My Top 15 Love Songs - Leona Lewis, Bruno Mars, Cyndi Lauper,Chris Brown..

My Top 15 Love Songs - Leona Lewis, Bruno Mars, Cyndi Lauper,Chris Brown..

"Bleeding Love" is a pop/R&B ballad recorded by British singer Leona Lewis, from her debut album, Spirit.[1] Co-written by Jesse McCartney[2] and Ryan Tedder (and produced by Tedder), the song is the album's lead single (Lewis's official second single following "A Moment Like This"), released in the United Kingdom and Ireland in October 2007.[3] "Bleeding Love" became the best-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom.[4] Since the single's release, it became a major international hit, and was the best-selling single of 2008 worldwide.[5] The single has reached number one in 34 countries,[6] including the UK, Japan, Germany and the United States, making it only the second song in history to achieve this feat (after Elton John's single "Candle in the Wind". The video first aired on 17 October 2007,[7] and was uploaded to YouTube on the same day.

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"Just the Way You Are" is a debut single by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, and is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans.[1] It was released in the United States on July 20, 2010. It has also received airplay from AOL Radio's New Pop First station.[2] The song was written by The Smeezingtons, Khalil Walton, and Needlz and produced by The Smeezingtons, and Needlz.[3] The music video, directed by Ethan Lader,[1] was released on September 8, 2010[4] and features Peruvian born Australian actress Nathalie Kelley. The track was added to Radio 1 A Playlist in the United Kingdom, and was released in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2010 as "Just the Way You Are (Amazing)".[5][6] The official remix features rapper Lupe Fiasco and is included on the deluxe edition of Doo-Wops & Hooligans.[7] On February 13, 2011, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. "Just the Way You Are" has sold 12.5 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.

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"Time After Time" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released as the second single from her album She's So Unusual. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 9, 1984,[1] and remained there for two weeks. Worldwide, the song is her most commercially successful single after "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and number six on the ARIA Singles Chart. The Rolling Stone and MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs ranked it at No. 66. "Time After Time" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 1985 Grammy Awards.[3] The ballad is considered a classic of the 1980s[according to whom?] and is still played frequently on adult contemporary radio.[citation needed] The song is known for its numerous covers by a wide range of artists, including an instrumental version by Miles Davis. An acoustic version was sung by Lauper on her 2005 album, The Body Acoustic. In this version, Sarah McLachlan provided backing vocals. The version with Sarah McLachlan was used in Ugly Betty season 3 finale.

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"Forever" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown from Exclusive: Forever Edition, a repackaged edition of his second studio album Exclusive. It was written by Brown, Jamal Jones, Brian Kennedy, Andre Merritt and Rob Allen. The track was produced by Kennedy and Jones under his production name Polow da Don. Initially created to be used for Doublemint gum,[1] "Forever" was selected to be released as the first single from Brown's repackaged second studio album. It was first released for digital download on November 2, 2007. The song's musical structure differs from Brown's previous work, opting for a more European techno dance sound.
"Forever" was met with critical and commercial success. Music critics praised it as a catchy dance tune while others found it weak and too similar to music by other R&B artists. The song reached number one in Ireland and New Zealand as well as peaking within the top ten in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. It also hit the top thirty in countries like Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. The accompanying music video features Brown in several scenes pursuing his love interest. The video features much dancing and digital effects.

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"For You I Will" is a pop ballad written by Diane Warren and performed by Monica. Her version was included on the soundtrack to the film Space Jam. In 1997, when released as a single, the song became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as Billboards R&B chart. It also experienced some success internationally. The song's lyrics involve the singer pledging love and devotion and promising to help an unnamed "you" overcome any difficulty, regardless of the magnitude. The song is also heard on her second 1998 album, The Boy Is Mine.
The song debuted at an impressive number on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number four, becoming Monica's second top five single and one of her most successful songs. It also went platinum. In New Zealand the single peaked at number 2, becoming her most successful single in the country after "The Boy Is Mine."

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"No Ordinary Love" is the lead single from the English artist Sade's fourth studio album, Love Deluxe (1992). Released in 1992 on Epic Records, it peaked at number 26 in the UK when originally released in October 1992, but reached number 14 when re-released in June 1993. Sade won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1994 for "No Ordinary Love".

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"Foolish Games" is a song by Jewel released as her third/fourth and final single, taken from her debut album Pieces of You. It was also the third single to be lifted from the Batman & Robin motion picture soundtrack. Jewel re-recorded the single for the soundtrack to produce a more radio-friendly version, similar to her other singles "Who Will Save Your Soul" and "You Were Meant for Me". A verse was removed from the original lyrics to shorten the length of the song. The single version can be found on the soundtrack of Batman & Robin.

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"Don't Let Go (Love)" is a 1996 Grammy-nominated single by En Vogue from the Set It Off soundtrack, also appearing on the group's third album, EV3. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA for shipments of over 1,000,000 units. The song written by Andrea Martin, Marqueze Etheridge, Ivan Matias and produced by Orgainzed Noize; was the last single by En Vogue to feature former band member Dawn Robinson (as of April 2008, she has returned to the group). The song became En Vogue's biggest international single, peaking in the top ten of many countries. It hit #5 in the UK in early 1997 and spent 13 weeks in the UK top 40, eight of those weeks in the top ten. "Don't Let Go (Love)" became the third En Vogue track to peak at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 where it was the group's fifth and final Top Ten hit. The song was a #1 R&B song for 1 week becoming En Vogue's sixth and final #1 R&B Hit to date. The single re-entered the UK chart at Number 23 in 2011 after girl group contestants Little Mix performed the song on the eighth series of British television talent contest The X Factor on November 19, 2011: the En Vogue track reached #23 on the UK chart and also returned to the Irish charts at #50.

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"Just the Way You Are" is a debut single by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, and is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans.[1] It was released in the United States on July 20, 2010. It has also received airplay from AOL Radio's New Pop First station.[2] The song was written by The Smeezingtons, Khalil Walton, and Needlz and produced by The Smeezingtons, and Needlz.[3] The music video, directed by Ethan Lader,[1] was released on September 8, 2010[4] and features Peruvian born Australian actress Nathalie Kelley. The track was added to Radio 1 A Playlist in the United Kingdom, and was released in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2010 as "Just the Way You Are (Amazing)".[5][6] The official remix features rapper Lupe Fiasco and is included on the deluxe edition of Doo-Wops & Hooligans.[7] On February 13, 2011, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. "Just the Way You Are" has sold 12.5 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.

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"Because of You" is a song performed by American singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson. It was written by Clarkson, David Hodges and Ben Moody while the production was handled by Hodges and Moody. The song was released on August 16, 2005, as the fourth single (third in Europe) from Clarkson's second studio album, Breakaway. Clarkson originally wrote the first version of "Because of You" when she was 16 years old in order to cope with her parents' divorce. She wanted to include the song on her first album, Thankful, but her request was not accepted by her label. She had to polish the song with Hodges and Moody before successfully convincing her label to include it in Breakaway.

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"A Moment Like This" is a song originally recorded by American singer Kelly Clarkson the first winner of American Idol, released as her first ever single (as a double-A side single with "Before Your Love") which topped the Billboard Hot 100. The song was included on her debut album, Thankful.
It has also been recorded, in 2006, by Leona Lewis, the third winner of the British television programme The X Factor.

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"At Last" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Orchestra Wives, starring George Montgomery and Ann Rutherford. It was performed in the film and on record by Glenn Miller and his orchestra, with vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday. Unreleased recordings of the song, however, had been made in 1941 by Glenn Miller for possible inclusion in the film Sun Valley Serenade. An orchestral version of the song without lyrics first appeared in that movie in 1941. A new version was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in Chicago on May 20, 1942, and released by RCA Victor Records as a 78 single, catalogue number 27934-B, backed with the A side "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo". The song reached number 9 on the Billboard pop charts in 1942, staying on the charts for 9 weeks, and later became a standard. In 1960, it was covered by blues singer Etta James in an arrangement that improvised on Warren's melody. James' version was the title track in the same-named album At Last! and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.[1]

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"The Rose" is featured in the 1979 film of the same name, in which it was performed by Midler. The single peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the adult contemporary chart, and it was certified gold by the RIAA for over half a million copies sold.[1][2] McBroom won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, although she was not nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[3] Midler won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "The Rose".[4]

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"Have You Ever?" is a R&B ballad written by Diane Warren for Brandy's second studio album, Never Say Never. It was produced by David Foster and released as the album's third single during the fall of 1998. The single became Brandy's second song to reach the top position on the Billboard Hot 100. The ballad also reached number one in New Zealand, peaked within the top ten in Australia, and the top 20 in Canada, top 30 in Ireland and the top 20 in the United Kingdom.