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Schooling at Sylvia Young and Italia Conti in classical/opera says she probably forgotten more than you will ever know. How do you think she got that three octave falsetto.

Here's a list of Writers/producers who have collaborated on the album so far Dallas Austin Stargate Danja Kara Dioguardi Karen Poole Salaam Remi Ryan Tedder Walter Afanasieff Novel Wayne Wilkins Ne Yo Scott Storch Max Martin Damon Dash Jörgen Elofsson Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis Steve Mac Soulshock Carlin Diane Warren

X factor 1st live show Oct 13th, don't now if this is going to be the debut or first live performance.

I don't think so, Xtina is the only one who can be compared to Leona. Leona can and HAS blown Celine off the stage - recently - in Las Vegas.

Someone in X factor bootcamp

There's a rumor going round that the Leona/Whitney duet has happened.

Play.com are listing the album release as Oct 8th. This has been recently revised from Sept 10th so it may be a realistic date. US release could be November but Jennifer Hudson is also releasing Nov 19th as they are both on J records they may not want these to clash.

What I mean is, If a million people like a singer and 2 million dislike them, it means they have a million fans, the 2 million are irrelevant. and some more news, The album has arrived at SONY/BMG and they have been listening to it. This is an email from Ged, the SONY chief executive to a contact, "Hey ****, the Leona album is sounding AMAZING !!!... WE are in the process of confirming the date at the moment. I will keep you posted "

^^ Well I bet you don't like Celine Dion either, lots of people don't. So what? She is still the top selling female in the world. The folks who don't like something/someone are irrelevant.

I don't think you quite understand what Leona's about, she is not a Kiddy pop singer with a mediocre voice that relies on being quirky like Lilly Allen or Kate Nash etc. These singers, as you say, soon dissapear once they go out of fashion. Leona is a octave-pumping big voice diva, and once established, they never go away, they are always in demand because there are so few of them of any note that can deliver a big stage performance. The only reference point in the UK to Leona is Shirley Bassey and look how well she went down at Glastonbury (and she's in her sixties). Albums are just the start of what Leona is going to be doing, she will undoubtedly be doing the Bond theme, film soundtracks, Broadway, commercials etc

Oh dear, do you suffer with short term memory loss? She is signed for 5 albums, $10 million. The have just invested millions in putting the first album together and they are spending millions on a worldwide launch. She going to be in every magazine and on every prime time TV show in the US.; How stupid would the suits at J records have to be to spend that money if they were not supremely confident that she is going to be a worldwide success?

From the "Sun" newspaper Video is up on Youtube When she is questioned on the album date, she says "November". So the album is finished, now the promotion begins There are also articles appearing in "Star" and "The Vibe" US magazines.

Dunno, says a new show called "Music week" but can't see any reference to it on C4. Leona's Bebo page has had a big makeover, it says her album is to due to hit shops very soon. http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MID=367137...erId=4234938661

Quote: Kelly (Osbourne) , the girls from Sugababes and Madonna were all just by my estate Riverside Studios. All of them before about 12. They are filming every week on Fridays now - Ozzy Osbourne here next week with Leona Lewis. It's for that new show Music Week on Channel 4 I think! take care. Source: http://www.gumtree.com/london/90/11573890.html (translated from Chav speak)

Sky magazine has an article about the new X factor series starting next month. It says Leonas album is due out next month (Aug edition so sept).

Private Party was a big hit on the American underground charts, thats what they were all dancing too in the US clubs a few years back. Guess you need to question your own taste :rolleyes::lol:

Edit - Not allowed, sorry.

Souce: Digital Spy

Someone on the fansite emailed one of her producers to see if he new anything, this was the reply

She won't fail. We can't get any info about her from official channels but we have been in contact with several producers in the states including the one who's blog was posted further up the thread. They are all adamant that no ones seen anything like her for years and they are all completely blown away by her, they are saying her album contains some tracks we would not expect from Leona and they are convinced it is going to be a worldwide hit. Clive Davis is so convinced, they are spending $1million just on the launch campaign, she is also going to be on all the magazines covers in the states as well as here.

Whoa... Don't know where that argument sprung up from :cry: no one is suggesting Leona is going to invent a new genre. Her forte is that she has a breathtakingly beautiful voice and the point of the above report, like the others we have seen from big producers like Dallas Austin, is that whoever works with her are completely astonished by her, even though they are accustomed to working with the biggest named singers.

Leonas done tracks with Dallas Austin and Jams&Lewis, now Timberlands prodigy, Ryan Teddy is cutting 2 tracks for Leonas album, he just put this up on his Myspace Source: http://blog.myspace.com/aliastheproducer

Apparently Shaynes going to be on the big screen. http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news?id=34413

You can hear the radio one play here, Removed, not allowed - Kelly sounds a bit choppy, but I like it

What does that mean, rock,pop,rnb,soul. Sounds like its going to be a mess, she hasn't got a clue what her sound is.