British pop star Leona Lewis is back on top of the U.S. pop charts for the third time.

Her Bleeding Love hit just won’t go away, despite twice losing the top spot to Mariah Carey’s Touch My Body and Lil Wayne’s Lollipop.

Last week’s number one, Lollipop, drops to two, while ailing Jordin Sparks’ No Air stays put at three. Madonna’s 4 Minutes collaboration with Justin Timberlake rises to four and Usher’s Love in This Club, featuring Young Jeezy, rounds out the top five.

Chris Brown’s Forever is the chart’s highest debut at nine.

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Mariah Carey says fellow pop star Leona Lewis doesn’t sound like her, sparking a potential feud between the two singers.

The chart-topping singer insists she “didn’t really hear any similarity” between Leona’s music and her own, and claims there will never be a “new” Mariah.

She said: “Honestly, there has been so many, ‘This is the new her,’ and I’m like, ‘Okay, show me the new her. Can she come and work for me and be my double?’

“And I’m not particular talking about this girl Leona, because I only heard her once and I didn’t really hear a true similarity, particularly in the style of music.

“It is what it is and critics have compared me to so many people who are not really singers, and they’re certainly not writers.”

Mariah says if she spent her time worrying about her chart rivals it would depress her.

She added to the Observer Music Monthly magazine: “If I was to focus on the comparisons and really dwell on that, it would bring me down so I just try to pray that I lose the sprit of jealousy, it’s not a good one – envy is a really powerful thing.”

Leona’s debut LP Spirit hit the number one spot in America last week.

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Leona Lewis has Oprah Winfrey to thank for her recent U.S. chart success – because it was the TV titan’s overwhelming support that helped her single Bleeding Love soar to the top of the charts, according to bosse at her record label.

The former winner of British reality TV show The X Factor made history last week by securing the coveted number one slot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart – making her the first U.K. female solo artist to achieve the feat in over 20 years.

Lewis embarked on a massive promotional campaign in America prior to the single’s release, and most notably appeared on Winfrey’s show, Oprah, to rave reviews from the talk show queen. And bosses at the star’s record label Sony BMG insist winning the support of Winfrey was the key to chart dominance.

Sony BMG U.K. International Vice President Dave Shack says, “Oprah was lighting the touch paper to rocket Leona beyond the likes of Usher to number one. “It gave the platform it (the single) needed and it feels really, really good. We’re all excited about where it leads to the album.” Lewis’ debut LP Spirit is released in the U.S. on April 8th.