Norma Jean Martine is an American singer-songwriter, originally from

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, United States, but now based in

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, England, whose song writing credits include

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and

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. She is signed to BMG Chrysalis Music USA, and to Universal Records Germany/Virgin EMI UK.

Life and career

Italian singer

’s top 10 hit " Quando Una Stella Muore" was co-written with Martine, featuring on her 2013 Italian number 1 double platinum album, '' Senza Paura'' . She co-wrote the single "In Bilico", which featured on 2013 '' Italian X Factor'' winner

’s debut top 10 album, '' A Passi Piccoli'' , and "Lonely Nights (Hey You)" on former

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' 2014 album, '' Butterfly Effect''. In 2015, she co-wrote "In The Light" on

's German number 2 album, ''

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'' and "Come Un Attimo Fa" on

's Italian number 1 triple platinum album ''

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'' and the track "Time Of My Life" as the iTunes bonus track. She featured on two tracks on Pablo Nouvelle's ''Heartbeat'' EP - "Heartbeat" and "The Best Thing". As a solo performer she has played the

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, headlined by

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, in London in 2014,

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, the

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in 2013 and 2014, and supported

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Lissie Elisabeth Corrin Maurus (born November 21, 1982), known as Lissie, is an American singer-songwriter. She released her debut EP, "Why You Runnin'", in November 2009. Her debut album, '' Catching a Tiger'', was released in June 2010. Her second st ...

. In December 2013, Brendan Benson invited her to perform at his charity concert for the David Lynch Foundation at the

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, alongside

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and

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. In 2014, her single "No Gold", was used as the CW Network fall trailer in the US and Fox 8's winter trailer in Australia. The single was also playlisted on Virgin Radio Italy without officially being released in the country. In January 2015, she wrote with

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in Los Angeles. On October 2, 2015, she released her debut single "Animals", on Virgin EMI UK and Capitol/Vertigo Germany. On January 29, 2016, Pablo Nouvelle released his album, ''All I Need'', featuring two songs "We Ain't Dead Yet" and "Paint" which were co-written with, and sung by Norma Jean Martine. Martine's second single "Freedom", a cover of George Michael's 1990 hit "

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", was released on February 15, 2016. It featured in a multimillion-pound pan European advertising campaign for designer outlet chain, McArthurGlen. Martine co-wrote the title track from

's album, '' Time Of My Life'' which was the highest new entry in the

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at No. 4 on 19 February 2016. The 2016 Italian

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entry, "No Degree Of Separation", performed by Francesca Michielin, was co-written by Martine. On May 20, 2016, Martine released her single "No Gold". On June 25, 2016, she premiered the song "I'm Still Here" with

at the

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. She co-wrote the song with Bacharach at his home in Los Angeles in 2015, and it also featured on her forthcoming album, ''Only In My Mind''. Martine her next single, "I Want You To Want Me", on August 26, 2016; it featured in the British movie, ''Kids In Love'', which stars

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and

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. Her debut album ''Only In My Mind'', produced by

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, was released in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2016.

Discography

Albums

* ''Only In My Mind'' (October 2016)

Extended plays

* "Animals" (November 2015)

Singles

* "Freedom" (February 2016) * "No Gold" (May 2016) * "I Want You To Want Me" (October 2016) * "Still In Love With You" (January 2017)

Songwriting credits

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martine, Norma Jean Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Singer-songwriters from New York (state) American women singer-songwriters American expatriates in the United Kingdom 21st-century American women