"Leilasworld" is a world where I celebrate the beauty of our human tapestry, the multicultural elements that are fused into my music, artistry & soul. Unity & connection are at the core of what I write & sing about, but also have songs simply created for sheer joy & no particular "cause". I do however deeply appreciate & celebrate the color, sound & rhythms of the world & as a result know no other way to put on a live show. I hope that my collection of videos might leave you with an appreciation of different cultures & a sense of pride in your own roots, wherever your from, whoever you are. These were all shot live at numerous locations, varying times, & under very different conditions, concerts that I was blessed to give once & now have the AMAZING opportunity to share again with you! I will be bringing music videos, live concert clips, moving slideshow e-cards, as well as any other quirky "tidbits" that might bring a simple smile...blessings, Leila

MY BAND AND CREATIVE PARTNERS:

Love and eternal gratitude to Musicians and special guests who have come on board at different intervals to share this journey with me...

*BOBBI "Funkeeboy" - Keyboards, Musical Dir
*KARIMEL - Guitar and Bkg vocals
*EARL WHITAKER - Guitar
*STEVIE DILLON - Bass
*GREG RIVERA - Percussion
*NATE DOBAS & TREVOR SOMMERVILLE - Drums
*LOMON ANDREWS - bkg vocals
*STACY PETTA - bkg vocals
*MELISSA VARGAS - bkg vocals
*AMY KRUPI - bkg vocals
*RUFUS WILLIAMS- Bkg vocals
*FABIANO LUCAS - Berimbau
*ROMERO - Flamenco Guitar

**SPECIAL THANKS TO: Douglas Branson of Exit4music for the production and multimedia services/editing of the live concert at summerfest, as well as the friendship and support!

**My gratitude and respect to the brilliant and generous photographers who provided their photos royalty free (credited at end of applicable video)**

DANCERS/CHOREOGRAPHERS - and above all FRIENDS, Fernando Alers & Moskow Alers with the dynamic United Rhythms Entertainment Team, Benji Diaz & Simone Diaz with the spicy Studio Rumberos, "independent spirits", Roberto Santos, Melissa Grasso, Fabiano Lucas, Careesah, Meryluz Colon, Giovanni Rivera and Keith Crockett...thank you all for coloring my world!

LEILA (ARTIST) BACKGROUND/BIO:

Leila pronounced (Lay-la) is a multi talented, multilingual artist/songwriter that has the capability of reaching many different cultures and crossing many musical genres. A truly international artist, she was born in Argentina to Spanish parents, grew up in Barcelona and Valencia Spain and later moved to Canada.

Embracing Soul, R&B and Latin rhythms with "World" undertones in a style that is smooth, sultry and warm, Leila's sound is a soulful, seamless combination of passionate rhythms, percolating grooves, steamy, sensual vocals and romantic flamenco guitar.

Her independently released debut, "Of Life" with tracks recorded in both English and Spanish has resulted in a huge worldwide fan base! Recently voted best R&B artist on Cyberstation U.S.A. an online radio station with an audience of over 2 million listeners, Leila has also made the
top of every online music site she can be found on resulting in numerous features/interviews.

These include, the late MP3.com, (above numerous major label artists) and other sites as follows with:

* #1, #2 & #3 on the R&B chart
* #1, #2, #3 and #4 on the Soul chart
* #1 on the Latin/Pop charts
* #1 in Spiritual/Easy Listening
* #1 on the World Fusion chart
* #2 in the pop/love songs chart
* #16 on MP3.com Overall TOP 40 chart above 100,000 songs in all genres
* #1 on Soundclick
* #5 and #6 on Garageband
* The top 5 best rated R&B songs - Digizaar
* 6 out of the top 10 in DIGITAL SALES - Digizaar
* 5 out of the top 10 best rated World/Latin songs - Digizaar
* # 1 on Sonic Garden

**Charts are compiled from: most requested, most streams, digital sales, best rated, most added to playlists and song page traffic/hits!**

TELEVISION PLACEMENTS:

Her music has been featured on "The Young And The Restless" "Days Of Our Lives" "All My Children" HBO's "Soulfood" series, "90210" and several made for tv movies including "They Call Me Sir" starring Michael Clark Duncan of "The Green Mile"

LIVE PERFORMANCES INCLUDE:

She has opened up in concert for Latin Grammy winners Gilberto Santa Rosa, Gisele, Charlie Zaa and Tony Vega at Mohegan Sun Arena and had the opportunity to perform at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch after receiving an invitiation to perform in order to help raise money for The Make A Wish Foundation.

Leila has also performed at The Globe Theatre (Univeral Studios) Hollywood, honoring the legendary Jim Henson and with her exciting Afro/Latin/Funk band and 11 dancers Leila has also appeared at BB King Blues Club - Foxwoods Resort and Casino and Summerfest to packed audiences!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Leila was also recently chosen as one of only 40 up and coming writers invited to attend the "Oneness Songwriter Summit" with such industry greats as Narada Michael Walden, MOTOWN LEGEND Lamont Dozier and KC Porter (of Santana, Toni Braxton and Ricky Martin fame) The song entitled "Change" co-written by Leila, K.C. and Frankie Richard (who has written for Patti Labelle) was recently released on the Oneness compilation CD entitled "Songs Of Hope And Unity," which features among others, Malik Yusef and Carl Thomas. Available at www.cdbaby.com/oneness

MYSPACE PAGE: www.myspace.com/leilasworld