Increasingly. She has a writing credit on 31 of the 60 tracks across five albums, but the split is uneven: two of thirteen on the 2007 debut, nine of fourteen on Echo, eight of thirteen on Glassheart and nine of ten on I Am.
By the Numbers
5
Studio Albums
60
Tracks Credited
52%
Self-Written
22
Years Active
148
Collaborators
Authorship Breakdown 31 / 60 self-written
Who wrote the songs?
Across all 60 tracks: how many Leona Lewis wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Leona Lewis has a writing credit52%
52%
48%
Sole author0tracks0%
Co-written31tracks52%
Outside writers29tracks48%
Role Fingerprint how they contribute
Leona Lewis's roles across the catalogue
Share of all 60 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Lyricist (words)52%
Composer (music)52%
Producer18%
Performer100%
Authorship Over Time writing credit per album
Leona Lewis's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
avg 52%
15%
64%
62%
30%
90%
2007Spirit
2009Echo
2012Glassheart
2013Christmas, with Love
2015I Am
Early · 48% written
Late · 60% written
Authorship by Decade track-weighted
41%
2000s
Spirit, Echo
61%
2010s
Glassheart, Christmas, with Love +1 more
Authorship Spectrum pure performer to complete author
Where Leona Lewis sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Leona Lewis
Other artists on the site
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. B Biffco · SK Savan Kotecha · CL Chris Loco
The Authorship Story
Data Insight
Spirit is a record made for a competition winner: two writing credits in thirteen tracks, with Ryan Tedder, Sam Watters and Louis Biancaniello supplying the rest and "Bleeding Love" arriving from Tedder and Jesse McCartney. Every album after it moves the other way. Echo gives her nine of fourteen, Glassheart eight of thirteen with Fraser T Smith on six and Emeli Sande on three, and I Am nine of ten, eight of those written with Toby Gad. Only the Christmas album breaks the line, and that is because most of it is carols.
Quick Facts
Her share31 of the 60 album tracks
The debutTwo writing credits in thirteen tracks
The last albumNine of ten, eight with Toby Gad
Biggest albumSpirit, over eight million copies worldwide
Biggest single"Bleeding Love", number 1 in the UK and the US
Studio albumsFive, from 2007 to 2015
Creative Fingerprint
A talent-show debut written by other people, then a rising co-writing share on every album that followed.
The Story
Leona Lewis is credited on 31 of the 60 tracks across five albums, and her share rises steeply after the first one. She wrote two of the thirteen on Spirit and nine of the ten on I Am.
Frequently Asked Questions Leona Lewis
Does Leona Lewis write her own songs?
Increasingly. She has a writing credit on 31 of the 60 tracks across five albums, but the split is uneven: two of thirteen on the 2007 debut, nine of fourteen on Echo, eight of thirteen on Glassheart and nine of ten on I Am.
Who wrote "Bleeding Love"?
Ryan Tedder and Jesse McCartney. Lewis has no writing credit on the single that made her, which reached number 1 in the UK and the US.
Who does Leona Lewis write with?
Toby Gad on eight tracks, all of them on I Am, Ryan Tedder on six and Fraser T Smith on six, all of those on Glassheart.
How many albums has Leona Lewis released?
Five studio albums, from Spirit in 2007 to I Am in 2015, including the 2013 Christmas record.
How well did Spirit sell?
It has gone on to sell over eight million copies worldwide and was the fastest album to sell one million copies by a solo female in the UK.
What is Leona Lewis's real name?
Leona Louise Lewis, born 3 April 1985 in London. She won the third series of The X Factor in 2006.
Which album is most her own?
I Am, from 2015. She writes nine of the ten tracks and Toby Gad co-writes eight of them.
Why does the Christmas album have fewer credits?
Most of Christmas, with Love is standards and carols. She writes three of the ten tracks, among them the single "One More Sleep".
What happened to Glassheart?
In the UK, the album was Lewis' first album not to reach number one, debuting at number three with 27,000 copies in its first week.
Who wrote "One More Sleep"?
Leona Lewis with Richard Stannard, Jez Ashurst and others. It reached number 3 in the UK, her biggest single since Glassheart.
Leona Lewis
