Victoria Jane Horn (also known as Lady V) is an English

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winning songwriter and

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and BMI heavy rotation award winner.

Personal life

Victoria Horn began studying the piano at age three and later learned the guitar. At an early age she showed promise in the areas of both fashion design and music (winning a young designer award at age 16.) She is also an accomplished

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with a long familial tradition in the sport. She is often referred to by her writer/feature artist name "Lady V."

Musical career

By the age of 17, Horn had some musical experience behind her including live performances. During this year she became a latter-day member of 1970s pop group

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under the name Vikki James. Not long after this she recorded for other artists on a number of dance songs. Her first major songwriting release, a song from 2001 called " Days Go By" performed by

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, peaked at No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Play following its implementation in an advertisement for the

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. "Days Go By" continued to garner heavy radio play throughout 2002 and win a

for Best Dance Recording as well as an

Pop Music Award for its author. In 2003, a song she cowrote for

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(featuring

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) entitled "Not in Love" won the ''

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'' Latin Dance song of the year and enjoyed top ten placement in many sales charts around the world. In 2008, Horn co-wrote the song "This is Us" which appeared on the

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album '' A Different Me''. The album went on to sell one million copies. As well, during this year, Horn collaborated with songwriters David "DQ" Quiñones, Erika Nuri,

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, and

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to found

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. The Writing Camp wrote

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's debut single "

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" off her 2008 album ''

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''. The song was picked as the album's leading single and Brandy's first release with

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, following her split with

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in 2005. Fellow co-writer

said about Ms. Horn, "'I've had the pleasure of writing with Victoria Horn on a lot of great music. Her great sense of melody and new fresh approach to concepts and lyrics is what I love about her writing. She is definitely one of my new favorite songwriters to work with." In 2009, Demi Lovato's '' Here We Go Again'' album, on which Horn wrote the song "Got Dynamite," released straight to no. 1 on the ''Billboard'' chart. In late 2012, Horn began working more in the genre of electronic dance music. Her vocals are featured on many DJ records and she has begun writing for artists including

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, Markus Schulz,

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, Above and Beyond, and

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. Horn is also active within the songwriting community. She runs a private professional songwriters and producers rights group called the Songwriter Awareness Collective, that represents 800 musicians and works closely with

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, PRS and

. She maintains a

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group that provides songwriters with a forum to discuss issues relevant to their field. Aside from EDM and her artist writes, Horn is now focusing on writing with just a few key songwriters such as Los from the Jackieboyz, EDM artist and songwriter

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and Rhys Fulber -

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whom she shares a cinematic electronic project.

Discography

Victoria Horn is credited as a writer or co-writer of the following songs. *

- " Days Go By" (single) (Grammy Award and ASCAP Heavy Rotation Award winner) *

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- "Wait for You (Song for the Ocean)", "Walk Through the Fire (Sunburn)" *

feat.

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- " Alone" * Markus Schulz - "Winter Kills Me" (feat. Lady V) * Above and Beyond - "Counting Down the Days" *

- "

" (single) *

- "

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" *

feat.

- " Not in Love" (single) (Billboard Latin Dance Award) *

Demi Lovato Demetria Devonne Lovato ( ; born August 20, 1992), known as Demi Lovato, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. After appearing on the children's television series ''Barney & Friends'' (2002–2004), Lovato rose to prominence for pl ...

- "Got Dynamite" *

Selena Gomez Selena Marie Gomez ( ; born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, actress and producer. Gomez began her acting career on the children's television series ''Barney & Friends'' (2002–2004). As a teenager, she rose to prominence for starring a ...

Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Known for her influence on modern pop music and her Camp (style), campy style, she has been ...

- "Rock God" * Markus Schulz - "Erase You" (feat. Lady V) * Darin - "That Love" *

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- "Look Around," "Day After Tomorrow", "Everything and More", "Heart Falls Out", “You Worry”, “Need”, “Brave”, “Good in the Bad”, “Future Self”, “Postcards in the Sky”, “Waiting in the Stars”, “Therapy” *Riva Feat

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- "Who Do You Love Now" (single) (Cool Cut, Buzz Chart, and Dance No. 1) *

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- "Bring Me Back" (upcoming), "Silence Speaks" (upcoming), "Already Gone" (upcoming), "Blameless" (upcoming) * Rui Da Silva feat. Victoria Horn - "Feel the Love" (single) (Cool Cut No. 1) *

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feat. Victoria Horn - "Butterfly" (single) *

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- "Alive" (single), "I Surrender" (single) *The Factory feat Pete Tong - "I Couldn't Love You More" (single) (Cool Cut No. 1) *

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- "We Are One," "Ready for Love," "Eternity," "How 'bout You," * Harry Romero - "Love is Your Drug" *

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- "Lonely in Space" * DT8 - "Breathe" * DT8 feat. Andrea Britton - "Winter" (single) (Cool Cut and Buzz Chart No. 1) *Feela - "Sweet Temptation" (single) (Cool Cut and Buzz Chart No. 1) *Double 99 feat. Victoria Horn - "Shiver" *

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- " No Quiero Mas" * Three Graces- "Dile" *

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- "She is Love" *Peroxide - "The Secret" *

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- "Keep It on the Low," Lladeladeda" *Floorje - "Blindspot" *

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"Dream Baby," "Stowaway" *Anke - "All I'll Ever Need" * The Soap Girls - "Sour" *

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- "Sync Breathing" * Fawni - "Ready When You Are *Cara Q - "Away from You" *Wynter Gordon - "Putting It Out There (Pride)" *The Freemasons - After You're Gone *The Freemasons feat. Wynter Gordon - "Believer" (Cool Cut No. 1) *Jessica Jarrell feat Mann - "Ladder" *Doman and Gooding - "Hooked on You" *

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- " XYZ" *

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- " I'll Be Your Doctor" *

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- "Don't Give Up" * Cymphonique - "Hey Now" *

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and Madison - "Valentine" * Antillas - "I Belong to No One" (feat. Victoria Horn) *

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- "Shut Up and Kiss Me" *

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- "Then There Was None" (feat.

) *

- "I'll Be Your Gold" (feat. Victoria Horn) *

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- "Ditch That Bitch" *Joachim/

- "Final Call" *Nikki Williams - "Loser" *

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- "Crazy Glue" (American Idol) *Elise Mcgrow - "Ok Cupid" *

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- "Sleep When I'm Dead" *

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- "Million Ways" * George Perris - "Falling Into Beautiful" *

- "Photograph" (feat. Christian Burns) * Tiesto vs Two Loud - "We Are the Ones" (feat. Christian Burns) *

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& Luick - Glass House

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horn, Victoria 1971 births Living people Songwriters from California Musicians from Kent People from Maidstone English songwriters