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  • Comment: This is a start but still needs more sources. SwisterTwister talk 19:53, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Comment: Need to see more about the songwriter specifically. Also, any claims about their personal life would need to be sourced and have an inline citation. Sulfurboy (talk) 17:33, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Emily Warren (born 1992, New York, NY) is an American singer-songwriter signed to Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald's label Prescription Songs who currently splits her time between New York, Los Angeles and London. She is known most notable for the songs she has written for several high profile pop artists, including Jessie J, Fifth Harmony, Shawn Mendes, Melanie Martinez, Katy Tiz, Karmin, Krewella, N.A.S.A., Sleeping with Sirens and Niykee Heaton.

Early life and education

Warren was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where she attended Trinity, a prestigious preparatory school, from kindergarten through high school. Out of line with her high school classmates, Warren had a penchant for the creative and performed regularly with her band, Emily Warren and the Betters (members Etienne Bowler and Marc Campbell went on to form part of the prolific pop band, MisterWives).[1]. A single from The Betters EP, Not at All, was featured on the soundtrack of MTV's short-lived series, Skins [2]. She was accepted into the NYU Tisch School/Clive Davis Institute in 2011and offered a songwriter's contract with Prescription Songs in 2013 [3]

Music Career

After signing with Dr. Luke, Warren disbanded and spent a year in LA. Soon after her arrival, she co-wrote Masterpiece, the third single on pop artist Jessie J's album, Sweet Talker. "Masterpiece" debuted at #30 on the US Mainstream Top 40[4]and #65 on the US Billboard Hot 100[5] as well as certified gold in Australia[6] and New Zealand[7]. Following the success of that release, Warren collaborated with YouTube sensation turned pop-duo, Karmin. She co-wrote Gasoline, a song featured on their album entitled, Pulses. Following the success of those two track placements, Warren eventually teamed up with longtime friend and collaborator Scott Harris to co-write three songs from Shawn Mendes' top-selling album, Handwritten:Strings, Aftertaste, and Air. September 18, 2015 marked the release of the Chainsmokers' and Tritonal's "Until You Were Gone", which featured Warren's lead vocals. Her performance was immediately praised by Nylon Magazine, which wrote, "Her delivery is filled with a longing that packs a strong punch."[8] Additionally, the Chainsmokers hailed Warren as, "one of the best songwriters AND vocalists that they had ever worked with"[9].

Around the same time, Warren was interviewed by the online music publication Smashed about her writing process. She states, "I think that sometimes songwriting, especially for pop, is viewed as a factory or an assembly line process, and I have to challenge that... I think that good songwriting has a real art to it, and I don’t just mean the profound or thought-provoking ones. Even most of the light-hearted, straight-up pop ones are masterfully written— sometimes even harder to write."[10] Warren's express mission as an artist is to create pop music that has the conceptual backing to influence positive social change. In a Tisch interview, she states, "What excites me about this field is that pop music can be an incredibly powerful and crucial platform for influence and change."[11] Her published music is, thus far, a testament to her mission statement.

Discography

Year Album Artist Credit
2015 Handwritten Shawn Mendes Composer
2015 Madness Sleeping with Sirens Composer
2015 Reflection Fifth Harmony Composer
2014 Bad Intentions Niykee Heaton Composer
2014 Nick & Knight Nick Carter Composer
2014 Pulses Karmin Composer
2014 Sweet Talker Jessie J Composer
2013 Krewella Get Wet Composer

References

  1. ^ "Emily Warren". Rebel One. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Artist Interview: Emily Warren and the Betters". MTV. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Emily Warren: Class of 2015". NYU: Tisch. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  4. ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/304565/Jessie+J/chart?f=379
  5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/304565/Jessie+J/chart?f=379
  6. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 40 Urban Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. ^ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3958
  8. ^ Manders, Hayden. "The Chainsmokers' and Tritonal's New Song will get you Lit". Nylon Magazine. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  10. ^ Tanners, Jon. "Songwriting is Alchemy: The Secret Sauce behind Writing a Hit". Smashed. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Emily Warren". NYU: Tisch. Retrieved 22 September 2015.

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  1. ^ Alford, Dan. "Review: Emily Warren and the Betters at Webster Hall". Huffington Post. Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Emily Warren: Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Artist Interview - Emily Warren and the Betters". MTV.com. MTV. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Emily Warren (BMI)". SongHall: Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. ^ Mohammad "Hamada", Sherif. "Jessie J shares music video for new single, "Masterpiece"". Hamada Mania Music Blog. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Handwritten (Shawn Mendes album)". Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Sweet Talker (Jessie J album)". Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Pulses (album)". Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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