Nina Woodford
Nina Woodford-Wells is an American based Swedish song writer.
Due to her sister's boyfriend, who was a producer, Nina started singing backup for Swedish artists such as Eric Gadd, Titiyo, The Navigators.[1] and international artists recording in Stockholm, as in the case of Britney Spears album Oops!... I Did It Again.[2] She started to make suggestions on how to improve the songs lyrics and the sister's boyfriend encouraged her to start writing songs.[3] Woodford also tried a hand at acting in the mid 90’s and played smaller parts in a handful of Swedish TV and film productions.[4]
At age 25 she moved to London and started working her way up as a song writer from the bottom. Woodford has written songs for Tom Jones, Leona Lewis, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, British TV Show Britannia High, Australian singers Cassie Davis and Holly Valance, Christina Milian, The Saturdays, Sugababes and Jay Sean.[5]
Her biggest hit to date is Broken Strings the third single by James Morrison from his second studio album Songs for You, Truths for Me. The song is a duet with Canadian pop/R&B singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado.[5]
Personal life
Nina grew up in Stockholm's Södermalm borough. Today she lives in Los Angeles and is married to record producer Greg Wells.
Honours
- 2010 SKAP prize, an award designated to Swedish pop music writers.[6]
References
- ↑ "http://www.umusicpub.com/spotlight.aspx?id=592 | Murlyn". umusicpub.com. Retrieved 2010-07-09. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ↑ "Svenska Nina Woodford ligger bakom flera kända låtar | SvD" (in Swedish). Svd.se. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ↑ Nina Woodford-Berger at the Internet Movie Database
- 1 2 Steffen Hung. "Nina Woodford". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ↑ 22. "SKAP - Mauro Scocco, Amanda Jenssen, Andreas Kleerup, Anna Järvinen, Oskar Linnros, Melissa Horn och Anders Eljas bland årets SKAP-stipendiater". Skap.se. Retrieved 2010-06-09.