Louisa Johnson

Louisa Johnson (born 11 January 1998), also known mononymously as Louisa, is an English singer.

Louisa Johnson was born on 11 January 1998 in Thurrock, Essex to David Johnson and Lisa Hawkyard.

Her father is a construction worker from Essex and her mother is a driving instructor from Chafford Hundred.

She was raised in Thurrock.

Johnson attended St. Thomas of Canterbury primary school in Grays, Essex and The Harris Academy secondary school in Chafford Hundred.

In 2015, she won the twelfth series of The X Factor.

She subsequently released her winner's single "Forever Young", which peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, and it was indeed #1 for 5 weeks in a row on UK Official Physical Single Charts between Winter holiday 2015 to early 2016.

In 2015, Johnson auditioned for the twelfth series of The X Factor, singing American pop music family group The Jackson 5's "Who's Lovin' You".

She picked this record because "it is a really really hard song to sing, but I wanted to make a good impression".

She received a standing ovation from all four judges and the audience afterwards and progressed through to "bootcamp".

At the first challenge at "bootcamp", she sang "Proud Mary" with 4th Impact (formerly known as 4th Power), Sherilyn Hamilton-Shaw, Neneth Lyons, Jasmine Leigh Morris and Andre Batchelor, and was sent through to the next challenge.

She sang "Lay Me Down" in the second challenge and made it through to the six-chair challenge.

Johnson competed in the "girls" category at "bootcamp" and was mentored, at the decision of the public, by Rita Ora.

She successfully made it past the six-chair challenge to "judges' houses", singing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" by Jennifer Hudson; when Johnson arrived, all six chairs had been filled, and Ora described the atmosphere as "like a zoo".

At judges' houses, she sang "Respect" by Aretha Franklin in front of Ora and American musician Meghan Trainor in Los Angeles; this performance gained media attention, as Johnson wore two separate pairs of shoes, with some viewers inferring some sort of faking.

Two weeks after that performance was recorded, she was chosen by Ora for the live shows, along with Lauren Murray and Kiera Weathers; that category's Monica Michael later returned as a wildcard entry.

Following the eliminations of Weathers in the second week, Michael in the third week and Murray in the semi-final, Johnson advanced to the final along with Reggie 'n' Bollie and Ché Chesterman singing a cover version of "I Believe I Can Fly" by R Kelly; additionally becoming the final female in the competition.

On 12 December, she duetted with her mentor, Ora.

The following night, she sang her winner's single, a cover of "Forever Young" by Bob Dylan.

On 13 December 2015, she won The X Factor, becoming the first winner in the Girls category since Alexandra Burke in 2008, and also the youngest winner ever, overtaking Joe McElderry, who was 18 years old when he won in 2009.

After winning The X Factor, Johnson released "Forever Young".

The day after her victory, she plugged the single on The X Factor judge Nick Grimshaw's radio show, Good Morning Britain, Lorraine and This Morning, consecutively.

Her version of the song entered the UK Singles Chart on 18 December 2015 at number 9, and became the lowest ever position on entry for a debut single from an X Factor winner.

This can be attributed, in part, to the movement of the chart day from Sunday, when she was announced as the winner, to Friday, resulting in her single only receiving four days' sales.

The single dropped to number twelve the following week becoming the lowest ranking X Factor winner's song ever on the Christmas Day chart.

Overall, the single is the lowest charting X Factor winner's single to date as all other winner's singles managed to top the chart or at least reach the top five.

On 18 December 2015, Johnson performed "Forever Young" on the 2015 Text Santa broadcast.

In 2016, she featured on Clean Bandit's UK top five single "Tears".

There were indications that her debut studio album would be released as quickly as possible, maybe as early as February 2016, and would include her debut single "Forever Young".

However, the singer later declared: "If I don't like it, no way is it going out. People are going to know me through that album – so it needs to be perfect."

In May 2016, Johnson released a single with British band Clean Bandit called "Tears".

The song was a commercial success, reaching the top five in Scotland and the UK, and charting in many other European countries.

It was also certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

In June, she performed "Tears" with Clean Bandit and a new version of the song "Over and Over Again" with Nathan Sykes at the Summertime Ball.

Johnson released her second solo single, "So Good", in November 2016.

The single peaked at number 13 in the UK, and received a gold certification from BPI.

The following month, Johnson co-headlined both nights of the annual Jingle Bell Ball at London's O2 Arena; she co-headlined the concert for second consecutive year in 2017.

Her third single, "Best Behaviour" was released in March 2017.

It charted at number 48 in the UK, and was certified silver by BPI.

She co-headlined the concert the following year, and appeared as a guest performer in 2018.