About Leona Lewis:

Leona Lewis (born April, 3rd 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and victor of the third series of favourite U.K. TV ability display The X Factor.

Lewis was born in the London area of Islington, and is of English, Welsh and Guyanese descent. At the lifetime of five, she attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She began handwriting her own songs at the duration of 12, and had recorded an album of demo songs close the extent of being of 15.

In Spring of 2006, Lewis auditioned representing the third series of The X Factor. She became an beforehand favorite to come first the competition ineligible, and was single of the present's most agreeing performers. She progressed because of the ending stages of the equal with a at comfort bulk, and finally won the tourney and a £1 Million recording agreement in December 2006. Her debut unwed, A Moment Like This sold above a million copies and became Christmas Number One.

Following her debut let go, Lewis began recording initial material with some of the most important producers in the music producing - including Walter Afanasieff, Dallas Austin, Scott Storch, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Damon Dash and some others. It was also announced that disreputable American burst svengali, Clive Davis, would be working in collaboration with Simon Cowell as chairman maker championing Lewis' debut album - with a outlook to launching her as a larger artist in the United States.

In October 2007, Lewis' succeeding separate Bleeding Love - and her first first recording - debuted at #1 in the UK Singles Chart. It sold on 200,000 copies in its important week on selling alone, making it the fastest selling free of 2007 to period in the UK. Her debut album, Spirit, was released on 12th November 2007 in the UK.

Bleeding Love hit #1 in the US in March, 2008. Lewis became the chief British female alone act to summit the US ocean-map since Kim Wilde in 1986 with "You Keep Me Hangin' On."

On the US album chart announced April 16, 2008, Spirit went direct in at #1, outselling her nearest competitor four to lone. Lewis so became the skull British artist to reach the apex of the Billboard 200 with a debut album.

On July 23, 2008 , an album titled Best Kept Secret was released on account of a Japanese Label Hand Cuts Japan', which consisted of unreleased tracks recorded former to Leona's interval on The X Factor.

Lewis' third single, a twofold A-side featuring Better In Time' and Footprints In The Sand'was released in March 2008. It was released in aid of Sport Relief, and Lewis assume a stumble to Africa also.

A following album is planned for 2009.

A £15 million journey is planned for Lewis in 2010, of which talks are quiet underway. She is the most rich action to year that has appeared on the X Factor.