Английская Википедия:Amy Wadge
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Amy Victoria Wadge (born Шаблон:Birth based on age as of date)[1] is an English singer and songwriter. She has co-written tracks with Ed Sheeran, including "Thinking Out Loud" for which she won the 2016 Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
Early life
Wadge was born and brought up in Backwell, a small village just outside Bristol, England. Her father's passion for music influenced her enormously, and on the subject of her paternal influences she has said that she "grew up listening to early Elton John, Joni Mitchell and James Taylor. That was the stuff I cut my teeth on and now I listen to everything you can possibly imagine from hip hop to country".[2]
While still at school, aged 14, Wadge signed her first record deal. She released her first single at the age of 16.[3]
Career
Songwriting
Apart from writing songs for herself, Wadge has been active in collaborating with new performers in Britain, including Ed Sheeran. The two collaborated on a number of songs, and Sheeran titled his self-released 2010 EP Songs I Wrote with Amy. One track was included with the deluxe edition of Sheeran's album +.[4] Wadge continued her collaborative relationship with Sheeran in 2014. The single "Thinking Out Loud", written on a guitar given to Sheeran, features on the album x.[5]
Wadge has also written with Lewis Watson and has collaborated with Shannon Saunders and other artists.Шаблон:Cn She wrote and performed the songs for the soundtrack of the BBC Wales series Keeping Faith in 2018, and for the second series, shown in 2019.[6] Wadge also co-wrote "Consequences", the third single from Camila Cabello's debut album Camila.Шаблон:Cn
Also in 2019, Wadge wrote three tracks ("Older", "Bad for Loving You" and "To the Moon and Back") for the Bonnie Tyler album Between the Earth and the Stars.[7]Шаблон:Better source needed
In 2021, she co-wrote the song "All of My Friends" from the Delta Goodrem album Bridge Over Troubled Dreams.[8][9]
In 2022, she co-wrote the UK's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, "Space Man" by Sam Ryder.Шаблон:Cn
Solo performer
Having moved to Wales and graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Wadge started performing at open mic sessions in Cardiff's Toucan Club and soon started developing a fanbase and gaining critical recognition. She was quickly spotted and received encouragement from some of the big players in the city, among them Manics/Catatonia/Super Furry Animals producer Greg Haver, who recorded her debut mini-album, The Famous Hour. This album "brought her more attention and acclaim". She played alongside Stereophonics, Embrace and Lenny Kravitz at the launch party for BBC 6 Music.[10]
In 2002, Wadge won "Best Female Solo Act" at the annual Welsh Music Awards, ahead of Charlotte Church. In 2003, she toured Australia with the Welsh Rugby Team during the Rugby World Cup with the song "Adre Nôl". Later that year, she retained her "Best Female Solo Act" at the Welsh Music Awards.Шаблон:Citation needed
2004 saw her release her first full album, WOJ (a play on her surname, which is often mispronounced), to critical acclaim. In June 2004, she performed at London's Royal Albert Hall on a bill that included Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer, charted by Billboard magazine as one of the world's top-grossing concerts of the summer.[11]
2006 saw the release of Wadge's second album, No Sudden Moves. The album includes a cover of the Manic Street Preachers single A Design for Life. 2008 saw the release of her third album, Bump, which (according to her own sleeve notes) was recorded over two days when she was 8 months pregnant. It includes a cover of "Don't Leave Me This Way" (originally recorded by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, and later covered by The Communards).
On Monday 2 November 2009, Wadge released her new single "Hold Me" with new record label, Choice Music. She also released a Welsh version of the track ("Шаблон:Lang") which was a fundraiser for her daughter's Шаблон:Lang (Welsh nursery school), with 20p from the sale of every Welsh language download being donated to Mudiad Meithrin, a Welsh language nursery organisation.[12]
In 2010 and 2011, Wadge and Pete Riley released a CD (Rivers Apart), as well as two live DVDs, and toured extensively together.[13] Her single "USA? We'll Wait and See" was released in both English and Welsh.[14]
Personal life
Wadge is married to actor Alun ap Brinley. They live near Pontypridd, in Wales.[15]
Songwriting credits
Discography
Albums
| Title | Artist | Year | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Famous Hour | Amy Wadge | 2002 | Written & Performed |
| Open | 2003 | Written & Performed | |
| Woj | 2004 | Written & Performed | |
| No Sudden Moves | 2006 | Written & Performed | |
| Tougher Than Love | 2007 | Co-written & Performed | |
| Bump | 2008 | Written, Performed & Produced | |
| Acoustig | 2009 | Written, Performed & Produced | |
| Rivers Apart | Amy Wadge & Pete Riley | 2011 | Co-written & Performed |
| Afterglow | 2012 | Co-written & Performed | |
| Amy Wadge | Amy Wadge | 2016 | Co-written & Performed |
EPs and singles
| Artist | Title | Year | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Wadge | "Saddest Eyes" | 2000 | Written & performed |
| "Just in Time" | 2003 | Written & performed | |
| "USA? Oes Angen Mwy..." | 2005 | Co-written & performed | |
| "USA? We'll Wait and See..." | 2005 | Co-written & performed | |
| "A Design for Life" (cover) | 2006 | Performed | |
| "SXSW" | 2009 | Written, performed & produced | |
| "Hold Me" | 2009 | Written & performed | |
| Recovery (EP) | 2014 | Written, performed & produced | |
| "No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk" | 2015 | Written, performed & produced | |
| "Keeping Faith" | 2018 | Written, performed | |
| "Keeping Faith" - Series 2 | 2019 | Written, performed | |
| "Keeping Faith" - Series 3 | 2021 | Written, performed |
Other charted songs
| Year | Title | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| UK [16] | ||
| 2019 | "Faith's Song" | 74 |
Awards
| Year | Awarding Body | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Best Female Solo Artist | Welsh Music Awards |
| 2003 | ||
| 2015 | The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | Fellowship |
| 2016 | The Recording Academy, Grammy Award | Song of the Year |
| 2016 | University of South Wales | Honorary Doctorate of Music |
| 2016 | ASCAP | Songwriter of the Year |
References
External links
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- ↑ Amy Wadge and Pete Riley Шаблон:Webarchive, Moneypenny Agency
- ↑ Pontypridd-based singer mum Amy Wadge gets back on the road to avoid stage fright, Wales Online
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