Urban Teen Magazine Jul/Aug 2015 | Page 27

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. www.ShayneLeighton.com www.Facebook.com/ShayneLeightonFans www.Twitter.com/ShayneLeighton 27 www.urbanteenmagazine.com