Phil Plested

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Phil Plested
Birth namePhilip John Plested
Origin Watford, Hertfordshire, England
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Songwriter, Singer
Website plestedmusic.com

Philip John Plested is an English singer and songwriter. He has co-written songs for artists including Lewis Capaldi, the Vamps, Little Mix, Kygo, James Arthur, Anne-Marie, and Bastille. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and career

Plested was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, UK. [4] He studied at Central Saint Martins in London. [5] [6] After leaving school in 2012, he formed a band, Chasing Grace, with his school friends. The band released their debut album Nowhere Near Old Enough in 2015, and were active until 2016. [4] [7] [8] [9] He later transitioned to becoming a songwriter. [4] Plested made his breakthrough as a songwriter in 2016 when he co-wrote the song "Touch" for Little Mix, which peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. [10] In 2019, he co-wrote the song "Before You Go" for Lewis Capaldi, [4] and it peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart [11] as well as on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40. [12]

As a solo artist, Plested released his debut album First & Foremost in 2018 with Atlantic Records. [13] [14] [15]

Discography

Albums

As songwriter

YearTitleArtistAlbum
2023Gone Lost Frequencies & Alexander StewartAll Stand Together
Back Home For Christmas Mimi Webb Non-album singles
Leftover Love Picture This
Home Is Where The Heart Is LANY A Beautiful Blur
Both Tiësto & Bia Non-album singles
Goodbye Never Felt So Bad James Bay
Trainwreck Anne-Marie Unhelathy
Duvet CoverAshley SinghNon-album single
Must Be Love Niall Horan The Show
The Pretender Lewis Capaldi Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent
Love The Hell Out Of You
How This Ends
Any Kind Of Life
Dancing in a Hurricane Freya Ridings Blood Orange
Sweet AffectionAshley SinghNon-album singles
Not Alone New Rules
Both of Us Mimi Webb Amelia
Remind You
2022The Way We Were Kygo Thrill Of The Chase
Ghost of You Mimi WebbAmelia
Forget Me Lewis Capaldi Broken by Desire to be Heavenly Sent
I'm Good (Blue) Ft Bebe Rexha David Guetta TBD
Everybody Needs Someone James Bay Leap
Shut Off The Lights Bastille Give Me The Future
2021No Bad Days
Can’t Say NoWild YouthCan’t Say No
Leave Before You Love Me Marshmello & Jonas Brothers Non-album singles
Break My Heart JC Stewart
LemonadeEves KarydasLemonade
Falling Up Dean Lewis Falling Up
Therapy Anne-Marie Therapy
Our Song Anne Marie & Niall Horan
2020Beautiful & BrutalPlestedBeautiful & Brutal
25 Hours Scoob! The Album
Permission New Hope Club New Hope Club
Lose Somebody Ft One Republic Kygo Golden Hour
Already MineJasmin AbrahaAlready Mine
Favourite Thing Fleur East FEARLESS
Kill Me Slow Ft MORTEN David Guetta New Rave
Survivin' Bastille Give Me The Future
2019Either You Love Me Or You Don’t - Live AcousticPlestedNon-album singles
The Least I Could Do
Undo Ft Calum Scott & Shenseea Naughty Boy Undo
Over YouLily MooreOver You
Before You Go Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
Hollywood
5 Miles James Blunt Once Upon A Mind
Nobody James Arthur & Martin Jensen Nobody (The Remixes)
12:45 - StrippedEthamStripped - EP
Devil CLC Non-album single
ProudAaron CarpenterProud
2018 Joan of Arc Little Mix LM5
Hooked Why Don’t We 8 Letters
Say Ruel Ready
Worthy Of YouPlestedFirst & Foremost
Your Name
Habits
First Time
Ribcage
Backup Plan
Home By Now - Acoustic
Easier Said Than Done
Make A StartNon-album singles
Priorities
Lost For Words
All or Nothing Ft Ray BLK and Wyclef Jean Naughty Boy All or Nothing
Bungee Jumping Ft Emeli Sandé and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Bungee Jumping
Fire In Me - Sigala John Newman Non-album single
FutureEthamFuture
If Our Love Is Wrong Calum Scott Only Human
Sore Eyes
Talk About Love Boyzone Thank You & Goodnight
2017 Too Good To Be True Ft Machine Gun Kelly The Vamps & Danny Avila Night & Day
Just My TypeThe Vamps
Bloodstream The Chainsmokers Memories...Do Not Open
Remind Me To Forget Ft Miguel Kygo Kids in Love
Last Time Love Ft Myah MarieFancy CarsLast Time Love
For Myself - AcousticEthamFor Myself - Acoustic
2016ScienceYouthonixScience
Starting WarsOne Beat at a Time
One Beat At A Time Ft THABO
BalladPROSEHome Of The Brave
Grow On MePANG!Grow On Me
Touch Little Mix Glory Days
Lazy Love Chloe X Halle Sugar Symphony
2015Me & YouSam SureMe & You
2013So Strong Ft Chasing Grace Naughty Boy Hotel Cabana
Certain Things Ft Chasing Grace James Arthur James Arthur
2012A Gift & A Curse Ft Chasing Grace Devlin A Moving Picture

Awards

Plested has won the Most Performed Pop Songs of 2021 for Before You Go by American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). [16] He has been nominated for British Artist Video of The Year 2018 and British Single Of The Year for Touch by The Brits 2018. [17] He has been nominated for British Album of The Year for Lewis Capaldi by The Brits 2020. [18] [19]

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