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LEONA LEWIS
- Londoner Leona was born on April 3rd 1985 and shot to fame by winning the X Factor in 2006
- She is the first woman ever to have a top 5 best selling UK album of the year for 2 years in a row (with Spirit)
- In her first two years, Leona sold almost 3m singles in the UK
Leona Lewis is among the most successful acts to emerge from a decade of reality TV pop shows in the UK, scoring a string of hits in the US and elsewhere after winning 2006’s third series of The X-Factor.
Hailing from Hackney, East London, the R&B singer songwriter enjoyed an explosive beginning to her post-X-Factor career. Within a year of winning the competition, she had scored two number ones, with A Moment Like This and Bleeding Love. In turn, her November 2008 release of the Snow Patrol cover Run became the fastest selling download-only release of all time.
She had also released two solo albums, Spirit and Echo, by the end of the Noughties, as well as gathering three Grammy nominations. 2007’s Spirit quickly became the fastest-selling debut album and the biggest seller of 2007 in both the United Kingdom and Ireland, and made Lewis the first British solo artist to top the Billboard 200 with a debut album.
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Singles
| Date | Title, Artist, (Label) | Peak Position | Weeks | Weeks at No.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/12/2006 |
A MOMENT LIKE THISLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music 88697050872) |
1 | 14 | 4 |
| 03/11/2007 |
BLEEDING LOVELEONA LEWIS (Syco Music 88697175622) |
1 | 28 | 7 |
| 03/11/2007 |
FORGIVENESSLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music GBHMU0700061) |
46 | 2 | 0 |
| 24/11/2007 |
WHATEVER IT TAKESLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music GBHMU0700066) |
61 | 1 | 0 |
| 24/11/2007 |
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SANDLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music GBHMU0700062) |
25 | 8 | 0 |
| 24/11/2007 |
THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACELEONA LEWIS (Syco Music GBHMU0700076) |
73 | 1 | 0 |
| 01/03/2008 |
BETTER IN TIME/FOOTPRINTS IN THE SANDLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music 88697272002) |
2 | 22 | 0 |
| 08/03/2008 |
BETTER IN TIMELEONA LEWIS (Syco Music GBHMU0700069) |
23 | 2 | 0 |
| 15/11/2008 |
FORGIVE MELEONA LEWIS (Syco Music 88697337602) |
5 | 9 | 0 |
| 13/12/2008 |
RUNLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music GBHMU0800023) |
1 | 24 | 2 |
| 21/11/2009 |
HAPPYLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music 88697574692) |
2 | 9 | 0 |
| 21/11/2009 |
RUNLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music GBHMU0800023) |
67 | 1 | 0 |
| 28/11/2009 |
STOP CRYING YOUR HEART OUTLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music GBHMU0900080) |
29 | 4 | 0 |
| 20/02/2010 |
I GOT YOULEONA LEWIS (Syco Music 88697653042) |
14 | 10 | 0 |
| 04/09/2010 |
STOP CRYING YOUR HEART OUTLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music GBHMU0900080) |
63 | 1 | 0 |
| 17/09/2011 |
COLLIDELEONA LEWIS & AVICII (Syco Music GB1101100325) |
4 | 6 | 0 |
| 24/12/2011 |
HURTLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music GBHMU1100258) |
8 | 2 | 0 |
| 20/10/2012 |
TROUBLELEONA LEWIS FEATURING CHILDISH GAMBINO (Syco Music GBHMU1200205) |
7 | 4 | 0 |
Albums
| Date | Title, Artist, (Label) | Peak Position | Weeks | Weeks at No.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/11/2007 |
SPIRITLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music 88697185262) |
1 | 93 | 8 |
| 28/11/2009 |
ECHOLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music 88697570012) |
1 | 20 | 1 |
| 27/10/2012 |
GLASSHEARTLEONA LEWIS (Syco Music 88725484662) |
3 | 7 | 0 |
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