Music news: Leona Lewis, winner of the British TV talent show The X Factor, executive-produced by American Idol’s Simon Cowell, lands in the U.S. this spring with an appearance on Oprah March 17th and her debut CD Spirit hitting stores April 8th.
Why You Care
Fans of empowered divas such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Celine Dion will revel in the melodies that erupt from the pipes of this up and coming songstress.
About Leona Lewis
Every once in a while, an artist comes along whose talent is so undeniable that it inspires everyone who encounters it. British singer and songwriter Leona Lewis is such an artist. Her striking beauty, charmingly down-to-earth personality, and huge, soaring voice has taken over the UK, where her debut Spirit entered the album chart at Number One and became Britain’s fastest-selling debut of all time. Spirit’s lead-off single “Bleeding Love” —co-written and produced by OneRepublic frontman Ryan “Alias” Tedder — claimed the Number One spot for seven weeks, and the album sold over 1 million copies in the UK in just 5 weeks. Ushering in 2008, Leona received four prestigious Brit Award nominations, the UK equivalent of the Grammy Awards.
Spirit will be released in the US by J Records/Syco on April 8, 2008. Written and produced by an array of top-notch hit-makers, the album is a showcase for Lewis’ powerhouse voice. (Warned Entertainment Weekly: “Divas, watch out!”)
Such disarming modesty is part of what has endeared Lewis to her fans, who watched her journey to stardom on television each week on The X Factor, a British talent show executive-produced by American Idol’s Simon Cowell, who is also a judge. She won the 2006 competition handily, stunning the notoriously critical Cowell into silence who said: “I think she’s one of the best singers we’ve seen in this country for a long, long time.”
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Music news: Leona Lewis, winner of the British TV talent show The X Factor, executive-produced by American Idol’s Simon Cowell, lands in the U.S. this spring with an appearance on Oprah March 17th and her debut CD 
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