Leon Jackson | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Leon Jackson |
Born | 30 December 1988 |
Origin | Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland |
Genres | Pop, jazz, acoustic alternative music |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Sony BMG, Syco, RCA Records |
Website | leonjacksonmusic.com |
Leon Jackson (born 30 December 1988) is a Scottish singer. He won the fourth series of the British talent show The X Factor in 2007. Following his win, Jackson was the main star of his on-web series entitled Leon's Life, which ran from 2007 until 2008.[1] Jackson's debut album, Right Now (2008) finished the year as the 75th best-selling album in the UK, and included the singles, "Don't Call This Love", "Creative" and "Stargazing".
Jackson's debut single, "When You Believe", a cover of a song sung by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey and composed and written by Stephen Schwartz, sold over 400,000 copies,[2] and was the 92nd best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK,[3] and was the third best-selling of 2007.[3] Jackson had the best selling single from a British Male Artist in 2007[3] beating the likes of Mika, Take That and Mark Ronson in the best-selling male category, and being beaten by Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love" and Rihanna's "Umbrella" to the number one and number two positions, respectively.[3]
As of 2016, Jackson has had one UK number one single, two UK top ten singles and one UK top five album and overall has spent a total number of thirteen weeks in the UK Singles Charts top seventy-five with his three charted singles and nine week in the UK Album Charts top seventy-five with his debut album.[4] His winners single, "When You Believe" currently ranks as the seventh best-selling X Factor winners single beating off competition from the likes of Little Mix with "Cannonball", Sam Bailey with "Skyscraper" and Louisa Johnson with "Forever Young".[5] His debut album also ranks as the eighth best-selling debut album from an X Factor winner, beating Ben Haenow with his self-titled debut album and Joe McElderry with Wide Awake.[5]