I don’t usually write about music but…Not ever has such worldwide hype surrounded one artist from the U.K. However, this hype is well deserved because this young lady from Hackney in London has a stunning voice with critics and the famous alike raving about the voice and beauty of this 22 year old girl!

From humble beginnings as a secretary, she gained fame after entering the U.K. talent show, The X Factor (similar to American Idol) where she stunned the judges and audiences with a voice that was reminiscent of Whitney and Mariah, thereafter she cativated the entire nation.
Each and every week she wowed the U.K. with “world-class” performances and never failed to give it her all! Britain was overjoyed but not too surprised when she won (by a long way) on the final show and as proof of how much they believed in her they rushed to their computers to buy her debut U.K. single ‘A Moment Like This’, Leona broke the fastest selling download record by selling over 50,000 downloads in under thirty minutes, and it was crowned Christmas number 1 soon after.
2006 was one year Leona and Britain would not forget in a hurry!

Then, she almost disappeared with the exception of the X-Factor tour as she went off to meet with Clive Davis (music Mogul behind the likes of Alicia Keys and Whitney Houston) and a plethora of writers to create an album that would show the world what she was capable of.
In the fall of 2007, almost a year after she won x-factor she returned with ‘Bleeding Love’. Not a ballad as such which is what most were expecting, but a tune with a r’n'b influence and more grit than anything we saw from her on the show. The U.K. loved it and it topped our charts in its first week of release outselling the rest of the Top Ten put together! It stayed at number 1 for an amazing 7 weeks and officially became the biggest selling record of 2007!
During this time she also released ‘Spirit’ her debut album which was equally loved staying at Number 1 for a total of 6 weeks. It was also the U.K.’s fastest selling debut album, and the fourth fastest selling album of all time!

Since, she has become an international success over the U.K. much of Europe and many other parts of the world, and now Leona has high hopes to be as popular in the U.S. too, with the hype steadily growing day by day and many performances, appearances and interviews lined up for later this year including American Idol, Oprah and American Vogue there’s little chance that she won’t become a massive success!
Also her image has never been doubted as anything but stunning but since her new single, she has also taken on a new sense of style and a presence that has Diva written all over it, which certainly lives up to the Diva in her voice!
Shes gorgeous!

‘Bleeding Love’ is set to hit the U.S. shores in February and her debut album ‘Spirit’ is to be released in April.
From what I’ve heard, America can’t wait!