Boy, Ms Lewis is doing well, isn't she? Must be the X factor. Leona Lewis' album 'Spirit' has become the first ever debut by a British solo artist to go straight in at number one in the US album chart. The news comes just three weeks after she became the first British solo artist to top the US singles charts for 21 years with 'Bleeding Love'.
X-Factor chief Simon Cowell, whose Syco label Lewis is signed to (or co-signed to, in the US - there her recordings are released by Cowell's Syco and Clive Davis' J Records, though they're both SonyBMG divisions, so that's possibly irrelevant), said: "What Leona has achieved is simply incredible. This is the hardest market to crack and for her debut album to go in at Number One is unbelievable".
As previously reported, Lewis is no stranger to breaking records - 'Spirit' was the fastest selling debut album of all time in the UK, selling more than two million copies within weeks.