Barbra Streisand (a framed letter from her is on her wall), Lionel Richie (whom she went out to dinner with earlier this year), and record mogul Clive Davis, who discovered Whitney Houston and is currently chief creative officer of Sony worldwide.
It was Davis who was behind her move to Sony Records label after a highly publicised ‘rift’ with Simon Cowell in 2014, when she was asked to put out an album of covers.But she’s keen to dismiss talk of any feud between her and her former mentor. ‘I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Simon.
He’s a lovely, funny guy. But things change. As an artist you have to be true to yourself and follow the direction your music takes you.’ And when Leona sold her £2.8 million ranch in LA’s Hidden Hills earlier.
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