As tipped here yesterday, Rihanna’s “Take a Bow” makes a near-record-breaking jump on the Hot 100 this week to overtake Leona Lewis’ four-week No. 1, “Bleeding Love.” “Take a Bow” soars 53-1 thanks to digital sales of 267,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

“Bleeding Love” slips to No. 2 this week, with Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” featuring Static Major down 2-3. The next six songs on the chart are all down one position from last week: Jordin Sparks’ “No Air” featuring Chris Brown (3-4), Usher’s “Love in this Club” featuring Young Jeezy (4-5), Ray J & Yung Berg’s “Sexy Can I” (5-6), Madonna’s “4 Minutes” featuring Justin Timberlake (6-7), Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body” (7-8) and Natasha Bedingfield’s “Pocket Full of Sunshine” (8-9).

Danity Kane’s “Damaged” inches up 11-10 to round out the top tier, its first top 10 hit since 2006. The week’s top debut belongs to Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida,” which is available as an immediate download with pre-orders of the band’s forthcoming Capitol album, “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends.”

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Check out this sexy photoshoot that Leona did in Japan! She looks amazing! Click the pic below to view the full HQ set! Credit goes to Aidan at the Official Forums!

Japanese Photoshoot (x5)

I’ve added these beautiful 19 new outtakes photographed by Jeff Lispky! Thanks a bunch to Zac for these! Click the pic below to view the full HQ set!

Jeff Lipsky Outtakes (x19)

Singer Leona Lewis, goes shopping from the second she lands in Los Angeles. Leona did not even drop her bags at the Hotel before heading to shopping malls and beauty salons across Beverly Hills and Hollywood.

Leona started the day at Westside Pavilion Mall followed by a trip to Ken Paves hair Salon on Robertson Blvd followed by a trip to the Grove. May 10, 2008. Click the pic below to view the full HQ set!

May 10 - Leona Shopping in Los Angeles (x21)

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Hey Everyone,

The last two weeks have been a whirlwind. I’ve been lucky enough to visit two countries I’ve never been to before and never imagined that I would!

I headed to Australia straight from LA - it was so beautiful flying in and looking out of the plane window, what a stunning country.

I spent about a week there, it was really incredible, I went to the MTV Awards and presented an award with Brian McFadden -he was good fun. I also performed a live event for fans and media, sang on the live final of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ (the dancers are so talented!) and also Sunrise (an early morning TV show)! It was super-busy but I got to perform for a lot of people and take my music to the world, which has always been my biggest dream!

I got to do a bit of sightseeing - I saw the famous bats in the Botanical Gardens (there are literally hundreds and they are SO big!), I did a ferry trip across from Circular Quay harbour (where the Opera House and Harbour Bridge are!) and went for a walk and dinner at Bondi. Lou was with me so it was nice to experience it together.

I can’t wait to go back to Australia and spend more time there. I only experienced Sydney on this visit but I hear the rest of the country is simply incredible!

I then flew onto Tokyo in Japan, which is where I’m currently writing!

I absolutely love it here- the people are so gracious and lovely. I’ve so enjoyed looking around and the shopping (especially in Shibuya & Harajuku!)

I’ve been fortunate enough to perform on some music shows here, Music Fair, Music Station and a breakfast TV called Mezamasshi, they were all incredible fun. I had a translator who came to all the shows with me called Hitomi, she was amazing and even taught me some Japanese words - Arigato!!!

I did a showcase in Tokyo where I performed 4 tracks - the night before there was an earthquake so we were all woken up by it at like 2am! We are staying in the tallest building in Tokyo and you could really feel it swaying! The following day there was another tremor while I was performing! Yikes!!!

I’ve had the most amazing experiences in these countries and I’m so excited about coming back and visiting more in the future, the support I have received is so overwhelming and I am so grateful and thankful to everyone who has made this trip so enjoyable.

So I now head back to LA to shoot my video for ‘Forgive Me’ - I’m not going to tell you the idea behind it, as I want it to be surprise, I’m super excited!

Luv

Leona

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Leona Lewis has survived a terrifying earthquake in Japan. The singer was in Tokyo promoting her album Spirit yesterday, when the natural disaster struck. Six people were injured and power was cut off to 4,500 homes.

Leona, 23, was sleeping in her penthouse suite at the 5-star Grand Hyatt Hotel when the tremors began.

‘Leona was really shaken up but called home to tell her family she was OK,’ a source tells the Daily Mirror.

The earthquake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale.

Source: Now Magazine

Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love” keeps the lead on the Billboard Hot 100 as the track holds tight at No. 1 for a fifth non-consecutive week. This week’s biggest airplay gainer, Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” featuring Static Major, follows suit, gripping No. 2 for second week. Jordin Sparks’ “No Air” featuring Chris Brown stays at No. 3 for a third.

Usher’s “Love in This Club” featuring Young Jeezy climbs a notch 5-4 as Ray J & Yung Berg’s “Sexy Can I” ascends 6-5. Madonna, who is this week’s The Billboard 200 chart-topper, sees single “4 Minutes” featuring Justin Timberlake slip 4-6 as Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body” keeps the No. 7 spot warm for a second week.

Natasha Bedingfield scores her second Hot 100 top 10 ink as “Pocketful of Sunshine” zooms up 19-8. The British singer performed the track on last week’s “American Idol,” causing a 110% jump in digital sales to make the track this week’s biggest digital sales gainer.

Meanwhile, Sara Bareilles’ “Love Song” falls 8-9 as Jesse McCartney’s “Leavin’” scores a new peak moving 14-10, his first top 10 as an artist. However, you can see McCartney’s name in association with Lewis’ “Bleeding Love,” as a co-writer of that single.

Madonna’s next single “Give It 2 Me,” produced by the diva and the Neptunes, is this week’s hot shot debut, entering at No. 57. Busta Rhymes’ and Linkin Park’s rap/rock hybrid “We Made It” starts at No. 65; the track is the first single off the rapper’s forthcoming “I’m Blessed,” due June 17.

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Leona Lewis perfoms on ‘Video Hits’ live in Sydney, Australia. Credit goes to Aidan at the Official Forums! Click the pic below to view the full set!

April 29 - ‘Video Hits’ in Sydney, Australia (x6)