NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ J Records) - 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 No 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.
