I’ve been listening to Leona Lewis’s brand new album Echo today – it’s breathtakingly brilliant. It’s got a more upbeat, contemporary sound than her debut but there are some of her signature ballads too. Her version of Oasis’s Stop Crying Your Heart Out is up there with her unbeatable cover of Run. Bless you Leona, long may your sounds echo.

Her album comes hot on the heels of the recent debut albums by Cheryl Cole and Alexandra Burke. The success of all three of these albums reflect how brilliant they are. Respect to Simon Cowell and his genre which gives these national treasures a break, where others would slam the door in their faces.

It’s amazing just how wrong miserable old snobs like Sting are, isn’t it?