Madison Love

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Madison Love
Born
Madison Emiko Love

(1995-04-19) April 19, 1995 (age 28)
Alma mater New York University
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Musical career
Genres Pop
Labels APG

Madison Emiko Love is an American singer and songwriter. She is signed to Artist Publishing Group. She has written songs with Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Pink, Demi Lovato, Camila Cabello, Ava Max and Kim Petras.

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Early life

Madison Emiko Love was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] Her father, Roger Love, is a vocal coach. [3] Love moved to New York and started her career writing songs while attending the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she later graduated. [1] [4] [5] In 2014, Love was featured in the Teen Vogue series, Bryanboy Goes to College. [6]

Career

Writing credits

Love co-wrote the 2016 song "Bad Things" by Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello, while she was a student at New York University (NYU). [4] Love also co-wrote the 2017 song "Him & I", by G-Eazy and Halsey. [7] [8] "Him & I" peaked at number one on the Billboard Pop Songs Airplay Chart in 2018. [9] Love's first executive produced song was Ava Max's 2018 song "Sweet but Psycho", the latter artist coincidentally collaborated with Love during their time in college and were also friends. [4] The song reached number one in 17 countries including Germany and the United Kingdom, a position it held on the UK Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks. [10]

Vocal credits

As a vocalist, Love was featured alongside G-Eazy on the track "Mama Always Told Me", "Hurt People" by Two Feet, "Waste Love" by Machine Gun Kelly, "No Filter" by Black Coast, "Waiting For You" by Coyote Kisses, and "I Love You" by Axwell & Ingrosso.[ citation needed ]

Writing credits

All song credits are adapted from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers's database, unless otherwise noted.

YearArtistSongAlbum
2023 Blackpink "The Girls"
Ava Max "Choose Your Fighter" Barbie the Album
Alok and Ava Max "Car Keys (Ayla)"
Leah Kate "Super Over"Super Over
Kim Petras "King of Hearts" Feed The Beast
"uhoh"
Pink "Turbulence" Trustfall
Ava Max "Hold Up (Wait a Minute)" Diamonds & Dancefloors
"Weapons"
"In the Dark"
"Turn Off the Lights"
"Get Outta My Heart"
"Cold as Ice"
"Last Night on Earth"
Addison Rae "I Got It Bad " AR
"Nothing On (But The Radio)
2022 Lauv "Stay Together" All 4 Nothing
"Time After Time"
Mandy Moore "Heartlands"In Real Life
"Little Victories"
Charli XCX "Lightning" Crash
2021 Demi Lovato "Easy"
(with Noah Cyrus)
Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over
"My Girlfriends are My Boyfriend"
(featuring Saweetie)
Bring Me the Horizon "Die4U"Post Human 2
Daya "Bad Girl"The Difference
Addison Rae "Obsessed " AR
2020 Katy Perry "Teary Eyes" Smile
"Not the End of the World"
Ava Max "Who's Laughing Now" Heaven & Hell
"Kings & Queens"
Lady Gaga "Sour Candy"
(with Blackpink)
Chromatica
Selena Gomez "Rare" Rare
"A Sweeter Place"
(featuring Kid Cudi)
"Souvenir"
2019 Ava Max "Torn" Heaven & Hell
Zara Larsson "Wow" Poster Girl
Ally Brooke "Lips Don't Lie"
(featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie)
TBA
Kim Petras "Personal Hell" Clarity
"Another One"
2018 Arizona "What She Wants"What She Wants
Ava Max "Sweet but Psycho" Heaven & Hell
Bazzi "Star"Cosmic
Benjamin Ingrosso "Behave" Identification
Camila Cabello "In the Dark" Camila
Niykee Heaton "Mascara"
Hayley Kiyoko "Wanna Be Missed" Expectations
Madison Beer "Heartless"As She Pleases
"Beautiful Wreck" Forever Neverland
2017 Axwell & Ingrosso "I Love You" More Than You Know
Ava Max "Not Your Barbie Girl"
Madison Beer "Dead" As She Pleases
G-Eazy and Halsey "Him & I" The Beautiful & Damned
Pitbull and Fifth Harmony "Por Favor" Fifth Harmony
Astrid S "Think Before I Talk" Leave It Beautiful (Complete)
Jasmine Thompson "Someone's Somebody"Wonderland
Baby Ariel "Aww"
Jeff Lewis"Friends Are Family"The Lego Batman Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Greg Pajer, Aris Archontis, Madison Love"Do You See This"xXx: Return of Xander Cage (Music from the Motion Picture)
Nicky Blitz"Walk"
DJ Vice "Pinata"
Wingtip "Walls"
(featuring Delacey)
2016 Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello "Bad Things" Bloom
Coyote Kisses"Waiting for You"
(featuring Madison Love)
Jason Derulo "Kiss the Sky" Platinum Hits
Scavenger Hunt "Slow Dancing"Shapes and Outlines
Tritonal, Jenaux"Broken"
(featuring Adam Lambert)

Vocals

YearArtistSongAlbum
2018 G-Eazy "Mama Always Told Me" The Beautiful & Damned
Two Feet "Hurt People" [11] A Twenty Something Fuck
Axwell & Ingrosso "I Love You" [12] More Than You Know
Black Coast"No Filter"
2019 Machine Gun Kelly "Waste Love"Hotel Diablo
Jax Jones "Cruel" Snacks (Supersize)

Filmography

YearFilmRole
2013"Begin Again"Singer Songwriter #1

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