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Updated: 21:04, Sunday December 24, 2006

X Factor winner Leona Lewis has bagged the coveted Christmas number one spot, knocking Take That off the prime position.

The 21-year-old's debut single A Moment Like This was always the favourite to top the festive charts.

Take That's comeback single Patience was pushed into the number two spot.

The veteran boyband may have even contributed to Lewis's runaway success after they sang with her in the X Factor final.

Sky News

26/12/06

Leona's £1m biog deal

X FACTOR star Leona Lewis is ready to book herself a £1million payday by bringing out her autobiography.

The stunning singer, 21, is only just celebrating being the Christmas No 1 with her debut single A Moment Like This.

But sources close to her say she has been approached by several publishing houses keen to sign her up to tell her rags-to-riches story.

DailyStar

30 December 2006

THE RAZZ: BIGGER THAN BRITNEY

Exclusive X Factor's Leona becomes fastest selling female artist

X FACTOR winner Leona Lewis has become the fastest selling female artist of all time.

And John Reid, the Scot who wrote her hit single, says she is now on course to sell a million copies. Released last week, A Moment Like

This sold a staggering 571,253 copies in its first week.

DailyRecord

That means the 21-year-old singer has broken the record previously held by Britney Spears for her 1999 single Hit Me Baby One MoreTime, which sold 464,000.