Inside Leona Lewis' 'regular job' following drastic career change

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Leona Lewis' life changed completely after she won the X Factor in 2006, achieving Christmas number one with her cover of Kelly Clarkson's A Moment Like This.Prior to her fame, the star waitressed at Pizza Hut, with no idea she'd eventually sell over 25 million records, be nominated for six Brit Awards, three Grammys, and would win two MOBO awards, reports the Mirror.Following her X Factor win, she was signed to Simon Cowell's Syco record label - but has since parted ways.

Now the Bleeding Love singer has forged a whole new life in Los Angeles where she lives with her husband Dennis Jauch and one-year-old baby.

Here, we take a look back at Leona's successes and her latest business venture, which she describes as 'disruptive'. Leona's debut studio album Spirit became the fourth-best-selling of the 2000s and lead single Bleeding Love spent seven weeks at UK number one.However, in 2014, the 38-year-old announced her decision to leave Syco after falling out of the love with the record label. "Simon Cowell has been incredible but at the end of a day it's a huge label now," she told The Independent at the time, adding that "there was no love in it" and she felt "in limbo".The songwriter landed a new record deal with Universal and later explained that there was no bad blood between her and Simon. "Simon sent me a really lovely note the other week saying they miss me at the label," she added. "There's nothing but love there.

He knew I had to leave. He was upset about it but it was time for something new so I'm excited about moving on and doing something different."In December 2021, the singer squashed feud rumours, insisting her and Simon's relationship remains 'good' and describing the music mogul as a 'big supporter'.