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Leona Lewis
Leonalewis
Background information
Born United Kingdom
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2001–present
Labels Island, Def Jam, J, RCA, Syco
Website www.leonalewismusic.com

Leona Lewis (born 3rd April 1985) is a British singer. She was born and raised in the London Borough of Islington, where she attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology.

Career[]

Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of The X Factor in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music. Her winners single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", peaked at number one for four weeks on the UK Singles Chart and it broke a world record for having 50,000 digital downloads within 30 minutes. In February 2007, Lewis signed a five-album contract in the United States with Clive Davis's record label, J Records (now RCA Records).

Lewis's success continued with the release of her debut album, Spirit, in 2007; it went 10x platinum in the United Kingdom, while the lead single, "Bleeding Love", spent seven weeks at number-one. She achieved international recognition with the album in 2008, when she became the first British female to top the US Billboard 200 album chart in more than 20 years. Spirit has sold more than eight million copies worldwide, and "Bleeding Love" peaked at number one in over 30 countries.

It has subsequently been certified 'platinum' for sales in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Henderson has released three subsequent singles - Glow, Yours and Mirror Man.

Her debut album Chapter One was released on 13 October 2014 and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart.

North Vision Song Contest[]

3rd edition[]

She was selected to represent Ireland in 3rd edition with song "I See You". She qualified for the grand final and finished 5th with 137 points, which included 12 from Netherlands ans Slovenia. This was Ireland's first automatic qualification.

15th edition[]

She was selected to represent United Kingdom in 15th edition with song "Fire Under My Feet". She automatically qualified for the 15th edition, but she came 14th with 100 points, without getting 12 points.

She also did worse in both jury and public voting, not placing in the top 15. The juries awarded 17th place with 93 points, the public awarded joint 17th place with France with 81 points.

18th edition[]

She was selected to represent United Kingdom in 18th edition with song "Thunder". However, she failed to qualify and finished 11th with 65 points, 12 were from Hungary, with 15 points away from qualification. This will the pre-last non-qualification for United Kingdom.

Lewis did well in the televote, finishing in joint 7th with Iceland with 91 points and finished in joint 10th place with Armenia in the jury voting with 55 points.

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