Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British actress and singer-songwriter. She won the third season of the UK television show The X Factor in 2006.
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 Lewis at the 2014 Mercy For Animals charity event, in Los Angeles | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Leona Louise Lewis |
| Born | 3 April 1985
(aged 40) Islington, London, England |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
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Career
Lewis first became famous when she won a television talent contest in Britain called The X Factor. When she won The X Factor in 2006, Lewis got a £1 million contract to make more music. She then released a song, as part of The X Factor contract, called A Moment Like This which was the number 1 song in the charts at Christmas after selling 571,253 copies in the shops and on download. Lewis then released her second song on 22 October 2007 called Bleeding Love which was the number 1 song again in Britain, and also reached number 1 in the United States. It sold 218,805 copies in the first week of release. She released her first album called Spirit in November 2007. Her second album is Echo, which was released on 9 November 2009. Her first concert tour called The Labyrinth was in 2010. Her songs include Better in Time and Bleeding Love. She released her third stuidio album, Glassheart, on 12 October 2012. In December 2013, she released her fourth studio album Christmas, with Love. In 2014, she made her film debut in Walking on Sunshine. Her fifth studio album, I Am, was released on 11 September 2015. In 2016, she made her Broadway debut as Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats, and the following year, she signed a modelling contract with Wilhelmina Models. As of 2021, according to her record company she has sold over 35 million records worldwide. She became the first British female solo artist to have eight top five singles, surpassing Olivia Newton-John's record of seven. She has won two MOBO Awards, an MTV Europe Music Award, two World Music Awards, and also a six-time BRIT Award and three-time Grammy Award nominee.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
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| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
CAN [5] |
GER [6] |
IRE [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
US [5] | ||||||||||
| Spirit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Echo |
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1 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
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| Glassheart |
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3 | — | 5 | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | 29 | — |
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| Christmas, with Love |
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13 | — | — | 97 | 28 | 36 | — | — | 42 | 113 |
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| I Am | 12 | 82 | 34 | — | 33 | 22 | — | — | 23 | 38 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Video albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
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| UK [2] |
GER [6] |
SWI [10] | |||
| The Labyrinth Tour Live from The O2 | 4 | 63 | 59 |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
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| UK [2] |
UK Down. [2] |
IRE [7] |
SCO [2] | ||
| Hurt: The EP |
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8 | 7 | 15 | 7 |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
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| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
CAN [5] |
GER [6] |
IRE [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
US [5] | ||||||||||
| "A Moment Like This" | 2006 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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Spirit | ||||||
| "Bleeding Love" | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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| "Better in Time"[upper-alpha 1] | 2008 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
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| "Footprints in the Sand" | — | — | 50 | — | — | 35 | — |
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| "Forgive Me" | 5 | 49 | 15 | — | 15 | 5 | — | 7 | 12 | — |
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| "Run" | 1 | 78 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | — | 13 | 2 | 81 |
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| "I Will Be" | 2009 | 160 | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | ||||||||
| "Happy" | 2 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 31 |
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Echo | |||||||
| "I Got You" | 2010 | 14 | — | 30 | — | 43 | 43 | 29 | — | 57 | — |
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| "Collide" (with Avicii) |
2011 | 4 | — | 29 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 2] |
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Non-album single | ||||||
| "Trouble" (featuring Childish Gambino) |
2012 | 7 | — | 32 | — | 27 | 21 | — | — | 75 | — | Glassheart | |||||||
| "Lovebird" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "One More Sleep" | 2013 | 3 | 98 | 68 | 92 | 76 | 19 | — | — | 54 | —[upper-alpha 3] |
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Christmas, with Love | ||||||
| "Fire Under My Feet" | 2015 | 51 | — | 74 | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 4] | I Am | |||||||
| "I Am" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Thunder" | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 5] | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 6] | |||||||||
| "You Are the Reason" (with Calum Scott) |
2018 | 43 | 27 | — | 76 | — | 55 | — | —[upper-alpha 7] | 20 | —[upper-alpha 8] |
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Only Human | ||||||
| "Solo Quiero (Somebody to Love)" (with Cali y El Dandee and Juan Magán) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 9] | Songland | |||||||
| "Kiss Me It's Christmas" (featuring Ne-Yo) |
2021 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas, with Love Always | |||||||
| "If I Can't Have You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "One Step Closer" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||
| "This Version" (The View Theme) |
2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Give a Little Bit" (with Calum Scott) |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Leona Lewis Media
Simon Cowell (pictured) served as Lewis's mentor while on the third series of The X Factor
Lewis performing at the Clive Davis Pre Grammy Gala in 2009
Lewis on stage with Jimmy Page at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Lewis, Page and David Beckham represented Britain in the handing over segment for the 2012 Games to be held in London.
Lewis performing on The Labyrinth tour in 2010
Lewis performing a cover of "Locked Out of Heaven" at the Royal Albert Hall, London on the Glassheart Tour, May 2013
Lewis at the 2014 Life Ball in Vienna
Notes
- ↑ "Better in Time" was released as a double A-side with "Footprints in the Sand" in the UK, Australia and Germany. "Footprints in the Sand" charted at 25 and "Better in Time" charted at number 23 in the UK Singles Chart due to individual downloads.
- ↑ "Collide" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at No. 1 on the Dance Club Songs.[11]
- ↑ "One More Sleep" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on the Holiday Digital Songs Chart.
- ↑ "Fire Under My Feet" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at No. 4 on the Dance Club Songs.[12]
- ↑ "Thunder" did not enter the Canadian Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at No. 44 on the Canada Adult Contemporary.[13]
- ↑ "Thunder" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at No. 12 on the Dance Club Songs.[14]
- ↑ "You Are the Reason" did not enter the Sverigetopplistan, but peaked at No. 1 on the Sweden Heatseeker Chart.[15]
- ↑ "You Are the Reason" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at No. 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[16]
- ↑ "Solo Quiero (Somebody to Love)" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Latin Pop Digital Song Sales.[17][18]
References
- ↑ "17 facts about Leona Lewis every fan should know". Smooth Radio.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Peak positions in the UK:
- For all except where noted: "LEONA LEWIS songs and albums | full Official Chart history". officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company.
- For "I Will Be": "CHART: CLUK Update 24.11.2007 (wk46), CHART LOG UK: NEW ENTRIES UPDATE". zobbel.de. 24 November 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Peak positions in Australia:
- For all except noted: "Discography Leona Lewis". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien.
- For I Am: "ARIA Albums: Bring Me the Horizon 'That's the Spirit' Debuts At One in Australia". Noise11. 19 September 2015.
- For "One More Sleep": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 2 January 2023". The ARIA Report (Australian Recording Industry Association) (1713): 4. 2 January 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Discographie Leona Lewis". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Leona Lewis | Biography, Music & News". billboard.com. Billboard.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Leona Lewis". offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment charts.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Discography Leona Lewis". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Discography Leona Lewis". charts.nz. Hung Medien.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Discography Leona Lewis". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Discographie Leona Lewis". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Dance Songs: Top Dance Music Chart". Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs/2011-10-01.
- ↑ "Chart Search - Billboard". Billboard.com.
- ↑ "Chart Search - Billboard". Billboard.com.
- ↑ "Chart Search - Billboard". Billboard.com.
- ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 39". Sverigetopplistan.
- ↑ "Calum Scott Chart History". Billboard.com.
- ↑ "Leona Lewis – Chart History: Latin Pop Digital Song Sales". Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/music/leona-lewis/chart-history/latin-pop-digital-song-sales. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ "Leona Lewis Solo Quiero (Somebody To Love) Chart History". Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/music/leona-lewis. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2008-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Official MySpace