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Music with expressionArchive for April 17, 2008
Hats off to Leona Lewis
Whether you like or dislike Leona Lewis’ singing style, you have to take your hat off to her!
First off, her single ‘Bleeding Love’ conquered the USA, claiming the Number One spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It was 21 years previously that a British female solo artist achieved that milestone (Kim Wilde’s cover of the Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” – 1987).
Then today, her album “Spirit” entered the Billboard album chart in USA at Number 1. This is the first time in music history that a British female artist has debuted on Billboard at Number 1.
Personally, I’m no great fan of her music although, yes, I did watch her on X-Factor. And yes, you can say that her success has been ‘engineered’ by Simon Cowell and Co. But at the end of the day, people are buying her music. (Album sales in excess of 204,000.)
Good luck to her! And YAY!!! for the Brits!
To celebrate, here’s a track from her album…not that I have a copy you understand….(looks sheepishly away…)
