Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love Chart Battle

But the world has seen no more rush releases since then, no gimmicky TV tie-in. Leona has been away earning her superstar status.

Who else has been recording her debut album in London, Atlanta, Miami and Los Angeles with the cream of international producing talent?

The unassuming manner that millions of fans immediately fell for makes Leona's mentions of some of the world's coolest music minds sound like a roll call of old mates.

"We started in London with Steve Mac," she says of the British pop supremo who has had everyone from Kelly Clarkson to Mariah Carey in his care, "Then Dallas Austin in Atlanta, Soulshock and Carlin, Jam and Lewis in Los Angeles. Walter Afanasieff too and also Salaam Remi in Miami. I love his studio, unlike most it's on the roof of his house next to the pool. I got quite burned from sunbathing between takes."

Those producers boast credits for work with the likes Aretha Franklin, Michael and Janet Jackson, TLC, Destiny's Child, Fugees, Usher, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse. Leona has just visited Diane Warren, the queen of American songwriters to work on further material.
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