Leona Lewis: I don’t want to be as famous as Madonna or Britney Spears

Leona Lewis has said she wants to balance her celebrity and living a normal life.

Over the past year, the X Factor winner has had global success with her debut album ‘Spirit’, selling more than 5million around the world but she isn’t sure she’d like to be the next Madonna or Britney Spears.

She told the Sun recently: “I don’t know if I’d like to be that big. I like to lead a relatively normal life. I like the normality of being able to go to the shops, go out with my friends.

“Then again I love the way huge stars like that have been able to connect with so many people and make so many albums of great music, so that’s what I want as well. But I think it’s a balance. I don’t want to go off the rails.”

“I can’t go and spend thousands on stuff, it doesn’t feel right. I think it’s because of where I come from. You can do so much better things with your money that can help other people too.

“It’s a thin line between what’s real and what’s not. You can get sucked into people saying yes around you and saying you are wonderful. It can go to people’s heads.”