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.

Discography
Studio albums
 Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UKPeak positions in the UK:
 For all except where noted: 
 For "I Will Be":  AUSPeak positions in Australia: 
 For all except noted: 
 For I Am: 
 For "One More Sleep":  AUT CAN GER IRE NZ SWE SWI US Spirit 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 Echo 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 Glassheart Released: 12 October 2012
 Label: Syco, Sony Music, RCA
 Formats: CD, digital download 3  —  5  —  6  4  —  —  29  — BPI: Silver Christmas, with Love Released: 2 December 2013
 Label: Syco, Sony Music, RCA
 Formats: CD, digital download 13  —  —  97  28  36  —  —  42  113 BPI: Gold I Am Released: 11 September 2015
 Label: Island, Def Jam
 Formats: CD, digital download 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 UK GER SWI  Released: 29 November 2010
 Label: Syco, Sony Music
 Formats: Blu-ray, DVD, CD 4  63  59 BPI: Gold

Extended plays
 Title Details Peak chart positions UK UK Down. IRE SCO  
 Released: 9 December 2011
 Label: Syco, Sony Music, RCA
 Format: Digital download 8  7  15  7

Singles
 Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK AUS AUT CAN GER IRE NZ SWE SWI US "" 2006 1  —  —  —  —  1  —  —  —  — BPI: Platinum Spirit "Bleeding Love" 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 "Better in Time" 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 "" 2009 160  —  —  83  —  —  —  —  —  66 "" 2  26  2  15  3  3  20  11  4  31 BPI: Silver
 MC: Gold
 RIAA: Gold Echo "" 2010 14  —  30  —  43  43  29  —  57  — BPI: Silver "" 2011 4  —  29  —  —  3  —  —  —  — BPI: Silver  "" 2012 7  —  32  —  27  21  —  —  75  — Glassheart "" —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — "" 2013 3  98  68  92  76  19  —  —  54  — BPI: 3× Platinum
 RMNZ: Gold Christmas, with Love "" 2015 51  —  74  —  94  —  —  —  —  —  I Am "" —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — "" —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — "" 2018 43  27  —  76  —  55  —  —  20 — BPI: Platinum
 ARIA: 2× Platinum
 IFPI SWE: Gold
 MC: 2× Platinum
 RIAA: Platinum  "" 2019 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — —  "Kiss Me It's Christmas" 2021 87  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  Christmas, with Love Always "If I Can't Have You" —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  "One Step Closer" 2023 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  rowspan="3"  "This Version"(The View Theme) 2024 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — ""(with Calum Scott) —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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References

Other websites
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Category:1985 births
Category:Black British musicians
Category:British R&B musicians
Category:English pop singers
Category:Singer-songwriters from London
Category:The X Factor winners