Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British pop singer. Lewis rose to prominence in 2006 as the winner of the third series of the British television series The X Factor.
Lewis 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. Read Full BioLeona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British pop singer. Lewis rose to prominence in 2006 as the winner of the third series of the British television series The X Factor.
Lewis 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.
Lewis' 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. Her second single, Bleeding Love, reached number one 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. Lewis's debut tour, The Labyrinth, started in 2010.
Lewis was born in the London Borough of Islington, to Aural Josiah "Joe" Lewis of Afro-Guyanese descent, and Maria Lewis of Welsh, Italian and Irish descent. Her parents enrolled her at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, and from there she attended the Italia Conti Academy and the BRIT School, where she learned to play instruments such as the guitar and piano, in the hope of becoming a singer-songwriter. Lewis wrote her first full-length song at the age of 12. She initially trained in opera, but went on to singing jazz and blues, eventually leading to popular music, citing Minnie Riperton, Eva Cassidy and Stevie Wonder as her main influences. After leaving the BRIT School at 17, she took a number of jobs to fund studio time, recording a demo album called Twilight. The album, almost exclusively comprising her own compositions, was recorded under Spiral Music, a production company based in Fulham. "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", said Lewis. Other demos were recorded under licence from UEG Entertainment, later included on an album called Best Kept Secret. However, none of Lewis's demos were released and she considered taking a hiatus from her music career to attend university until her boyfriend persuaded her to enter The X Factor which subsequently severed her connections with UEG.
Songfacts says that Collide, the first single from Leona Lewis's third album finds her taking a more dance pop route than on her previous material. She said, "I'm excited for people to see a different side to my music. I'm a fan of so many different genres and styles. For me this song has all the great ingredients of a summer anthem." The song got its first play on Scott Mills' Radio One show on July 15, 2011 and will be released on September 4, 2011.
Lewis' third studio album, Glassheart, is due for release in 2012.
Lewis 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. Read Full BioLeona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British pop singer. Lewis rose to prominence in 2006 as the winner of the third series of the British television series The X Factor.
Lewis 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.
Lewis' 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. Her second single, Bleeding Love, reached number one 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. Lewis's debut tour, The Labyrinth, started in 2010.
Lewis was born in the London Borough of Islington, to Aural Josiah "Joe" Lewis of Afro-Guyanese descent, and Maria Lewis of Welsh, Italian and Irish descent. Her parents enrolled her at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, and from there she attended the Italia Conti Academy and the BRIT School, where she learned to play instruments such as the guitar and piano, in the hope of becoming a singer-songwriter. Lewis wrote her first full-length song at the age of 12. She initially trained in opera, but went on to singing jazz and blues, eventually leading to popular music, citing Minnie Riperton, Eva Cassidy and Stevie Wonder as her main influences. After leaving the BRIT School at 17, she took a number of jobs to fund studio time, recording a demo album called Twilight. The album, almost exclusively comprising her own compositions, was recorded under Spiral Music, a production company based in Fulham. "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", said Lewis. Other demos were recorded under licence from UEG Entertainment, later included on an album called Best Kept Secret. However, none of Lewis's demos were released and she considered taking a hiatus from her music career to attend university until her boyfriend persuaded her to enter The X Factor which subsequently severed her connections with UEG.
Songfacts says that Collide, the first single from Leona Lewis's third album finds her taking a more dance pop route than on her previous material. She said, "I'm excited for people to see a different side to my music. I'm a fan of so many different genres and styles. For me this song has all the great ingredients of a summer anthem." The song got its first play on Scott Mills' Radio One show on July 15, 2011 and will be released on September 4, 2011.
Lewis' third studio album, Glassheart, is due for release in 2012.
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Collide
Leona Lewis Lyrics
I'll pick you up when you're down
Be there when no one's around
When you're in unfamiliar places
Count on me through life's changes
I'm in tune with how you feel
Everything bout this is real
When you're in unfamiliar places
Count on me through life's changes
You're all I want, yeah yeah
I know you're the one, yeah
You're all I want, yeah
I know you're the one, yeah
Crash into me
At full speed
Crash into me
We can collide, we can collide
Crash into me
At full speed
We can collide, we can collide
We can collide, we can collide
Crash into me
We can collide, we can collide
We can collide, we can collide
When you're in unfamiliar places
Count on me through life's changes
Know that you're never alone
In me you can find a home
When you're in unfamiliar places
Count on me through life's changes
You're all I want, yeah (yeah)
You're all I want (oh), yeah (yeah yeah)
You're all I want, yeah (you are the one)
I know you're the one, yeah (you are)
Crash into me
At full speed
We can collide, we can collide
We can collide, we can collide
Crash into me
We can collide, we can collide
We can collide, we can collide
We can collide, we can collide
We can collide, we can collide
Lyrics ยฉ Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BRIAN CRADDOCK, ROBERT PELOSI, ROBERT MICHAEL PELONI
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Vukan Dinh
yes, you're right. the story is:
Leona Lewis and her record label โ Simon Cowell's Syco โ have agreed to work with a 22-year-old Swedish DJ after settling a legal dispute over The X Factor winner's forthcoming single, Collide.
The up-and-coming dance producer, Avicii, last week attempted to block the release of Lewis's single claiming that the instrumental was a direct copy of his own song, Fade Into Darkness.
Syco is understood to have reached an 11th-hour agreement with Avicii's record label, Ministry of Sound, on Monday โ hours before the case was due to be heard at the high court in London. Details of the agreement were not disclosed but the single will be released as planned on 4 September.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Syco said: "It is announced today that Leona Lewis and Avicii will work together on the forthcoming single of Collide. Collide will be released on 4 September. Since getting its first radio play in the UK it has received rave reviews and is already topping club charts across the country."
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Syco did not return requests for comment. Ministry of Sound declined to comment.
Avicii โ whose real name is Tim Bergling โ alleged that Syco executives planned to release a "straight re-recording" of his own Fade Into Darkness single without the consent of Ministry of Sound.
Ministry sent out an instrumental version of Avicii's track to various singers in October last year in the hope they would complete the song.
Earlier this year, the DJ's team received a vocal track โ called Collide โ which they rejected in favour of another singer's efforts, producing a song called Fade Into Darkness. It was planned to release Fade Into Darkness in October, with a heavy marketing push in the hope the song would be a hit.
However, Collide ended up being heard by executives at Cowell's Syco label and the song was chosen for Leona Lewis to release as the lead single on her forthcoming album.
Bergling's manager, Arash Pournouri, claims he was contacted by a music executive who said the track had been pitched as a potential single for Lewis. According to Pournouri, he did not consent to Lewis adopting the track because he was already committed to releasing Fade Into Darkness.
The Hackney-born singer's Collide was first played on BBC Radio 1 on 15 July and made available on YouTube shortly afterwards.
In a message posted on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, Bergling said: "We've finally come to an agreement with Leona on all the issues. So happy to move on and focus on hit making!"
Rishi Patel
Love how this is ageing nicely. Sounds better in 2020 than it did back then
adrian carmona
Rip Avicii ๐ฅ๐ง
Giuseppe Valentino
murdered by the eilie for exsposing them.(play) for a better day, watch the video,,,now!!
PojkarFrรฅnVallhov
Fade into darkness is Aviccis song.
Edelmira Rodrรญguez Martรญn
In Memoriam โฃ
Gold Rose
I'd forgotten this was Avicii ,I remember hearing it for Leona's voice.
Tone Deaf
Avicci sued this song
Geo Navy
I don't understand why this song was not #1ย is many countries..
Kev L
@Sam gay is not a gender but well done for showing the silly prat up ๐
Kev L
@Sam Tineo don't use the word gay as an insult...learn some bloody respect you little ๐ฉ