Introduction To Leona Lewis

Leona Louise Lewis was born in 3rd April, 1985. She is a British singer. She went up to fame as the victor of the third series of The X Factor, and became the first lady champion of the show. Leona Lewis has counted to become a multi-platinum selling singer and three time Grammy Award candidate. She signed a £1 million recording contract to Simon Cowell’s record label, Syco Music and went on to sign a £5 million five album contract in the United States with Clive Davis’s record label, J Records. Her debut single, “A Moment Like This”, went on to become the fastest selling UK single after it was downloaded over 50,000 times within thirty minutes of its release. Her second single, “Bleeding Love”, was launched universally and got over thirty number one positions in charts around the world including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Mexico, the Republic of Ireland, France, Italy, Germany and Russia.

Her debut album Spirit, was launched in the UK and Ireland, and went on to became the quick-selling debut album and the largest seller of 2007 in both countries. In early 2008 it was launched throughout Europe and Asia. A amended edition of Spirit was launched in North America in mid 2008, making its debut at number one on the United States’ Billboard 200 album chart. Lewis is the first British solo artist to top the chart with a debut album. The album also reached number one in ten other countries international.