When I was a girl, I thought no one could get better than Donna Summers ......... then along came Whitney Houston ........ then it was Mariah Carey .......... now my favorite artist is Leona Lewis - she's just so sweet, has gratitude for life, and is still humble. She rose to stardom through the X-Factor show - the first female to win XFactor. The only thing I don't care for are her music vids. They are really quite disturbing - a lot of domestic violence clips.