Leona

Leona LaurenLeona Louise Lewis, born 3 April 1985. She is an actress as well as a singer and activist who hails from Britain. Born and raised within the London Borough of Islington, she attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology located in Croydon. Lewis could gain the attention of the nation when she was crowned The X-Factor's third series in the year 2006. In addition, she received a PS1 million recording contract with Syco Music. The winner's song, a cover song by Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This" was a top-charting #1 for four weeks on UK Singles Chart and broke an all-time record of 50k digital downloads in thirty minutes. Clive Davis's label J Records, signed Lewis to a deal for five albums with J Records in the United States. Lewis continued her success by releasing Spirit the first studio album. It was 10x platinum and certified by the UK. The album was the fourth album to be sold in the 2000s, and also one of the most popular UK albums. Based on the Official Charts Company, Spirit is the best-selling debut album from an artist of female origin to date in the 21st century. "Bleeding Love", the lead single of Spirit, remained #1 within the UK for seven weeks. It also was the top-selling UK single. The single was the top-selling of 2008, and Lewis received an award for her work, the Billboard Award for the Most Popular New Artist. In 2009, she dropped her second studio album, Echo as well as recorded the title track, "I See You" to be used in the film Avatar. Lewis' song "Collide," was a collaboration between Swedish DJ Avicii and she also released Hurt: the EP, her first play that was extended. Her album Glassheart, her third studio effort, Glassheart (2012), marked a new creative direction for Lewis and her music, drawing the inspiration of dubstep and electronic music. Lewis began recording music to her first Christmas album in the course of her Glassheart Tour, which took between mid-2013. Christmas with Love came out later in the year. The album's first single, "One More Sleep" reached the top spot at three within the UK. Through this chart entry, Lewis made history as the only British woman soloist to reach the top five with eight singles. She beat Olivia Newton-John's record of seven.

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