Leona

Leona Louise Lewis was born on the 3rd of April 1985. It is an actress musician, activist, and singer who hails from Britain. She was raised in London Borough of Islington and attended the Croydon's BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. Lewis received national recognition when she was awarded the third series on The X Factor 2006 and got a deal worth PS1,000,000 with Syco music. The winner's song, an original cover from Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This" reached first place for four weeks on the UK Singles Chart and broke records in the world by achieving the milestone of 50,000 downloads in just 30 minutes. Clive Davis's label J Records, signed Lewis to a contract for five albums in February 2007. Lewis continued her success with Spirit Her first studio album. It reached platinum status 10 times over certified in the UK. This album became the fourth-most popular album of the 2000, as well as among the most-sold UK albums. According to the Official Charts Company claims that Spirit was the most successful 21st-century debut album for a female artist. The lead single, "Bleeding Love", was a seven-week standout at number 1 in the UK and was the highest-selling single in 2007. The track was also among the top-selling in 2008 and Lewis won an award for her work, the Billboard Award for Best New Artist. In 2009, she dropped her sophomore studio album, Echo as well as recorded the theme song, "I See You", for the film Avatar. Lewis also released "Collide" in the year 2011, an album she co-produced along with Swedish DJ Avicii. She also released Hurt The EP in 2011, her debut extended play. The release of her third studio album, Glassheart (2012), represented a fresh direction in music for Lewis taking inspiration from dubstep and electronic music. While on her Glassheart Tour in 2013, she began recording material to her Christmas debut album. Christmas, with Love came out later in that year, and the album's lead track, "One More Sleep", peaked at number three on the charts in the UK. Lewis is who is a British solo female artist was the first artist to make it into the top of the list with eight songs. This is more than Olivia Newton John's seven-year record.