Leona Lewis' 'Bleeding Love' Reclaims the Number One Spot on the Billboard Hot 100

Leona Lewis' 'Bleeding Love' Reclaims the Number One Spot on the Billboard Hot
100
The First British Female Artist Ever to Score a #1 Album and Single In the
Same Week

NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- British sensation Leona Lewis has
reclaimed the Number One position on the Billboard Hot 100 with her
international hit single, "Bleeding Love." Having debuted at #1 with her
album Sprit yesterday, Leona is the first British female artist ever to score
both a U.S. Number One album and single in the same week.
"Bleeding Love" first reached Number One in the week of March 27, making
Leona Lewis the first British female solo artist to top the Hot 100 in over 21
years. Now in its ninth week on the charts, "Bleeding Love" is also Number
One on the Billboard Digital Songs chart and has sold over one million tracks
in the U.S..
Other Breaking News
* Leona Lewis' triumph marks the first time in music history that any
album by a British female artist has entered at Number One on the
Billboard Top 200.
* Spirit (J Records/SyCo Music) marks the first time ever that any British
artist, male or female, has entered the U.S. chart at Number One with a
debut album.
* Spirit is the biggest-selling debut for a first album by a female artist
since Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts in 2005 -- and it scored the
biggest digital album sales week ever for a new artist, male or female.

SOURCE J Records

Sarah Weinstein Dennison of J Records, +1-646-840-5672,
Sarah.weinstein@sonybmg.com