Well, it certainly didn't take Leona Lewis long to make an impact on the American pop charts - yesterday, she became the first British pop singer to top the Billboard Hot 100 since 1987!
After several weeks' worth of publicity (including a memorable Oprah appearance), "Bleeding Love" came in at #1 this week. Like many recent hot-selling singles, "Bleeding Love" owes a lot of its success to iTunes, where it had been selling like crazy for several weeks.
"Bleeding Love"'s triumph makes Leona the first British woman to top the American charts since 1987, when Kim Wilde went number-one with her cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On". The twenty-two-year-old Leona was barely even one back then!
Of course, chart success is hardly news to Leona, who spent most of last year setting sales records worldwide with "Bleeding Love". The big question now, of course, is whether she'll be able to sustain her run when her debut album Spirit comes out on April 8th - but after the way "Bleeding Love" sold, we may have an answer already!
Are you excited for Spirit?
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