Leon Jackson (born 30 December 1988) is a Scottish singer. He won the fourth series of 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 début 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 début single, "When You Believe", a cover of a song sung by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey and composed and written by Stephen Schwartz, was the 92nd best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK,2 and was the third best-selling of 2007. 2 Jackson had the best selling single from a British Male Artist in 20072 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.
Leon Jackson was born in Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland. 3 Before pursuing his singing career, he worked as a retail sales assistant with Gap. He is a supporter of Rangers F.C.4 He was a fan of contemporary jazz, his hero being Michael Bublé, and he has stated that during his early years, karate and singing were the only things that made him happy.
5 He got his black belt at the age of 10. 6 Before he appeared on The X Factor, Jackson was planning to attend Edinburgh Napier University, studying architectural technology. Leon started singing in public in 30 December9.
He wanted to pursue a career in music so he entered X Factor and, after doing well in the competition, deferred his place at Edinburgh Napier. In 2007, Leon Jackson auditioned for the fourth series of The X Factor in Glasgow, being filmed at the city's Crowne Plaza Hotel. During the show, he was mentored by Dannii Minogue.
After progressing through the rounds, he reached the final on 15 December 2007, in which he performed a duet with Kylie Minogue of "Better the Devil You Know", as well as three other songs.
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