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Leona lewis was born on 3rd April in the year 1985.her father,Aurial Josiah was an Afro-caribbean youth worker & her mother,Marie lewis was a social worker of Aglo-Wesh decent.Leona started her early life in the London Borough of Islington with her whole family,and her vision is to be a musician.However her parents fulfilled her wish by sending her to a sylvia young theatre school at the age of five,and when she left school.she was very determined,courageous and focused to archieve her vision.leona thereby worked toward archieving her vision by doing all kind of odd jobs to get into a recording studio;Leona worked as a waitress at pizza hut,she worked as a receptionist for metropolitan mortages in meridian road,lower clapton,Hackney.and she also worked as a recptionist for head and short chiropodists located in stoke Newington high street.
She recorded a version of Minnie Riperton's 'Loving You' with music producer Marley J.Wills at the age of 15,subsequently she & wills were invited to United States by Sony.
*Note:Leona lewis won the lady D under-18 talent show at Hackney empire at the age of 13 and she also attented & graduated from the prestigeous BRIT school for performing Arts and Technology.
Leona Lewis has a great passion for music,her successful music career and rise to fame started at the age of 21 in the year 2006 when she beat Ray Quin to win the 2006British talent show,(the X factor).
In the following year 2007,her debut single,a soulful cover of kelly clarkson's " A Moment like this"(clarkson's own debut American idol showcase single),was the number one single in the UK at the turn of the year and " A Moment Like This" was crowned the 2006 UK christmas number-one single.
Nevertheless in 2007 Leona sighned a $9.7 million record deal in the U.S with Clive Davis's record label J Record, and she won several awards including number one in the UK with "Bleeding Love",and her Spirit album became the fastest selling debut in Britain.
on 15th March 2007,Leona performed in front of prince charles at the UK finals of the prince's trust RBS celebrate success awards at the Barbican centre in London.she was also presented the award for the "young Achiever of the year" and she sang "over the Rainbow".
In April 2008,Leona lewis album "Spirit" became the first British solo artist to go straight to number one in the U.S album chart.
Factors that contributed towards Leona Lewis Success are;
1. Help from her parents.
2. Focused and determination.
3. Courageous and hardworking.
*Important Notice; according to report,Leona Lewis lives in Hackney with her boyfriend,Lou Al-Chamaa,who is an electrician by profession.and they grew up in the same street and have known each other since leona lewis was nine years old.
REFERENCES
1. www.starplus.com
2. www.leona-lewis.net
3. www.google.co.uk
4. www..comwikipedia
5. www.biongs.com
6.www.articlealley.com
7.www.facebook.com
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