
Leona Louise Lewis, born on April 3, 1985. It is an actor, singer, and activist from Britain. Born within the London Borough of Islington, she attended her school at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. Lewis received national recognition by winning the third season of The X Factor in 2006 which resulted in an PS1 million recording contract in partnership with Syco Music. Her winner's single, an original cover to Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This" reached #1 for several weeks on the UK Singles Chart and broke records in the world by achieving the milestone of 50,000 downloads in just thirty minutes. Clive Davis's label J Records, signed Lewis to a contract for five albums in February 2007. The success continued for Lewis when she dropped her debut album, Spirit (2007). It is certified platinum within the UK, becoming the fourth-best-selling album in the 2000s. According to the Official Charts Company claims that Spirit was the top-selling album of the 21st century. female debut album. The album's lead track, "Bleeding Love", went on to chart for seven weeks in the UK. 1 in the UK and was the highest-selling single of the year 2007. The song was also the highest-selling single sold in the US that year. Lewis won the Billboard Best New Artist Award following year. She released Echo in 2009 , and created "I Have You" which was the film's title song. Lewis' hit single "Collide" is a collaboration between Swedish DJ Avicii and she released Hurt The EP, her first long-form play. Glassheart (2012) is Lewis her three studio albums. It was an exciting and fresh musical direction. Lewis draws inspiration from dubstep and electronic music. Her Glassheart Tour was in the middle of 2013 when she started recording material to make her first Christmas album. The album Christmas, With Love was released in the final quarter of 2013. The album's first single, One More Sleep, peaked at number 3 in the UK. This chart entry led to Lewis to be the first British single female singer to reach the top five, with eight songs. Lewis also beat Olivia Newton-John's seven record.
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