I Love the song but I liked the UK version of the video better, It was a lot more dynamic, and I wish her much success in the music industry.

“If you spread hate you only get hate in return.”

blah…boring…next!

This songs is nice. Her voice is so fresh and rich. She sounds like Celine Dion (who btw is an exceptional singer). I think she will do well in the states. This single is very big overseas, not just in the UK.

The people posting on here who dont like it want her to be popping it and shaking it and singing about nothing with some familiar Ciara and Beyonce beats.

This is real music people. I prefer the UK video better. Why is it that when an International artist comes to the US, they always have to do an American version of their repsective videos?

Its sum DAMN hatas up on CL! Ya’ll stay compare sumbody to Beyonce’ wether its Kelly, Rihanna, or Leona! She is a beautiful woman, and if u go to Youtube and look her up u will see she can actually sing her ass off! She sounds extremely better live, but there will always be haters! Its alwayz bout looks and comparsions wit u ppl! DAMN! Dis is a beautiful song and she is already one of the hottest ppl in da UK, and is labeled a star to watch out for in 08! Stop comparin ppl to Beyonce’ cause she is her own person and is not tryin to be like Mariah or Whitney or Beyonce’!

BEYONCE IS NOT THE STANDARD OF WHAT AN ARTIST IS! SHE ALSO IS NOT THE END ALL BE ALL.

It really sickens me when people compare everyone to Beyonce like Beyonce is the best. Her voice is actually richer than Beyonce’s if you want to compare.

Get off Beyonce’s NUTS!

Leona is great and beautiful too!!!

Wow #49 so true, so true. People always compare when there is a new female artist, I mean look at Gwen Stefani, compared to Madonna, Whitney to Diana Ross, Faith to Mary J, this happens with women all the time. Leona is new she will find her own voice and style and then years will pass and people will be saying a new artists is the next Leona. I wish her luck, I just hope they don’t try to do the whole white boy love interest in a video and on the remix have a rapper like in Mariah’s earlier career. Can u imagine if Mariah was still with Tommy, she’d still be wearing clothes! I think Mariah needs to put on some clothes, dressing like a hootch is taking away from her real talent.

What a boring song…*yawn*…..NEXT!!!!

I have to agree with #80

Leona and Beyonce are nothing a like. Now I think that Beyonce has quite a good voice, but she releases such CRAP songs.

I can list at least 10 classic Mariah Carey songs, but there is no Beyonce song which sticks out in my mind as a classic. The girl can dance also, i give her that, and she fly.

I like it… but then again, I can definitely appreciate different kinds of music. I like new/fresh songs and material. She does sound like Celine Dione (who I also love by the way). She could probably do a good job with country music as well. I’m glad she isn’t trying to swagger jack anyone else’s signature style….. I’m glad she is just being herself.

Leona has a very sweet soubd to her voice. She is nothing like Beyonce and Mariah. Everyone has their own unique voice that makes them special. I swear folks love to play favoritism. i agee with 49. The American music industry is different from UK. This song might not do well for the general audience because it doesn’t have a mainstream appeal. I can hear this song being played on contemporary pop stations though. Anyways I respect Leona though this girl can really sing.

i like this.

really nice voice

DAMN SHES FINE… (FORREST GUMP VOICE) AND THATS ALL I GOTTA SAY ABOUT THAAAT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKqr4F9Ilis

Check out the link above. She is really good. I will probably cop the album. She’s a real talent and has potential to be really, really big. I love her delivery and voice clarity. Wonderful. I will be singing to this myself.

did anybody catch that shes wearing that same silver mess dress with the wide metal belt that beyonce was hawking a while back on some awards show? If she doesnt want to be compared to beyonce she better get a new stylist.

This song reminds me of the 90’s and it is boring.

Non of ya will feel our UK bitch, she annoyed me at first, but she didn’t do what other Xfactor winners did, and cover other people’s songs and write two of their own…

So she is goood, and you should give her a listen. seeing your singers always take the UK by storm, our music scene is shit really, only have a few good acts.

Sorry Brian but you REALLY got it WRONG this time. She sucks & so does this song I kept waiting for it to get better, sadly…

This was okay. Nothing special. She had some nice runs in there. Her vocals are nice but I’m not overwelmed with it.

Has anyone heard that new Esthero feat. Brandy Called Beliver? Tha’ts the hotness right there.

god

haterz

pure

haters

shes got the voice of an angel

and i really do not think it can be compared to anyone

stop hating…
x

This song and video are so corny and typical. I didnt even make it all the way through. British people love corny ass music.

“The next Mariah” GET THE FREAK OUTTA HERE! This chick sucks compared to Mariah. I’ll be surprised if she even sells 3 copies in the U.S.

They should have stuck to the original video, its much better.

I like that UK version of the video better…more of a story line there, but nontheless i love the song its great…finally someone with real talent….thank tha lord!!!

I’m so sick of viewing all these negative comments on this site! Every single person who comments on CL is an idoit! You guys suck! You NEVER say anything positive about anybody. I advise EVERY artist to do what Kelly and Leona did and take their career to the U.K becauuse they appreciate it more. I’m ashamed to be from the U.S, because judging form you people, someone has to shake their ass or be butt naked for you to like them. This song is pure unlike the mess yall wanna hear all this rap which talks about shake that girl, I got money, bling-bling. Please go somewhere and check yourself CONCRETE LOOP READERS! And the one who made the comment about her nose STFU! Yall need to eat your humble pie and act like amture adults and learn to respect people! Immature jerks!

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ok be real I admit Leona does have some hair but not all of it in the video is hers. They obviously added to it.

She has a beautiful voice. But why do all British people sing with an American dialect?

She’s Simon’s from American Idol girlfriend.

I liked the original video better this one looks cheap. She is going to have to do a lot better to compete with Ms. Mariah (who I love to death). I think Leona has nice voice, but I wouldn’t buy her album unless I heard more songs.

She has an ugly nose… and I dont think her singing is all that. She just has a marketable LOOK. Any avg looking girl who sang at her level would have been kicked off that damn competition a long time ago.

@ #103
That is not Simon’s annoying girlfriend, Terri.

@ 29…Mariah is black and Leona Lewis is a whitey. Advantage Mariah.

GOT DAMN HER NOSE IS HUGE AS FVCK! She need to get a nose job! DAMN!
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The Devil is a liar! Leona is darker than Obama and Tiger Woods! She is definitely Black!

Like I said she has a really great voice but this is song is underwhelming , it makes her seem vapid , I ‘d like to consider my self to be somewhat of an eclectic with music , so no I dont just want booty shakin’ (nothing wrong with that) but looking at this video she seems so restricted I think Simon and Clive have a strong grip on this one, she’ll definately have to buck to show some type of artistic prowess-verdict=lovely girl,lovely voice..but she needs some new people!

i like it. i look forward to hearing more from her because music today is just awful and so unoriginal

@109

And “Bleeding Love” is original? GTFOH! That song is wack as shit and as unoriginal as it gets.

Why all the ugliness? The girl has an obvious talent. I believe that she is beautiful and shows the diversity among us. Calling her ugly and being rude is not called for. I just got on the blog and could smell the shitfest from a mile away.

The difference btwen the UK and the USA music audience in my opinion is that the USA audience is 100% more involved in appearances and looks of their pop stars, yet at the same time, they complain when girls get record deals because they’re pretty…but that’s what sells!! Half of you on here are talkin about how she looks like a man or a horse or she’s mixed or she has a big nose….what about the MUSIC???

Anyways, I’ve heard this song a million times at work, I didn’t know this was Leona. She has a nice voice, but I’m not interested in the pop sound (like many CLoopers on here). Call me when she re-invents herself with P.Diddy in a skin-tight bikini and booty shorts!

Don’t like this song. She sounds like a Celine Dion impersonator. Very pretty girl. She needs to model. Most of these young, talentless black female singers need to try modeling instead pursuing a half-ass music career.

I dont understand what is so good about her voice.. she is a rip off on the looks department of Mariah and Beyonce .. shes’ being too fakish….

I take it #68 is her hair dresser right?!

Her singing is good but i agree that it’ll lose steam because she aint gyrating (thanks #10 - that was super funny but sadly true maybe if she did the batman she’ll get hourly play on TV - whats music come to these days???)
She can certainly sing better than Rihanna or any of these other girls out there, and as for having a thin skin (#20) - she’s human - its ok to be human

She’s still got nothing on J Hud though!

Wow its like if you blend Mariah Carey and Shakira’s voice you get THIS. Not a bad blend.

Someone in the other post said Leona Lewis looks like “My little Pony”. hahahahahahahahahahahahah. lmao. Damn. I thought she was gorgeous until I read that. I started to stare at her face again…and…this chick does look like “My Little Pony” . She looks just like my blue my little pony doll that I had when i was 7.

I guess a lot of us are so quick to call a biracial girl pretty…but when you really examine some of them…they’re not all that.

Wow, What’s with all the hate, she may have a big nose, but she’s far from ugly.

Leona Lewis can ACTUALLY sing…….. I’d trade the UK Rihanna and Cassie for Leona any day.

I think most Americans are just used to all the talentless singers

The UK version of the video is way better.

I liked the song after a couple listens I like her vocals on it. The production is unique I like it it’s different haven’t heard anything like it lately. Umm I didn’t finish watching the new video but I liked the old one.

This woman is NOT beautiful. She does have a nice voice, but doesn’t captivate me enough. It’s toooo commercialized. Then again, what music isn’t? BTW, why does her CD cover resembles Alicia Key’s CD Cover “As I AM” ?

Considering all the Soulja Boy (aka wacks music) stans on this board, it doesnt surprise me, all this hate!! Get a life.

Just watched her perform “I Will Always Love You” on youtube and the girl can SANG! That is a very hard song to sing and she nailed it, almost as good as Whitney’s version. This young lady should have a good career, she definitely has the vocal chops.

@121

Why do you keep bringing up Soulja Boy? If you have to complain over and over again about us supposedly listening to Soulja Boy then you know this chick really sucks. He is a “rapper” and Leona Lewis is a singer…try a different approach dumb ass, like tell us to stop listening to wack singers like Fergie, Akon, T-Pain, and Chris Brown.

Why do they need to have a us version of her video? I think its silly. People will know she’s from the UK, so why do they think showing her in Times Square is gonna equal megabucks? Daft.

WACK FOR REAL! She is pretty but not anything I would compare to Beyonce or Mariah. She soulds like a young Celine Dion or something like that. She needs to stay over there in the UK.

I don’t really like. I don’t like that kind of music and the raspy voice. Any songs that begins with hum hum is not worth it in my dictionary.

I am from the U.k & every1 went NUTS over this song and i could never undastand it cuz 2 me-it’s just boring and too ‘pop.’ Thank God Americans actually have taste in music cuz i haven’t spoken 2 1 person in the UK who doesn’t like the song…but i HATE it!!!! Lol-rant over! x

What is up with the all the unnecessary pulling down of Leona? She has done incredibly well and is very good live. She still needs some work to bring personality into her music but…why are people acting like Mariah is the best when other people are allowed to shine too? Or is it because she is foreign? I detect a lot of xenophobia from some of the commenters here which is worrying since black people worldwide have to fight xenophobia all the time.

mariah carey is not half black, she’s only 1/4 black her mother irish-italian, and her father was half black, and half venezuelan, making her 1/4 black which means she is predominantly white. leona has a great voice, and she does sound like the old mariah, but she has a more country twang

She can sing…no doubt! But the song is completely manufactured and hibernation worthy.

And can yall stop callin every light skin chik with long hair beautiful? Every time CL and commentors mention her they say the beautiful Leona Lewis. Its really not that serious, she’s just light n bright.

And don’t ever expect to see her at any black events, until she starts to tank and realizes she will always be seen as black. Light, bright, n black!

She’s a less pretty and less talented version of Beyonce. What else is new with these new chicks? Next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HATERZ Not even givin the girl a chance after hearing ONE FUCKIN SONG!!!!

Stick to your Rihanna’s, Cassie’s, Teairra Mari’s, etc and whatever nonsinging chick out there fuckin for tracks

And strictly speaking this aint even meant for the R&B market here. Yall try selling as many records as her, have singing talent and then talk.

OK, another UK contributor. It’s clear, Leona is not a new Whitney, Beyonce etc. Comparing her is unfair and doesn’t allow her to be an artist in her own right. Is the song bland…possibly, but we’re talking about the mainstream here people!! Easy music is what makes hits, real music can still be found in what’s left of the “niche” music scene.

Give Leona the credit she deserves. She’s a great artist, unfortunately she’s going to be marketed through a pop princess lens so we’re not going to see her full range or potential (which I do believe is more than what we’re seeing here).

The new video is a joke, the UK one is far edgier and has real integrity (I really wish the US would handle the fact that the UK can actually make good videos). The comments about her being a “whitey” are horrific. She’s mixed race, which means she is part white. DEAL WITH IT! Haven’t black people been through enough without taking pot shots at each other. Whoever says that is a disgrace to our race.

Brian, love you work bro. Keep it coming.

K

she sounds nice….it was going good until the end where they kinda changed it up and killed it for me…might do well on pop radio

She has a beautiful voice. But SORRY, sounds like the wal-mart version of mariah especially in the first couple of seconds of the song when she starts singing. That part just screams MARIAH. I think her whole appeal is to Mariah-esque. You know mixed girl(that looks mostly white), the voice, curly hair. But she can sing better than beyonce(as if thats saying much). I wish her all the success.

Completely agree with 49 and 100. I admit that I had to listen to the song a few times before it actually grew on me, and this video isn’t the greatest, but why all the hate? This girl can ACTUALLY SING, just look at some of her live performances. Not liking her or her music is one thing, but why does she need a nose job? Some people are never satisfied, you wanna moan that people are only in the industry because of their looks, but when someone, who may not be the best looker comes along, they need surgery. Get real. Ain’t no-one perfect.

And all these comparisons, can no-one just be themselves anymore? Someone’s always gotta be compared to (or ‘tryna be’ ) somebody else. I think it’s actually refreshing to see someone with actual talent who’s not gyrating around half-naked on screen, I wish her all the best and hope she does well.

I love her … Im a New FAN!! ….its time to give someone NEW A CHANCE People….
Pretty eyes… Hopefully she doesn’t start getting too naked with the camera (ya’ll know what I mean)!!

#136 Mark you must be on some serious crack if you think this chick sings better than Beyonce. Yeah right not on her worst day. Beyonce is the most popular, successful, and richest woman in rnb so obviously millions of people around the world think she’s the best out there. This chick on the other hand ummmm no. She’ll have to do much better than this if she wants to be a hit in the U.S.

yall some fu#kin haters the american consumers so damn stupid yall need to get a life shes livin her dream no matter how much u like it u dont have 2 sit threw the song ungreatfull bitches shes a beautiful girl yall all hidein behind computers talkin shit yall shoot a video and we will see what yall say about your self concreteloop should not have givin yall stupid asses a voice non talented bastereds

Another chick wit the light skin/long hair pass. She can sing, but she’s not doing anything special…N ive seen her youtube videos so Im not judging from this one song.

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Gosh, you Americas do not appreciate good music. You like puppets. Artists that shake their behinds and run around in no clothing. You guys need to be exposed. That’s it. She will make it.

i love her! the girl can sing! shes also gorgeous…..not ’cause shes light and has pretty eyes because that does not equal beautiful at all. im a huge beyonce fan but she’ll be my uk bey lol (although leona’s voice is prettier)

She’s good! Better than B! Not a B hater, I love her! But, Leona has better singing skills than B!

Leona has a great voice. I am American, but I listen to all types of music, including BBC 1 radio, where I first heard Leona. I listened to sample of her cd and its nice. Very pop, like the early Mariah stuff. I think that if she wants to be mainstream in the States, she will have to move away from the pop stuff. She’s only 22. She will grow as an artist, but her first cd is good.

Looks wise I think that she is a cute girl. So she if not perfect. Most people are not. Besides, it should be about her music, not looks

i understand that every body entitled to their own opinion, but while all them haters sittein on they butts critisizin this talented women, she ova where she at makin money, and doin her thing

one more thing……………….. this girls name is LEONA LEWIS…. Not Mariah carey, Or Beyonce Knowls, these girls are all who they are, they aint tryna compete. Mariah is sexy. Beyonce got her shit together, and leona is beautiful all the same too……… Shit the only thing that these women got that the same is that they some HIGH ROLLERS, and thats wuts hood right there

Leona will go far in the US especially in R&B because she is light with green eyes and long hair. Her voice doesn’t have to be that great cuz if a gal can rock that “exotic” mixed thang than she can pretty much make it in the black music world.