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Leona Lewis
Nominated For :Breakthrough Artist
Leona Lewis’s striking beauty, charmingly down-to-earth personality, and huge, soaring voice has taken over the UK. Her 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” 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, Leona received four prestigious Brit Award nominations, the UK equivalent of the Grammy Awards.
American Idol's Simon Cowell, who is also a judge. She won the 2006 competition handily, stunning the notoriously critical
Leona’s journey to stardom was on television each week on The X Factor, a British talent show executive-produced by Cowell into silence who said: “I think she’s one of the best singers we’ve seen in this country for a long, long time”.
For Lewis, making a solo album was the chance to realize a dream she’s had since the tender age of five, when her parents enrolled her into London’s prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School. Lewis then attended the performing arts academy The BRIT School, where she honed her songwriting and production skills. Lewis has also been touted as the next Mariah Carey.
Leona’s journey to stardom was on television each week on The X Factor, a British talent show executive-produced by Cowell into silence who said: “I think she’s one of the best singers we’ve seen in this country for a long, long time”.
For Lewis, making a solo album was the chance to realize a dream she’s had since the tender age of five, when her parents enrolled her into London’s prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School. Lewis then attended the performing arts academy The BRIT School, where she honed her songwriting and production skills. Lewis has also been touted as the next Mariah Carey.
