Leona

Leona LaurenLeona Louise Lewis (born on the 3rd April, 1985) is a British singer, songwriter actor, activist and actress. Her birthplace was in the London Borough Of Islington she was educated at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, Croydon. Lewis has been able to garner national attention when she won the third season of The X Factor in the year 2006. In addition, she received the PS1 Million recording contract from Syco Music. The single she won, which was a cover the song of Kelly Clarkson "A Moment Like This" which was downloaded by 50,000 people within 30 minutes. It also reached the top spot for the duration of four weeks. In February 2007, Lewis was signed to a contract for five albums in the United States with Clive Davis's record label J Records. Her success was further boosted by the release of her first album of her own, Spirit (2007), that was certified platinum 10x in the UK as well as becoming the fourth best-selling album of the 2000s and one of the albums that sold the highest in UK chart time. It is reported by the Official Charts Company claims that Spirit was the top-selling album of the 21st century. debut album by a female. "Bleeding Love" The lead single from Spirit, remained at Number One on the charts in the UK for seven weeks. It was also the highest-selling single in the UK. It was also the most-sold track in the US that year. Lewis won the Billboard Best New Artist Award the subsequent year. Echo was her sophomore studio album. She also wrote the hit song "I See You" on behalf of Avatar. Lewis also debuted "Collide," a joint project in collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii. In 2011 she also released Hurt an extended performance that was the first single from her album. The third album she released, Glassheart (2012), was a departure in direction for Lewis who draws on dubstep and electronic music. Her Glassheart Tour was in the middle of 2013, when she began recording music to make her first Christmas album. Christmas, With Love was released later in the year, and the album's lead track, "One More Sleep", peaked at number three in the UK. By releasing this chart entry Lewis was the very first British woman soloist to make it into the top five with eight singles. This was more than Olivia Newton-John's record of seven.

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