 Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of "The X Factor" in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music.Her winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", peaked at number one for four weeks on the UK Singles Chart and broke a world record for reaching 50,000 digital downloads within 30 minutes.In February 2007, Lewis signed a five-album contract in the United States with Clive Davis's record label, J Records.