Leona Lewis
- Profession: X Factor Winner
- Place/Date of Birth: Islington, London, 03 April 2020
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Leona soars to top of music charts - Oct 29 - 2007
X-Factor winner Leona Lewis has gone straight to top of the UK singles charts with the biggest week one sale this year.
The 22-year-old made number one as her song Bleeding Love - the first from her debut album - outsold the rest of the top five put together with 218,000 copies shifted.
Simon Cowell, an X-Factor judge, said: "The sales are incredible. I’m absolutely thrilled for Leona, she thoroughly deserves it."
Sugababes, who had last week’s top spot with About You Now, slipped to fourth, with Take That’s Rule The World second and McFly’s The Heart Never Lies third.
Valerie, by Mark Ronson, featuring Amy Winehouse, was at fifth spot, ahead of Britney Spears’ Gimme More single, Timbaland’s Aplogize and the Freemasons’ Uninvited.
Goodbye Mr A, by the Hoosiers, and Lord Don’t Slow Me Down, by Oasis, were ninth and tenth.
In the album chart, Van Morrison scored his highest ever position - 40 years after the release of his first solo single Brown Eyed Girl - with a number two spot.
The Trick to Life, by the Hoosiers, went straight in at number one, with Mark Ronson’s Version at three, the Sugababes’ Change at four and Back to Black, by Amy Winehouse, at five.
Pull The Pin, by Stereophonics; Complete, by Eric Clapton; Hits, by Phil Collins; Echoes Silence Patience and Grace, by the Foo Fighters and Katie Melua’s Pictures completed the top ten albums.
Leona vows to stay in UK? - Sept 27 2007
Leona Lewis has reportedly promised to stay in the UK - apparently after being inspired by Kate Nash.
The songstress - who has been busy in the US writing her debut album - says she has not forgotten her roots, reports the Daily Star.
Leona apparently told the paper: "My album has an American sound but London is my home.
"I really like Kate Nash. I’m so proud to be from London and it’s wonderful to see her doing so well.
"My album is coming out in the UK first, then we’ll go to Europe, then do America. I’m not turning my back on home.
"I feel so privileged to come back and have so many people coming to my showcase."
It’s been almost a year since the X Factor winner’s debut single, A Moment Like This, was released, smashing records.
The singer’s new single, Bleeding Love, is out on October 22 and will be followed by an album.
Leona launches new single - Sept 26 2007
Leona Lewis has launched her new single at a private party.
The 22-year-old songstress - who was wearing a pretty white dress - belted out four songs, including her new single Bleeding Love, which hits the shops on October 22.
Friends and family attended the event at a central London hotel and Leona’s mentor Simon Cowell sent a televised message telling her she would be "a star".
It’s been almost a year since the X Factor winner’s debut single, A Moment Like This, was released, smashing records by selling 50,000 downloads within 30 minutes. Leona became the biggest selling female debut artist of all time.
The singer is making a comeback with the single and she also has a slot on an X Factor special lined-up. She will also be releasing an album.
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However, Leona was immediatly noticed by judges when she auditioned for the third series of The X Factor and soon found herself one of Simon Cowell’s under-25s group. Comparisons with Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston were forthcoming as Leona garnered unprecedented praise as she proved from the very beginning to be head and shoulders above the rest of the contestants. She was crowned the X Factor winner with 60% of the votes in the final showdown against fellow under-25 Ray Quinn.
Leona released her debut single, A Moment Like This in the week prior to Christmas, ensuring her a festive number one. Record stores reported unprecedented sales, with one chain selling a hundred copies of the single a minute. The track also knocked Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy of of the year’s number one download spot.
Accoding to the press Whitney Houston has offered to mentor Leona and she is set to fly out to the US to sign a multi-million pound deal with Arista Records.
updated January 2007
December 2007