He mele Pelekania ʻo Leona Lewis, haku mele, mea hana keaka, a ua ʻike ʻia hoʻi no ka hana ʻana no kahi hui mālama holoholona. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike ʻāina ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana i ke kolu o ka moʻolelo o ka hōʻike maoli Pelekane ʻo The X Factor.
ʻO kāna hoʻokahi lanakila ʻana he uhi o "A Moment Like This" na Kelly Clarkson. Ua piʻi kēia kiʻekiʻe ma ka helu ʻekahi ma nā palapala UK a noho ma laila no ʻehā pule.
Ua hoʻokuʻu koke ʻo ia i kāna album hoʻomaka ʻo Spirit, a ua kūleʻa hoʻi ia a hiki i ka piko o nā palapala ma nā ʻāina he nui, me ka UK Singles Chart a me ka US Billboard 200. .
ʻO kāna album studio ʻelua ʻo "Echo" he mea paʻakikī hoʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i kūleʻa e like me ka mua. Ma waho aʻe o ka hīmeni ʻana, ua pāʻani ʻo ia i ke kuleana kākoʻo ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Pelekania Walking in the Sunshine.
I kēia manawa, ua lanakila ʻo ia i nā makana he nui i kāna ʻoihana, me ʻelua MOBO Awards, kahi MTV Europe Music Award a me ʻelua World Music Awards. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no ka Brit Award ʻeono manawa a me kahi Grammy Award ʻekolu manawa. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna mau hana aloha a me nā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha holoholona.
ʻO ko Leona wā kamaliʻi a ʻōpio
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Leona Lewis ma ʻApelila 3, 1985 ma Islington, Lākana, ʻEnelani. He ʻohana hui ʻia ʻo Welsh a me Guyanese ʻo ia. He kaikaina a he kaikaina kona.
Ua makemake ʻo ia i ka hīmeni ʻana mai kona wā ʻōpiopio. No laila, ua kākau inoa ʻia ʻo ia e kona mau mākua i ke kula ʻōpio ʻo Sylvia Young School of Theater i hiki iā ia ke mālama i kona akamai. Ma hope mai, ua aʻo pū ʻo ia ma ka Academy of Theatre Arts. ʻO Italia Conti a ma ke kula ʻo Ravenscourt Theatre. Ua hele pū ʻo ia i ke kula ʻo BRIT of Performing Arts and Technology.
ʻO ka hana mele a Leona Lewis
Ua hoʻoholo hope ʻo Leona Lewis e haʻalele i ke kula e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana mele ma ka makahiki 17. Ua lawe ʻo ia i nā hana like ʻole no ke kālā ʻana i kāna mau studio studio.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kahi album demo "Twilight"; akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi kuʻikahi nona me kekahi o nā hui mele. No laila, ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album ma ke kālepa, ʻoiai ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i kekahi o nā mele ma ka lekiō.
Ma hope o ka hakakā nui ʻana, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia no ke kolu o ka moʻolelo o ka hoʻokūkū kīwī hoʻokūkū mele ʻoiaʻiʻo hōʻike The X Factor ma 2006. I ka hopena, lilo ʻo ia i mea lanakila, loaʻa iā 60% o nā 8 miliona mau balota.
ʻO kāna hoʻokahi lanakila ʻana he uhi o Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This". Hoʻonohonoho ia i ka moʻolelo honua no ka loaʻa ʻana o 50 mau hoʻoiho ma lalo o 000 mau minuke. Ua ʻoi aku ʻo ia ma luna o ka UK Singles Chart a noho ma laila no ʻehā pule.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kāna album mua ʻo Spirit ma 2007. He lanakila nui. Ua kūʻai aku ka album ma luna o 6 miliona mau kope ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a lilo i ka ʻehā o ka album kūʻai maikaʻi loa ma UK o nā makahiki 2000.
Ua helu ʻia ma ka helu ʻekahi ma nā ʻāina he nui me Australia, Kelemānia, New Zealand a me Switzerland. Ua ʻoi aku ʻo ia ma luna o ka UK Albums Chart a me ka US Billboard 200. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia i ka album mua loa i kūʻai ʻia e kekahi wahine pena.
ʻO kāna album aʻe ʻo "Echo" ua kūleʻa pū kekahi. Ua hana pū ʻo ia me nā mea mele kaulana e like me Ryan Tedder, Justin Timberlake a me Max Martin. Ua piʻi ʻo ia i ka iwakālua kiʻekiʻe ma kekahi mau ʻāina. Ua hiki i ka helu ʻekahi ma nā palapala kiʻi UK e kūʻai aku ana i nā kope 161 i kāna pule mua.
Ua loaʻa iā ia nā loiloi like ʻole mai ka poʻe hoʻohewa. Ua hoʻohana ʻia ke mele "Koʻu lima" mai ka album ma ke ʻano he mele kumu no ka pāʻani wikiō Final Fantasy XIII. Ua kapa ʻia kāna huakaʻi mua ʻo "Labyrinth" a hoʻomaka i Mei 2010.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kolu album ʻo Glassheart ma 2012. Ua hui ʻia me nā loiloi like ʻole mai ka poʻe hoʻohewa. ʻOiai ua loaʻa iā ia ka kūleʻa pāʻoihana, ʻaʻole ia i hana like me kāna mau album mua.
Ua piʻi ka album ma ka helu ʻekolu ma ka UK Albums Chart a ua paʻi pū ʻia ma nā ʻāina like ʻole. I ka makahiki aʻe, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ka album Kalikimaka "Christmas with Love". He kūleʻa pāʻoihana a ua hui ʻia me nā loiloi maikaʻi.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album hou "I Am" i Kepakemapa 2015. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i 24 kope wale nō i kāna pule mua, ʻo ia ka album liʻiliʻi loa i kūleʻa kālā o kāna ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa. Ua piʻi i ka helu 000 ma ka UK Albums Chart a ma ka helu 12 ma ka US Billboard 38.
ʻO Leona Lewis ʻoihana hana
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Leona Lewis i kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni Pelekane 2014 Walking in the Sunshine. Ua alakaʻi ʻia e Max Giva lāua ʻo Diana Paschini, ʻo ia hoʻi nā hōkū ʻo Annabelle Shawley, Giulio Berruti, Hannah Arterton a me Cathy Brand.
Ua loaʻa ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni me nā loiloi maikaʻi ʻole mai ka poʻe hoʻohewa. Ua hana ʻo ia i kāna hoʻomaka Broadway ma 2016 i kahi hoʻāla hou ʻana o nā mele mele a Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Nā hana nui a Lewis
ʻO Spirit, ka album mua a Leona Lewis, ʻaʻole kānalua ka hana koʻikoʻi a kūleʻa o kāna ʻoihana. Me nā mele e like me "Bleeding Love", "Homeless" a me "Better in Time", ua ʻoi aku ka album ma luna o nā palapala ma nā ʻāina like ʻole, me ka UK Albums Chart a me ka US Billboard 200.
Ua koho ʻia no ʻehā BRIT Awards a me ʻekolu Grammy Awards a me MOBO Awards no ka Best Album a me World Music Awards no ka Best New Performance by a Artist and Best Pop Female.
ʻO kekahi o kāna mau mele kūleʻa ʻo ia ka album Kalikimaka "Christmas with Love". He kūleʻa pāʻoihana ia, ʻaʻole naʻe e like me kāna mau album mua. Ua piʻi i ka helu 13 ma ka UK Albums Chart.
Ua komo pū ʻo ia i ka US Billboard 200, aia ma ka helu 113. Hoʻokomo ʻia nā mele e like me "One More Dream" a me "Winter Wonderland". Ua hālāwai me nā loiloi maikaʻi.
ʻO ke ola pilikino o Leona Lewis
ʻO Leona Lewis i kēia manawa hoʻokahi, e like me ka pāpāho. Ua pili ʻo ia iā Dennis Yauch, ʻo Lou Al Chamaa lāua ʻo Tyrese Gibson.
He mea ʻai meaʻai ʻo ia mai ka makahiki 12. Ua lilo ʻo ia i vegan i ka makahiki 2012 a ʻaʻole i ʻai i ka ʻiʻo. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Sexiest Vegetarian and Person of the Year e PETA ma 2008. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna hana mālama holoholona a he kākoʻo ʻo ia i ka World Animal Welfare.
Ua komo pū ʻo ia i nā hana aloha ʻē aʻe. Ua kākoʻo ʻo ia iā Little Kids Rock, he hui waiwai ʻole e kōkua ana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hoʻonaʻauao mele ma nā kula haʻahaʻa o US.
