Leona Lewis named Top New Artist of 2008.

Leona Lewis has been named Top New Artist of 2008.
The 'Bleeding Love' singer was awarded the title by Billboard magazine to
recognise her worldwide success in the past year.
She said: "I'm just going day by day and just enjoying everything. I got a
fantastic opportunity to come here and do this and so far it's been going
really well."
It has been a good year for the 23-year-old British singer. She sold more
albums than any other new artist and last week received three Grammy Award
nominations - for Record of the Year, Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop
Album.
Her hit single 'Bleeding Love' - the top-selling single of the year on
iTunes - has been the driving force of her success and Leona is sure she
knows why.
She explained: "I think that 'Bleeding Love' isn't like your typical love
song. It's got quite a painful lyric and I think a lot of people have
experienced relationships on that level where it's not always fun. Sometimes
you do have those painful moments and that's what 'Bleeding Love' is about."