RuthAnne

RuthAnne
Born	Ruth-Anne Cunningham (1986-04-02) 2 April 1986 (age 39) Ireland
Other names	Rooty
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Ollie John Marland ​ (m. 2022)​
Children	2

Ruth-Anne Cunningham (born 2 April 1986), known professionally as RuthAnne, is an Irish singer-songwriter. She is best known for co-writing "Too Little Too Late", performed by the US singer JoJo, "In the Name of Love" performed by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha, "Work Bitch" performed by Britney Spears, "Slow Hands" performed by Niall Horan, "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", "No Control" performed by One Direction and "Beautiful World" performed by Westlife. She also wrote and vocally features on the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack with her song "Pray". In 2013, she also has uncredited vocals for the EDM-oriented song, "All You Need is Love", on Swedish DJ Avicii's True album.

On 23 March 2018, Cunningham released her own first single "The Vow". Cunningham's debut album Matters of the Heart was released on 4 October 2019. ^[1]

Early life

Cunningham is from Donaghmede, Ireland. Her interest in performing began at the age of 7 and at age 12, Cunningham enrolled in the Billy Barry Stage School. ^[2]

Music career

When Cunningham was 17 she travelled to the U.S. for the first time where she co-wrote JoJo's hit single "Too Little Too Late" with Billy Steinberg and Josh Alexander. ^{[3] [4]} It went from number 66 to number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in just one week. She was awarded the ASCAP Songwriters Best Pop Award at the 24th Annual ASCAP Awards in 2007 for "Too Little Too Late."

In 2018, she won two BMI awards for global hits "Slow Hands" by Niall Horan and "In the Name of Love" by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha. ^[5]

On 13 July 2018, Cunningham supported Canadian singer Alanis Morissette at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London on her international tour. ^[6]

On 17 December, she performed in her hometown Dublin at the Olympia Theatre supporting another Irish artist, Hozier. ^[7]

In 2020, Cunningham was part of an Irish collective of female singers and musicians called Irish Women in Harmony, that recorded a version of the song "Dreams" in aid of the charity Safe Ireland, which deals with domestic abuse which had reportedly risen significantly during the COVID-19 lockdown. ^[8]

Awards

She won an ASCAP Pop Award in 2007 for "Too Little Too Late." ^{[9] [10]}

In 2023 RuthAnne was named Goss.ie’s Artist of the Year. ^[11]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Album
		IRE [12]
2008	"Take Me Away"	13	Non-album single
2018	"The Vow"	-	Matters of the Heart
2018	"Take My Place"	-	Matters of the Heart
2018	"Liquid"	-	Matters of the Heart
2018	"It Is What It Is"	-	Matters of the Heart
2019	"Survivor"	-	Non-album single
2019	"Love Again"	-	Matters of the Heart
2019	"Superman"	-	Matters of the Heart
2019	"Unrequited"	-	Matters of the Heart
2019	"Cold Water"	-	Non-album single
2020	"Remember This"	-	The Way I Love You
2021	"F.L.Y."	-	The Way I Love You
2021	"Safe Place"	-	The Way I Love You
2023	"The Vow (Acoustic)"	-	Non-album single
2025	"The Way I'm Wired"	-	Non-album single

As featured artist

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Album
		IRE [12]	UK [13]
2012	"Remedy" (Professor Green featuring Ruth Anne)	26	18	At Your Inconvenience
2013	"Heart Attack" (Major Look featuring RuthAnne)	–	–	Non-album single
2014	"Missing You" (Cedric Gervais featuring Rooty)	–	–	TBA
2015	"Paper dolls" (Rob Thomas featuring Rooty)	–	–	The great unknown
2016	"Love's Just a Feeling" (Lindsey Stirling featuring Rooty)	–	–	Brave Enough
2017	"Pray" (JRY featuring Rooty)	–	–	Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2018	"15 Sleeps" (KO:YU featuring RuthAnne)	–	–	Non-album single
2023	"Anyway" (Cash Cash featuring RuthAnne)	–	–	Non-album single
2023	"Feel The Same" (Ian Asher featuring RuthAnne)	–	–	Non-album single
2023	"Honey" (DecPierce featuring RuthAnne)	–	–	Non-album single

Songwriting

Artist	Date	Album	Song	Co-Written With	Charts and Awards
JoJo	2006	The High Road	Too Little Too Late	Billy Steinberg	Peaked at No. 4 in the Official UK Chart [14]
ABREU	2007	Anna Abreu	Are You Ready	Daniel O'Donoghue
Katharine McPhee		Katharine McPhee	Over It	Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander
Sarah Connor	2008	Sexy As Hell	Fall Apart	Evan "Kidd" Boggart, Franne Golde, Jonathan Rotem
Newton Faulkner	2009	Rebuilt By Humans	Over & Out	Ben Earle, Craigie Dodds, Newton Faulkner
Tata Young		Ready for Love	Perfection	Billy Steinberg, Shelly Peiken, Josh Alexander, Leona Lewis
Sasha-Lee		Sasha-Lee	Waiting Room	Christopher Lee-Joe, Phillippe-Marc Arquetil
Pixie Lott		Turn It Up	My Love	Jonas Jeberg, Pixie Lott, Mich Hansen
			Turn It Up
			Broken Arrow	Pixie Lott, Toby Gad
Nadine Coyle	2010	Insatiable	Runnin'	Julian Bunetta
Devlin		bud, sweat & beers	World Stills Turns	Ben Kohn, James Devlin, Peter Kalleher, Tom Barnes
Pixie Lott	2011	Young Foolish Happy	Love You To Death	Toby Gad, Pixie Lott
Baptiste Giabiconi	2012	Oxygen	Sliding Doors	Ed Drewett, Pete Martin
The Game, Elijah Blake		Jesus Piece	Freedom	A. Thompson, C. MannD. Crawford, J. Taylor, S. Fenton
Britney Spears	2013	Britney Jean	Work Bitch	Anthony Preston, Britney Spears, Otto Jettman, Sebastian Ingrosso, William Adams
Avicii		True	All You Need is Love	Ash Pournouri, Tim Bergling
Girls' Generation	2014	I GOT A BOY (the 4th album)	Baby Maybe	Cutfather
Alex & Sierra		It's About Us	Here We Go	Julian Bunetta, Alex Kinsey, John Shanks, Sierra Deaton
			All for You	Alex Kinsey, John Ryan, Sierra Deaton
			Almost Home	Alex Kinsey, John Shanks, Sierra Deaton, Ali Tamposi, Sam Hollander
			Little Do You Know	Sierra Deaton, Toby Gad, Ali Tamposi
			Give Me Something	Alex Kinsey, Eddie Serrano, John Ryan, Sierra Deaton
One Direction		FOUR	No Control	John Ryan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Julian Bunetta, Jamie Scott
			Where Do Broken Hearts Go	Julian Bunetta, Ali Tamposi, Teddy Geiger, Harry Styles
Grace Potter	2015	Midnight	Look What We've Become	Daniel Merriweather, Eric Valentine, Grace Potter, Matt Radosevich
Lawson		Lawson	We Are Kings	Andy Brown, Gary Go, John Shanks
ARTY, Ray Dalton		Glorious	Stronger	Artem Stolyarov, Ray Dalton, Hit-Man, Toby Gad
The Mowgli's		Kids In Love	Love Me Anyway	Joshua Hogan, Matt Radosevich
			You're Not Alone	Joshua Hogan, Matt Radosevich, Colin Dieden
Classy		X Factor Indonesia Part 2	Lebih Dari Kekasihku	Matt Rad
Pentatonix		Pentatonix (Deluxe Version)	Misbehavin'	Matt Radosevich, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying
Empire Cast, Jamila Velazquez, Raquel Castro, Yani Marin	2016	Empire: Original Soundtrack, Season 2, Volume 2 (deluxe)	Crown	Empire Cast, Jamila Velazquez, Raquel Castro, Yani Marin
Martin Garrix, Bebe Rexha		non-album single	In the Name of Love	Martijn Garritsen, Matthew Radosevich, Stephen Philibin, Yael Nahar, Ilsey Juber	Peaked at no. 9 in the official UK chart [15]
Tiësto, John Legend		A Town Called Paradise (Japanese Special Addition)	Summer Nights	John Ryan, Sergio Popken, Tijs Verwest, Teddy Geiger
Thirdstory		Searching	G Train	Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Jon Levine, Richard Saunders
Empire Cast, Becky G, Raquel Castro		Do It	Empire: The Complete Season 2	Christopher J Baran, Jonathan Rotem
Empire Cast, Jamila Velazquez, Raquel Castro, Yani Marin		Mimosa		Christopher J Baran, Jonathan Rotem, Teal Douville
Zac Samuel, Moon Willis, Tayá		Non-album Single	Never Letting Go	Henry Durham, Zac Samuel, Tom Aspaul, Benjamin Ross Ash, Julian Bunetta
Hey Violet	2017	From The Outside	All We Ever Wanted	Casey Moreta, Miranda Miller, Nia Lovelis, Rena Lovelis, Julian Bunetta, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Dallas Koehlke, Teddy Geiger
Niall Horan		Flicker	Slow Hands	Niall Horan, Alexander Izquierdo, John Ryan, Julian Bunetta, Tobias Jesso Jr.	"Slow Hands" charted within the top 10 in the charts of Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
			You and Me	Matt Radosevich, Niall Horan
			Since We're Alone	Greg Kurstin, Dan Wilson, Niall Horan
			Fire Away	Niall Horan, Julian Bunetta, John Ryan
			Seeing Blind	Matt Radosevich, Niall Horan
Lea Michele		Places	Proud	John Shanks
Samantha Jade		non-album single	Nothing Without You	Jennifer Decilveo
Black Saint			Never Did This Before	Jermaine Davis, Justin Osuji
Thirdstory, Brasstracks	2018	For Those Who Know	Too Far Too Fast	Benjamin Lusher, Conor Szymanski, Elliott Skinner, Ivan Rosenberg, Richard Saunders
John Legend		A Legendary Christmas	No Place Like Home	John Stephens
Thirdstory		Cold Heart	Goodbye My Friend	Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders
			Hit The Ceiling	Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders
			On and On	Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders
Thirdstory, Eryn Allen Kane			Still In Love	Ben Lusher, Bryan Kennedy, Elliott Skinner, Richard Saunders
Thirdstory			Grows Old	Allison Ponthier, Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders
Jamie Joseph		Mutual Danger	Can't Seem to Change	Jamie Joseph Halligan
Felix Jaehn, Marc E. Bassy, Gucci Mane		I	Cool	Felix Jaehn, Jonas Jeberg, Radric Davis, Rick Markowitz, Micah Premnath, Scott Harris
King Calaway	2019	Rivers	Rivers	Bruce Feelder, Peter John Reese Rycroft, Tom Walker, Peter Rycroft (Lostboy), Teddy Geiger
Jez Dior		Handle With Care	Cocaine	Chris Wallace, Jez Dior, Matt Radosevich, Ed Drewett
Lost Kings, Wiz Khalifa, Social House		Non-album single	Don't Kill My High	Cameron Thomaz, Charles Michael Anderson, Michael David Foster, Norris Shanholtz, Robert Abisi, Sabrina Louise Bernstein, Alexander Izquierdo,
Liam Payne		LP1	Both Ways	Liam Payne, Stephanie Jones, Andrew Haas, Ian Franzino
In Real Life		She Do	She Do	Ben Free, Brandon Arreaga, Conor Smith, Kendrick Nicholls, Sherwyn Nicholls, Ian Franzino, Jake Sinclair, John Ryan, Mike Sabath
TIA RAY, Gallant		non-album single	Trust Myself	GallantStint, TIA RAY, busbee
Ship Wrek			Wait for You	Michael Matosic
Max George			Better On Me	Cj Baran, Dan Goldberger, David Dalquist, J.R. Rotem, Jason Desrouleaux, Pat Morrissey,
Black Saint, Sam Fischer			Everybody Wants You	Justin Osuji, ØJM, Sam Fischer, Autumn Rowe
Irish Women In Harmony	2020		Together at Christmas	Darren Emilio Lewis, Iyiola Babatunde Babalola, ØJM
Lost + Found, Zac Samuel			Ghosted	Louis Schoorl, Ollie Marland, Tom Parker
Lindsey Stirling, Kiesza		"Azur Lane" Original Video Game Soundtrack	What You're Made Of	Gladius, Lindsey Stirling, Wendy Wang
Fedde Le Grand, Ally Brooke		non-album single	Gatekeeper	Allyson Brooke Hernandez, Fedde Le Grand, Josh Wilkinson, BullySongs
Sam Sparro		Boombox Eternal	Love Like That	Samuel Falson
Niall Horan		Heartbreak Weather	San Francisco	Julian Bunetta, Tobias Jesso Jr., Niall Horan
			Night to Meet Ya	Tobias Jesso Jr., Julian Bunetta, Scott Harris, Niall Horan
Lawson		Hell Yeah	Four	Conor O’Donohoe, Josh Wilkinson, OJM
Erica-Cody	2021	Love & Light	Gratitude	Alex O’Keeffe, Anderson Egbadon, Erica-Cody, Kennedy Smith
Cheat Codes, PRINCE$$ ROSIE		HELLRAISERS, Part 2	Horror Movie	Beau Nox, Corey Sanders, Kevin Pederson, Matthew Russell Elifritz,
CHIKA		ONCE UPON A TIME	CINDERELLA Pt. 2	McClenney, CHIKA
Lost + Found		non-album single	Searching	OJM, Tom Parker, James Newman, Julian Bunetta
Diana Ross		Thank You	I Still Believe	Violet Skies, Autumn Rowe, Charlie McClean
Sam Henshaw	2022	Untidy Soul	Enough	Matt Rad, Rahki Smith, Samm Henshaw
MISIA		Non-album single	Every Wish Deserves A Dream	Emily Bear, Lindy Robbins, Toby Gad
Sofia Reyes	2023	MILAMORES	Luna	K Sotomayor, Sofía Reyes, Olivia Sebastianelli, Thom Bridges
Zak Abel, Alan Walker		Walkerworld	Endless Summer	Alan Walker, Fredrik Borch Olsen, Gunnar Greve, Marcus Arnbekk, Mats Lie Skåre, Oliver John Marland, Oliver Geoffrey, Zak Abel
Kelly Clarkson		Chemistry	did you know	Chris Kelly, Jesse Shatkin, Kelly Clarkson, John Ryan
SWITCHDISCO		Non-album single	VACANCY	Dan Creasy, John Nicholas Ealand Morgan, Nikos Kalogerias, William Martyn Morris Lansley
Måneskin		RUSH (ARE YOU COMING)	OFF MY FACE	Benjamin Berger, Damiano David, Ethan Torchio, Thomas Raggi, Victoria De Angelis, Nick Gale, Ryan Rabin
The Inner Voices	2024	non-album single	Still In Love	Benjamin Lusher, Bryan Kennedy, Dylan Day, Elliott Skinner, Richard Saunders, Warren Felder
Lucas Estrada, Social Club			Famous	Lucas Carlson Estrada, Oliver John Marland, Ollie Green
Rita Ora, Gryffin		PULSE	LAST OF US	Dan Griffith, Rita Ora, Sam Brennan, Tom Hollings, Rob Harvey, Sam Brennan
Erica-Cody		non-album single	Love Me Like I Do	Erica-Cody, Richey McCourt, Aimee Fitzpatrick
Galantis		non-album single	8 Days	Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Cathy Dennis, Christian Karlsson
Ella Henderson		Non-Album Single	Alibi (feat. Rudimental)	Artis Ivey Jr, Doug Rasheed, John MorganLarry Sanders, Stevie Wonder, Will Lansley, Maegan Cottone, Olivia Sebastianelli, Ella Henderson

References

1. "Albums to be released in 2019 by Irish artists". Official Charts. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
2. "Ruth-Anne Cunningham: 'There's no booklet for writing pop hits'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
3. Black, Sandra (25 November 2022). "Dublin singer-songwriter RuthAnne earns second Grammy nomination". Hotpress.
4. "TikTok - Make Your Day".
5. Meagher, John (19 August 2018). "RuthAnne Cunningham: Streetwise Irish songstress who has penned songs for Britney Spears and One Direction". Irish Independent. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
6. "Get To Know: RuthAnne | MTV UK". 2 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
7. "RuthAnne (@thisisruthanne) on Instagram | Ghostarchive". ghostarchive.org. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
8. "Irish Women in Harmony record Cranberries song in aid of Safe Ireland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
9. Forum for Music in Ireland – Fóram don Cheol in Éirinn » Blog Archive » Stories Behind The Songs
10. "24th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards".
11. "RUTHANNE WINS ARTIST OF THE YEAR AT GOSS.IE'S WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS". Reservoir Media. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
12. Peak chart positions for singles and albums in Ireland:
    • "Discography Ruth-Anne". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien.
    • "Discography Ruth Anne". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien.
13. Peak positions for singles in the UK:
    • For "Remedy": "Chart Archive > UK Singles Chart > 2 June 2012". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 June 2012.
14. "TOO LITTLE TOO LATE". Official Charts. 13 January 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
15. "The Irish Top 50 hits RuthAnne wrote for other artists, including Niall Horan and Britney Spears". Official Charts. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

External links

• Ruth-Anne Cunningham, IMRO Magazine, 18.12.2007
• RuthAnne at IMDb