Ed Drewett

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Ed Drewett
Birth nameEdward James Drewett
Born (1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 (age 35)
Origin Hertfordshire, England
Genres Pop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active2007–present
Labels
Website eddrewett.co.uk

Edward James Drewett (born 1 April 1988) is a British singer and songwriter who is best known for his contributions and collaborations with acts such as One Direction, Little Mix, Jonas Blue, The Wanted, Olly Murs, and SG Lewis.

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Early life

Drewett left school at age 16 and went to a performing arts college in Charlton, south-east London. He proceeded to attend vocal college BIMM [1] in west London the following year.

Career

2009–present: Songwriting

In 2009 he signed with leading worldwide publishers Warner/Chappell Music. Later that year he signed his first record deal with Virgin Records and was featured on Professor Green's hit single "I Need You Tonight", which charted at number three. In 2010 Drewett had his first number-one hit single as a writer. The song "All Time Low" for UK band The Wanted topped the UK charts in July that year. "Lightning" and the multi-platinum hit "Glad You Came" followed in 2011. "Glad You Came" was by far the biggest with over 4 million in worldwide sales. It was Drewett's second UK number 1 hit single. The song also hit massive success in the US achieving a Top 3 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100 [2] a Number 1 on US iTunes Chart [3] and number 1 on Billboard's Pop Songs chart based on Nielsen BDS-based radio airplay. [4]

In 2012 Drewett co-wrote three songs which featured on Olly Murs' double platinum album Right Place Right Time. The tracks were "What a Buzz", "The One", and the 2013 UK Top 5 single for Olly, "Dear Darlin'". Dear Darlin was voted by Capital FM listeners as their favourite Olly Murs song. [5]

In 2013/14/15 Drewett lent his talents to writing for X-Factor winners One Direction. The first song was "Best Song Ever", the lead single from their 2013 album, Midnight Memories and the title song for their movie, This Is Us . He co-wrote two other hit singles for the British group, "Steal My Girl" and their most recent single, "History".

In 2014 Drewett appeared as a contestant on the 8th series of Britain's Got Talent, controversially billed by the show as an "unknown songwriter", despite his extensive previous successes and involvement with One Direction.

In 2015 Ed Drewett hit another chart high with the release of Little Mix's "Black Magic". The song topped the UK Charts for three consecutive weeks, gained a BRIT Nomination for Best Single, [6] and achieved huge critical acclaim with Billboard naming the song #34 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. [7] On 13 November 2015 the song was certified Platinum in the UK and It became the first song by a girl group to be certified Platinum in the United Kingdom since "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" by A. R. Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger in 2009.

In 2016 he had songwriting collaborations with Craig David, Britney Spears, Mike and The Mechanics, and Louisa Johnson on her single "So Good".

Drewett's most recent chart endeavour was in 2017 when he co-wrote the Platinum selling single "Mama" by British DJ and record producer Jonas Blue, featuring Australian singer William Singe. As of October 2017 the single has over 308 million views on YouTube [8] and has spent 22 weeks on the UK chart peaking at No.4. [9]

In 2017 Ed Drewett was featured as a writer on Niall Horan's Top 3 album Flicker with the track 'On My Own'.

2018 started strong for Drewett with two cuts on the Number 2 Craig David album The Time Is Now. Jonas Blue then released the massive "Rise" co-written by Drewett and ROMANS.

In 2020, Drewett co-wrote the UK's Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry My Last Breath performed by the singer James Newman.

Discography

Singles as songwriter

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
UK US
2010"All Time Low" by The Wanted 1 The Wanted
2011"Glad You Came" by The Wanted13 Battleground
2011"Lightning" by The Wanted2
2013"Dear Darlin'" by Olly Murs 5 Right Place Right Time
2013"Best Song Ever" by One Direction 22 Midnight Memories
2013"Half a Heart" by One Direction Midnight Memories
2013"Little White Lies" by One Direction Midnight Memories
2014"Steal My Girl" by One Direction 313 Four
2014"Act My Age" by One Direction Four
2015"Black Magic" by Little Mix 168 Get Weird
2015"Weird People" by Little Mix 78 Get Weird
2015"Hey Angel" by One Direction 96 Made in the A.M.
2015"End of the Day" by One Direction 73 Made in the A.M.
2015"A.M." by One Direction 83 Made in the A.M.
2015"History" by One Direction 665 Made in the A.M.
2015"Cheater" by The Vamps Wake Up
2016"So Good" by Louisa Johnson 13Non-album single
2016"Shout Out to My Ex" by Little Mix 169 Glory Days
2016"All Night" by SG Lewis Yours EP
2016"Holding Back" by SG Lewis TBA
2017 "Mama" by Jonas Blue 4 Jonas Blue : The Electronic Nature & Blue
2017"On My Own" by Niall Horan Flicker
2017 "Middle of the Night" by The Vamps & Martin Jensen 44- Night & Day
2018"Magic'" by Craig David The Time Is Now
2018"Barcelona" by Max George TBA
2018"Rise" by Jonas Blue 3 Blue
2018"Polaroid" by Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella 12 Blue & LP1
2018"Friends" by Why Don't We 8 Letters
2019"A.N.I.M.A.L" by John Newman A.N.I.M.A.L EP
2019"Til I Met You" by Max George TBA
2020"Fearless" by Louis Tomlinson Walls
2020"My Last Breath" by James Newman The Things We Do EP
2020"Naughty List" by Liam Payne & Dixie D'Amelio 48Non-album single
2022"Follow Me" by Pabllo Vittar TBA
YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
UK IRE
2010"I Need You Tonight" (Professor Green featuring Ed Drewett)315 Alive Till I'm Dead
2012"Never Be a Right Time" (Professor Green featuring Ed Drewett)35 At Your Inconvenience
2018"Life" (Katy Tiz featuring Ed Drewett)-Non-album single

Original Albums/EPs as Solo Artist

YearAlbumPeak chart
positions
UK IRE
2007"All Good Ed Drewett"NANA
2010"Ten Ed Drewett"NANA
2013"Blink (Album Sampler) Ed Drewett"NANA
2021"Jam Jar Ed Drewett"NANA

Original Songs as Solo Artist

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
UK IRE
2010"Champagne Lemonade Ed Drewett"NANANA
2018"Black Magic Ed Drewett"NANA TEN
2018"Dear Darlin' Ed Drewett"NANA TEN
2019"The Unfortunate Gent Ed Drewett"NANA TEN
2019"So Long Ed Drewett"NANA TEN

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