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Amy Wadge

Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Amy Wadge picks her Tracks of My Years.

Amy Wadge, the Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter chooses her Tracks of My Years with songs from Christina Perri, James Taylor, Kacey Musgrave and Elton John. Amy has co-written songs for established and emerging artists alike, amongst them: Keith Urban, James Blunt, Ella Henderson, Labrinth, Niall Horan, Jamie Lawson, Birdy and Dua Lipa. Recently Amy has written the music for the hit 大象传媒 One drama 'Keeping Faith' starring Eve Myles. Amy was honoured to have been asked and was sent the scripts which she then used to compose the music that would reflect the lead character's journey throughout the series. Each of the six songs are featured across the episodes and provide an emotional underscore that proved to make a powerful connection between the show's characters and viewers alike.
Amy鈥檚 most notable success to date comes from her long established writing partnership with, Ed Sheeran. Amy co-wrote Thinking Out Loud, which was the third single from Ed鈥檚 second album, the triple Grammy nominated X. It went to No. 1 in the UK chart in November 2014 after spending 19 weeks in the Top 40, breaking the record for the longest ever ascent to the peak position. To date, the track has sold over twelve million copies worldwide, has been viewed 1.25 billion time on YouTube and streamed over a billion times on Spotify. In February 2016, the track won two Grammys at the 58th Recording Academy Awards Ceremony, 鈥楽ong of the Year鈥� and 鈥楤est Pop Solo Performance鈥�.

57 minutes

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Fri 4 Oct 2019 03:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Christina Perri

    A Thousand Years

    • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (OST).
    • Atlantic.

  • James Taylor

    Fire and Rain

    • James Taylor - Classic Songs.
    • CBS.

  • Judy Collins

    Send in the Clowns

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Elektra.
    • 15.

  • Del Amitri

    Driving With The Brakes On

    • Twisted.
    • Mercury.
    • 012.

  • Ed Sheeran

    The A Team

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum.
    • 1.

  • Joni Mitchell

    A Case Of You

    • Blue.
    • Rhino.
    • 9.

  • Kacey Musgraves

    Merry Go 'Round

    • Same Trailer Different Park.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Elton John

    Your Song

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Chicks

    Travelin' Soldier

  • Coldplay

    Fix You

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

Broadcast

  • Fri 4 Oct 2019 03:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2