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.

## 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 __. Her fifth studio album, _I Am_, was released on 11 September 2015. In 2016, she made her Broadway debut as  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 , two World Music Awards, and also a six-time BRIT Award and three-time Grammy Award nominee.

### Studio albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Details|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|||||
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|* Released: 9 November 2007 * Label: Syco, Sony BMG, J * Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|2|1|1|* BPI: 10× Platinum * ARIA: Platinum * : 3× Platinum * IFPI AUT: Platinum * IFPI SWE: Gold * IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum * : 11× Platinum * MC: Platinum * RIAA: Platinum * RMNZ: 2× Platinum|
|* Released: 9 November 2009 * Label: Syco, Sony Music, J * Formats: CD, digital download|1|31|7|16|12|2|26|7|3|13|* BPI: 2× Platinum * BVMI: Gold * IFPI AUT: Gold * IFPI SWI: Gold * IRMA: Platinum * MC: Gold|
|* Released: 12 October 2012 * Label: Syco, Sony Music, RCA * Formats: CD, digital download|3|—|5|—|6|4|—|—|29|—|* BPI: Silver|
|* Released: 2 December 2013 * Label: Syco, Sony Music, RCA * Formats: CD, digital download|13|—|—|97|28|36|—|—|42|113|* BPI: Gold|
|* Released: 11 September 2015 * Label: Island, Def Jam * Formats: CD, digital download|12|82|34|—|33|22|—|—|23|38||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||||||||||

### Video albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Details|scope="col" colspan="3"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|
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|* Released: 29 November 2010 * Label: Syco, Sony Music * Formats: Blu-ray, DVD, CD|4|63|59|* BPI: Gold||||

### Extended plays

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|* Released: 9 December 2011 * Label: Syco, Sony Music, RCA * Format: Digital download|8|7|15|7||

### Singles

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album||||||
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|2006|1|—|—|—|—|1|—|—|—|—|* BPI: Platinum|rowspan="7"|_Spirit_||
|2007|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|2|1|1|* BPI: 4× Platinum * ARIA: 2× Platinum * BVMI: 5× Gold * IFPI AUT: Gold * IFPI SWE: Gold * MC: Platinum * RIAA: Platinum * RMNZ: 5× Platinum||||
|rowspan="4"|2008|2|6|3|9|2|4|6|5|5|11|* BPI: Platinum * ARIA: Gold * BVMI: Gold * RIAA: Platinum * RMNZ: Platinum|||
|—|—|50|—|—|35|—|* BPI: Silver||||||||
|5|49|15|—|15|5|—|7|12|—|* BPI: Silver|||||
|1|78|1|13|3|1|—|13|2|81|* BPI: 2× Platinum * BVMI: 2× Platinum * IFPI AUT: Gold * RMNZ: Gold|||||
|rowspan="2"|2009|160|—|—|83|—|—|—|—|—|66||||
|2|26|2|15|3|3|20|11|4|31|* BPI: Silver * MC: Gold * RIAA: Gold|rowspan="2"|_Echo_|||
|2010|14|—|30|—|43|43|29|—|57|—|* BPI: Silver||||
|2011|4|—|29|—|—|3|—|—|—|—|* BPI: Silver||||
|rowspan="2"|2012|7|—|32|—|27|21|—|—|75|—||rowspan="2"|_Glassheart_|
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|2013|3|98|68|92|76|19|—|—|54|—|* BPI: 3× Platinum * RMNZ: Gold|_Christmas, with Love_|||
|rowspan="3"|2015|51|—|74|—|94|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="3"|_I Am_|
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|2018|43|27|—|76|—|55|—|—|20|—|* BPI: Platinum * ARIA: 2× Platinum * IFPI SWE: Gold * MC: 2× Platinum * RIAA: Platinum|__|||
|2019|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||__|||
|rowspan="2"|2021|87|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="2"|_Christmas, with Love Always_|
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|2023|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="3"|||
|rowspan="2"|2024|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.||||||||||||||

## Other websites

- Official website
- Official MySpace

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Leona Lewis
- **image**: Leona Lewis 2014.jpg
- **alt**: A woman with long, curly brown hair looking directly forward, wearing a black outfit, and red lipstick.
- **caption**: Lewis at the 2014 Mercy For Animals charity event, in Los Angeles
- **birth name**: Leona Louise Lewis
- **birth place**: Islington, London, England
- **nationality**: British
- **years active**: 2003–present
- **net worth**: US$30 million (April 2018)
- **background**: solo_singer