Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewisis a British singer, songwriter and animal welfare campaigner. She was born and raised in the Islington, London, where she attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of The X Factor in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music. Her winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", peaked at number one for four weeks on...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth3 April 1985
CityLondon, England
I trust every single person around me, and if I feel even a whiff of uncertainty I won't have that person around me.
I get such lovely gifts from fans... amazing pictures, handmade jewellery. I'm very lucky!
There are so many songs I've recorded, only to hear other people singing them. It happens all the time.
I went to Clive Davis' Grammy party and I nearly spontaneously combusted because everyone on my iPod was there!
I've had tonsilitis and I'm not sure if I can sing on Saturday [whilst out on the town in the West End]
I feel like I've lived quite a sheltered life, like my mom and dad were quite protective of me.
I'm very strong creatively, in my music.
To win the X Factor would mean the world to me and my family. I'd buy mum and dad a house and then I think I would buy myself a car and have a little shopping trip.
I may not be loud but that doesn't mean I'm not strong within myself. My mum and dad instilled in me to stand up for what I believe in - and I do.
Would ask me, what do you want to be when you're older? and I'd be like, a singer, and they'd be like, what do you really want to be? and I'd be like, oh, I really want to be a singer.
I'd love to do a film like 'Chicago.' Something musical because I've obviously come from that background.
Unless the radio is on, I am usually listening to stuff that is very different to what I do.
I don't mind letting people in a little bit, but I have learned from the past not to talk too much about my relationships and to keep things as private as possible.
It takes bravery to end a relationship.