Ok, she has alot of haters in the UK and the US ...and not all of her music is great .... but the lady is good looking and talented, a great voice with growing fan base and some good songs....The downside ...yes she has SC behind her but let all note - she was singing a long time before he came ...

I think she the only "Real Talent" that's come from AI or X-Factor over the past 6 years ...

BMG U.K. signs Leona Lewis
Singer nabs worldwide publishing deal
By DON DAVIS
Lewis

BMG Rights Management has signed an exclusive publishing agreement to represent singer Leona Lewis.Deal covers Lewis' future songwriting, as well as her songs from her sophomore album "Echo."

"Leona is a staggering musical talent, going from strength to strength as her songwriting develops. We're thrilled to be working with her and her management team," said Tony Moss, Managing Director BMG Rights Management U.K.

Said Lewis, "I'm so pleased to be working with BMG, I'm really excited about working together and the future."

Lewis gained mainstream recognition after winning the third season of "X Factor" in 2006, after which she was signed to a five-album, $9.7 mil deal with Clive Davis' J Records.
Her debut single "A Moment Like This" (a cover of the track originally recorded by Kelly Clarkson, which was written by Jörgen Elofsson and John Reid) became the fastest selling U.K. single after being downloaded over 50,000 times within 30 minutes of its release. Her second single, "Bleeding Love", reached number one positions in over 30 singles charts around the world. Lewis became the first British solo artist to top the Billboard 200 with her debut album "Spirit," which has sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide.

Lewis' second album "Echo," released in November 2009, has gone double platinum in the U.K. The album debuted at number 13 in the U.S. with sales of 68,413, but in the second week sales fell by 68% to just 21,431. Worldwide, it has sold over 1 million copies. The first single from this album, "Happy," was written by Lewis, together with songwriters Ryan Tedder (who wrote "Bleeding Love") and Evan Bogart and produced by Tedder.

Lewis also recently recorded "I See You," the theme song for James Cameron's "Avatar." Track was nominated for Best Original Song at the 67th Golden Globe Awards.

Currently, Lewis and her management are preparing for her first world tour scheduled to starting later in the year.




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i'm not sure why there's "hate" for her. unless you just don't care for her music. i think she's lovely and quite enjoy a few of her songs. glad for her and her success.

bollocks. She annoys the fuck out of me.

I laughed out loud at the subject line. Leona Lewis is a wannabe diva, not a real one. A real diva just IS. Leona wants to be.

As long as people are still buying and listening to old, or new, Mariah and Whitney albums, the road goes on. Leona is annoying as fucking finger nails on a chalk board.....and that's her good point.

Leona is not popular like she was before well here in the U.S anyway.

LMAO! Leona is so irrelevant. She's a bore musically.

She on Final Fantasy Xlll.....get her the fuck off it.

LondonStyle said:

ok..

so you wanna talk trash about me just because i don't like prince's latest output and yet here YOU are in total FAMBOY mode( ) over Leona Lewis ?

DISQUALIFIED!

ernestsewell said:

I don't think she's a wannabe, the only wannabe here are whitney who's lost her voice and careers down the pan and mariah who looks like she's has 20 kids and can't hit the notes anymore ....

Face it guy's those two have had their day.... Lenoa is now stepping into those shoes...

It's quite a feat to be the most dull, lifeless, boring person to have ever emerged from a reality singing show, but she has managed it.

midiscover said:

Yo London Style....U must of read my Murphy's Law blog...lol....Although I don't think Leona Lewis is not ready for diva status, I agree that Mariah and Whitney should chill out...Hell, as much as I'm pulling for Janet Jackson, it may be time for her to do the same....

Here's the original blog I did about Mariah/Whitney retiring a week or so ago....I see your vision....




Murphy's Law: Whitney & Mariah… Sit Down
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http://www.vibe.com/posts...��sit-down

It happens to us all. Sooner or later, we lose it. And the fall-off can be as unmerciful as a strung-out Eddie Kane struggling to keep it together on some nights-like-this-I-wish-that-raindrops-would-fa-ha-ha-ha-all shit. Sometimes it takes a loving nudge or a rude push to jolt a little reality into an individual who doesn’t have the good sense to know when to exit the big stage. With that said, I will invoke the spirit of the Apollo Theater’s feared tap dancing hook man Sandman Sims and do what must be done: Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey—it’s time to retire. Your voices, once fine-tuned, praise-worthy instruments, are now shot to hell.

Yes, we are well aware that you are two of the most acclaimed female vocalists in the history of pop music. We know that combined you have sold well over 300 million albums worldwide. Whitney, the-around-the-way-girl from East Orange, New Jersey blessed with angelic church-trained voice that propelled your self-titled 1985 release to become the biggest selling debut from a female act (24 million copies and still counting, bitches). Mariah, the mixed Long Island chick with the effortless five-octave range who wrote her own lyrics (gasp!) on a string of multi-platinum offerings starting in 1990—eventually eclipsing Elvis Presley for the most no. 1 singles on the Billboard charts with 18. But your slips are showing ladies.

Seeing you both in your current cringe-inducing state gives me the same sick feeling I experienced as a youngin’ when I saw a heartbreaking, past-his-prime Muhammad Ali get pummeled by Larry Holmes or a geriatric Michael Jordan uniform getting his ankles broken by Allen Iverson. It just ain’t right. No, this is not petty ageism at work. If Eric Clapton is allowed to keep his blues rock-God pass at the grizzled age of 64 while making those annoying ass iPhone commercials, then the comparatively pubescent Whitney, 46, and Mariah, 39, should be able to sing until Tracy Morgan wins an Oscar. Unfortunately, two months has not even passed, and we have already seen proof that it’s time for you both—Ms. Houston and Mrs. Carey-Cannon—to go gently into that good night.

Whitney…I get it. You are a survivor. You withstood much-deserved backlash after releasing some of the most soulless, MOR drivel this side of Susan Boyle (remember when you were booed at the Soul Train Awards in 1989?) You soldiered on and won back your black fans (I’m Your Baby Tonight, My Love Is Your Love) and then dropped the biggest selling soundtrack album in history of mankind (The Bodyguard). You got through your equally self-destructive, drug addled marriage to the “KANG OF R&B” Bobby Brown—a disastrous union that became a tabloid wet dream.

When your well crafted, yet over hyped comeback I Look To You was released last year, for a moment Clive Davis had us all forgetting that infamous crack-is-wack interview. But your recent dazed and confused concert performance in Australia was the final verdict. A series of missed and mangled notes and overall strange behavior (Abruptly leaving the stage during songs and slurring your way through a gig is probably not the best way to endear yourself to fans who paid $165 per ticket) displays a woman who evidently still needs to deal with her personal demons instead of headlining a tour. But we're pulling for you Nippy.

As for you Mariah, your continued success post the horrific Glitter has been an enabler of sorts. While it’s easy to place blame on Jermaine Dupri for resuscitating your career with 2005’s Emancipation of Mimi, Janet’s on-again-off-again road dog can’t be blamed for that incessant one-note formula. While no one would ever mistake your live show for an over-the-top Beyonce revue, whispering over pre-recorded vocal tracks just doesn’t cut it.

Beyond your questionable penchant for dressing like a horny 17-year prom date in a state of arrested development and a much rumored battle with the bottle (Yo Nick, talk to wifey), the cold, sobering fact is that the soaring vox on 1990’s “Vision of Love” is now overpowered by female rap savior Nicki Minaj on “Up Out My Face.” Given your dubious history on the big screen, it’s kind of cool that you’re getting respectful notice for your role in Precious. Hey, anything’s better than making records with Gucci Mane, right?

Goodnight divas. It’s time to salvage what’s left of your remarkable, legendary careers. At least we've still got Sade. —K. Murphy

claiming her as the next this or that is evidence in itself that she's got no personality whatsoever.

that said, i do like some of her stuff, and i think Better In Time is one of the best pop songs in the last couple of years.

Her music is not ground breaking, but she is better than most of the young kids out there. Her voice is nice and she is easy on the eyes. She don't look like her breath stinks of Vodka and blunts. I'm all for a drug free new diva, who takes a bath.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: her singing has the soul of a piece of wood.

TonyVanDam said:

DANG, I'm glad someone else can see that.

ViintageJunkiie said:

odd, cuz she is cute as fuck, but...

Militant said:

Hey i'm not gonna say she (Leona) is the life and soul of the party because she is not, but i guess the point alot of people are missing here is that ...when Whitney and Mariah started out they were all so as dull as dishwater....

Until Mariah dumped the sony boss (pimp-husband) and Whitney stop have sex with her female friend ... not much was going on...

murph said:

Hey thanks for that....good read i see your not having ago at these two singers just pointing out the fact that to be a diva - the voice is king and when it's shot due to drug abuse - it's time to get out and live on your pass winners .. don't let the fans down...

Yes do one off TV shows sing one or two songs but don't go on tour or sing live when you just can't kick it anymore it destroys your diva-states..

Leona Lewis is NOT popular in the US. Her latest album flopped here.

LondonStyle said:

Yep...it's not about age....As much as folks joke about Aretha Franklin's weight or Chaka being a bit rude, no one is telling them to give it up....Because they can still bring it vocally...And they are not doing anything that seems desperate to extend their careers...

Alej said: