![]() ![]() Later, however, after she recorded Motown inspired songs for the Christmas album, it allowed her to "just get out of head and go into something completely different", stating that she is now leaning towards a "retro throwback sound" as a possible theme for the album. With regard to style and composition, Lewis said that 2013 allowed her to become re-inspired she stated that after recording songs for Walking on Sunshine, she wanted the album to have a 1980s sound. She revealed that during the production of Christmas, with Love in Summer 2013, she had met with some producers to conceptualise a theme for the album, but that the main focus at the time was to compose songs for the Christmas album. In an interview with Digital Spy on 27 November 2013, Lewis confirmed that she would begin official recording sessions for her fifth studio album in January 2014, after she had finished promoting Christmas, with Love. On 23 September 2013, it was announced that Lewis would make her acting debut in Walking on Sunshine, a 1980s-inspired musical film. Lewis released Christmas, with Love in November 2013 it peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 27 December 2013, denoting shipments of more than 100,000 copies. In August 2013, Lewis confirmed that she was in the process of recording her first Christmas album, and that label boss and friend, Simon Cowell, came up with the idea. It became her first album to not debut at number one or earn platinum certification in the United Kingdom. Various media outlets speculated that this was due to the weak commercial performance of her third studio album, Glassheart, which was released in November 2012. The news came after Lewis announced that she had parted ways from Modest! Management, the management team who had represented her since she won the third series of The X Factor in 2006. In February 2013, a representative from Syco Music, Lewis' record label, announced that she was about to start writing and recording material "imminently" for her fourth studio album, and that it would be released in late 2013. ![]()
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