| Product Summary | | Label: Topics Entertainment | | UPC: 00886970255424 | | Release Date: 4/8/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 207501688 | | Item#: M42VVN | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24297 | Format:  CD |
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| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Bleeding Love ~ Leona Lewis |  | | 2. Better In Time ~ Leona Lewis | | | 3. I Will Be ~ Leona Lewis | | | 4. I'm You ~ Leona Lewis | | | 5. Forgive Me ~ Leona Lewis | | | 6. Misses Glass ~ Leona Lewis | | | 7. Angel ~ Leona Lewis | | | 8. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, The ~ Leona Lewis | | | 9. Yesterday ~ Leona Lewis | | | 10. Whatever It Takes ~ Leona Lewis | | | 11. Take a Bow ~ Leona Lewis | | | 12. Footprints In the Sand ~ Leona Lewis | | | 13. Here I Am ~ Leona Lewis | |
| | Every once in a while, an artist comes along whose talent is so undeniable that it inspires everyone who encounters it. British singer and songwriter Leona Lewis is such an artist. Her striking beauty, charmingly down-to-earth personality, and huge, soaring voice has taken over the UK, where her debut Spirit entered the album chart at Number One and became Britain’s fastest-selling debut of all time.
Spirit’s lead-off single “Bleeding Love” —co-written and produced by OneRepublic frontman Ryan “Alias” Tedder — claimed the Number One spot for seven weeks, and the album sold over 1 million copies in the UK in just 5 weeks. Ushering in 2008, Leona received four prestigious Brit Award nominations, the UK equivalent of the Grammy Awards.
Spirit was written and produced by an array of top-notch hit-makers, the album is a showcase for Lewis’ powerhouse voice — which has evoked comparisons to Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Céline Dion. (Warned Entertainment Weekly: “Divas, watch out!”)
“Those women are the true divas,” Lewis insists. “They’re amazing performers whom I’ve listened to for years. These are the people who’ve inspired me to sing, so it’s flattering that I’m being compared to them. But I have a lot of hard work to do first!”
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | British popster Leona Lewis became a superstar in the U.K. after winning on the TV program X Factor, releasing the chart-ruling hit single "Bleeding Love," and following up with a full-length debut that broke British sales records. That album, SPIRIT, hit America in the spring of 2008. The album is full of bubbly pop and R&B that might elicit comparisons with the music of Mariah Carey or Alicia Keys. Lewis received no shortage of help from industry heavy-hitters, including OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder (who co-wrote "Bleeding Love"), as well as songwriters Akon, Ne-Yo, Josh Alexander, Stargate, and others. The result is a full dose of radio-ready pop bliss that's sure to spark the interest of America's pop and R&B fans. |
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 | Leona Lewis - Spirit: The Deluxe Edition - CD Review By: Jordan Richardson - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 1/28/2009 10:53 AM | | The staggeringly lovely and exceptionally gifted Leona Lewis blew on to the scene dropping Spirit on the UK in late 2007. The album entered the Brit charts at #1 and bloody well became the UK’s fastest-selling debut of all time. Spirit saw a US release in April of 2008 and debuted at #1 on Billboard, making music history with the first appearance of a British female artist entering Billboard’s Top 200 with a #1 record. Not for nothing, Leona also made history as the first British artist to claim the top spot with a debut....read the full review |
| | Artist Overview | | Winner of the third season of THE X FACTOR, England's leading reality-TV talent show, R&B/pop singer Leona Lewis quickly rose to international stardom with the release of her 2007 debut, SPIRIT. With its accessible, Mariah Carey/Whitney Houston-like sound, the album topped the charts in both the U.K. and the U.S., a rare feat, particularly for such a young artist. Lewis's catchy single, "Bleeding Love," written by Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) and Jesse McCartney, also reached the Number One spot on the charts of every major country on the globe, cementing her status as a true pop phenomenon. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/08/2008 | | Original Release Date : 2008 | | Catalog ID : 88697025542 | | Label : J-Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00886970255424 |
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