Leona

LeonaLeona Louise (born on April 3, 1986) is an American musician, singer actor, songwriter, and actress. She was born and raised in the London Borough of Islington and went to the Croydon's BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. Lewis was recognized as a national talent when she won the third series of The X Factor in 2006, winning the PS1 million recording contract together with Syco Music. The song she was awarded, which was a cover Kelly Clarkson's song "A Moment like This," recorded 50,000 downloads in 30 minutes , and reached first place for the duration of the duration of four weeks. In February 2007, Lewis agreed to sign a five-album deal with the United States with Clive Davis's record label, J Records. Lewis continued her success with Spirit the first studio album. The album was platinum 10x recognized in the UK. This album became the fourth most-sold album in 2000s, and also among the most-sold UK albums. According to the Official Charts Company claims that Spirit was the best-selling 21st century female debut album. The lead track "Bleeding Love" was a hit for seven weeks at its top spot on UK charts, was the most-sold single in the year 2007. In the US it was also the top-selling single in 2008 . Lewis was named Best New Artist by Billboard the following year. The singer released Echo in 2009 and also recorded "I Love You" which was the film's title song. Lewis also dropped "Collide" in the year 2011 as a collaborative effort with Swedish DJ Avicii. The album also came out as Hurt, the EP, her first ever extended-play. Glassheart (2012) is Lewis her three studio albums. It was an innovative new musical direction. Lewis draws inspiration from dubstep , as well as electronic music. During her Glassheart Tour in 2013, she started recording music for her first Christmas album. Christmas, With Love came out later in that year. Its opening track, "One More Sleep" reached the top spot at three across the UK. By releasing this chart entry Lewis made history as the only British woman soloist in the top five with eight singles. This was more than Olivia Newton John's record of seven.

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