Entertainment
Shayne Leighton
LEIGHTON is a national recording artist signed to
SPECTRA MUSIC GROUP, as well as an accomplished actress and a bestselling author. She has
been singing since the early age of five. Over the
course of her career, LEIGHTON has amassed a
community of highly-dedicated fans and followers,
including 25k twitter followers. Her debut album
released world-wide on April 7th, just two weeks
before she embarks on her national ‘Rock It Like A
Redhead’ tour. Her first single, "Invincible" charted
at #17 on the U.K.'s premier rock chart, On October 7th 2014, Shayne released a collaborative music project called REMEMBER, which is an
anthem to unite against bullying. Not only does the
song and video feature Shayne, but also several.
artists from the popular music competition show,
THE VOICE, Grammy-nominated artists like Wendy Moten, and students from the Stax Academy of
Memphis. The REMEMBER anti-bullying project
will also feature Quinton Aaron, star of the Academy Award Winning film, The Blind Side as the
spokes person. The song and video will tie into his
Quinton Aaron Foundation. Shayne will perform live
among these fabulous artists, in front of a packed
audience in Boca Raton on October 7th, as well as
CNN News.
In Shayne's first year out of high school she
penned, co-directed, and starred in a feature film,
which obtained distribution and screened in theaters across South Florida among major theater
chains such as Regal, AMC, and Cinemark. The
film obtained a passionate fanbase of over 100,000
girls online and has garnered the attention of reporters from the Miami Herald, CBS News, and
NPR Radio. Leighton also starred alongside
Scream Queen, Tara Cardinal, in the fantasy action, film 'Legend of the Red Reaper'. A natural
redhead, Shayne Leighton's message is one of
power, positivity, and celebrating ones own uniqueness. She has been invited to perform the opening
concert for the official Redhead Days event in Europe next year. Shayne is also an advocate for
standing up against bullying and marriage equality... Also a bestselling author, Shayne is working to
release her third book in her fantasy series of seven novels, which has recently been optioned to become a feature film starring Michael Welch
(Twilight Saga) and Cassie Scerbo (Sharknado,
Make It Or Break It) Shayne was featured in Boca
Magazine as one of their top 100 IT PEOPLE for
2010.
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