiered Fuel My Fire on SoundCloud on June 19, 2014 and released it independently as a download on June 26, 2014, without Epic or Sony credited.

11. 2015

    Release · May 6, 2015

    On May 6, 2015 she released Dust, featuring Fabolous. It reached number 1 on the independent charts for six weeks and reached digital retail in September 2015. By then she had departed Syco and Epic.

12. 2016

    Release · February 17, 2016

    On February 17, 2016 she released The One.

More milestones

1. —Date not documented

   Record deal

   By January 2018 she was signed to Moorehouse Music Group. Under that label she released Whole Mood, Enough, and Play No Games.

2. —Date not documented

   Other

   Truly was set for December 4, 2012, then rescheduled for March 2013, and was never released. On December 5, 2012 an early 2013 release on Epic/Syco was still the plan.