Leona Lewis

Singer

Singing

This is all my favorite singers........ Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Joni Mitchell, Anita Baker, Eva Cassidy, Minnie Riperton, Toni Braxton, Oleta Adams, Mary J. Blige, Patti LaBelle, SWV, Alicia Keys .

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Leona Lewis ^***^

Every once in a while, an artist comes along whose talent is so undeniable that it inspires everyone who encounters it. British singer and songwriter me striking beauty, charmingly down-to-earth personality, and huge, soaring voice has taken over the UK, where my debut Spirit entered the album chart at Number One and became Britain’s fastest-selling debut of all time. Spirit’s lead-off single “Bleeding Love” —co-written and produced by OneRepublic frontman Ryan “Alias” Tedder — claimed the Number One spot for seven weeks, and the album sold over 1 million copies in the UK in just 5 weeks. Ushering in 2008, me received four prestigious Brit Award nominations, the UK equivalent of the Grammy Awards.

Spirit will be released in the US by J Records/Syco on April 8, 2008. Written and produced by an array of top-notch hit-makers, the album is a showcase for me’ powerhouse voice — which has evoked comparisons to Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Céline Dion. (Warned Entertainment Weekly: “Divas, watch out!”)
“Us women are the true divas,” me insists. “Were amazing performers whom I’ve listened to for years. These are the people who’ve inspired me to sing, so it’s flattering that I’m being compared to them. But I have a lot of hard work to do first!”

Such disarming modesty is part of what has endeared me to my fans, who watched my journey to stardom on television each week on The X Factor, a British talent show executive-produced by American Idol’s Simon Cowell, who is also a judge. I won the 2006 competition handily, stunning the notoriously critical Cowell into silence who said: “I think one of the best singers we’ve seen in this country for a long, long time.

Knowing a superstar when he heard it, Cowell phoned legendary music executive and J Records founder Clive Davis and told him: “You might have the next Whitney Houston on your hands.” For the first time, the two teamed up and signed me to J Records/ SyCo Music (Cowell’s joint venture with Sony BMG). “I was immediately knocked out by her range,her versatility, and the pure beauty of her voice,” said Davis. “Me is an artist who will be a true star for many years to come.”

Davis and Cowell have made sure of it by introducing me to an all-star roster of collaborators to bring out me best on Spirit, including Tedder (currently enjoying his own hit with the ubiquitous “Apologize”), singer/songwriters Akon (Gwen Stefani, T-Pain) and Ne-Yo (Rihanna, Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson), songwriters Josh Alexander and Billy Steinberg (Madonna, Whitney Houston, Céline Dion), and songwriter/producers Dallas Austin (Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Pink), Stargate (Rihanna, Beyoncé, Ne-Yo), J.R. Rotem (Britney Spears, Ashley Tisdale), and Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald (Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne).

“It was quite daunting at first to work with such well-known people,” me has admits, “but they gave me their full attention and really wanted to do their best. They were all really lovely and I learned something different from each one of them.”

For me, making a solo album was the chance to realize a dream that i had since the tender age of 5, when my parents (father is Guyanese/mother is Welsh) enrolled my into London’s prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School.Then attended the performing arts academy The BRIT School, where i honed my songwriting and production skills. Encouraged by winning several talent contests as a teen, i left school and took part-time jobs — including working in Pizza Hut as a waitress — to earn money to pay for studio time. “It was about doing my music,”. “It has always been my passion to be a singer and songwriter.”

In 2006, Lewis-me auditioned for The X Factor and won in a landslide on December 16th.My first single broke a world record when it was downloaded 50,000 times in 30 minutes and subsequently outsold the rest of the U.K.’s Top 40 singles combined. Leona-me again mania had taken hold of Britain.

Now Lewis us me hopes to do the same in the U.S. “I wanted to make an album that was totally me,”. “Each song is about something that either I’ve gone through or that someone around me has gone through. The lyrics reflect things that I’m really passionate about. I have to be able to put myself in the song for it to ring true to me. If it doesn’t ring true to me, it’s not going to be believable to anyone else.”

Passion for singing comes through loud and clear. “My love for music is my main motivation as an artist,”. “I’ve found that i can help so many people with my songs. I’ve received a lot of letters from people saying that bleeding love' really helped them.I think if you can do that, it makes it all worth it."

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I would like to meet more people and more fans.I liked to thank you to all of you because you guys are so amazing supporting me and just keep all the good work .. Love you all.