Leona Lewis Timeline

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
04/03/1985	Leona Lewis is born	Leona Lewis is born in the London Borough of Islington, to Aural Josiah "Joe" Lewis and Maria Lewis.
04/03/1997	Writes first song	Leona Lewis writes her first full lengh song at the age of 12
09/14/2000	Records 'Loving You'	Leona records 'Loving You' at age 15 with Marley Wills Listen to it here
09/14/2001	Attends the BRIT School	Leona enrolled in the Sylvia Young Theatre School, and from there she attended the Italia Conti Academy and the BRIT School. She left the BRIT School at 17
04/03/2002	Records demo album	Leona record a demo album called 'Twilight' at the age of 17
08/19/2006	First Audition on 'The X Factor'	Leona Lewis' first audition on 'The X Factor' where she sings 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow'
12/16/2006	Wins X Factor 2006 and Recording Contract	Leona Lewis wins the third season of 'The X Factor' after recieving 60% of the votes and defeating runner-up Ray Quinn.
12/16/2006	'A Moment Like This' debuts	Leona's debut single ' A Moment Like This' sets a world record by being downloaded 50,000 times in just 30 minutes.
10/19/2007	'Bleeding Love' is released	'Bleeding Love' debuted at #1 in the United Kingdom and went on to reach #1 in 34 different countries including the United States.
11/09/2007	Debut album 'Spirit' is released	'Spirit' debuts at #1 in 9 different countries including the United States. It became the 6th best selling album of 2008 and it held the record for the biggest digital album sales in a week ever for a new artist.
08/24/2008	Beijing Olympics performance	Leona performs during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics with Jimmy Page singing a special rendition of 'Whole Lotta Love'
11/30/2008	'Run' is released	Run is released as a download-only and sold 69,244 copies in two days making it the UK's fastest-selling digital only release ever.
02/08/2009	Grammy Award nominations	Leona was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards. Record of the Year for 'Bleeding Love, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for 'Bleeding Love, and Best Pop Vocal Album for 'Spirit'. She also performed during the Pre Grammy Party.
09/15/2009	'Happy' makes debut	'Happy' debuted at #2 in the United Kindom and peaked at #31 in the US Billboard. It was also featured in a trailer for the movie 'Precious'.
11/09/2009	Second album 'Echo' is released	'Echo' debuts at #1 in the UK and peaks at #13 on the US Billboard. On 15 September 2009. "I Got You" was released as the second single in February 2010. The song "My Hands" was used as the theme song for the game Final Fantasy XIII.
12/03/2009	Leona sings theme to 'Avatar'	'I See You' from 'Avatar' is released and peaks at #24 on the US Adult Contemporary Billboard. It was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song at the 67th Golden Globe Awards in 2010. Avatar became the #1 grossing film of all-time with a gross of $2.7 billion worldwide.
05/28/2010	The Labyrinth Tour	Leona's debut tour 'The Labyrinth' begins in Sheffield, England. Leona performs 20 concerts with a setlist of 20 songs. On June 16, 'Glee' star Matthew Morrison made a guest appearance to sing a one-off with Leona of 'Over The Rainbow'. Leona was supported by Gabriella Cilmi, Hermione Hennes, and Alex Gardner as opening acts.
07/06/2010	Last concert in tour	Leona's 'Labyrinth' Tour ended in Cardiff, UK on July 6th, 2010, after 20 scheduled dates.