Leona Lewis whose new single has been leaked on the internet
An investigation has been launched by anti-piracy body IFPI after a hotly anticipated single from Leona Lewis’s forthcoming album was leaked over the internet. The yet to be released single was said to feature a collaboration with global superstar, Justin Timberlake. Entitled “Don’t let me down” the track was expected to be the first release from the X-Factor winner’s new album due out this November.
The record industry body is probing computers from Syco, Cowell’s record label, which are believed to have been hacked into. It is thought the leak was caused by an online hacker and not by an employee of the label passing the single on.
Head of anti-piracy at IFPI Jeremy Banks said he and his team were “actively monitoring and removing illegal copies of this track from the internet to minimise the disruption caused by the leak.” Simon Cowell fully intends to take the matter further as this kind of attack can be “highly damaging” for his business and artiste. A spokesperson for his record label said “We will certainly look to bring charges against those who are responsible.”
Leona Lewis isn’t the only X-Factor star to suffer at the hands of the hacker. Only two weeks ago last year’s winner of the hit ITV show, Alexandra Burke, revealed that several unfinished tracks from her debut album had been leaked across the internet.
Fans of the London singer will have to wait patiently till November when her new album is officially revealed. It’s hoped her latest offering will follow in the success of her debut album, Spirit, which was the number one album of 2007.
