Maegan Cottone is an American songwriter, singer, vocal producer and vocal arranger. In 2012, Cottone signed to British publishing company

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and managed by Wide Awake Music. She achieved international songwriting success in the US, France, UK, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. Four of her songs have been top ten singles in the UK. She is best known for her work on

Little Mix Little Mix are a British girl group, composed of group members Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, and Perrie Edwards. Jesy Nelson was originally part of the group before she left in 2020. After becoming the first group to win the British ver ...

's "

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" (#1 UK) and "

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Jax Jones Timucin Lam (born Timucin Fabian Kwong Wah Aluo; 25 July 1987), known professionally as Jax Jones, is an English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer. He rose to fame in 2014 by featuring on Duke Dumont's number-one single "I Got U". He ...

' "

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's " Wish You Well",

Olly Murs Oliver Stanley Murs (born 14 May 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, and television presenter. He was runner-up on the sixth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2009 and was subsequently signed to RCA Records and Sony Music in the United Kingdom, ...

' " Up".

Early life

Inspired by her mother's vinyl collection of

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hits,

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and

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songs, she began composing and writing at the piano from an early age. Maegan studied piano and classical voice after moving to

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with her mother and sister from America at the age of nine.

Musical career

Cottone has written three UK top ten singles: " Up" (No. 4 -

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) for Olly Murs, "

" (No. 3 -

) and "

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" (No. 6 -

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) for

. She also scored a Korean (No. 2) with " Red Light" for Kpop girl group f(x); and a Danish (No. 2 -

double platinum Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...

) with "R.E.D." for Kongsted.
In 2014, Cottone arranged and vocal produced a cover of Cameo's " Word Up!" (produced by TMS), the official

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Single of 2014. The song features vocals from Little Mix, who Cottone has worked with several times - including appointments as vocal director and musical director of the group's

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, and vocal director on their

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. Cottone also wrote the song "The Humblest Start" for the

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soundtrack. Performed by LP & JC, her vocals are also featured. Cottone has worked with artists and producers worldwide such as

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, TMS,

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, White N3rd,

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, Tamera Foster,

Shea Taylor Robert "Shea" Taylor is a songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. He established an early successful songwriting partnership with Def Jam's R&B singer-songwriter phenom Ne-Yo, and has also worked with Rihanna, Beyoncé ...

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, Red Triangle and Komi.

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Early life

Musical career

Songwriting credits

See also

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