
Leona Louise Lewis was born 3 April 1985, is an actress as well as a singer and activist of British origin. Born in the London Borough Of Islington she attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, Croydon. Lewis achieved national recognition as she won the third season of The X Factor 2006 and got a deal worth PS1,000,000 with Syco music. The single she won, which was a cover Kelly Clarkson's hit song "A Moment Like This" which was downloaded by 50,000 people in just 30 minutes and hit the top position for about four weeks. Clive Davis, Lewis's American record label J Records signed Lewis a 5-album deal in February. Lewis has continued to be successful with Spirit which was her debut studio album. It was 10x platinum accredited in the UK. This album became one of the top four albums sold in 2000, as well as one of the best-selling UK albums. The Official Charts Company claims that Spirit was the top-selling album of the 21st century. female debut album. The first single, "Bleeding Love", had a run of seven weeks at the top of the charts at first in UK and was the most-sold single of 2007. It was also the most-sold single of 2008, as well. Lewis earned an award for her work, the Billboard Award for the Most Popular New Artist. She released Echo in 2009 and created "I Love You" as the theme track. Lewis's single "Collide," was written in collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii and also she released Hurt the EP, her first play that was extended. Glassheart (2012) is her 3rd studio album. Lewis drew inspiration from electronic and dubstep music. Her Glassheart Tour was in the mid-year of 2013, and she started recording songs for her debut Christmas album. The album Christmas, With Love came out in the latter half of 2013. The lead track, One More Sleep, came in at the number three spot on the charts in the UK. With this chart entry, Lewis become the first British female artist to make it into the top five with eight singles, surpassing Olivia Newton John's record of seven.
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