she is talented

DAMN I MISSED IT

I GOTTA CHECK HER OUT

AND I LOVE OPRAH FOR REAL

she’s cute…not really into the song but she has a nice voice.

THANKS FOR POSTING THE INTERVIEW

SHES GOOD

I CAN DEFINITELY HEAR THE MARIAH COMPARISONS

GOOD LUCK LEONA!!!!!!!!

I really don’t see what the hype is about her.

I don’t see what the big deal is either. and someone compared her to whitney houston, please, i don’t see that at all. but she does have a nice voice

Out of all the days to miss Oprah it had to be today!

I love this song and I think she sings it amazingly well
she has a unique voice that can’t be copied and that will go a long way in the music industry and for her career

Now I hope those like Mariah can go back to singing the big ballads again

This girl is talented!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her song Bleeding love is excellent.

Leona is one of the best talents to come out of here in the UK for a long time. I wish her many succeses…

She’s OK…but she’s not all that…sorry.

I like Leona…her voice is sort of angelic and i can definitely see why they are comparing her to the greats…comparing her to mimi is about right…she reminds me of a young mariah…her voice was pitchy at times, but the girl has raw talent, and she can go far. Her voice is a real voice, she don’t try to make it do weird things, it just glides, like mimi’s and whitney’s (or shall i say how whitney’s use to). I’m so glad when Oprah mentioned the greats, she left out one overrated chick cause in Oprah’s eyes, she aint no great i guess….LOL

she sounded like she was lip-synching to a prerecorded version of the song. not that she needs to but you know how artists who can sing still lip-synch from time to time. she seems cool but i never understood the hype. i think the brits are just looking for a powerhouse singer. brits are great at having bands (the beatles, rolling stones, radiohead, coldplay, i could go on). that’s an understatement. the brits probably have the best bands known to man BUT they don’t really have singers like whitney and mariah so this is their chance. i think that’s why they are so proud of her and simon keeps trying to push her down ppl’s throats. she’s a good singer but there’s nothing special about her. she has no Wow! factor imo.

This LIVE performance is superb…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl7r2ApESN4

Don’t try to downplay her talent give credit where it’s due.

leona lewis > mariah

& I love mariah but did anyone see her SNL performance?……………..yea.

Lol @14 my coworker was going on and on about Mariah on SNL and I said were we watching the same show? Mariah is not a performer.

I forgot the post was about Leona she can blow.

There are millions of singers out there who sing better than her… she really isnt as good as they hype her out to be! Simon is pulling every favour out there to make this girl a star. And to compare her to Mariah or Whitney is just a fucking joke!

whoa

haters lol

her voice

is the shit ….. why hate? lol

I went to high school with her. She is such a sweet genuine person. Real chill. I’m so proud of her!

BRIT School - STAND UP. We brought you floetry, Amy Winehouse, Adele and Leona and many many more. Best performing arts school in the UK.

In Response to A.K.A New yorker one thing you should think about, if you’ve never been to the Uk the your opinion is disregarded. As a british veteran I get so annoyed at Americans like you who think your country makes the world o round when really the debt that you guys are in is hilarious. British Talent has been understated for so long due to no good comments like yours a.k.a. people who don’t know what they are talking about. If you wanna be real you should perhaps take a look at the industry in your country, we might not have over publised fake rappers and porn star dancers but who really wants to hear another soja boy track. If being a big star in your industry means having plenty of sex video tap scandals and sleeping with this one and that then i gladly respect your comment and will see it that us Brits have a hell of a lot more class then the trash that you guys wanna send to our country… but then again thats what can i say you gotta make your money some how. The point is how would you know what we’ve got out here? You obviously don’t live here so your comment is irrelevant and biased. Next

I think people aren’t ready for a voice like her’s yet. just from this performance, im about to go on itunes and download this single.

She is supremely talented. I love her single. She’s the next huge thing, just watch. You can’t go wrong with looks and talent like that. Can’t wait to purchase the album in April. The chick is bad, for real!

Leona and Lennox Lewis are brother and sister…………………..sike……I was
just joking……don’t none of y’all motherf**kers write me

she is AWESOME!!!

saw a lil bit of the show today…

ow…luv luv luv her accent!!!

its funny how u usually don’t hear the artist accent in their songs

lol@ # 11………. i know who u talking about…and i sooo co sign

I love her voice. Reminds of how Mariah use to sing. Her song is now #1 on iTunes. The Oprah effect!

I watched this and she has a superb voice. I must say I really don’t like that song though. I’ve seen some of her performances from when she was on the “X- Factor” and they were way better than her Oprah performance.

She has the potential to possibly be in company with Whitney, Mariah, Celine, etc, so I will give her some time, but right now no, later though cause she has the voice.

@ 11 & 26 i don’t know who lol??

She has a very nice voice, but she is all hype. Her voice isn’t at Whitney and Mariah’s level. When they first started out their voices moved you and still do. Maybe their voices are not what they are used to but they can still blow. They keep comparing her to Whitney and Mariah as a marketing scheme. If they say it enough people will start believing it and they have. Christina Aguilera has got this girl shook and she still hasn’t reached Whitney and Mariah’s level. Hopefully I will like one of her songs as she releases more singles cause this one is a little boring. At least she seems nice and grounded so far.

Ummmm, why is there so much hype behind her? She doesn’t give me the same goosebumps I had when I first heard Whitney’s or Mariah’s or even Toni Braxton’s voice. Leona has a nice voice but my jaw isn’t on the floor.

LATTE, i agree 100% the uk has lot’s of great talent, that we never see or hear unless you seek it out. for the last few yrs uk soul, pop has been killin it.

I’ll keep short, sweet and simple. Leona’s music is boring.

SHE IS VERY BORING TO ME…

She looks like a tranny and I really dont think she is going to blow up, and to put it frankly, I dont know what they see/saw in her…Now that chick Estelle, also from the UK, is the business…..

@latte lol you need to chill. saying that brits have the best bands known to man was a COMPLIMENT. no where in my post did i say brits had no talent so idk where you got that from. you’re complaining about americans, but you give brits a bad name. i listen to british music and love it so where are you coming from??? i just said you guys don’t have powerhouse singers and that’s true. i’m talking about well-known vocalists like mariah, whitney, aguilera- women who are considered to have huge voices. canada has celine dion for instance but she’s the only hyped vocalist in their country. i’m not saying that brits can’t sing. i’m saying that you’ve never had a vocalist that’s been compared to whitney and mariah before and that’s a fact unless you can prove me wrong. every nation has talented singers ok but none have reached their legendary status (aside from women like aretha of course but i’m talking about pop vocalists- celine has reached their status).

i dont give a fuck wat no one say..this chick is bad! serious..check out her other songs..”better in time” is my fav…

i love this girl omgggggg

Shes pretty dope pretty girl and her voice is good i kinda dont see all the hype either but i do wish her success hell she going to have it she already #1 on i tunes and the song is climbing billboard already now as far as the comparission i dont see that either and Mariah is horriable now lmao she is like a brick just dead predictable and boring i hate her image her new song is so 3rd grade we heard and seen it all before she need to come with something new or just retire thats really what the Vets need to do sit back and enjoy being legends stop trying to fit in whats current its hard and the music industry is not what it use to be clearly especially when the all the greats were making good music

This was not Leona’s best. She’s performed her very, very high notes live before, and a lot of times she did it well.

If you watch her performances from X - Factor (UK Version of American Idol, maybe you’ll understand).

Watch this; http://www.youtube.com/wa...pB68U&feature=related

I’m not asking you to like her, but to recognize her talent, even if you do not think she is the next Whitney, Mariah, or whatever, no doubt she has talent that we haven’t found in years.

And may I add, while she was on X - Factor, Simon gave her a stand ovation almost every time he performs.

He never does that for American Idol; I’m American btw. LOL.

But I definately want you guys to check out some of her other LIVE peformances of Bleeding Love on Youtube, that were much better than the one she did on Oprah.

lol @ LATTE #20….it’s not that serious.

She is alright but her songs sound outdated on her album. I don’t think she is gonna do that well here in the states but you never know. Best of luck to her. She seems grounded but the album to me is just a snoozefest.

CLIVE DAVIS WASTED SO MUCH TIME OF THIS POOR GIRL. SHE SURELY DESERVED BETTER THAN THE ALBUM SHE PUT OUT!!!!

AFTER ALL THE HYPE, HER ALBUM WAS BORING AND THIS BLEEDING LOVE SONG HAPPENS TO BE THE BEST TRACK ON THE CD.

She has a nice voice……but she really is OVERhyped

every song on the album is the same.

The reason why you guys can’t see what the hype is with Leona is because she’s not all in your face, she’s not a diva, she’s a sweet sweet unnassuming girl who loves to sing. Don’t take away from her voice.. that performance was not the greatest, but before you dismiss her do your research, check the youtube clips..

She may not be Mariah or Whitney crazy and divalicious and she may not be Beyonce and I love all those girls, but sometimes when all that is done, its just nice to see someone not trying to be “fabulous” and just “BE”, anyway you look at it you can tell that Leona has a heart of gold and wouldn’t try to do anyone over… That’s soo soo refreshing.. Naturally beautiful inside and out..

AT #35 FOR ONE IM SURE YOUR UGLY AND SECOND ESTELLE FROM THE UK?????? SHE LOOKS LIKE FLAVOR FLAV’S TWIN SISTER . LEONA IS BEAUTIFUL AND CAN SING HER ASS OFF SO DONT HATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol… you knw what A.K.A New Yorker fair play, I don’t take my comment back about the music trash that comes over at times from the states but i will say your right, the power house voices in Britain never get a chance to be exposed coz no one gives them a chance but hopefully there will be a change coz quite frankly i’m bored of whats out there and CiCi your so right, shes not in your face and she isn’t a diva which might make her seem a little boring or empty shell..ish but i guess you can’t win coz people would still complain if she came back out with her chest all in your face and her backside on air but regardless of the track she does have an amazing gift lets just hope in her next album that they give her something well worth hearing.

I can see why people compare her to Mariah and Whitney because she has the power in her voice like Whitney and the tone and range of Mariah, listen to her perform ‘Summertime’ on youtube..its so good.

say what you want to say but there are more successful american imports in music then other wise so regardless of what you think of this country , . There are no british power house singers, we run music, it’s just what it is

Leona Lewis is very talented. Her voice is very much refreshing like a breathe of fresh air. She is not a studio singer she is a real singer. Some people could not recognize real talent if it hit them in the face.

The comparison to Mariah and Whitney was dead on…. I hope she has much success I will be purchasing her album pronto on April 18th.

Are there better singers? Sure. Visit any Baptist church on any given Sunday and you’ll hear proof of that. But here’s the question people - and it’s an important one. Are those singers MARKETABLE??? It’s not called show BUSINESS for nothing. Leona’s got a great pop voice, she’s attractive, has stage presence (as much as I admire Mimi’s vocal chops, I’d rather watch paint dry than see her on stage preening like a demented peacock) and her label has ‘packaged’ (for lack of a better word) to be appealing across a wide audience. As for all the ‘hype’ people mention - it’s called MARKETING. Clive Davis is a lot of things but no one will ever accuse him of being a fool…

She is very pretty, but the voice is ok. I mean I have heard better singers, but she will possible make it big because she has the so-called look of a pop star. I think Simon likes her so much because he wants to hit it! LOL

I’ve been on this girl since her demos in ‘03 and yeah, this girl’s got talent!

But her album is straight up boring as hell. Hopefully she gets some better producers.

Leona Lewis/Mariah Carey/Beyonce…what’s the difference? These singers are starting to look alike and sound alike to me. Even Alicia Keys is starting to “blend” in. Where’s the originality?

Stacy H, Leona is signed to Simon Cowell’s ‘Syco’ imprint - which I suppose will be distributed here in the States by Clive Davis and company. To say that Simon is interested in Leona’s success would be an understatement…

That girl has no emotion in her voice at all. Bring back Soul II Soul and Lisa Stansfield

aw man i

MY FUKKN COMMENT GOT CUT OFF BC OF THAT STUPID ADVERTISEMENT POPUP SHIT!

anyways……..like i was about to say.

i like leona.

something about her seems sincere and mature. a quality that many of these rnb/pop tarts lack these days. perhaps because she actually worked to get where she is.
i don’t care if she was on a talent show. that’s still more realness than banging a producer or being related/having connections to an A&R/artist or shaking your ass until someone notices.

and i’m not going to say people are just “hating” on her for negative responses bc i know it’s not true. everyone has different opinions about different people. to each his/her own.

i wish her the best of luck.

There’s nothing soulful about this chick. You Leona Stans are just trying to market her here to sway our opinion, I’ve seen her music video and heard her sing, reality is that she is completely boring. You can sugarcoat it however you want to but people can see right through it. If we don’t like it, well then we don’t like it. Who ever is doing the marketing, did it all wrong by first comparing her to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey has her own label and music that’s currently out there and Whitney Houston is coming out with her album later this year. So no one needs a Leona.

I have to agree with many of the comments. She has a GREAT voice but she should not be compared to WHITNEY HOUSTON. Whitney had strength in her voice she is more like Mariah Carey with the high notes and has a air angelic voice. I love her voice but I believe the hype is there so she can be more popular. I know she will do great but i believe they need to stop the comparison. She is her own talent her own voice.
@ 57 I believe this also when she sings it seems she is making sure she hits the right note (which of course is good) but it seems as though shes not making the emotion follow through also. you can sound good with no emotions. Before I get attacked my cousin’s voice teacher told my cousin that she has that same problem. Without emotions you will later become boring.

My comment got cut off sorry..Her emotions thing can be fixed through her vocal teacher..Im sure she will get there if they acknowledge it

>> ive heard alot about her being Clive Davisis new musical talent!! she is really pretty!

omg bitch thats what im listeing to .

honey slut

i really hate u im not even playin

I guess if she was shaking her butt or was half naked she would have a ton of positive comments.

Rihanna can’t dance or sing but people love her. go figure oh wait she has fashion sense but i thought she was a singer not.

Leona has loads of talent.
She’s not over hyped as her singer but her album is over hyped.
It’s got WAY too many ballards and 2slow for a young girl like that so i will be expectin a mixture on the next album.

She deserves credit 4her voice it not an ordinary voice it has style, power & skills with her runs.
There hasn’t been a top power vocalist since X-tina,Bee(somewhat) Fantasia & Jen Hudson(only through dreamgirls so far) to really blow so she should be given the chance…

Don’t doubt the talent
Songs: ‘Yesterday and Footprints’

Hopefully second album ups the pace…….

@11

SHE LEFT HER OUT BECAUSE SHE IS NOT A LEGEND YET…

WHY ARE YOU SO WORRIED ABOUT HER ANYWAY??

SHE’S STILL GONNA BE THE GREATEST OF OUR GENERATION WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT SO GIVE IT THE FUCK UP B!!

SHIT. YALL HATERS BE MAD AS FUCK AND DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOURSELVES.. ITS SICKENING…

I was rooting for her to win the X-Factor ever since I saw her audition, she has an amazing voice but I can see where people that don’t like her are coming from.
I don’t think she’s boring or has no personality, I just think she’s shy. I see her as a little girl that doesn’t really know what she’s doing but I think if we give her the benefit of the doubt and allow her to grow in a few years time she could be the next Mariah or the next Whitney. I definately belive she has the voice for it.
She’s also not in your face, she’s not a diva, she’s not gonna come at you with attitude in her videos because that’s just not Leona and I respect her for not trying to pretend to be that because I think we’d all see right through it. Leona to me is just like a regular girl from your high school that’s fulfilling her dream of singing.

Oh and to the people arguing the UK vs US thing — I’m from the UK and yeah, the US does run the music business. You’d be a fool not to realise that but the UK has contributed ALOT of good talent and especially lately. You need to realise there’s alot of talent in the UK right now that none of you know about (like Estelle already has an album under her belt from a couple of years ago and you guys only know about her from like 2 months ago) and you also need to consider the fact that the UK is proper TINY compared to the US. England is like the size of two of your states put together so of course there’s more artists in the US — there’s more people there!

the next mariah

I like it and I think it is refreshing to see someone different.

i think sam wants to hit that…..

am i the only one not feeling the song.

she has a great voice but she is too lackluster in personality.

she also appeals to older middle class women and will be played on the alternative station because she has that sound. you will hear her on the SOFT JAM station or when you go to the mall to shop at macys and in the fitting room when you try on those outfits you spent forever trying to find.

GO LEONA! YOU ARE GOING TO BE A BIG STAR!