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Bleeding Love is a Contemporary R&B act. Their sound grew out of Jesse McCartney, Ryan Tedder and Elton John. Those roots explain a lot about how Bleeding Love arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Way I Are, Stronger, About You Now, Say It Right and Love the Way You Lie, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Leon Jackson, Sugababes, Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefani and Christina Aguilera, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Bleeding Love, reaching back through Jesse McCartney and forward to Leon Jackson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Bleeding Love" is a song recorded by British singer Leona Lewis for her debut studio album, Spirit (2007). It was originally written and recorded by American singer Jesse McCartney, and was co-written and produced by American singer Ryan Tedder. "Bleeding Love" was released worldwide during the last quarter of 2007, and the first of 2008, as the album's lead single internationally, and as the second single in Ireland and the United Kingdom. McCartney later included his version of the song as a bonus track on the international edition of his third studio album, Departure (2008). It is Lewis' biggest hit, to date, and remains her signature song. As of 2021, "Bleeding Love" has been streamed over two billion times.
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Bleeding Love connections
Bleeding Love grew out of Jesse McCartney, Ryan Tedder and Elton John, shares an orbit with The Way I Are, Stronger, About You Now and Say It Right, went on to shape Leon Jackson, Sugababes, Mariah Carey and Gwen Stefani. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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