Leona’s Christmas album details!
LEONA LEWIS TO RELEASE HER FIRST-EVER CHRISTMAS ALBUM “CHRISTMAS, WITH LOVE” DECEMBER 3RD ON SYCO/RCA RECORDS
LEONA LEWIS TO RELEASE HER FIRST-EVER CHRISTMAS ALBUM “CHRISTMAS, WITH LOVE” DECEMBER 3RD ON SYCO/RCA RECORDS
BRAND NEW SINGLE “ONE MORE SLEEP” AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 5TH AT ITUNES, AMAZON, AND ALL DIGITAL PROVIDERS
CHRISTMAS, WITH LOVE is a selection of seasonal classics and 3 brand new originals and soon to be holiday classics. Packed full of fun and festivity with a Motown vibe throughout, this delivers the sound of Christmas 2013 interpreted by Leona Lewis. (Find complete track listing below)
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Leona Lewis “Christmas, With Love” (Official Album Cover + Tracklist)
Tracklist
One More Sleep (Original Track) | Leona Lewis, Richard ‘Biff’ Stannard, Iain James, Jez Ashurst, Bradford Ellis
Winter Wonderland | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
White Christmas | Irving Berlin
Your Hallelujah (Original Track) | Leona Lewis, Jon Levine, Autumn Rowe, Lauren Christy
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector
Mr. Right (Original Track) | Leona Lewis, Richard ‘Biff’ Stannard, Camille Purcell, Jez Ashurst, Ash Howes
O Holy Night | Adolphe Adam
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday | Roy Wood
Ave Maria | Franz Schubert
Silent Night | Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr
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One Direction on ’60 Minutes’ (Australian TV program)
http://youtu.be/MvO4p1h-3B0
One Direction: Best Song Ever – Grand Final – The X Factor Australia 2013
http://youtu.be/zcR8W4-qkEU
Just a normal day! Harry Styles gets mobbed by eager Australian fans… just days after taking girl out on burger date
Another day means another mob of adoring fans for Harry Styles, who was entirely surrounded as he left the Sun Studio’s in Sydney.
The One Direction superstar may have been wearing dark wayfarer sunglasses but that wasn’t going to stop him from being spotted on Thursday.
The 19-year-old is clearly a pro at handling these situations now as he spent time posing for photos and singing autographs.
Read more: Daily Mail
Such a joker! Zayn Malik rides tiny green quad bike while sporting a rock band vest during some downtime in Sydney
You would think Zayn Malik would be able to get his hands on a much more size appropriate bike compared to the tiny one he was spotted driving on Wednesday.
The One Direction star revved up a bright green quad bike during some time off in Sydney, where the band are currently touring.
The 20-year-old looked far too big for the four-wheeled machine as he drove around backstage sporting a very casual outfit.
Read more: Daily Mail
Your secret girlfriend won’t be happy! Olly Murs films video for new single with a mystery brunette playing his love interest
It’s no secret Olly Murs’ girlfriend Francesca Thomas isn’t a fan the limelight.
But it’s likely the pretty blonde, who has been dating Murs in secret for a year now, will want to the world to know he’s off the market when she sees the dark haired beauty he’s hanging out with.
The Troublemaker singer was spotted on the beach filming the video for his new single Hand On Heart with a mystery brunette who plays his love interest.
Read more: Daily Mail
James Arthur: ‘Matt Cardle makes music for bedwetters’
Reigning X Factor champion James Arthur has reignited his feud with series 7 winner Matt Cardle, describing his rival’s material as music “for bedwetters”.
Arthur was asked about his spat with Cardle during an appearance on the Charlie Sloth Show on 1Xtra yesterday (October 23), and admitted that he found it “funny” to wind up his fellow X Factor alumnus.
Read more: Digital Spy
Matt Cardle hits back at James Arthur: ‘His ego is off the scale’
Matt Cardle has hit back at rival X Factor star James Arthur’s latest jibes, describing last year’s winner as a “deeply unpleasant” man.
Arthur’s recent comments about Cardle have included describing his material as “music for bedwetters” and claiming that Cardle would send his fans to sleep if he hired him as a support act
Read more: Digital Spy
Little Mix Sets U.S. Release Date for ‘Salute’ Album: Exclusive
“Salute,” the sophomore album from rising U.K. girl group Little Mix, will arrive in U.S. stores next February, Billboard can exclusively confirm.
The follow-up to the foursome’s debut album, “DNA,” will be released stateside on Feb. 4, 2014 through Columbia Records. Last week, Little Mix confirmed that “Salute” would be reaching U.K. fans on Nov. 11, following the Nov. 3 digital release of rhythmic new single “Move.” Similarly, “DNA” was issued late in 2012, months before arriving stateside last May.
Read more: Billboard
Little Mix’s ‘Salute’: 10 things we’ve learned about their new album
Earlier this month, we sat down with Little Mix’s Jade, Perrie and Leigh-Anne at their record label Sony to have a chat about their new album Salute.
Below are the ten most important, essential and interesting things we learned about the record.
Read more: Digital Spy
Amelia Lily on album delay: ‘You can’t rush perfection’
Amelia Lily has said that she has taken so long on her debut album because she is a perfectionist.
The singer was eliminated on the first week of The X Factor live shows in 2011, before returning in week six as a replacement for Frankie Cocozza.
Read more: Digital Spy
Mel C and Matt Cardle fuel rumours they’re more than just friends as they hold hands and flirt up a storm in Poland
They have spent months flirting outrageously while insisting their relationship is purely professional as they promote their duet Loving You.
And on Saturday Mel C and Matt Cardle did little to dispel rumours they are more than just good friends as they enjoyed a very tactile stroll in Warsaw, Poland.
The singers were spotted holding hands and giggling like young lovers as they took in the city in between their promotional duties.
Read more: Daily Mail
Cheeky cigarette break: Cher Lloyd wears wide-brimmed hat and leather-effect leggings as she takes time out during lengthy studio session
The clean living lifestyle in Los Angeles certainly hasn’t rubbed off on Cher Lloyd as she was spotted enjoying a crafty cigarette on Thursday.
The British singer looked stylish as she escaped for a short break with friends, while recording a track in the US.
Cher, who rose to fame in the seventh series of The X Factor, was casually dressed but still managed to look stylish in her all-black outfit.
Read more: Daily Mail
What a recovery! Abi Alton wows in glamorous thigh-high gown following back injury as X Factor finalists make their mark at Thor premiere
Just two days earlier she had been rushed to hospital with a back injury after falling down a flight of stairs backstage.
But X factor contestant Abi Alton looked as if she had made a full recovery as she wowed in a glittering thigh-high gown as she attended the premiere of Thor:The Dark World at London’s Odeon Leicester Square on Tuesday.
The 19-year-old attended the event with her fellow finalists and pulled out all the stops in her glamorous black gown which featured a daring split.
Read more: Daily Mail
She’s X Factor’s golden girl: Tamera Foster returns to blonde as she unveils new hairstyle ahead of week three
She underwent a make-over ahead of the first live shows of the X Factor – which involved a fringe and darker locks.
But as Tamera Foster gears up for week three of the show, she clearly fancied going back to blonde as she paid a visit to the ITV show’s hairdresser Jamie Stevens on Friday.
And after some pimping and preening, the 16-year-old emerged with warm blonde locks falling in loose curls around her shoulders and a big smile on her face.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘I thought I was going to die’: X-Factor star reveals horror at the hands of kidnappers who held her at gunpoint for two days
X-Factor star Jeanette Akua has revealed she was kidnapped by a gang of armed thieves who held her at gunpoint for two days.
The Miss Dynamix star said she feared for her life during the terrifying ordeal which happened when she was in her native South Africa.
Miss Akua, 21, was standing at a taxi rank in Johannesburg handing out flyers.
The gang approached her and a friend and dragged her off them from the street into a room in a taxi office.
The terrified girls were told to hand over money in return for their release.
Miss Akua, who was 18 at the time, was working in the notorious Randburg district of the town, which has high levels of muggings, gun crime and car-jackings.
Read more: Daily Mail
X Factor’s Nicholas McDonald reveals how serious heart condition almost killed him… but doesn’t want ‘to come across as a victim’ on the show
He is now known as the sweet 16-year-old Irish boy on the X Factor.
But Nicholas McDonald has revealed that he suffers from a serious heart condition, and almost died when he suffered a heart attack playing football at just eight-years-old.
The singing star takes daily medication, as he told the Daily Star Sunday that he could ‘just die tomorrow’.
Nicholas, who is diagnosed with Lond QT syndrome – a rare and dangerous heart condition – swallowed his tongue during the football match and only survived as his coach knocked out two front teeth the clear his air passage.
He has so far refused to talk about his health on The X Factor, believing it could be seen as a way to gain popularity.
But he has now recounted the story of the football game to the Daily Star Sunday, telling them that all he remembers was passing the ball and collapsing,
He awoke covered in blood, before people told him that had a cardiac arrest and died.
Read more: Daily Mail
X Factor’s Hannah Barrett drug boast on secret Twitter account revealed
X Factor finalist Hannah Barrett has boasted online about smoking marijuana.
Hannah, 17 – one of the favourites to win – posted on a Twitter account uncovered by the Sunday Mirror: “I want to smoke a spliff & go to bed tbh. I’m so bored.”
Our revelation threatens to plunge the show into another drugs storm after we told of fellow finalist Tamera Foster’s boasts about smoking marijuana laced with PCP.
Hannah has confessed that she “fell in with the wrong crowd at school and got into trouble regularly” but since reaching the live shows has denied ever taking drugs.
However she referred to drug-taking on March 30, four months before she auditioned for The X Factor. She made the comments with her account @hannahlevine_ox, which was deleted shortly afterwards.
Read more: The Mirror
X Factor’s Sam Callahan: How I used to see Spice Girl Geri in her skimpy underwear
X Factor heartthrob Sam Callahan could hardly believe his eyes when former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell taught him the showbiz ropes – in just her underwear.
The teenage hopeful’s jaw dropped when his curvy mentor answered the door wearing her famous Union flag dress – and she often paraded around the house in bra and knickers.
At times Geri, now 41, would cook meals while wearing just her undies.
Sam, 19, who was hoping to impress judges on the ITV talent show again tonight, used to be in a band managed by the star known as Ginger Spice and they rehearsed at her house twice a week.
He told the Sunday People: “You’d turn up, you hadn’t seen her yet and you’d hear ‘Oh, Sam, hi’ – and you’d turn around and she’d be there in her underwear.
Read more: The Mirror
X Factor star Tamera Foster was read riot act by mum when teen went off the rails
The mother of X Factor favourite Tamera Foster has revealed she read the riot act to her daughter after she admitted smoking drugs.
In her first interview, Rachel Foster told how she had stern words with Tamera when she confessed she had used cannabis.
Mum of three Rachel admitted she was “definitely worried” about Tamera during a turbulent year when the teenager shoplifted and accepted a caution for assault.
But Rachel also insisted Tamera is a “kind, caring girl” and revealed the 16-year-old is turning her life around after being given a shot at stardom by X Factor mentor Nicole Scherzinger.
Talking exclusively to the Sunday Mirror, Rachel said: “When I found out about the cannabis, like any parent, I wasn’t very impressed.
“I told her it’s not a good idea. But it was experimenting and it was only cannabis, nothing else. I think most teenagers experiment nowadays.”
Read more: The Mirror
Simon Cowell takes to Twitter to tell the X Factor contestants that only three could sell records
Simon Cowell has said that he can only see three acts from this year’s X Factor who will go on to sell records.
The music mogul, writing on Twitter, did add that two other acts could do the same if they “dig deep”.
“On the UK X factor show I see three acts who will go on to sell records,” he wrote.
“A couple more if they dig deep can do the same.”
Read more: The Mirror
Elton John ‘to perform live on the X Factor’, despite previously saying talent shows are “boring”
Music legend Elton John will perform on the X Factor stage, according to a newspaper report.
The superstar is said to have been convinced by his friend, X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne, to make an appearance on the music competition later this series.
The Candle in the Wind singer will apparently also act as a mentor to the acts in the week leading up to his performance.
But Elton, who has sold over 300 million records, hasn’t always been so pro-TV talent contests.
In 2010 he said: “I’m not a fan of talent shows. I probably wouldn’t have lasted if I’d gone on one.
“It’s become boring, arse-paralysingly brain crippling.”
Read more: The Mirror
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Irish Charts
Singles
1 Lorde – Royals
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12 James Arthur – You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
19 Union J – Beautiful Life
30 One Direction – Best Song Ever
70 Alonzo Holt – Wrecking Ball (feat. James Arthur)
Albums
1 Katy Perry – PRISM
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10 One Direction – Up All Night
16 One Direction – Take Me Home
61 Andrea Begley – The Message
71 Lucy Spraggan – Join the Club
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The Official Charts
Singles
1 Lorde – Royals
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2 James Arthur – You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
8 Union J – Beautiful Life
59 One Direction – Best Song Ever
74 Olly Murs – Dear Darlin’
97 Alonzo Holt – Wrecking Ball (feat. James Arthur)
Albums
1 Katy Perry – PRISM
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7 Andrea Begley – The Message
32 Will Young – The Essential
35 One Direction – Take Me Home
38 One Direction – Up All Night
53 Lucy Spraggan – Join the Club
54 Olly Murs – Right Place, Right Time
