QuoteAccording to new reports, X-Factor superstar Leona Lewis is set to work with producer Max Martin on her sophomore album.
News of the collaboration broke when model/socialite Natalie Andersson spilled the beans during a post on her personal blog, stating that she was staying at Max's Hollywood Hills pad and that he was in his home studio working on tracks for Leona's new album.
It's also recently been revealed that Lewis has been in the studio with R&B producer Novel, and songwriter John Shanks. Novel is best known for his work with Stacie Orrico, as well as producing Leona's "Forgive Me" b-side "Myself", whilst Shanks previous work includes Hilary Duff, Ashlee Simpson, and Alanis Morrisette.
Leona's sophomore album is set for release later this year, and will also feature contributions from Justin Timberlake, Ryan Tedder, James Faunterloy, Jay-Z, will.i.am, Timbaland, and Xenomania
Source (http://hiphop-prophet.blogspot.com/2009/05/wow-leona-lewis-teams-up-with-max.html)
Good news, but I am more excited for his Jordin collaboration!
Woww , Great news , one amazing ballad is coming !!
Leona with John Shanks??????
he's the king of female pop/rock, having worked on many albums at one time in 2004 (Alanis,Melissa Etheridge,Lindsay Lohan,Hilary Duff,Ashlee Simpson,Kelly,Diana Degarmo) but his recent releases are mostly country songs...
Excellent news! ;D Leona is perfection so Max + Leona will be double perfection!
And the even better news for us is that with Leona we should get a "classic" Max song, not the Dr Luke pop rock style... :D
Very happy that Ryan Tedder is also said to be involved.
I'm always excited to hear more Max songs! but really not that excited about Leona Lewis, though I hope a good song will change my mind, I don't want a ballad, I want an uptempo!. Definitely not excited about her working with Ryan Tedder. Yeah, John Shanks has not had a pop hit for a while, but it should be good.
Hey, here is Natalie Andersson's blog, she doesn't exactly mention Max Martin, just keeps on saying her friend:
http://natalieandersson.blogspot.com/
This is very good news!! Leona Lewis is a fantastic singer, one of the world's best at the moment imo. And you're right both Max and Leona is perfection so this is gonna be very exciting.. Some of the tracks might be ballads but I also think she can do mid-tempo songs very well. And even though "Bleeding Love" is a kind of ballad, the beat is not so ballad'ish and I think Max and Leona can do that kind of songs perfectly..But let's see how many songs get cut
I can see that Natalie Andersson is denying the Max rumors on her blog now, but when you read the original article there's no doubt that it is him. Britney, Pink, Nsync is mentioned. As far as I remember neither Dr. Luke, Rami or anyone else has worked with all of these acts...
Well at one point, I also thought she might be talking about Andreas, as he does have a house in LA (I don't think it's Max's case). Well, the only thing is that she mentioned Pink and indeed, Max is the only producer all those artists have in common.
I also think Max's style could fit Leona really well. I was talking about Andreas, well I actually thought he produced Bleeding Love when I first heard it. I think it sounds very much like I'm Alive, that is, all the rhytmic pattern and especially at the beginning of the song. Anyone agrees with me?
It's Rami's house!
There's a photo of him with another guy under the post "Will I Ever Find Mr Right"?
Why would she deny it's Max's house if it really is? I mean, he's not a household name (unfortunately).
If you look closely at the photo of the studio with all those gold records on it, as well as Millenium, Oops, Black & Blue, Nsync, Baby One More Time, there is also JLo and 98 degrees. Okay, so I didn't think Rami worked on JLo or 98 degrees, but Arnthor worked on both of them, so maybe it's a studio that Rami shares with Arnthor. And we know that Rami lives between LA and Sweden.
I also thought it weird that Max would have a very beautiful woman staying with him, doesn't he have a girlfriend, the mother of his daughter? Not that it seems that Natalie is having a relationship with whoever owns this house, but it would be more appropriate that it's Rami as Rami is single. Not that I'm judging here!
Also, didn't we hear rumours that Rami will be working with BSB?
I too considered that it might be Andreas's house, but now I see a photo of Rami, it's gotta be his house!
And also, Rami worked a lot with Westlife, probably Simon Cowell also asked him to work with Leona, I think Simon Cowell is involved with Leona's career, maybe.
Sabine, I never really considered that Bleeding Love is like an Andreas Carlsson production, but yeah, it is a bit. I also think Andreas would work well with Leona.
Haha it's almost like being a detective. :)
Very good points Rebecca.. And very nice that you spotted Rami on the picture. I didn't. Actually, I'm really in doubt here because you never know if the information about the artists is true. Often, you hear names of artists in the same sentence as producers and songwriters whom they never worked with. So we can't be sure about Britney, Pink & Nsync which, indeed, is what our guesses are based on. Especially, Pink excludes a lot of possible producers.
We can be quite sure that it is one of the former Cheiron or Maratone guys but I think we have to keep the patience to find out the exact person! :D
Sabine --> Also, I never really considered "Bleeding Love" and "I'm Alive" similar but I can see the similarities in the beginning with the pad (maybe the same chords and key?). I don't think the rhythms are similar, though.
I'm looking forward to find new clues in this Rami/Leona/Max case..... ;D
Yeah, it is like being a detective!
Hopefully we'll get some more clues.
In the photo it´s Rami and ex Location producer Carl Falk that did 4 songs to Aj Mclean album together with kristian lundin...
aah, thanks Nicky, I thought the guy with Rami must also be songwriter but couldn't place him.
Carl Faulk is mentioned by Nick Carter in his twitter... He said they were written a ong to Jennifer Page... :D
Carl Faulk and Nick Carter are writing a song for Jennifer Page? I didn't realise she was still around.
Max and recording engineer Ann Mincieli have worked with Leona Lewis this week! This is so great, I love '' I will be'' in Leona's voice!
http://twitter.com/AnntasticLV
cool, so the rumours were really true. Max is working with Leona
They're working with Britney and Carrie Underwood as well, I can see
Yeah, I just saw it! Max is really busy!
It's very good. Hopefully, 2010 (and maybe late 2009) will be another killer year for Max Martin. Sounds interesting with all these rumours
Yes, I hope he'll have lots of songs on Billboard top ten!!!!, especially at number 1!
That's so exciting!! Brit was in NYC for the Circus tour for some days. I guess Max flew there to wrap the song they started to record when she was in STH! The release doesn't look far!! ;D
Here is Shellback and Leona:
(http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/11/l_fb6e1588a54e4c56b8b357defb723d17.jpg)
Shellback looks sooo dangerous ;D
Wow great pic! I wish Max had posed with her too!
Shellback looks so young! :o
Yeah, I wish Max was there too. Leona looks really nice in that photo. I hope they're writing some uptempo songs for Leona. I don't want another ballad!
Quote from: *Sabine* on August 30, 2009, 10:55:29 AM
Wow great pic! I wish Max had posed with her too!
Shellback looks so young! :o
As far as I know he was born in 1987 I guess!
Quote from: klukan on August 30, 2009, 08:44:14 AM
Shellback looks sooo dangerous ;D
:D :D :D
Quote from: *Sabine* on August 30, 2009, 10:55:29 AM
Wow great pic! I wish Max had posed with her too!
Shellback looks so young! :o
I think the same!
Quote from: Feelgoodlies on August 30, 2009, 03:53:45 PM
Quote from: *Sabine* on August 30, 2009, 10:55:29 AM
Wow great pic! I wish Max had posed with her too!
Shellback looks so young! :o
As far as I know he was born in 1987 I guess!
so, about 22! very young. lucky guy writing with Max.
i want leona's bag....
tracklist of the album :
1. "Happy" Lewis, Ryan Tedder, Evan Bogart Tedder 4:02
2. "I Got You" Max Martin Martin
3. "Can't Breathe"
4. "Brave" Martin Martin 3:42
5. "Outta My Head" Martin, Johan Karl Schuster, Savan Kotecha Martin
6. "My Hands" Ina Wroldsen, Arnthor Birgisson Birgisson
7. "Love Letter"
8. "Broken" Rico Love, Wayne Wilkins, Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters The Runaways
9. "Naked"
10. "Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
11. "Don't Let Me Down" James Fauntleroy Justin Timberlake 5:05
12. "Alive"
13. "Lost Then Found" (featuring OneRepublic) Tedder, Bogart Tedder
three max songs and one Savan and birgisson song!
Sounds really good! Thanks for the info. Any official release date yet?
Quote from: *Sabine* on October 18, 2009, 04:14:18 PM
Sounds really good! Thanks for the info. Any official release date yet?
Official release dates:
Japan - 11 November 2009
Germany - 13 November 2009
Italy - 13 November 2009
Australia - 13 November 2009
New Zealand - 16 November 2009
Poland - 16 November 2009
Spain - 16 November 2009
United Kingdom - 16 November 2009
United States - 17 November 2009
OMG!!! ''I GOT U'' FULL LEAKED! :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgAbwzbly5Y
AMAZING! Best leona song ever!
The link got already cancelled! :( I'll search for another...
Thanks Feelgoodlies, it's actually much sooner than I expected! ;D
the song is so goooodddd !!
Uffff where's the link????????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR2-ZL93Ri8
go ahead the youtube link
Amazing! Loved it very much! Can't stop listening it!!
Quote from: Raul_esp on October 18, 2009, 11:51:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR2-ZL93Ri8
go ahead the youtube link
Erm, that's giving me 'Gypsy Woman' by Hillary Duff!
This link worked for me though... feels like an old Max track!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNGITPAD3FI
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNGITPAD3FI)
EDIT: Link no longer works.
wow, stunning song!
I was blown away by this and Bad Romance today....
but the leak really saddens me since it reduces its chance of getting released as a single
Here's the Full credits of the album ((I'll bold the intresting names))
1 Happy
(Ryan Tedder/E. Kidd Bogart/Leona Lewis) Produced by Ryan Tedder
2 I Got You
(Arnthor Birgisson/Max Martin/Savan Kotecha) Produced by Arnthor
3 Can't Breathe
(Leona Lewis/Uriel Kadouch/Gavriel Aminov/Cheryline Lim/Keith Ross/Michael Malih/Lundon J. Knighten) Produced by Uriel "Frenchie" Kadouch. Co-Produced by Harvey Mason, Jr.
4 Brave
(Andrew Frampton/Julian Bunetta/Savan Kotecha/Leona Lewis) Produced by Julian Bunetta and Andrew Frampton
5 Outta My Head
(Max Martin/Shellback/Savan Kotecha) Produced by Max Martin & Shellback.
6 My Hands
(Arnthor Birgisson/Ina Wroldsen) Produced by Arnthor
7 Love Letter
(K.Rudolf/J. Kasher) Produced by Kevin Rudolf
8 Broken
(Leona Lewis/John Shanks/Novel) Produced by John Shanks.
9 Naked
(Leona Lewis/Kristian Lundin/Savan Kotecha) Produced by Kristian Lundin and Shellback.
10 Stop Crying Your Heart Out
(Noel Gallagher) Produced by Steve Robson.
11 Don't Let Me Down
(Leona Lewis/J. Timberlake/R. Tadross/M. Elizondo/J. Fauntleroy) Produced by The Y's. Co-Produced by Mike Elizondo
12 Alive
(Leona Lewis/John Shanks/Danielle Brisebois) Produced by John Shanks
13 Lost Then Found (Leona Lewis with OneRepublic)
(Leona Lewis/Ryan Tedder/Dan Muckala/Jess Cates/Lindy Robbins) Produced by Ryan Tedder )
Big Whooooo for Krisian produced song! can't wait to hear it.
wowww the credits are interestings, I didnt know artnthor produced ''I got u'' and I knew ''brave'' wasnt of max because it is a good song but it hadnt the special touch of max.
Great to see to kristian lundin working with shelback.
''Outta my head'' seems a great uptempo max and shelback , wow.
a pity not see here to Rami.
clip of ''outta my head'' :
http://www.popjustice.com/
it sounds AMAAAAAAZINGGGGGG
I love then clip!!
I'm definitely really excited about this album!! It sounds really fresh and dynamic...
This song is so great! I'm loving the songs so much!
Quote from: Izalightblue on October 21, 2009, 01:12:31 AM
This song is so great! I'm loving the songs so much!
Me too, feels like the old Cheiron to me!
Quote from: Jack Walker on October 21, 2009, 05:00:17 AM
Quote from: Izalightblue on October 21, 2009, 01:12:31 AM
This song is so great! I'm loving the songs so much!
Me too, feels like the old Cheiron to me!
Nothing about it sounds like the old cheiron, I thought it's sounded so electro kinda RedOneish.
I liked it alot and also liked "I Got You'. and WOWWWWWWWW A Kristian song :o :o
samples of the album :
http://www.discopumper.de/smf/index.php?topic=645.45
Raul, you got a wrong link...
here (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Echo/dp/B002TOPNR0/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1256133578&sr=1-9), you can hear samples of the album, "Naked" from Kristian sounds good.
Quote from: Feelgoodlies on October 21, 2009, 06:23:11 PM
Raul, you got a wrong link...
here (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Echo/dp/B002TOPNR0/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1256133578&sr=1-9), you can hear samples of the album, "Naked" from Kristian sounds good.
yeahh , I pasted the link of the forum :D
naked is good but not amazing , I got u and outta my head are amazing , Max power !
Big surprise....but I LIKE NAKED!!!!!!! ;)
Quote from: Feelgoodlies on October 21, 2009, 06:11:57 PM
Quote from: Jack Walker on October 21, 2009, 05:00:17 AM
Quote from: Izalightblue on October 21, 2009, 01:12:31 AM
This song is so great! I'm loving the songs so much!
Me too, feels like the old Cheiron to me!
Nothing about it sounds like the old cheiron, I thought it's sounded so electro kinda RedOneish.
I liked it alot and also liked "I Got You'. and WOWWWWWWWW A Kristian song :o :o
To me the way both songs have been written, melodies and chord progressions, feel more like max's cheiron work than most of what he's done recently. I didn't mean the production sounded like old cheiron, sorry!
Yes Kristian ;D ;D ;D with shellback that is little weird?? i thought that kristian and max dident were best friends anymore but i guess i was wrong??
4 songs by arnhtor,max,savan,shellback and kristian ...only Rami that missing..
Yeah, Shellback and Kristian is weird!! really surprising. I suppose they are all friends. Looks like it's going to be a great album. Yeah, sad Rami isn't there too.
The only GOOD song (judging by the clips) is Max's. LOL go figure.
I think Arnthor's "My Hands" is another great song!
Do you guys think that this album sounds better than Spirit?
I think this album is totally greater, especially I got u is Leona's best song ever.
However, Happy doesn't achieve much on the chart.
outta my head live :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L52QpCBbT6M
the song is amazing!
..... completely shocked....
love the lead synth on the verse that make the melody of the chorus!
Great song, I love that it's upbeat and dancey.
Quote from: andrea on November 03, 2009, 07:56:26 PM
..... completely shocked....
love the lead synth on the verse that make the melody of the chorus!
Yes!! I noticed that too -- so clever how it anticipates the chorus melody. This song is really in it's own class for uptempo songs :)
album has LEAKED !!!!!!!!!!!
:o :o :o!
:o :P I'm excited!!
''outta my head'' is AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING , best max song of the year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GDh_VuqanQ
love it!
My favorite of the year!!! I love it sooooo much!!!!! It has to be a single, it will be a hit!!!!!!!!
I really prefer Naked to Ouuta my head and I got You, but still they're great songs.
Anybody thinks that "Outta My Head' is abit Hot N Cold-ish!?!
I liked Max and Kristian songs, btw Kristian song sounds very Max.
Kristian's song is very good but remind me bleeding love.
''OUTTA MY HEAD'' is confirmed as the second single!!
AMAZING NEWS! I am addicted to this song so much!!! ;D
hopefully they promote the song well
I think she has a huge change to become even bigger next year,
she has a song for Avatar soundtrack which is one of the most expensive films ever and it is chosen as the theme song
also, My Hands is chosen as the theme song for the videogame Final Fantasy XIII in Europe and US
Fantastic news that Outta My Head is the second single! It should be a big hit.
I really like Naked too, but most of the rest of the album is dreadful to me.
Agree with you reb....only four songs are great for me.
I don't like the album. I only like I got you and Outta my head, I wonder why... ::)
;D
Quote from: *Sabine* on November 17, 2009, 12:15:39 PM
I don't like the album. I only like I got you and Outta my head, I wonder why... ::)
;D
Just so you know Sabine. I Got You was only written by Max, it was produced by "Arnthor" only! ;)
I'm gonna have to agree, her album is really boring, I only liked our cheiron-ers songs.
Yeah, for sure, I like only I Got You, Outta My Head and Naked and the rest is very boring indeed.
Alex, what's the fourth song you like? maybe Love Letter?
Lost than found......feat one republic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i01PhwYVgss
max and lundin songs are great and My hands is nice to but its something with leonas voice, that i get headache
No, no guys, after getting my copy of the album and hearing it, I guess I really loved a song called "Broken" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWfmjW3sshk), it is really amazing!
Oh and my sister, who is a fan of hers, liked "Naked" the best, bear it that she isn't into the producers thing like me, I told her it was produced by mr.Lundin. She also liked "Outta My Head" but she thought that the chorus is boring. Well that's her opinion.
so true, Nicky, her voice is hard to listen to after a while.
Lost then found is only okay for me, same as Broken.
that's exactly what I thought...
she eats up her words, her pronouncation is beyond terrible :-\
broken is amazing , it sounds like a ryan tedder song.
Leona has one the most beautiful voice on the planet! her new album is just amazing !
people are exaggerating...saying that she's the next Mariah or whatever but nobody could rival Mariah & Whitney in their prime
Quote from: nshinnosuke on November 20, 2009, 07:45:59 AM
people are exaggerating...saying that she's the next Mariah or whatever but nobody could rival Mariah & Whitney in their prime
Vocally; Yes she can! but the success Mariah and whitney had were in a time where Sales were in their peak, now industry sales are declining, Leona is great talent and I prefer her to mariah and whitney.
I also think that Leona can!!!
Only a few years past as a singer, she has topped US chart, sang in Olympic closing ceremony, join singing 'Just stand up' with great divas (and get Max write songs for her lol). ;D
I think this album is really great but maybe people had been expecting more from her. ;)
Quote from: nshinnosuke on November 20, 2009, 07:45:59 AM
people are exaggerating...saying that she's the next Mariah or whatever but nobody could rival Mariah & Whitney in their prime
You might find this strange, but I NEVER liked Mariah's voice, in fact, I've alwyas thought that her voice isn't as GREAT as people think it is. However, I think Whitney is the vocalist in the music industry back then.
Leona has an amazing voice, personally I haven't heard a singer since I followed Western music in late 1996 with this great ability of singing. But now, I think I found one, I guess "Jordin Sparks" can sing better than Leona, and for me, she is my favourite singer after Sandy(from No Angels) vocally of course!
Leona has vocal ability, but belts it out too much.
I've never been much of a fan of Mariah, but comparing Leona to her is a big call.
As for Whitney, no way Leona is as good.
Yeah, I had expected more from Leona on this album.
sometimes I cant stand the way Leona sings, I cant even identify each words correctly from her singing...
Mariah was one of the most outstanding singers ever in her prime ( I mean the early 90s Mariah, listen to Vision of Love or Emotions) but she lost her voice after several years and I hate it when she sings with her breathy voice like now...
Whitney was incredible but it's a shame that she smokes crack and look at her recent performances now...
happy and outta my head live : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AuaEzZWpdI&translated=1
some sources said that I Got You is the 2nd US single...dont know bout the worldwide one, I'm glad if it's true which means we'll have 2 Max songs at the same time being released as singles
wow, that is weird but I suppose it does sometimes happen. Oh well, great that there's 2 Max songs released at the same time.
Leona loves Max !!! see this
http://www.facebook.com/notes/leona-lewis/leonas-echo-inspired-playlist-max-martin/197928698094
Quote from: nshinnosuke on December 11, 2009, 07:07:46 PM
Leona loves Max !!! see this
http://www.facebook.com/notes/leona-lewis/leonas-echo-inspired-playlist-max-martin/197928698094
woww it's great!! everybody loves the genius!
oh that's wonderful! That's really nice of her to to acknowledge her songwriters. I really like her Max Martin Playlist too, great choices.
Wow, great advertising for Max! ;D
I really liked knowing about it! Yeah, ''Stronger'', I love this song, especially listening to it very loud!! ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PxsmDzWOCk
Nice video, I liked the production, it looks very cool! Very funny when the girl hits the boy with her bag! :D Thanks for posting it, Raul!
Quote from: Raul_esp on December 29, 2009, 01:50:10 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PxsmDzWOCk
Hey Raul, Do you know which country this video is shooted? At 0.14 the scene seems like my university! lol I'm not sure btw :-\
Quote from: sforzando on December 29, 2009, 01:37:54 PM
Quote from: Raul_esp on December 29, 2009, 01:50:10 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PxsmDzWOCk
Hey Raul, Do you know which country this video is shooted? At 0.14 the scene seems like my university! lol I'm not sure btw :-\
haha , i dont know where it is
Quote from: Raul_esp on December 29, 2009, 03:36:06 PM
Quote from: sforzando on December 29, 2009, 01:37:54 PM
Quote from: Raul_esp on December 29, 2009, 01:50:10 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PxsmDzWOCk
Hey Raul, Do you know which country this video is shooted? At 0.14 the scene seems like my university! lol I'm not sure btw :-\
haha , i dont know where it is
lol :D thanks for the vid btw
You can watch "I Got You" video here (http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/gb/)
Quote from: Feelgoodlies on February 12, 2010, 10:18:32 PM
You can watch "I Got You" video here (http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/gb/)
good video , but nothing special.
yeah, it's okay, it's a bit cheesy.
The b-side of ''i got you '' , ''heartbeat'' is written by arthon birgisson , the song is very nice :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmaLXuV3zKM&translated=1
thanks, Heartbeat is very nice
I like Heartbeat. Very melodic.
It doesn't sound like a 2010 track, though..
Quote from: Raul_esp on March 08, 2010, 05:09:36 PM
The b-side of ''i got you '' , ''heartbeat'' is written by arthon birgisson , the song is very nice :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmaLXuV3zKM&translated=1
I really loved the song since it was released, funny how it never occurred to me to check the credits.
Yes, I liked the song a lot when I heard it!
Was she dropped from Syco?
The last thing I heard from her it was her feature on a cheesy Calum Scott single.
She did two songs with Pitbull, one from his latest album, and one for the Gotti soundtrack, the later produced by most RedOne former co-producers.