Genre: Pop
Leona Louise Lewis (b. 3 April 1985) is an English pop and R&B singer-songwriter, and the winner of the third series of the United Kingdom television talent show The X Factor. Her UK debut single, "A Moment Like This", broke a world record after it was downloaded over 50,000 times within 30 minutes.
Her second single, "Bleeding Love", was the biggest-selling single of 2007 in the UK, topped over thirty international singles charts, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, France, Canada and Germany, propelling Lewis to worldwide stardom.
Her debut album, Spirit, was released in Europe in 2007 and became the fastest-selling debut album ever in both the United Kingdom and Ireland. Released in North America in 2008, Spirit debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and made Lewis the first British solo artist to top the chart with a debut album.
With her album reaching number one in at least three continents and nine countries, Lewis has had the most successful music career launch of any television talent show contestant ever.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_lewis