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A little while ago, there was some controversy involving Beyoncé’s song “Halo.” The rumor was that the song was written for UK singer, Leona Lewis and that the song’s writer, Ryan Tedder, had given it to Beyoncé instead. 
Ryan told Alex and Lucy on Key 103’s In: Demand, "There was this huge scandal that originally ‘Halo’ was meant to go to Leona. That was never the case."
"I’m putting that rumor to bed right now. That song was written for Beyoncé. What happened was that Beyoncé waited long enough to record that song that I had no communication with her and didn’t know if she was going to do it or not.
"I thought this would be a brilliant first single for Leona, which it would have. When you have a song as special as ‘Halo’, you don’t want anyone else to sit on it. So sometimes you have to pull the whole, ‘Well, I’m going to get someone else on it’, to prove a point.
"What I did was foolishly say to Leona’s camp, ‘I have it on hold for another A-list artist and I’m pretty sure they’ll take it, but if they don’t, I just want to know if you like it enough to consider it.’
"I sent it to them and they flipped on it. They loved it and instantly said they wanted to do it. I was like, ‘Wait, wait, wait, no, it’s not free yet! It’s just in case."
Sheesh! Glad to see that all that is cleared up!
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