| Leon Jackson discography | |
|---|---|
 Jackson performing live during his 2009 Right Now Tour of the UK and Ireland | |
| Studio albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 3 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 4 |
This is a discography listing of releases by Scottish recording artist, Leon Jackson, winner of The X Factor in 2007. His debut single, "When You Believe" was released in December 2007, and sold 490,000 copies in the United Kingdom alone, and was certified a Gold status by the BPI.[1][2] His second single, "Don't Call This Love" was released a week prior to the release of his debut album, Right Now (2008) which was later certified Gold by the BPI in the UK for sales of over 130,000 copies.[3]
Following the success of the single "Don't Call this Love", Jackson went onto release the single "Creative", performing the single live on the official BBC Children in Need 2008 show performing the song as an "exclusive" as this was the first time Jackson had performed the track. The song went on to debut at number 94 on the UK Singles Chart.[4][5]
In recent years, Jackson has turned his hand mostly to songwriting, having credit for writing tracks for a number of artists, most notably writing alongside British recording artist Vince Kidd on the song "Sick Love", released in 2012.[6]
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Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [7] |
IRE [8] |
SCO [9] | ||||
| Right Now |
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4 | 7 | 2 |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [7] |
IRE [8] |
SCO [9] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | "When You Believe" | 1 | 1 | 1 | Right Now | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | "Don't Call This Love" | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| "Creative" | 94 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | "Stargazing" | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "When You Believe" | — |
| 2008 | "Don't Call This Love" | — |
| "Creative" | — |
Songwriting credits
- Vince Kidd - "Sick Love" (2012)[11]
References
- ^ a b c Certified Awards Archived 2013-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Home". Dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "'Forgotten' X Factor star Leon Jackson hurt by Cowell's rejection". metro.co.uk. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Leon Jackson - Creative". Official Charts Company. 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "Leon Jackson". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ Lyons, Beverley (7 February 2012). "Former X Factor winner Leon Jackson writes raunchy tune for new artist Vince Kidd". Dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Leon Jackson > Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Discography Leon Jackson". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ a b Peak positions on the Scottish Charts:
- For "When You Believe": "Chart Archive > 23 December 2007 - 29 December 2007". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- For "Don't Call This Love": "Chart Archive > 19 October 2008 - 25 October 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- For Right Now: "Chart Archive > 26 October 2008 - 01 November 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Official Charts Analysis: Justin Bieber takes singles summit but misses out on albums". Musicweek. November 21, 2015. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016.
- ^ "Former X Factor winner Leon Jackson writes raunchy tune for new artist Vince Kidd". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
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