
Leona Louise Lewis, born on April 3, 1985 is an actor as well as a singer and activist born in Britain. Her birthplace and childhood was in the London Borough of Islington and was a student at the Croydon's BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. Lewis gained international attention after winning the third season of The X Factor in the year 2006. The singer also signed an PS1 million recording contract with Syco Music. The song she was awarded that was a cover of Kelly Clarkson's track "A Moment like This" was downloaded 50,000 times within 30 minutes, and reached the top spot for 4 weeks. Clive Davis, Lewis's American record label J Records signed Lewis a five-album contract in February of 2007. Lewis kept her momentum going by releasing Spirit the first studio album. The album was platinum 10x and certified by the UK. The album was the fourth-most popular album of the 2000, as well as among the most-sold UK albums. According to the Official Charts Company claims that Spirit was the best-selling 21st century debut album by a female. The album's first single "Bleeding Love" was on top of the UK chart for seven weeks before becoming the single with the highest sales in the year 2007. The song was also the highest-selling song in the US the same year. Lewis won the Billboard Best New Artist Award the next year. The singer released Echo in 2009 , and made "I I See You" for the film's title track. Lewis's song "Collide," was an collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii as well as Hurt The EP, her debut extended performance. Glassheart (2012) is her 3rd album of studio work. The album was inspired by electronic music and dubstep. In the course of her Glassheart Tour in 2013, she started recording music for her debut Christmas album. The following year, her Christmas with Love was released, and included the single that was released as the album's lead track "One more night" was ranked third within the UK. The chart's entry led to Lewis one of the very first British single female singer to reach the top 5 spots, having eight songs. Also, she beat Olivia Newton-John's record of seven.
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