Leona Lewis

By Vicki When Fraser asked me to review Leona Lewis' new single 'Happy', I thought he was having me on. No, I actually did. Because seriously, when has the word 'happy' EVER been associated with a Leona Lewis song?? Well, it... When Fraser asked me to review Leona Lewis' new single 'Happy', I thought he wa...

By Fraser McAlpine Daughtry, you will recall, are the band formed around Chris Daughtry, an American Idol finalist in 2006. American Idol is produced by (and stars) Simon Cowell, who is also heavily involved with Westlife's career, as is Simon's fellow X Factor judge Louis Walsh.

By Vicki It's impossible not to compare this to 'Bleeding Love' which was 2007 X Factor winner Leona Lewis' first single. 'Bad Boys' is good and modern, slotting neatly into the charts and giving people a good excuse to sing along and dance, but will it be a long laster and the 'modern day classic' tha...

By Reggie Yates Leona Lewis will be joining us on the phone from Los Angeles on BBC Radio 1's Chart Show to premiere her new track "Happy"! It's ahead of her second album "Echo". She says: "I titled my album 'ECHO', since an echo describes a big, organic sound." Hear it from 4pm on Sunday!

By Fraser McAlpine Download: Out now CD Released: June 8th www.agnescarlsson.se BBC Music page ww_adh says: "Reminds me of Anastacia." Lisa from the Veronicas says: "I think the song is super-catchy but it sounds like she actually wrote it." Don't Stop The Pop says: "She's got the horseface of Leona Lewis."

By Fraser McAlpine As I say, Leona Lewis covering Snow Patrol, no problem. If Leona Lewis covered 'Hallelujah', still no problem. Loads of people have covered the song, from Bono to Il Divo, and it doesn't seem to destroy the magic of whichever version it is that you prefer. Hell, the song has even been used in Shr...

By Fraser McAlpine Luckily, the very calm and unthreatening Leona Lewis is on hand to try and soothe these troubled waters. And here she is talking to Fearne and Reggie about Akon, Simon Cowell, and her dog. What could be less threatening than that? 1: X-Factor Finalists - 'Hero' 5: Leona Lewis - 'Forgive Me'

By Fraser McAlpine Maybe it's just the fact it's Leona doing an upbeat song, with dance routines and everything. Which is sort of difficult to get your head around sometimes, given I'm still listening to 'Bleeding Love' on a bi-weekly basis. And the fact this is a strangely half-ballad-y bouncy stomp-fest. An...

By Fraser McAlpine Lykke Li has an extraordinary voice. Some singers, like Mariah Carey or Leona Lewis, have extraordinary voices in the sense of sheer range and technical ability and some people have extraordinary voices in the sense of just being very weird....

By Fraser M The crux of the song, really, is not entirely fitting anything. The instrumental parts are very Christmas-number-one (in the world before X-Factor, ironically...) and the lyrics aren't far off that, except that it's March and despite 'Bleeding Love' having reigned the charts for nearly t...

Spirit is just the sound of a generic diva.