Music you may have missed: Leona Lewis - Spirit

Leona Lewis was definitely this year’s ‘Next Big Thing’. Her striking beauty, down-to-earth personality and huge, soaring voice took over the UK, where her debut album Spirit entered the charts at Number One and became the fastest selling debut of all time.

But don’t compare her to Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston or Celine Dion.

“Those women are the true divas,” she says. “They’re amazing performers whom I’ve listened to for years. These are the people who’ve inspired me to sing, so it’s flattering that I’m being compared to them. But I have a lot of hard work to do first!”