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buzzz worthy. . . CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE NEW SINGLE "JESUS" BY LEANDRIA JOHNSON COMING JULY 25: http://soundcloud.com/mediamindedpro/leaked-leandriajohnsonjesus It was announced on July 18, that Season 3 Sunday Best winner Leadria Johnson has inked a deal with Music World Gospel.  Her debut project, The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson, a five song EP will be released on September 6, 2011. Le’Andria’s new single, “Jesus,” produced by GRAMMY® Award winner Chuck Harmony (Rihanna, Fantasia, Chrisette Michele), will impact radio on July 25. ABOUT LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON.  .  . In June 2010, Le’Andria was crowned Sunday Best winner, with over 2 million votes from the network’s faithful viewers. Each week she wowed viewers and captured the hearts of millions, including Sunday Best’s host Kirk Franklin, judges, Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin, and Yolanda Adams and celebrity mentor Kim Burrell. For the finale, she performed a medley of three songs, “I Love the Lo...

Photos: Finale shots of finalists sharing a duet and interacting with host, Kirk Franklin. Leandria Johnson has "leaped  into her destiny."  Crowned the season three winner of BET's SUNDAY BEST, the 27-year-old Orlando, FL native discovered last night literally what it means to gain from losing.  The praise and worship leader came to the New Orleans auditions with nothing but the clothes on her back, but left with the title Sunday Best, keys to a 2010 Ford SHO  and a future overflowing with professional possibilities. Viewers voting online, by text, or phone sealed her fate as the third woman to win the title in the three year run of the show, while many followers commented online they wanted her opponent to break the all female winning streak. The man to beat was 79-year-old Elder Goldwire McClendon of Philadelphia, PA.    Christians have seen Leandria Johnson's type before in the pag...