Leona Lewis

Singer Leona Lewis has vocals that can bring you to tears. Her ballad "Bleeding Love" about those who literally "bleed with love" can only be compared in popularity to "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. For 10 years of creativity, the star has won many music awards, but has not yet earned a Grammy.

Leona Louise Lewis was born on April 3, 1985 in the London borough of Islington. Mother Marie Lewis is Welsh, father Arel Josiah is from Guyana, a South American state. In addition to the girl, three children were raised in the family: the elder half-brother of the singer Bradley, the younger Kyle and Tyrone.

Noticing Leona's craving for the stage, her parents sent the girl to the Sylvia Young Theater School in London. She then studied at the Conti Academy of Theater Arts of Italy, at the Ravenscourt Theater School, at the BRIT School of Performing Arts and Technology.

Parents saved a lot to realize their daughter's desire to become a singer, but the funds were rapidly melting. At 17, Leona left BRIT, desperate to pursue a musical career. By that time, the future star was already writing songs (the first text was created by her at the age of 12), the salary of the waitress in the Pizza Hut diner was saving to pay for the studio.

At the age of 18, the girl got the main role in the play "The Lion King" in Paris, but the plans were disrupted by a case - Leona injured her back while skating, and for some time could hardly move.

Leona Lewis's demo album "Twilight" (2004) did not attract the attention of producers. The next disc, "Best Kept Secret" (2005), was invested £ 70 thousand, but they seemed to have gone into the sand: from the entire playlist, only the song "Private Party" became famous. In 2006, the girl went to the talent show "The X Factor" for recognition.

At the audition, Lewis performed the ballad "Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakavivoole, which was especially appreciated by the guest judge Paul Abdul. After distribution, the girl got into the team of Simon Cowell.

Throughout the show, Lewis has been compared to Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion. Powerful vocals and a subtle sense of music brought the girl to the finals, and then to the top of the podium. The prize was a £ 1 million contract with Simon Cowell's record company Syco Music. This was a key moment in Leona Lewis's biography.

In December 2006, the singer's debut single "A Moment Like This" (a cover of Kelly Clarkson) was released. He instantly became a record holder: in the UK, the song was downloaded more than 50 thousand times in 30 minutes. The record sold 571,000 copies in one week, more than the entire top 40 on the UK Christmas chart. Recovering from her success, Lewis took up the recording of her debut studio album Spirit (2007).

The most famous track from the collection and the singer's calling card is "Bleeding Love". In 2008, the single became the best-selling single in the world, reaching leading positions in 36 countries, including Japan, Germany and the USA. After Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997", this song became the second in music history to achieve such success.

The video for "Bleeding Love" has two versions. The first, international, was filmed in 2007 in Los Angeles. It has 6 storylines about couples at different stages of the relationship, which

Interesting fact: in the video, the singer appears in a dress encrusted with diamonds from Dolce & Gabbana, which costs £ 100 thousand, and weighs 18 kg. Especially for American fans, the second version was filmed in 2008. In it, Leona Lewis has a fight with her boyfriend, played by model Nicholas Lemons.

"Bleeding Love" made Leona famous. The song was nominated three times for a Grammy, 4 times for a BRIT award, but despite world love, other performers won.

In 2009 the album "Echo" was released. A week before the release, Lewis gave her debut concert in London, which included new songs and already well-known hits. The most successful single from the disc was "Happy": # 2 in Great Britain, top 10 in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Japan and Switzerland.

Simultaneously with the release of the album, Lewis released the song "I See You", which served as the soundtrack for James Cameron's film "Avatar" (2009). Nominated for a Golden Globe, but again to no avail.

After the Labyrinth tour in support of "Spirit" and "Echo", the singer began writing the album "Glassheart" (2012). Unlike previous records, this one does not consist of ballads, but of dance compositions. The theme of the fourth collection "Christmas with Love" (2013) was Christmas. The most famous song from him is "One More Sleep".

Preparations for the recording of the album "I Am" were hard. After 7 years of fruitful collaboration, the singer left Simon Cowell's label for the largest record company Island Records. Lewis teased fans on Instagram, uploading snippets of new songs, and only in 2015 the album was released.

Critics did not appreciate the album, born in pain. They wrote that “Lewis sounds great on I Am, but overall the record is disappointing. The problem is that the songs are predictable and thus empty. "

Since 2001, Leona Lewis has dated childhood friend Lou Al-Cham. The press was waiting for the announcement of the imminent marriage, but after 9 years of relationship, the young people chose to leave. The gap was so painful that the singer canceled part of the concerts. The girl found consolation in the arms of the dancer Dennis Josh.

In 2012, there was a hint of a happy personal life with Liam Payne, one of the lead singers of One Direction. At that time, Lewis was 27 years old, and Payne - 19. Perhaps because of this, the relationship did not work out.

Now the public is hiding in anticipation of the most beautiful wedding of 2019, because after 8 years of relationship, choreographer Dennis Yauch proposed to Leone. The couple did not officially announce their intention to become a husband and wife, but eloquent publications appeared on their pages on Instagram.

In October 2009, Leona Lewis released her autobiography, Dreams. The publication mainly contains photos taken by photographer Dean Freeman. During an autograph session at a bookstore on Piccadilly, the singer was attacked by a 29-year-old man who started hitting the girl in the head. The offender was detained on the spot.

The singer has been a vegetarian since the age of 12, and this measure is rather forced: Lewis, according to her personal confessions, has a tendency to be overweight. Despite the rejection of food of animal origin, the imperfections of the figure are still noticeable, especially in the photo in a swimsuit.

Lewis regularly appears in the studio - in January 2019, a snapshot appeared on Instagram with Rodney Jerkins, an American music producer who has worked with Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and other legendary singers.

Whether the fruit of their cooperation is a hint of an imminent replenishment of the discography is unknown, but so far Leona has not made official statements.

Lewis recently retrained as an actress: now she is filming in the 2nd season of the British TV series "The Oath".

2007 - "Spirit" 2009 - "Echo" 2012 - "Glassheart" 2013 - "Christmas, with Love" 2015 - "I Am"

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Leona Lewis Net Worth 2021

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Leona Lewis Net Worth 2020

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Leona Lewis Net Worth 2019

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Leona Lewis Net Worth 2018

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Leona Lewis Net Worth 2017

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Leona Lewis Net Worth 2016

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Leona Lewis Net Worth 2015

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