Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British pop singer. Leona rose to prominence in 2006 as the winner of the third series of the British television series The X Factor.

Leona has become a multi-platinum selling artist and three time Grammy Award nominee. She was proclaimed ‘Top New Artist’ by Billboard magazine in 2008. Her two albums Spirit and Echo, released in 2007 and 2009 respectively, have collectively sold in excess of 10 million copies worldwide and topped the charts in numerous countries. Lewis’s debut tour, The Labyrinth, took place in 2010. As of December 2012, Lewis has sold 28 million records worldwide. Her third album Glassheart was released 12 October 2012. It was preceded by the single “Collide”, which became her seventh top-five hit in the UK. With the release of Hurt: The EP and “Trouble”, Lewis has had nine top-ten hits in the UK.

Leona’s’ debut single “A Moment Like This| became the fastest selling UK single after being downloaded over 50,000 times within thirty minutes of its release, and making the #1 spot in the Christmas charts. Her second single, “Bleeding Love”, reached #1 positions in over thirty singles charts around the world. In November 2008 she set a record in the UK for the fastest selling download-only release with her cover version of the Snow Patrol song Run which sold 69,244 copies in two days.