American Idol and the UK version of the show, the X Factor have been responsible for finding some of the best music talent on the globe. Today, we’re paying tribute to the UK singing sensation, Leona Lewis.

Leona shot to fame out of obscurity, after applying to the X Factor UK talent contest in 2006, she found herself as the winner of the competition with a £1 million recording contract. People in the UK took Leona to their hearts and have continued to value her as a national treasure and it’s all because of that amazing voice!

Leona’s first single, ‘A Moment like This’ broke world records when the single was downloaded 50,000 times in just 30 minutes. Discontent with breaking just one world record, Leona’s second single ‘Bleeding Love’, broke records all over the globe as it topped over thirty charts.

The UK music industry breeds much unique talent but the majority of this talent never filters through to the US. In the UK, the idea of ‘cracking America’ is the holy grail of the music industry. The Beatles did it and now, Leona has done it.

As the UK’s most successful export to the US, Leona Lewis was the first British solo artist to reach the almighty heights of the number one spot in the US Billboard charts with her album ‘Spirit’.

The talent contest that launched Leona, The X Factor, is currently showing on screens in the UK with a recognizably high standard of performance. Singers in the UK are clearly upping their game to compete with the almighty talent of Leona and it seems that they are doing her proud, Alexandra Burke, one of the current contestants has been billed as ‘the next Leona’, and the obscure talent of Diana Vickers has been picked up by record producers across the globe as something unique and truly exciting.

Take a listen to some of the best of British and prepare to be surprised!

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