# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-jackson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:40:09.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-jackson"
name: "Leon Jackson"
slug: "leon-jackson"
description: "Leon Jackson is a Scottish singer–songwriter. Born and raised in Whitburn, he won the fourth series of the ITV talent show The X Factor in 2007. Following his win, he starred in his on-web series entitled Leon's Life (2007–2008). Jackson's debut single, \"When You Believe\", reached number one in his native Scotland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, where it became the Christmas number one of 2007. It sold over 400,000 copies, becoming the third best-selling single of 2007, and ranked the 92nd best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK. \"When You Believe\" was named the best selling single by a British Male Artist in 2007."
tagline: "Scottish recording artist; singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leon_Jackson_at_the_premiere_of_The_Golden_Compass.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1988-12-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.25
  momentum:             0.3210272873194221
  historical:           21.73611066666667
  currentAttention:     8.4
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/Leon_Jackson"
    handle:    "Leon_Jackson"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/leonjacksonmusic/"
    handle:    "leonjacksonmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2809972/"
    handle:    "nm2809972"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "5Umm1q3GhUVCds3l73pwaz"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://leonjacksonmusic.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ليون جاكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لئون جکسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Jackson"
    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Լեոն Ջեքսոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ლეონ ჯექსონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "리언 잭슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Jackson"
    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Jackson"
    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Джексон, Леон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Jackson"
    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Jackson"
    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Jackson"
    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Leon Jackson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump