Celebrity gossip is not usually my thing, but I couldn’t help but share my discovery of Leona Lewis on YouTube last night. If you have no idea who I’m talking about, then here’s a few quick bits I dug up:

• She won “The X-Factor”, England’s version of American Idol, on December 16, 2006.
• Her debut album, entitled Spirit, was released in the United States on April 8th, 2008, and entered the Billboard 200 at number one.
• Lewis’ second single, “Bleeding Love”, sold 66,000 copies on its first day of release and went on to sell 218,805 copies in its first week, giving it the biggest first-week sales of 2007 to date.

I would not be at all surprised if Leona becomes the next Mariah Carey.