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Where is LEONA LEWIS These Days?
Leona is such a talented singer, an amazing voice and she released some excellent music in the past but damn, she hasn't released an album since 2015, with "I Am". Nearly a decade ago! What's going on? Is she no longer recording? It would be great to hear something new from her again (other than just a re-release of boring Christmas songs!) Her voice is too good to remain unheard by the public for so long!
I still say Simon Cowell sabotaged her career. I can't believe he refused to let "I See You" (from Avataar) be released as a single. That would surely have been a massive hit for her, especially with the additional promotion from the film the song would have got. It's a beautiful song and vocal performance. Come back Leona! There aren't many emotive powerhouse singers like her anymore! Celine is unwell, Mariah's voice is sadly not as powerful as it once was, Whitney is sadly no longer with us. I always put Leona in their category.
I See You (From Avatar Soundtrack)
https://youtu.be/3YDz-ftqr1g?si=Qn_VdL-i8Slht_ZR
I still say Simon Cowell sabotaged her career. I can't believe he refused to let "I See You" (from Avataar) be released as a single. That would surely have been a massive hit for her, especially with the additional promotion from the film the song would have got. It's a beautiful song and vocal performance. Come back Leona! There aren't many emotive powerhouse singers like her anymore! Celine is unwell, Mariah's voice is sadly not as powerful as it once was, Whitney is sadly no longer with us. I always put Leona in their category.
I See You (From Avatar Soundtrack)
https://youtu.be/3YDz-ftqr1g?si=Qn_VdL-i8Slht_ZR
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I liked Spirit and Echo but tbh i got bored of her after that. All of her music just sounded the same and i dont mean this in a horrible way but she doesnt have a big enough personality to be a successful artist. i mean, im not a fan of Adele whatsoever but i have to admit shes funny. you kind of need the whole package if you know what i mean. Having said that i do feel sorry for her that when 1D was formed Simon Cowell totally disowned her after singing her praises
I love One More Sleep
I can't believe one more sleep was released 11 year's ago
Yeh I know. It probably doesn't feel that old because you only hear it in November/December time
Oh god I can't stand that Christmas song
There are some rumours that the nose job she had approx 10 years ago damaged her breathing and therefore vocals...she has seemed very hit and miss after that but it could equally just be age and overuse.
For me it was a lack of good songs that meant she didnt continue the success. I never liked Happy and all the singles off that 2nd album were forgettable. The world then moved on and had Adele to focus on for the big vocals.
The problem with Leona is she is very much a one trick pony and is only known for singing ballads, which is a shame because there's a uptempo song on Echo called Outta my head which is an uptempo, bit sassy song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mvUBH1B6P8 and íts a great song. Maybe if they released that as a single and she did more songs like that, she would've had more longevity
Anyway I just think her trademark ballad style became dated for the charts. As mentioned, Adele came along but there was a sense of authenticity and edge to her ballads, whereas Leona was more cookie cutter ballad style.
Joss Stone
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By the way if you check out Diana Vickers YouTube channel she has released new music this month
If you look on Duffy’s Wikipedia, it says why she stepped away from the spotlight. What she went through sounds horrific.
It's interesting as I feel the same way about the aforementioned Adele. I liked her first couple of albums but she bores me to tears at this point, it is the same song over and over again to my ears especially in terms of the actual lyrical/storytelling content.
I do agree with those who say Leona's music wasn't varied enough, though. She tried something a bit different with Glassheart but that album bombed, which I thought was a shame as I personally really liked it and the slightly darker edge to her pop vibe that it potrayed. But I thought I Am was absolutel awful, sounded like it was made for pennies in someone's basement with the problem I have with Adele - the same song being sung over and over except instead of love songs it was Leona singing about how she was making it on her own in the wake of splitting with Syco.
As someone who likes Leona's voice, or at least what it used to be because there has been something happen for the worst for sure with her vocals, I do think it's a shame how her career has turned out. She seems more interested in being an influencer if her Instagram is anything to by. I guess as long as she's happy but I wonder if she'd come along a few years earlier and had a better manager whether she'd have been much bigger. Upon Bleeding Love being released there was buzz that she was the next Mariah. It's been weird to go from that level of hype to where we are now but the music industry is always so unpredictable with who succeeds long term and who doesn't.
Don't know about the others, but Joss Stone released her 9th album 18 months ago and is currently touring the world, she's not doing bad in her career.
I am a fan of Leona and have all her albums, but do feel that her albums did lack stand out hits. An artists career is based on the quality of the songs they release and Leona's albums were nice to listen to, but a lack of standout songs damaged their sales.
Leona also suffered as a result of SyCo's obsession with making stars out of One Direction (and later Little Mix) to the detriment of virtually all their other acts. As soon as One Direction were signed all the other acts seemed to be dropped or ignored, while all the record companies time and energy went into the one act. Shayne Ward, Alexandre Burke and Rebecca Ferguson were other artists that were neglected by the label, in my opinion.
yeh but Bleeding Love isnt an uptempo song, its not a proper slow ballad for sure but its certainly not uptempo