Louisa Johnson

For other uses, see Louisa Johnson (disambiguation).
Louisa Johnson
Born (1998-01-11) 11 January 1998
Essex, England
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2015–present
Labels Syco
Associated acts The X Factor finalists 2015

Louisa Johnson (born 11 January 1998)[1] is an English singer from Thurrock, Essex, England. She was the winner of the twelfth UK series of The X Factor in 2015,.[2] Johnson is the programme's youngest winner and the only winner whose winning song did not reach number one. Johnson is currently working on her debut album, which is planned to be released as early as February 2016.

Early life

Johnson was born in 1998 in Essex[3] to David Johnson[4] and Lisa Hawkyard.[5] She was raised in Thurrock,[6] In 2014, she auditioned for Britain's Got Talent, but was unsuccessful. She has attributed this to being too young and unprepared.[7]

Career

2015–present: The X Factor and debut album

In 2015, Johnson auditioned for the twelfth series of The X Factor, singing The Jackson 5's "Who's Lovin' You". She picked this record because "it is a really really hard song to sing, but I wanted to make a good impression".[8] She received a standing ovation from all four judges and the audience afterwards and progressed through to "bootcamp". At the first challenge at "bootcamp", she sang "Proud Mary" with 4th Impact (formerly known as 4th Power), Sherilyn Hamilton-Shaw, Neneth Lyons, Jasmine Leigh Morris and Andre Batchelor, and was sent through to the next challenge.[9] She sang "Lay Me Down" in the second challenge and made it through to the six-chair challenge.[10]

Johnson was placed in the "girls" category at "bootcamp" and was mentored, at the decision of the public, by Rita Ora.[8] She successfully made it past the six-chair challenge to "judges' houses", singing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" by Jennifer Hudson; when Johnson arrived, all six chairs had been filled, and Ora described the atmosphere as "like a zoo".[8] At judges' houses, she sang "Respect" by Aretha Franklin in front of Ora and Meghan Trainor in Los Angeles;[8] this performance gained media attention, as its televising saw Johnson wearing two separate pairs of shoes, with some viewers inferring some sort of faking.[11] Two weeks after that performance was recorded,[8] Louisa was chosen by Ora for the live shows, along with Lauren Murray and Kiera Weathers; that category's Monica Michael later returned as a wildcard entry.[12]

Following the eliminations of Weathers, Michael and Murray in the second, third and sixth weeks, respectively, Johnson made it to the final along with Reggie 'n' Bollie and Ché Chesterman, in so doing becoming the final female in the competition. On 12 December, she duetted with her mentor, Ora. The following night, she sang her winner's single, a cover of "Forever Young" by Bob Dylan.[13] On 13 December 2015, she won The X Factor, becoming the first winner in the Girls category since Alexandra Burke in 2008, and also the youngest winner ever, overtaking Joe McElderry, who was 18 years old when he won in 2009.[14]

After winning The X Factor, Johnson released "Forever Young". The day after her victory, she plugged the single on The X Factor judge Nick Grimshaw's radio show, Good Morning Britain, Lorraine and This Morning, consecutively.[8] Her version of the song entered the UK Singles Chart on 18 December 2015, at number nine, and became the lowest ever position on entry for a debut single from an X Factor winner. This can be attributed, in part, to the movement of the chart day from Sunday, when she was announced as the winner, to Friday, resulting in her single only receiving four days' sales.[21] The single dropped to number twelve the following week becoming the lowest ranking X Factor winner's song ever on the Christmas Day chart.[22] Overall the single is the lowest charting X Factor winner's single to date as all other winner's singles managed to top the chart.

On 18 December 2015, Johnson performed "Forever Young" on the 2015 Text Santa broadcast.[23] On 20 December 2015, ITV2 aired a documentary called The X Factor Winner's Story 2015. There were indications that, unlike most other The X Factor winners, her debut studio album would be released as quickly as possible, maybe as early as 26 February 2016,[24] and would include the single "Forever Young". However, she told Digital Spy "If I don't like it, no way is it going out. People are going to know me through that album - so it needs to be perfect."[24]

Personal life

Johnson is a supporter of Premier League football team West Ham United.[25]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[26]		 IRE
[27]		 SCO
[28]
"Forever Young" 2015 9 5 2 TBA

Tours

References

  1. ↑ "The X Factor - Timeline Photos". Facebook. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Mohan, Isabel. "X Factor Final 2015 results: Louisa Johnson a worthy winner, why One Direction looked so miserable, plus full voting stats". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Louisa Johnson wins X Factor 2015 and One Direction play their last gig for a year – watch". www.nme.com. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Whale, James. "David, the Dad of Essex X-Factor hopeful Louisa Johnson, talks about her hopes for the future". BBC Essex. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "X Factor 2015 star Louisa Johnson and family meet West Ham idols". Echo. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Harmsworth, Andrei (14 December 2015). "Xstatic". Metro: 3.
  7. ↑ Darvill, Josh (28 October 2015). "X Factor's Louisa Johnson on her "boring" Britain's Got Talent audition and proud audition". TellyMix. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The X Factor's Winner's Story 2015". 12. ITV. 20 December 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Thurrock's Louisa Johnson makes next round of X Factor". Your Thurrock. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "The X Factor 2015: Who is Louisa Johnson?". Daily Express. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "The X Factor 2015: Louisa Johnson's shoes prove The X Factor is fake". Metro.
  12. ↑ "X Factor 2015: Monica Michael to return as wildcard". Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Reggie 'N' Bollie vs. Louisa Johnson – who will win? Plus what time is X Factor final results show on TV tonight?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  14. ↑ "Louisa Johnson becomes youngest X Factor winner". Belfast Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group). 13 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  15. ↑ Mohan, Isobel (3 November 2015). "Bupsi Brown, Alien Uncovered and 4 things we've learned from The X Factor". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  16. ↑ Mohan, Isabel (9 November 2015). "X Factor 2015: huge shock as Seann Miley Moore gets voted off and 5 things we learned". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  17. ↑ Mohan, Isabel (16 November 2015). "X Factor 2015: Olly Murs apologises for vote-off gaffe, plus 6 things we learned". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "It's Love & Heartbreak week – here's what the acts are singing". The X Factor (itv.com). 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "It's Jukebox & Judges' Choice week! See what our Final 5 will be singing here". The X Factor (itv.com). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "Semi-Final theme & songs revealed and we're TOO excited!". The X Factor (itv.com). 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  21. ↑ "X Factor: Louisa Johnson records lowest chart entry for winner". BBC News (bbc.co.uk). 18 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  22. ↑ "NHS Choir defeat Justin Bieber to secure the UK’s Official Christmas Number 1 2015". Official Chart Company. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  23. ↑ "X Factor's Louisa Johnson proves herself a worthy winner in astounding Text Santa performance". BT Group (tv.bt.com). 18 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  24. 1 2 Laing, Greg (24 December 2015). "X Factor winner Louisa Johnson to rush-release her debut album for February 2016". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  25. ↑ "Louisa Johnson meets her Hammers heroes". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  26. ↑ "Louisa Johnson". officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  27. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track". chart-track.co.uk.
  28. ↑ Peak positions for the singles in Scotland:

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Ben Haenow		 Winner of The X Factor
2015 		Succeeded by
TBA
Preceded by
Something I Need		 Winner's singles of The X Factor
Forever Young 		Succeeded by
TBA
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