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Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewis is a British singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in London, she later attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of the ITV talent show The X Factor in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music. Her winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment…
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entertainment · British singer (born 1985) · singer · songwriter · actor · singer-songwriter · musician · also Leona Lewis, Leona Louise Lewis, Lewis
Born 3 April 1985 · Q183519
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2026· 2 entries
The Guardian: Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly offered to Manchester United as left-back solution
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2025· 8 entries
Published video “Moving to Vegas!”.
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Published video “Leona Lewis - Las Vegas Residency Official Announcement”.
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Published video “I love you #iloveyou #leonalewis”.
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Published video “Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (British Sign Language - Official Video)”.
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“I'm trying to stay as healthy as possible but there's no pressure to be really skinny. No. That's just a bit wrong.”
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“He [Simon Cowell] is actually very lovely in real life. We share the same interests, and he shares my love for animals as well.”
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“I'm not a loud, extravagant person; I'm never going to be that and, to be honest, I don't want to be like that. I don't show off or boast, and it's pointless to think I'm going to be any different.”
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Lewis embarked on her first concert residency, A Starry Night, in Las Vegas
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2024· 7 entries
Published video “Behind the song: Your Hallelujah from Christmas, With Love 💖 #LeonaLewis #christmas #shorts”.
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Published video “Darlene Love deserves all the flowers for inspiring so much of this album’s magic ✨🎄 #leonalewis”.
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Published video “Behind the song: Silent Night from Christmas, With Love 💖 #LeonaLewis #christmas #silentnight”.
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Published video “Another beautiful Christmas classic featured on my album Christmas, With Love 🎄💖 #LeonaLewis #xmas”.
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Published video “In case you missed it, here's the making of Mr. Right 🎶✨ #LeonaLewis #Christmas”.
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Published video “Hear how Darlene Love's Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) inspired my version on the album🎄🎶 #xmas”.
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The UK Official Charts named Lewis' 2013 Christmas single "One More Sleep" the most-played modern Christmas song in the UK
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2023· 3 entries
The Guardian: Leona Lewis: ‘I’d like to be a man for a day to see how differently I would be treated’
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The Guardian: Leona Lewis review – walking in a decidedly surreal winter wonderland
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The Guardian: ‘I would have ice-skating parties to UK garage’: Leona Lewis’s honest playlist
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2022· 1 entry
The Guardian: ‘I thought, what would Prince do?’ How we made Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
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2021· 2 entries
The Guardian: Sunday with Leona Lewis: ‘I’m far from home, so reggae is comforting’
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Lewis joined the Paramount+ show Queen of the Universe as a judge
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2018· 4 entries
Was cast in the recurring role of Amber Hall in the Sony Crackle's TV series The Oath, which premiered in February 2019
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Lewis performed at the National Memorial Day Concert in Washington, D
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Designed Christmas-themed jumpers with Hopefield Animal Sanctuary, with all net profits going towards the charity
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Lewis collaborated with Calum Scott on a new version of his song "You Are the Reason" recorded as a duet, with Pitbull on "Amore", the lead single for the 2018 film Gotti, and with Hellberg on the song "Headlights"
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2017· 2 entries
Lewis revealed she has Hashimoto's disease, detailing the pain and fatigue experienced because of the condition
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In 2017, Lewis revealed she has Hashimoto's disease, detailing the pain and fatigue experienced because of the condition.
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2016· 3 entries
The Guardian: Leona Lewis on joining Broadway's Cats: 'The show's got a lot of heart'
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The Guardian: Leona Lewis to replace Nicole Scherzinger in Cats musical
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Made her Broadway debut as Grizabella in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats, and the following year, she signed a modelling contract with Wilhelmina Models
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2015· 3 entries
Released album “I Am”.
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The Guardian: How I get ready: Leona Lewis
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The Guardian: From X Factor to off the charts: why Leona Lewis can't crack the top 40
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2014· 1 entry
Lewis made her film debut in Walking on Sunshine, and her fourth studio album, I Am, was released the following year
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “Christmas, With Love”.
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2012· 3 entries
Released album “Glassheart”.
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Released ep “It’s All for You EP”.
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Lewis has been vegetarian since the age of 12 and vegan since September 2012.
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2011· 3 entries
Released ep “Hurt: The EP”.
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Lewis released the single "Collide", a collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii, and her debut extended play, Hurt: The EP
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Lewis was a guest judge on Platinum Hit, and in May 2012, she returned to The X Factor as a guest judge during auditions in London for the ninth series for Kelly Rowland
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2010· 4 entries
Released album “The Labyrinth Tour: Live From the O2”.
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Set up a fashion company with her then-boyfriend, Lou Al-Chamaa, called LOA Clothing Ltd, which was dissolved in 2012
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Lewis began dating Dennis Jauch, a professional dancer and choreographer
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Lewis featured in Modern Dog magazine, where she stated her love of dogs and horses, and her admiration for the McCartney family's stance against animal cruelty
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2009· 2 entries
Released album “Ultimate Remixes”.
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Released album “Echo”.
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2008· 2 entries
And Europe's Sexiest Vegetarian in 2009, along with actor Scott Maslen
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For the US release of the album: "Forgive Me", produced by Akon, and "Misses Glass", produced by Madd Scientist
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “Spirit”.
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2006· 3 entries
Singing "Over the Rainbow" for judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and guest judge Paula Abdul
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And it has been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), denoting shipments of over 600,000 copies
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Winning a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music
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2005· 2 entries
Released album “Best Kept Secret”.
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“I tried to secure a record deal by doing things my own way. I worked very hard but I never managed to land a contract. That”
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2001· 1 entry
Studied at BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology (2001).
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1985· 1 entry
Born 1985-04-03.
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