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Old 14-12-2015, 12:53
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Continuation of: The Leona Lewis Appreciation Thread (Part 61)

I have been away from my PC for a couple of days so have taken some time to catch up.

All of our hopes about multiple performances from Leona were dashed with her having to perform on Ben's new single (I thought it was called Slamming Doors, but didn't pick up that from the lyrics). Then if she was not allowed to perform a song from her current album why couldn't they have done OMS rather than Ben trying to ruin Run?

I was amused by the duet between Louisa and Rita, which to me came across as an extract from The Voice where two contestants do a sing-off against each other. IMO Louisa completely floored Rita who was out-sung.

As we have nearly reached 10,000 posts we may automatically get a new Part, but I have asked for one anyway.
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Old 14-12-2015, 13:07
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WWoooo nearly first post for an amazing new thread!

https://www.instagram.com/p/_QJISGu2...-by=leonalewis

Can we stop for a moment and enjoy new beautiful hair of Leona?
I wish this could be the image for one of her singles in the future.
That's very bad-ass and suitable for some tracks like Another Love Song XD
Got Rihanna teas tho lol
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Old 14-12-2015, 13:21
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WWoooo nearly first post for an amazing new thread!

https://www.instagram.com/p/_QJISGu2...-by=leonalewis

Can we stop for a moment and enjoy new beautiful hair of Leona?
I wish this could be the image for one of her singles in the future.
That's very bad-ass and suitable for some tracks like Another Love Song XD
Got Rihanna teas tho lol
She's very hot But I'd enjoy this look even more with dark hair. I'm such a fun of Leona with dark hair lol.

I know it's not gonna happen but I'd love them to release Another Love Song during January. I feel like it could have the same reception One More Sleep had. Nobody thought it's gonna be a hit and radio ate it up even Capital. And it was/is a hit for her.
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Old 14-12-2015, 13:28
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So we have a new part for Christmas, New Year and the Tour. I hope Leona's appearance on the X-Factor with a brief mention of her tour, together with the newspaper advert today will result in all dates being sold out - or at least enough sales being made so that no dates are cancelled.

I am hoping that she will be able to relax during the tour where she will be in control, rather than on XF where she had to do what someone else wanted. If she is brave enough to sit down with Dennis and watch her performance back she will be wondering why she agreed to it!
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Old 14-12-2015, 14:59
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woo page 62!!
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Old 14-12-2015, 15:31
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WWoooo nearly first post for an amazing new thread!

https://www.instagram.com/p/_QJISGu2...-by=leonalewis

Can we stop for a moment and enjoy new beautiful hair of Leona?
I wish this could be the image for one of her singles in the future.
That's very bad-ass and suitable for some tracks like Another Love Song XD
Got Rihanna teas tho lol
Yea I really hope she will release ALS. It has so much potential. I Am deserves at least one hit single being an album of such high quality.
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Old 14-12-2015, 15:42
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Tour and new album thread!!


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Old 14-12-2015, 15:43
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I am sick of this '' She will be bigger than Leona '' nonsense.
First with Alexandra, then with Amelia Lily, then with Ella Henderson, then with Tamera Foster and now with Louisa. Louisa is good but its all up to her first album. If she releases something mediocre like Ben she will flop, if she releases something good like Ella she will do well. Bigger than Leona though? Lol no, who will pull Spirit sale figures in 2016 apart from Adele?
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Old 14-12-2015, 15:59
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I am sick of this '' She will be bigger than Leona '' nonsense.
First with Alexandra, then with Amelia Lily, then with Ella Henderson, then with Tamera Foster and now with Louisa. Louisa is good but its all up to her first album. If she releases something mediocre like Ben she will flop, if she releases something good like Ella she will do well. Bigger than Leona though? Lol no, who will pull Spirit sale figures in 2016 apart from Adele?
It's just for media. They love big (and meaningless) words - they sell. I think Simon knows that he'll hardly find another Leona. But he can't say well we didn't find her this year....again. Like what would be the point then? Obviously they try to find someone who's gonna do wonders every year but it just never happens.

What is very important is the fact that Leona was not only incredibly talented contestant for that competition but she had A STORY behind. And that story of a receptionist who always dreamed to be a singer and her personality of a shy girl always standing next the door + those vocals of an angel who came on Earth to save the world....that was a magic formula in 2006-2007. It WORKED. Worldwide.

But it won't work again. They tried it many many times. They always tried to bring the story first and they hope people will react in the same way but it doesn't work anymore.
Saying she's gonna be bigger than Leona is a huge statement to cover. I understand that they need to feed media with this bulls*it but once the time will come Louisa will have to prove herself and to put her into this position is very unfair I think. It's like they're already putting a lot of pressure on her because they're desperate to find a huge star again so X Factor and the whole SYCO mess could continue. They'll use her and if it won't work good bye.
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Old 14-12-2015, 16:18
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Leona's talent is really rare, there's no doubt about this. Luisa is amazing, but she lacks something special, the only thing special about her is her tone (although Becky Hill sounds just like her), I feel like she doesn't sing with emotion at all and she also lacks that ability of building on climax as Leona does, she just goes fully on belting from the beginning. If someone has a shot at career similar to Leona, it's Ella. I don't even think Luisa is going to be able to top Ella's sales, not even talking about Leona's... Mabe she'll turn out as a genious songwriter, or maybe they invest loads of money in her and book her top producers/writers, who knows. But saying she's the best thing Simon has seen in the show or whatever is a huge exaggeration

BTW I just had a listen to her winner's single, is it actually an original song?
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Old 14-12-2015, 16:36
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Interesting what Sia said. So Rihanna's still looking for that no1 hit
http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...ording-to-sia/
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Old 14-12-2015, 16:42
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Interesting what Sia said. So Rihanna's still looking for that no1 hit
http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...ording-to-sia/
I'm not surprised, her first 3 singles flopped pretty hard for her standards, not something a star of her size can afford. I'm sure a huge amount of money was invested already, so they want some of it back. Plus it's her first album on another label, isn't it? They need to prove themeselves
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Old 14-12-2015, 17:24
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BTW I just had a listen to her winner's single, is it actually an original song?
No - written by Bob Dylan in 1973 and recorded by many other people.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreve...Bob_Dylan_song)
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Old 14-12-2015, 17:25
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I bet this will be the lowest selling winner single.. Totally no emotion and forgettable
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Old 14-12-2015, 17:28
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I bet this will be the lowest selling winner single.. Totally no emotion and forgettable
I couldn't even finish listening to it.
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Old 14-12-2015, 17:46
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I bet this will be the lowest selling winner single.. Totally no emotion and forgettable
pretty good voice and range but very little emotion/feeling. I generally enjoy the winning single and buy it but will not be buying this.
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Old 14-12-2015, 17:51
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"One More Sleep" #93 in today's midweeks - hope it can hold a top 100 placing come friday!
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Old 14-12-2015, 18:13
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I suppose while they all bang on with that she`ll be better than Leona Crap at least they are all admitting Leona is THE benchmark to beat
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Old 14-12-2015, 19:02
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Interesting what Sia said. So Rihanna's still looking for that no1 hit
http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...ording-to-sia/
The music industry is an interesting place right now. Quite a few artists have taken a long time to get new albums out, with a few apparently having full albums worth of songs that they have scrapped. Adele, Rihanna, Little Mix, Justin Beiber have all gone again to find the right material. Goes to show just how high the competition is to get relatively little sales (excluding Adele).

It's gonna be very tough for Def Jam to get the next album right.
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Old 14-12-2015, 19:03
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No - written by Bob Dylan in 1973 and recorded by many other people.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreve...Bob_Dylan_song)
Ah thanks! I don't even know this song
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Old 14-12-2015, 20:01
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http://en.musicplayon.com/play?v=305453
This is so perfect
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Old 14-12-2015, 20:06
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wow been looking for this for ages!
"One More Sleep" #93 in today's midweeks - hope it can hold a top 100 placing come friday!
yay! hopefully charts Top 100 on Friday
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Old 14-12-2015, 21:23
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"One More Sleep" was #102 in last weeks chart - just missed out on the top 100!! Sales are now at 172k total.

Should enter the top 100 this week for sure then and will get very close to 200k sales in the next few weeks I believe.
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Old 14-12-2015, 21:33
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"One More Sleep" was #102 in last weeks chart - just missed out on the top 100!! Sales are now at 172k total.

Should enter the top 100 this week for sure then and will get very close to 200k sales in the next few weeks I believe.
How much did it sell this year so far?
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Old 14-12-2015, 21:43
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Could one more sleep go silver soon??
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