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Leona Lewis

1985 - Today

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Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) 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 Like This", peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and broke a world record by reaching 50,000 digital downloads within 30 minutes. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Leona Lewis is the 2,307th most popular singer (down from 2,148th in 2024), the 5,887th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,512th in 2019) and the 224th most popular British Singer.

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Among people born in 1985, Leona Lewis ranks 248. Before her are Ricardinho, Shota Arai, Benjamín Rojas, Yusuke Saikawa, Ryuji Shimoshi, and Crystal Reed. After her are Klemen Slakonja, James Newman, Toshiki Chino, Michael Trevino, Sarah Butler, and Danila Kozlovsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leona Lewis ranks 5,895 out of 8,785. Before her are Walter Besant (1836), Anna of East Anglia (null), Guy Chambers (1963), Charles Hutton (1737), Jackie Henderson (1932), Sophia Duleep Singh (1876), Kate Dickie (1971), Serena Scott Thomas (1961), Amelia Warner (1982), Tom Glynn-Carney (1995), Vince Cable (1943), and Trevor Ford (1923).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Leona Lewis ranks 226. Before her are Thomas Allen (1944), Dani Filth (1973), Tony Ashton (1946), Annie Ross (1930), John Waite (1952), Annie Haslam (1947), Noel Harrison (1934), and Reg Presley (1941). After her are Oliver James (1980), Elizabeth Fraser (1963), Tasmin Archer (1963), and Ian Brown (1963).

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