Ed Drewett

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British singer and songwriter

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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.

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 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 a Number 1 on US iTunes Chart and number 1 on Billboard's Pop Songs chart based on Nielsen BDS-based radio airplay.

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.

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, and achieved huge critical acclaim with Billboard naming the song #34 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. 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 and has spent 22 weeks on the UK chart peaking at No.4.

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

Solo albums/EPs

::data[format=table] | Year | Album | Peak chart positions | UK | IRE | All Good | Ten | Blink (album sampler) | Jam Jar | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2007 | – | – | | | | | | | | 2010 | – | – | | | | | | | | 2013 | – | – | | | | | | | | 2021 | – | – | | | | | | | ::

Solo singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | UK | UK Indie | IRE | "Champagne Lemonade" | "Undefeated" | "Drunk Dial" | "Black Magic" | "Dear Darlin'" | "The Unfortunate Gent" | "So Long" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2010 | 84 | – | – | Non-album singles | | | | | | | | | | | 2013 | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | – | 46 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 | – | – | – | TEN | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019 | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

As featured artist

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | UK | IRE | "I Need You Tonight" (Professor Green featuring Ed Drewett) | "Never Be a Right Time" (Professor Green featuring Ed Drewett) | "Life" (Katy Tiz featuring Ed Drewett) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2010 | 3 | 15 | Alive Till I'm Dead | | | | | | | 2012 | 35 | – | At Your Inconvenience | | | | | | | 2018 | – | – | | | | | | | ::

Singles as songwriter

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | UK | US | "All Time Low" by the Wanted | "Glad You Came" by the Wanted | "Lightning" by the Wanted | "Dear Darlin'" by Olly Murs | "Best Song Ever" by One Direction | "Half a Heart" by One Direction | "Little White Lies" by One Direction | "Steal My Girl" by One Direction | "Act My Age" by One Direction | "Black Magic" by Little Mix | "Weird People" by Little Mix | "Hey Angel" by One Direction | "End of the Day" by One Direction | "A.M." by One Direction | "History" by One Direction | "Cheater" by the Vamps | "So Good" by Louisa Johnson | "Shout Out to My Ex" by Little Mix | "All Night" by SG Lewis | "Holding Back" by SG Lewis | "Mama" by Jonas Blue | "On My Own" by Niall Horan | "Middle of the Night" by the Vamps & Martin Jensen | "Magic'" by Craig David | "Barcelona" by Max George | "Rise" by Jonas Blue | "Polaroid" by Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella | "Friends" by Why Don't We | "A.N.I.M.A.L" by John Newman | "Til I Met You" by Max George | "Fearless" by Louis Tomlinson | "My Last Breath" by James Newman | "Naughty List" by Liam Payne & Dixie D'Amelio | "Follow Me" by Pabllo Vittar | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2010 | 1 | – | The Wanted | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2011 | 1 | 3 | Battleground | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2011 | 2 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2013 | 5 | – | Right Place Right Time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2013 | 2 | 2 | Midnight Memories | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2013 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2013 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2014 | 3 | 13 | Four | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2014 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | 1 | 68 | Get Weird | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | 78 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | 96 | – | Made in the A.M. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | 73 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | 83 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | 6 | 65 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | – | – | * Wake Up* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2016 | 13 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2016 | 1 | 69 | Glory Days | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2016 | – | – | Yours EP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2016 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2017 | 4 | – | Jonas Blue: The Electronic Nature and Blue | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2017 | – | – | Flicker | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2017 | 44 | - | * Night & Day* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 | – | – | The Time Is Now | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 | 3 | – | Blue | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 | 12 | – | Blue & LP1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 | – | – | 8 Letters | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019 | – | – | A.N.I.M.A.L EP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2020 | – | – | Walls | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2020 | – | – | The Things We Do EP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2020 | 48 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2022 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

References

References

  1. "Ed Drewett former student at BIMM".
  2. "The Wanted Chart History{{!}} Billboard".
  3. Lee, Ann. (29 February 2012). "The Wanted Hit No1 in US iTunes with Glad You Came". The Metro.
  4. Trust, Gary. (9 April 2012). "'Most Wanted' : Glad You Came crowns Pop Songs".
  5. "1. 'Dear Darlin' - Olly Murs - Top Ten Best Songs - Capital".
  6. "British Single Nominations Announced".
  7. "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs Of All Time - Critics' Pick".
  8. (18 May 2017). "Jonas Blue - Mama ft William Singe".
  9. "JONAS BLUE FT WILLIAM SINGE - FULL OFFICIAL CHART HISTORY".

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