Who is Louisa Johnson? X Factor winner who has duetted with Olly Murs and sung with Clean Bandit
The 2015 X Factor winner is taking the world by storm.
LOUISA Johnson shot to fame after winning the X Factor in 2015.
After wowing fans singing with Clean Bandit, the singer made a splash by duetting with Olly Murs. So who exactly is the singing sensation?
Who is Louisa Johnson?
Louisa is a 19-year-old singer/songwriter who hails from Thurrock, Essex.
The star is an only child of a construction worker and driving instructor and an avid supporter of West Ham FC.
As a contestant on The X Factor in 2015, she became the youngest winner ever on the show after beating out competitors Reggie and Bollie and Che Chesterman in the final.
In the final, she performed R Kelly's 90s classic I Believe I Can Fly before collaborating with her mentor Rita Ora on her final song And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going.
She returned to the show in the 2016 final to perform a duet with hopefuls 5 After Midnight.
In July 2017, The Sun revealed that Louisa had split from her boyfriend of two years Daniel Elliott but has ruled out romance with her duet partner Olly Murs.
What has she been up to since winning The X Factor?
Upon winning The X Factor, she released her first single, Forever Young, and reached number nine in the UK chart.
In 2016, she achieved silver status for single So Good.
However, the most popular song of her career so far comes from her collaboration with Clean Bandit on their track Tears, which reached number five in the UK charts.
Louisa also recorded a duet with Olly Murs for his single, Unpredictable, and the pair performed the track live while promoting the single.
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When is Louisa Johnson releasing her debut album?
She's now preparing to release her self-titled debut album, which will feature her previous singles, including Best Behaviour.
Explaining why it's taken so long to release her album, she told : "I didn't want to just bring it out and give it to everyone.
"I wanted to release it in stages, singles, then build it up into an album.
"A good selling album would be great but I don't want to think too far ahead with that, because my priority is making it perfect and relevant to people my age."