Yay for Leona! I hope she gets to 2 or even 3x Platinum!

awesome! congrats to Leona

I think the album is not so good. It has 4 or 5 good songs

I think Leona will definitely be nominated for some Grammy's. I actually see

Best New Artist
Record of the Year - Bleeding Love
Song of the Year - Bleeding Love
Female Pop Vocal Performance - Bleeding Love
Best Pop Album

Everyone to their own I suppose! But the album is definitely a grower, my favourite songs are;
Bleeding Love
Whatever It Takes
Take A Bow
Forgive Me
Better In Time
Yesterday
Homeless
Angel
Here I Am


Urmmmmmmm that is like half the album oppps!

Leona

I could actually see that too, surprisingly "Bleeding Love" is actually a VERY strong contender for a Record of the Year nomination.

Well, the album is kind of dull. Most of the biggest sellers of this year have been. But, good for her. And this is off two singles, not just Bleeding Love. Also, you don't think people in the US have no clue what music is being released in the UK. Yeah, this is not just going off of Bleeding Love. It's going off from every single it has had in the US and UK.

Congrats Leona!

I remember being laughed at on this forum for saying she would go Gold a few weeks before her album was released.

At least she is silencing the haters.

I agree, it's not really a great album...Having said that, Maybe like someone said it's an album that grows on you.

Well deserved!!!!!! i think she can get x2...... maybe her sales for US will be like 2 - 2.5

Congrats Leona!

what

Spirit has gone platinum in the US on the back of one single.only one single has been released in the US - Bleeding Love.

What???

'Spirit' has gone Platinum in the US only from one single, because only ONE single has been released officially , it doesn't take a genuis to tell you that because I'm pretty sure alot of people in the US don't care about what music is being released in the UK

Just cus your beached whale couldn't even sell 100k, even if the whole album was released, does not mean you have to go hating on other artists success

Leona's success for a new artist is unheard of in this day and age, she deserves props for that if nothing else

Very well deserved. Leona!

Leona.

That album was so good that I bought it. And I never buy albums anymore.

Actually, about 80% of the reviews on iTunes of the album says that they are excited the album is finally out in the US, and they've been following her UK career. So, it's been going off two official US singles and (Better In Time has been released already - if you don't believe me, then look it up). Also, a lot of the people in the US do look at European acts. Why do you think they do so well off of one single nowadays? Because they've heard singles from their other countries. Think about it. When Jordin Sparks was released in the UK, only Tattoo had been released to the UK, but world wide, This Is my Now, Tattoo, and No Air had all been released. A lot of people from the UK bought the album FOR NO AIR! Not because of Tattoo.

AND WHERE DO YOU GET OFF CALLING RAVEN A BEACHED WHALE? THAT IS SO CHILDISH! I WAS NEVER HATING ON LEONA. I was just stating that really it was going off all of the singles, but mainly Bleeding Love. I think the album is dull. Only 4 or 5 good songs. Most of them are boring ballads. Now, some people like that. And that's great. It shows diversity in people's music taste.

Just because your artist sold well, it doesn't mean you can hate on the non-successful artists. Success doesn't mean a damn thing. It just means more people have heard of you.

Again, if you all or huge Leona fans, then you would have known that Better In Time has been released in the US for about a month now. It's #59 in Mediabase. (And it's flopping b/c Bleeding Love is still way to popular.) That's a problem. Sometimes people release too early, and the second single flops because people are still drooling over the first. It happened for Rihanna (Umbrella and Shut Up and Drive). It is currently happening for Sara Bareilles. (Love Song and Bottle It Up). It's happened for a lot of artists unfortunately.

And also, don't go judging an artist if you haven't heard what they can make either. Also, if you read my whole comment, it said I'm happy for her. She's an AMAZING singer. I'm glad it's platinum. But, it's just a dull album. I get tired of ballads if their are a lot of them.

You don't know what you're saying. iTunes people are *internet freaks* just like you. That's the reason they know about previous singles. In the US, Leona has had just one hit single. Americans don't give a **** about the UK charts.