The English singer and songwriter Jessie J has recorded material for three studio albums and she has also collaborated with a variety of other artists on songs for their albums. After signing a recording contract with Lava Records, as part of a joint venture with Universal Republic [1] Jessie J released her debut studio album, Who You Are in 2011. [2] She co-wrote every song on the album in addition to her work with other songwriters and producers including The Invisible Men, Claude Kelly, Max Martin and Dr. Luke. The latter co-wrote and produced the 2011 commercially successful singles "Price Tag" and "Domino", as well as, "Abracadabra". [3] She also collaborated with the French DJ David Guetta on her single "LaserLight" [3] and provided vocals on "Repeat", a song included on Guetta's fifth studio album Nothing but the Beat . [4] The same year, she worked with the English singer-songwriter James Morrison on the single "Up", a track co-written by Morrison and Toby Gad. [5] In 2012, she sang "Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout You)", a song penned by the American songwriter Diane Warren which was released as a single from the soundtrack for 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook . [6]
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In 2013, Jessie J worked with Kelly and Joshua "Ammo" Coleman and co-wrote "Wild", an urban song, [7] which features the rappers Big Sean and Dizzee Rascal. [8] The song served as the lead single from her second studio album Alive (2013), described by Digital Spy critic Lewis Corner as "an accomplished pop record. [7] She teamed-up with StarGate and co-wrote three songs for the album, "Thunder", "Breathe" and "Unite"; the latter two were also co-penned by Sia. [8] She has also collaborated with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins that resulted with co-writing the title track of the album. [8] In 2014, she co-penned and provided vocals on "Calling All Hearts", a collaboration with DJ Cassidy and American singer Robin Thicke. [9] The same year, she released "Bang Bang", a duet with the singer Ariana Grande and rapper Nicki Minaj. The pop-soul song [10] was co-written by Martin, Savan Kotecha, Rickard Göransson together with Minaj and served as the lead single from Jessie J's third studio album Sweet Talker (2014). Additionally, the R&B-influenced record, [11] features tracks written by Diplo ("Sweet Talker"), as well as, Terius "The-Dream" Nash and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart ("Loud"). [12] The song "Burnin' Up" features rapper 2 Chainz, [11] while on "Masterpiece" she sings about "self-empowerment", a lyrical theme occasionally discussed on Who You Are. [13]
