Leona Lewis
Information about Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is an English singer-songwriter who was the winner of the third series of the popular television talent show The X Factor.
Her debut single, "A Moment like This", was released on 20 December 2006. The single was also available as a digital download from midnight on 17 December and broke a world record after it was downloaded fifty thousand times in thirty minutes.[1] Her debut album, Spirit, is due for release on 12 November 2007. It is claimed Lewis will be the first winner of a major television talent show in both the UK and U.S. to be given a major global launch with the release of the album.[1]
Lewis wrote her first song at the age of twelve,[5] and at the age of thirteen she won the Lady D under-eighteen talent show at the Hackney Empire.[6] In 2004 she won the Yates's Wannabe Talent Contest, singing Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby".[7]
After leaving school, Lewis took a number of jobs to pay to get into a recording studio. She worked in Pizza Hut as a waitress[2] and as a receptionist for Metropolitan Mortgages in Median Road, Lower Clapton.[3] She was also a receptionist for Head & Short Chiropodists in Stoke Newington High Street.[8]
She recorded a number of songs including a demo album of her own songs called Twilight, but the album was never released.[9] When she was fifteen years old she recorded a version of Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You" with music producer Marley J. Wills, after which Lewis and Wills were invited to the US by Sony.[10] Wills went on to say that "She was young and innocent but very much able. Even then she had a very good voice. We started putting tracks together straight away." … "Leona could hit the notes and I think she did it better than the original."[11]
When her music career seemed to be going nowhere, she decided to give up, until her boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa persuaded her to enter The X Factor.[6]
Lewis's coloratura soprano voice was consistently highly praised by all three judges — Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne. Her abilities demonstrated a vocal range of four octaves, with parts of certain performances reaching the whistle register. On occasions she was compared with divas such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera and Celine Dion.[2] All three judges also commented on how the British music industry needed a singer like her, and that her performances were world class.[2] Walsh remarked that her performance of "I Will Always Love You" was as good as Whitney Houston's version. On the 28 October show (Big Band week), Lewis sang "Summertime". Following her performance, Cowell said, "You are, absolutely, the best contestant I have ever had across any of these shows, and that was an amazing performance."
Lewis was criticed, by both the judges and in the press, in relation to her confidence. Vocal coach Mark Hudson also criticised her lack of star quality.[13] On the 9 December show, Cowell remarked that her rendition of Eva Cassidy's "Over the Rainbow" (originally sung by Judy Garland) was the best he had ever witnessed. Cowell also commented throughout the show that Lewis's lack of awareness as to how good she is, is what makes her special. On the final night of the show, Take That joined Lewis on stage for a duet of their song "A Million Love Songs". After the performance, singer Gary Barlow told Cowell, "This girl is probably fifty times better than any other contestant you have ever had, so you have a big responsibility to make the right record with her."[14] Before the final, on 11 December, Lewis performed at Hackney Empire for her friends, family and people from the local area.[3] She went on to win the competition, receiving 60% of the 8,000,000+ votes cast.[12] Cowell claims that he believed runner up Ray Quinn would win, until Lewis sung Eric Carmen's "All by Myself" and hit the final note, saying, "I think that final note may have just won you The X Factor".[2][15][16][17]
One million copies of the winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's first single "A Moment like This", were pre-ordered by stores,[18] although at the time, the winner of the show had not been announced and it was unknown who would be releasing the single. On 24 December, "A Moment like This" was crowned the 2006 UK Christmas number-one single,[19] having sold 571,253 copies,[20] beating Take That's single "Patience", and outselling the rest of the Top 40's sales combined.[20] It has been reported that one chain was "shifting more than 100 of her CDs a minute".[21] The single became the biggest downloaded song in 2006, beating Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy". The single stayed at number one for four weeks, and also stayed at the top spot in the Irish Singles Chart for six weeks.[21] It went on to sell in the region of 1,000,000 copies.
Her debut single, "A Moment like This", was released on 20 December 2006. The single was also available as a digital download from midnight on 17 December and broke a world record after it was downloaded fifty thousand times in thirty minutes.[1] Her debut album, Spirit, is due for release on 12 November 2007. It is claimed Lewis will be the first winner of a major television talent show in both the UK and U.S. to be given a major global launch with the release of the album.[1]
Biography
Early life
Lewis was born in the London district of Islington to parents Joe, an Afro-Caribbean youth worker, and Marie Lewis, a social worker of Anglo-Welsh descent.[2][2] She is the middle child of three, with two brothers, Kyle, who is younger, and Bradley, who is older.[2] They grew up in Highbury and went to school at Ambler Primary School in Finsbury Park.[2] Lewis always wanted to get into music and at the age of five her parents sent her to the Sylvia Young Theatre School, despite fearing it would cripple them financially.[2] She also attended performing arts academy Italia Conti in Goswell Road, Islington[2] and the BRIT School.[4]Lewis wrote her first song at the age of twelve,[5] and at the age of thirteen she won the Lady D under-eighteen talent show at the Hackney Empire.[6] In 2004 she won the Yates's Wannabe Talent Contest, singing Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby".[7]
After leaving school, Lewis took a number of jobs to pay to get into a recording studio. She worked in Pizza Hut as a waitress[2] and as a receptionist for Metropolitan Mortgages in Median Road, Lower Clapton.[3] She was also a receptionist for Head & Short Chiropodists in Stoke Newington High Street.[8]
She recorded a number of songs including a demo album of her own songs called Twilight, but the album was never released.[9] When she was fifteen years old she recorded a version of Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You" with music producer Marley J. Wills, after which Lewis and Wills were invited to the US by Sony.[10] Wills went on to say that "She was young and innocent but very much able. Even then she had a very good voice. We started putting tracks together straight away." … "Leona could hit the notes and I think she did it better than the original."[11]
When her music career seemed to be going nowhere, she decided to give up, until her boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa persuaded her to enter The X Factor.[6]
The X Factor
- See also: The X Factor (UK series 3)
Lewis's coloratura soprano voice was consistently highly praised by all three judges — Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne. Her abilities demonstrated a vocal range of four octaves, with parts of certain performances reaching the whistle register. On occasions she was compared with divas such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera and Celine Dion.[2] All three judges also commented on how the British music industry needed a singer like her, and that her performances were world class.[2] Walsh remarked that her performance of "I Will Always Love You" was as good as Whitney Houston's version. On the 28 October show (Big Band week), Lewis sang "Summertime". Following her performance, Cowell said, "You are, absolutely, the best contestant I have ever had across any of these shows, and that was an amazing performance."
Lewis was criticed, by both the judges and in the press, in relation to her confidence. Vocal coach Mark Hudson also criticised her lack of star quality.[13] On the 9 December show, Cowell remarked that her rendition of Eva Cassidy's "Over the Rainbow" (originally sung by Judy Garland) was the best he had ever witnessed. Cowell also commented throughout the show that Lewis's lack of awareness as to how good she is, is what makes her special. On the final night of the show, Take That joined Lewis on stage for a duet of their song "A Million Love Songs". After the performance, singer Gary Barlow told Cowell, "This girl is probably fifty times better than any other contestant you have ever had, so you have a big responsibility to make the right record with her."[14] Before the final, on 11 December, Lewis performed at Hackney Empire for her friends, family and people from the local area.[3] She went on to win the competition, receiving 60% of the 8,000,000+ votes cast.[12] Cowell claims that he believed runner up Ray Quinn would win, until Lewis sung Eric Carmen's "All by Myself" and hit the final note, saying, "I think that final note may have just won you The X Factor".[2][15][16][17]
Post-X Factor career
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In February 2007, Lewis signed a £5 million ($9.7 million) contract in the United States with Clive Davis, founder of Arista Records.[22] Davis has been responsible for the success of Whitney Houston. Houston is reported to have said that Lewis will be an international star and has offered to mentor her[23] and Lewis is now hoping they will record a duet.[24] Lewis will now release five albums worldwide through Davis's label, J Records. She celebrated her record deal by showcasing for several American music executives at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California,[25] where she sang "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", "Summertime" and "Over the Rainbow". One executive described her as "the lovechild of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey".[22]
A four-track download EP, "It's All for You", that she recorded before entering The X Factor went on sale online on 18 December 2006,[26] however, the single did not chart.
Lewis was scheduled to make a performance on the current series of American Idol to help her launch her career in the US.[27] She would have appeared in the semi-finals of the hit show,[28] but was sent back to the UK due to suffering from tonsilitis.[29]
On 16 January 2007, Lewis's single "A Moment like This" was shortlisted for the British Single award at the 2007 BRIT Awards. It made it to the second round but was eliminated and did not make it to the final selection. In May it was awarded the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Best Selling British Single. On 15 March 2007, Lewis performed in front of Charles, Prince of Wales at the UK finals of The Prince's Trust RBS Celebrate Success awards at the Barbican Centre in London, which were hosted by June Sarpong.[30] She presented the award for "Young Achiever of the Year" and also performed "Over the Rainbow".
On 2 June 2007, Lewis performed at a special This Is Your Life for Simon Cowell,[31] singing "Somewhere", from West Side Story, with Il Divo.
Lewis appeared in the October 2007 issue Harper's Bazaar UK, modelling dresses from Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana, Emanuel Ungaro and Vivienne Westwood.[32] The photo shoot was done in Los Angeles and it was reported that severe disruption was caused when a crowd of fans blocked the streets trying to see Lewis.[33][34][35]
Spirit (2007)
On 25 April 2007, a press release was sent out revealing that Simon Cowell and Clive Davis would work together in a first-of-its-kind partnership on both the song and producer selection for Lewis's debut album, entitled Spirit.[1][37] The album was said to have a September 2007 deadline,[29] however the album will be released on 12 November 2007 in the United Kingdom, and early 2008 in the United States.[38] Lewis has been writing and recording in London, Miami,[39] Los Angeles[40] and Atlanta, Georgia.[40] She has worked with American songwriter and record producer Dallas Austin,[40] Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis,[42] Max Martin, Stargate, Damon Dash,[43] Walter Afanasieff,[44] Danish producers Soulshock & Karlin, Salaam Remi, up-and-coming producer Fernando, Danja, Kara DioGuardi and Novel.[45] She has recorded a track called "I'm You" with Ne-Yo[46][47] and befriended Kanye West during the recording of the album.[42]Lewis's second single, "Bleeding Love", written and produced by Ryan Tedder, will be released on 22 October 2007.[48] Lewis performed the song on the first live show of the fourth series of The X Factor.[49]
Other tracks confirmed as appearing on the album are "Whatever It Takes" (co-written by Lewis), "Homeless", "Yesterday" and a cover of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face".[50][51]
On 24 September 2007, Lewis performed a special album launch party at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Knightsbridge, London, where she performed four tracks from the album.[50][51][52][53]
Personal life
Lewis now lives in Hackney and has been with her boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa, an electrician, since she was seventeen. Lewis and Al-Chamaa have known each other since Lewis was nine years old and they grew up on the same street.[2][55] They are reported to have exchanged commitment rings and rented a £120,000 flat together in North London.[55][3] Lewis has stated that she wants to marry Al-Chamaa in the future.[2]Although her big passion is singing, Lewis is also a keen dancer and actress, and can play the piano and guitar.[6] She also has a pet Rottweiler named Rome.[6]
Lewis has been a vegetarian since she was 12, saying that she became ill when she stopped eating meat because she didn't know what else to eat. She says in the future she would like to promote a line of non-leather bags and shoes that are affordable.[57]
Discography
Albums
Twilight- Unreleased
- Due for release on 12 November 2007
- Singles:
- "A Moment like This"
- "Bleeding Love"
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | IE | UWC | |||
| 2006 | "A Moment like This"[21] | 1 | 1 | 9 | Spirit |
| "It's All for You"1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2007 | "Bleeding Love" | TBR | TBR | TBR | Spirit |
- Note 1: Ineligible to chart.
See also
- List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
- List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
- List of Arista Records artists
- Pulse Rated
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External links
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Albums: Untitled debut album
Singles: "A Moment like This" • "It's All for You" • "Bleeding Love"
Related subjects: The X Factor
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The X Factor in the United Kingdom | |
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| Series | 1 2 3 4 |
| Hosts | Dermot O'Leary Fearne Cotton Kate Thornton Ben Shephard |
| Judges | Simon Cowell Sharon Osbourne Louis Walsh Dannii Minogue Brian Friedman |
| Winners | Steve Brookstein Shayne Ward Leona Lewis |
| Runners-Up | G4 Andy Abraham Ray Quinn |
| Other alumni | Journey South Chico Slimani Ben Mills |
| Spin-offs | The Xtra Factor |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Lewis, Leona Louise |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Singer-songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3 April 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Islington, London, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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Judges
Simon Cowell (Series 1–)
Sharon Osbourne (Series 1–)
Louis Walsh (Series 1–)
Dannii Minogue (Series 4–)
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Simon Cowell (Series 1–)
Sharon Osbourne (Series 1–)
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Dannii Minogue (Series 4–)
Brian Friedman (Series 4)
Presenters
ITV
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Presented by ITV Network:
Dermot O'Leary
Kate Thornton (ex)
ITV2:
Fearne Cotton
Ben Shephard (ex)
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Presented by ITV Network:
Dermot O'Leary
Kate Thornton (ex)
ITV2:
Fearne Cotton
Ben Shephard (ex)
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A-side(s) "Before Your Love"
Released September 17 2002
Format CD single
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Recorded 2002
Genre Pop ballad
Length 3:49
Label RCA Records
Writer(s) Jörgen Elofsson
John Reid
Producer(s)
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Released September 17 2002
Format CD single
DVD single
Recorded 2002
Genre Pop ballad
Length 3:49
Label RCA Records
Writer(s) Jörgen Elofsson
John Reid
Producer(s)
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digital download (also known as a digital single or a paid digital download) is an official and legal music single available for purchase through an online store.
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Studio album by Leona Lewis
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Spirit
Studio album by Leona Lewis
Released 12 November 2007
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Canary Wharf is the centre of London's modern office towers
London shown within England
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Canary Wharf is the centre of London's modern office towers
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The British African-Caribbean (Afro-Caribbean) community are residents of the United Kingdom who are of West Indian background, and whose ancestors were indigenous to Africa.
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The Anglo-Welsh are the English-speaking inhabitants of Wales, either historically, or less commonly, contemporarily. The term can even be used for the French-speaking settlers of the Anglo-Norman conquest period, by virtue of their association with the Kingdom of England.
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- park called Finsbury Park. For the urban area near the park, see Finsbury Park, London.
Finsbury Park is a 112-acre (45-hectare) public park in the London Borough of Haringey situated between Harringay, Stroud Green, the Finsbury Park district and
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Sylvia Young Theatre School is a stage school, in Marylebone, London. The school's founder and Principal is Sylvia Young OBE.
The school was originally established in 1981 on Drury Lane, London but due to expansion it moved to its current premises in 1983.
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The school was originally established in 1981 on Drury Lane, London but due to expansion it moved to its current premises in 1983.
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The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology (the operational name of The London School for Performing Arts & Technology) is an independent, state funded arts and technology school located in The Crescent, Selhurst in London, England.
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Mariah Carey (born March 27 1970) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have
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Released March 19, 1996 (U.S.)
June 3, 1996 (UK)
Format CD single
CD maxi single
Cassette single
Recorded The Hit Factory and Crave Studios, NYC
Genre Pop–R&B
Length 4:18
Label Sony
Writer(s)
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June 3, 1996 (UK)
Format CD single
CD maxi single
Cassette single
Recorded The Hit Factory and Crave Studios, NYC
Genre Pop–R&B
Length 4:18
Label Sony
Writer(s)
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Pizza Hut Inc.
Wholly owned subsidiary
Founded Wichita, Kansas, USA (1958)
Headquarters Addison, Texas, USA
Key people Dan and Frank Carney (founders)
David C.
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Wholly owned subsidiary
Founded Wichita, Kansas, USA (1958)
Headquarters Addison, Texas, USA
Key people Dan and Frank Carney (founders)
David C.
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Lower Clapton
London Assembly North East
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London Assembly North East
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Lower Clapton is a district within the London Borough of Hackney.
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Stoke Newington
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Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8 1947 – July 12 1979) was an American soul singer and songwriter, most noted for her abilities in the whistle register and her 1975 hit single "Lovin' You".
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B-side(s) "The Edge Of A Dream"
Released January 13, 1975
Recorded 1974
Genre Soul
Length 3:44
Label Epic
32561
Writer(s) Minnie Riperton
Richard Rudolph
Producer(s) Stevie Wonder
Peak chart positions
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Released January 13, 1975
Recorded 1974
Genre Soul
Length 3:44
Label Epic
32561
Writer(s) Minnie Riperton
Richard Rudolph
Producer(s) Stevie Wonder
Peak chart positions
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