Leon Jackson discography

This is a discography listing of releases by Scottish recording artist, Leon Jackson, winner of 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]

Leon Jackson discography
Jackson attending the movie premiere of The Golden Compass in London, 2007
Studio albums1
Music videos3
Singles4

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 songwriting, 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]

Albums

Studio albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[7]		 IRE
[8]		 SCO
[9]
Right Now 472

Singles

As lead artist
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[7]		 IRE
[8]		 SCO
[9]
2007 "When You Believe" 111 Right Now
2008 "Don't Call This Love" 381
"Creative" 94——
2009 "Stargazing" ———
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Music videos
Year Title Director
2007 "When You Believe" N/A
2008 "Don't Call This Love" N/A
"Creative" N/A

Songwriting credits
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References
  1. Certified Awards Archived 2013-02-06 at WebCite
  2. Daily Record - Scotland's newspaper
  3. ‘Forgotten’ X Factor star Leon Jackson hurt by Cowell’s rejection | Metro News
  4. "Leon Jackson - Creative". Official Charts Company. 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  5. "Leon Jackson". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  6. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/former-x-factor-winner-leon-1116026
  7. "Leon Jackson > Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  8. "Discography Leon Jackson". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  9. Peak positions on the Scottish Charts:
  10. "Official Charts Analysis: Justin Bieber takes singles summit but misses out on albums". Musicweek. November 21, 2015. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016.
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