Born Leona Louise Lewis in Islington, London, England on April 3rd 1985. Leona Lewis gained popularity as the winner of the Third Series of X Factor UK in 2006.
Winning £1 million recording contract with Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music.
♥First British Solo Artist to top Billboard 200 charts
♥The album debuted at number one in nine countries, including the United Kingdom, United States and Germany, and peaked in the top five in a further eight countries.
♥It held the record for the biggest digital album sales in a week ever for a new artist.
♥The album was the 6th biggest selling of 2008 in the world, as according to the IFPI.
♥Spirit has sold over 8 million copies worldwide.
♥4th best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.
♥Sold over 3 million copies in the UK and remains the best-selling debut album by a female artist.
A Moment Like This
UK Peak #1
A Moment Like This Receipts
♥The single peaked to #1 in UK charts for 4 weeks, broke The World Record for being digitally downloaded more than 50,000 times in 30 minutes.
♥One Million copies of "A Moment Like This" was pre-ordered by record store companies
♥The single sold 895,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of December 2012.
♥In January 2007, the single was awarded platinum status by the British Phonographic Industry.
♥In May it was awarded the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Best Selling British Single.
Bleeding Love
US Peak #1
UK Peak #1
Bleeding Love Receipts
♥Debuting at number one on the UK Singles Chart, "Bleeding Love" became the best-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom.
♥It went on to sell 218,805 copies in its first week, gaining the biggest one-week sales in 2007
♥Since the single's release, it became a major international hit, and was the best-selling single of 2008 worldwide.
♥"Bleeding Love" went on to top the charts in 35 countries, becoming one of the best selling singles by a female of all time.
♥Nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year at the 51st Grammy Awards.
♥At the 2008 Brit Awards it was nominated for Best British Single.
♥In February 2014 it was confirmed by the Official Charts Company that "Bleeding Love" had sold total of 1,180,000 copies in the United Kingdom, making it the 103rd song overall to sell a million copies in Britain, with Lewis the fourteenth female singer to achieve the feat.
Country Certifications (sales thresholds)
Australia 2× Platinum
Austria Gold
Belgium Gold
Canada Platinum
Denmark 2× Platinum
Finland Platinum
Germany Platinum
NZ 2× Platinum
Spain Platinum
Sweden Platinum
UK 2× Platinum
US 5×Platinum
Better In Time/Footprints In The Sand
UK Peak #2
US Peak #11
Better In Time Receipts
♥On its fourth week in UK, the song reached its peak position at number two, selling 40,476 copies and being beaten to the number one spot by Duffy's "Mercy".
♥With this it became the third single by Lewis to reach the top five in the country.
♥In the Australian charts, "Better in Time" debuted at number thirty-two on 27 April 2008, reaching the top ten two weeks later, her second single to achieve this feat.
♥On 25 May 2008 the single reached its peak position, at number six, and remained within the top fifty for eighteen weeks.
♥The song was later certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
"Better in Time" and "Footprints in the Sand" debuted and peaked at number eight on the European Hot 100 Singles in the issue ending 29 March 2008, becoming the highest debut of the week.
♥In the week ending 26 April 2008, "Better in Time" debuted at number sixty-two on the Billboard Hot 100, in the same week that her previous single, "Bleeding Love", topped the chart.
The song reached its peak position at number eleven on its fourteenth week, where it stayed for another week.
Region (provider) Certifications
Australia (ARIA) Gold
Denmark (IFPI) Gold
Germany (BVMI) Gold
United Kingdom (BPI) Silver
Forgive Me
UK Peak #5
Forgive Me Receipts
♥"Forgive Me" debuted and peaked at number five in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2008, becoming Lewis's third single in debut within the top ten, after "A Moment Like This" and "Bleeding Love".
♥In Ireland, before its official release as a single, it was the second highest debut of the week of the Irish Singles Chart, at number five.
♥In the Slovak Airplay Chart, it debuted at number seventy-six and in its tenth week the song peaked at number one.
♥In the European Singles Chart the song reached the number 11.
♥In Italy, "Forgive Me" debuted/peaked at number nine.
♥ 160k sales for "Forgive Me"
♥In the 2008 UK year-end chart, compiling the best-selling singles of the year, "Forgive Me" was eighty-fifth.
Run
UK #1
US #81
Run Receipts
♥The song reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in its first week of release, due to download sales alone.
♥"Run" remained on the top position the four weeks in total.
♥On 7 December 2008, it entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, also on downloads alone, making it her 3rd number one. It had become the fastest-selling UK download ever after it sold 69,244 in just two days.
♥By the end of the first week, download sales had reached 131,593, some 8,000 below the first week sales of "A Moment Like This".
♥As of January 2014, the song has shifted 832,000 copies.
♥"Run" became Lewis's fifth UK Top Five single; it follows "A Moment Like This" which peaked at number one in 2006 and "Bleeding Love" in 2007.
♥"Run" was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 22 July 2013, denoting shipments of more than 600,000 copies.
♥According to the Official Charts Company, the song has sold 832,000 copies in the UK as of January 2014.
♥The single has reached number one in Austria, Ireland and UK.
♥In Germany It placed at number 9, its highest position so far.After another 4 weeks, the song reached an even higher position, jumping from number 27 to number 3. In March 2011, the single spent its 52nd week at number 49 on the German Singles Chart, making it her first single to be on that chart for one year or longer, and the 41st single in general to do so.
♥The single was placed a total of 94 non-consecutive weeks on the German charts.
Region (provider) Certifications
Austria (IFPI) Gold
United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum
I Will Be
US #66
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I Will Be Receipts
Upon its release as a single in January 2009 in the United States, "I Will Be" debuted on the US Pop Songs chart at number 34 on 31 January 2009.
♥In its second week it rose to number 31, and again to number 28 in its third week.It peaked at number 24 and remained on the chart for eight weeks.
♥It debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 94 on 14 February 2009. It peaked at number 66, and exited the chart at number 80.
♥ In Canada, the song entered the chart at number 86, and peaked at number 83.
ECHO era
2009-2010
UK #1
US #13
ECHO Receipts
♥The album has achieved commercial success peaking within the top twenty in nine countries, including debuting at number one in the UK with 161,000 copies sold in its first week.
♥The album was certified Platinum in UK
♥The album debuted at number 13 in the US with sales of 68,413, in the second week sales were 21,431.
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria) Gold 10,000
Canada (Music Canada) Gold 40,000
Ireland (IRMA) Platinum 15,000
Switzerland Gold 15,000
United Kingdom (BPI) 2× Platinum 600,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) Platinum 1,000,000
Happy
UK #2
US #31
Happy Receipts
♥On 10 November 2009, after two days of sales in the UK, "Happy" had sold 36,000 copies.
Happy" entered the UK chart at number two, marking Lewis's sixth consecutive top five single in the UK.
♥On 7 January 2010 the song was certified Silver in the UK.
♥"Happy" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 50, with sales of almost 52,000 digital downloads. It peaked at 31.
♥ 500, 000+ in USA, no certification
I Got You (We don't claim it)
UK #14 (Top 40 chart)
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I Got You Receipts
It debuted inside the official top 40 at number 40 on 27 February 2010, and leap to its peak position of number 14 the following week.
♥In Ireland, "I Got You" debuted at number 47 on 25 February 2010, and reached a peak of number 43 the following week.
GLASSHEART era
2011-2012
(We don't Claim It)
UK #3
US Not Released
GLASSHEART Receipts
♥In the UK, the album was Lewis' first album not to reach number one, debuting at number three with 27,000 copies in its first week.
♥83,000 in UK sales.
♥Following a 2013 release for Austria and Germany, Glassheart peaked at number five and six respectively outperforming previous album Echo.
Collide
UK Peak #4
Collide Receipts
♥In its seventh week, "Collide" peaked at number one on 1 October 2011, and was awarded with the Greatest Gainer honour for that week on US Dance Chart.
♥The song became Lewis's first number one song on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart and only her second song to do so; the first was "Bleeding Love" in May 2008, which peaked at number 11.
♥ In January, it was certified Gold in Canada.
♥In Ireland, "Collide" debuted at number three on 8 September 2011, and remained in the top ten in its second week, where it charted at number eight
♥"Collide" was the highest new entry on the Irish Singles Chart for that week.
♥In the United Kingdom, "Collide" debuted at number four on the UK Singles Chart on 17 September 2011.
♥"Collide" became Lewis's seventh UK Top 5 single, tying her with Olivia Newton John for British female solo artist with the most UK Top 5 singles.
Hurt: The EP
UK #8
Hurt: The EP Receipts
♥Although a three track EP, Hurt: The EP charted on national singles charts. It debuted at number 15 in Ireland on 15 December 2011.
♥Hurt: The EP debuted and peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart on 24 December 2011.
♥In Scotland, the EP debuted and peaked at number seven on 24 December 2011.
Trouble
UK #7
♥The song debuted #7 on the singles chart in UK
♥It became her eight top 30 single in Irelenad where it debuted 21.
Christmas, With Love era
2013
Christmas, With Love Receipts
♥The album officially debuted at number 25 on the chart on 8 December, and at number 10 on the UK Digital Chart on the same day.
♥In its second week, Christmas, With Love rose to number 13 on the UK Albums Chart where it peaked.
♥Christmas, With Love debuted number 37 on the US Holiday Albums chart.
♥The album was certified Gold in UK two weeks after it's release.
One More Sleep
UK Peak #3
US Peak #23
One More Sleep Receipts
♥Highest peaking single since 'Happy'
♥"One More Sleep" peaking inside the top five at number three on the UK Singles Chart, Lewis has set a new record for British female solo artist with the most top five singles in the history of the chart, bringing her total to eight top five singles.