Leon Jackson discography
| Leon Jackson discography | |
|---|---|
 Jackson attending the movie premiere of The Golden Compass in London, 2007 | |
| Studio albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 3 |
| Singles | 4 |
This is a discography listing of releases by Scottish recording artist, Leon Jackson, winner of the The X Factor (UK) in 2007. His debut single, "When You Believe" was released in December 2007, and sold 490,000 copies in the United Kingdom alone, and was certified a Gold status by the BPI.[1][2] His second single, "Don't Call This Love" was released a week prior to the release of his debut album, Right Now (2008) which was later certified Gold by the BPI in the UK for sales of over 130,000 copies.[3]
Following the success of the single "Don't Call this Love", Jackson went onto release the single "Creative", performing the single live on the official BBC Children in Need 2008 show performing the song as an "exclusive" as this was the first time Jackson had performed the track. The song went on to debut at number 94 on the UK Singles Charts.[4][5]
In recent years, Jackson has turned his hand mostly to songwritting, having credit for writing tracks for a number of artists, most notably writing alongside British recording artist Vince Kidd on the song "Sick Love", released in 2012.[6]
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [7] |
IRE [8] |
SCO [9] | ||||
| Right Now |
|
4 | 7 | 2 |
UK: 136,117[10] |
|
Singles
As lead artist
| Year | Single | Chart positions[11][12][13] | Certifications | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | SCO | IRL | EU | ||||
| 2007 | "When You Believe" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Right Now | |
| 2008 | "Don't Call This Love" | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | ||
| "Creative" | 94 | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 | "Stargazing" | — | — | — | — | ||
Songwritting credits
- Vince Kidd - Sick Love (2012)[6][14]
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "When You Believe" | Unknown |
| 2008 | "Don't Call This Love" | |
| "Creative" | Unknown |
References
- 1 2 3 Certified Awards
- 1 2 Daily Record - Scotland's newspaper
- ↑ ‘Forgotten’ X Factor star Leon Jackson hurt by Cowell’s rejection | Metro News
- ↑ "Leon Jackson - Creative". Chart Stats. 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ↑ "Leon Jackson". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- 1 2 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/former-x-factor-winner-leon-1116026
- ↑ "UK Charts > Shayne Ward". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ↑ "Irish Charts > Shayne Ward". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ↑ "Swedish Charts > Shayne Ward". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ↑ "Official Charts Analysis: Justin Bieber takes singles summit but misses out on albums". Musicweek. November 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Reuters. 2007-12-29.
- ↑ Leon Jackson - Music Charts
- ↑ Leon Jackson Music News & Info | Billboard.com
- ↑ https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1013479/leon-jackson-winning-x-factor-has-driven-me-to-the-depths-of-despair/