Emva kweminyaka esixhenxe yesivumelwano, Leona Lewis Ekugqibeleni uthe ndlelantle kwindoda yeendaba uSimon Cowell (X Factor) nakwinkampani yakhe erekhodayo, iSyco Music, kwaye uthathe isigqibo sokutyikitya ikhontrakthi entsha ne-Island Records. Imvumi yase-Bhritane igqibe kwelokuba ibushiye ubudlelwane bayo kunye no-Syco kunye no-Sony Music, ebimgcine ebotshelelwe nguCowell okoko waphumelela ushicilelo lwesithathu lwe-'The X Factor 'e-United Kingdom kwi-2006.
Imeko ibinzima phakathi kukaLewis kunye netywina likaCowell kule minyaka idlulileyo, imveliso ye Inkxaso encinci yokwazisa Ukukhutshwa kwangoko kwenkwenkwezi yaseBritane, ngokuchaseneyo noko kwenzekileyo kwinqanaba lokuqala lempumelelo uSyco awalifumana kwimisebenzi yokuqala kaLewis, njengakwicwecwe elingcwalisiweyo elithi 'Spirit' (2007), umsebenzi owenze uLewis ukuba abe ubungakanani behlabathi.
Emva kokufudukela kwakhe kwisiQithi, uLewis wenza ingxelo ezithile kwithoni enempikiswano: “Emva kweminyaka esixhenxe emangalisayo no-Sony lithuba elihle lokuba sikwazi ukusayina nenye yeenkampani ezibaluleke kakhulu ezirekhodayo emhlabeni, apho igcisa ngalinye lifumana inkxaso eyodwa ukuze ukwazi ukuzibonakalisa ngeyona ndlela ibalaseleyo. Isiqithi ngokungathandabuzekiyo siyafana nomculo osemgangathweni kwaye kulilungelo ukukwazi ukujoyina iqela leemvumi zeli nqanaba, kungekudala ndiza kuqala eli nqanaba litsha lobuchwephesha kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba ndiza kukwazi ukunika iingoma ezintsha kubalandeli bam kungekudala ".