Lesley Roy

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Lesley Roy
Roy in 2021
Roy in 2021
Background information
Born (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 37)
Dublin, Ireland
OriginBalbriggan, Dublin, Ireland
GenresAlternative rock, pop rock, pop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active2008–present
LabelsJive Records

Lesley Roy (born 17 September 1986) is an Irish singer-songwriter from

Miss Montreal, Medina, Jana Kramer, Marlee Scott, Deorro, Anish Sood and Brendan Murray
.

In 2019, Roy was chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with a song she wrote and produced with Robert Marvin, Catt Gravitt and Tom Shapiro. The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however Roy had a top 20 hit in Ireland reaching number 12 in the homegrown charts. Roy was subsequently chosen again to represent Ireland in the 2021 contest, with a different song, titled "Maps" which charted at number 3 in the Irish home grown chart.

Unbeautiful (2008–2009)

Jive Records A&R Jeff Fenster noticed Roy's work at

Top Heatseekers chart at No. 5.[2] The singer's first single "I'm Gone, I'm Going" was the 48th most played song on Hot AC radio stations for the week ending 24 June 2008,[3] then charted at No. 36 on Billboard's Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks and No. 61 on Billboard's Pop 100 Airplay chart.[2] "I'm Gone, I'm Going" was the theme tune for MTV's show Exiled, and was featured on an episode of The Hills.[4] Roy appeared on FNMTV on 18 July 2008, to release the track's video.[1] "I'm Gone, I'm Going" was highlighted as a downloadable track in Rock Band 2. Her second single was "Unbeautiful", the title track from the album. It peaked on Billboard's Pop 100 Airplay chart at No. 39 and was also featured on an episode of The Hills.[2][4] "Thinking Out Loud" was also featured on an episode of The Hills.[4] The song "Slow Goodbye" was co-written by Katy Perry.[1] Other songwriters who collaborated on Unbeautiful with Roy include Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha, Desmond Child, Dave Hodges, Emanuel Kiriakou, Kara DioGuardi, Greg Wells, Mitch Allen and Andreas Carlsson.[4]
Also notable is that Unbeautiful was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. In early 2009, Roy provided tour support on a 32-city tour for American Idol runner-up and hit recording artist David Archuleta. In late 2009, Roy paid tribute to her Irish roots by recording a cover of U2's "Where the Streets Have No Names" for a video montage featured in the New York City Marathon airing worldwide.

Songwriting (2010–present)

Under the management of Benjamin Tischker at Wide Eyed Entertainment, Roy signed to Marc Jordan's Rebel One Publishing then placed three songs with Wal-Mart's debut artist,

DEEKAY, Tim McEwan and Johannes Jørgensen on "Waiting for Love" for Danish singer Medina's album Forever, released on 1 June 2012, in Europe through EMI. Also in June 2012, Roy released two country music co-writes. "Goodbye California" with American actress of One Tree Hill and country music singer, Jana Kramer, for her self-titled debut album. Then joining back up with Desmond Child
to co-write, "Rhinestone in the Rough" for Canadian country singer-songwriter Marlee Scott's album Beautiful Maybe. In 2016 Roy provided the lead vocals for the entrance theme of wrestler
Ember Moon in collaboration with CFO$
for the song "Free the Flame".

Eurovision Song Contest

On 5 March 2020 it was announced by RTE that Roy had been chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Story of My Life".[6] She would have performed in the first semi final on 12 May 2020, however on 18 March 2020, the event was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. On 17 December 2020, it was announced that Roy would represent Ireland at the 2021 event with a new song. Her 2021 entry "Maps" was announced on 19 February 2021. She participated in the first semi-final on 18 May but failed to qualify for the final.[7][8] Roy finished in last place in the first semi-final with 20 points.

Personal life

Roy is a lesbian and has been married to her American wife since 2010.[9]

Discography

Albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
US
Heat.
Unbeautiful
  • Released: 30 September 2008
  • Label: Jive
  • Format: CD
 5

Singles

As lead artist

Single Year Peak chart positions Album
IRE
[10] 		US
Bub. 		US
Pop
US
Main.
US
AC
"I'm Gone, I'm Going" 2008 — — 85 — 48 Unbeautiful
"Unbeautiful" — 14 53 31 —
"Hang On" 2016 — — — — — Non-album singles
"Blood on Your Hands" — — — — —
"Free the Flame (Ember Moon)" — — — — —
"Story of My Life" 2020 — — — — —
"Gold" — — — — —
"Maps" 2021 76 — — — —
"I'll Be Fine" — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist

Single Year Album or EP
"Tell Me Lies"
(Deorro featuring Lesley Roy) 		2017 Good Evening

Songwriting discography

Year Artist Album Song Co-written with
2011 Ashlyne Huff "Let It Out" "Let It Out" Ashlyne Huff, Jerrod Bettis, Shari Short, Noel Zancanella
"Own the Night" Eric Bellinger,
Evan "Kidd" Bogart
, Gregory Ogan
"Runaway" David "DQ" Quiñones, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Ramon Reo Owen
2012 Adam Lambert Trespassing "Pop That Lock" Adam Lambert, Robert Marvin, Josh Crosby, Nate Campany
Miss Montreal "I am Hunter" Nate Campany, Sanne Hans
"Better When It Hurts" Sanne Hans
I Am Hunter "Everything" Nate Campany, Josh Crosby Sanne Hans
Medina Forever "Waiting for Love" Tim McEwan & Johannes Jørgensen
Jana Kramer Jana Kramer "Goodbye California" Jana Kramer, Josh Crosby and Catt Gravitt
Marlee Scott Beautiful Maybe "Rhinestone in the Rough" Desmond Child & Barry Dean

References

  1. ^ a b c d Leggett, Steve. "Lesley Roy Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "Glenn Herlihy interview". HitQuarters. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Lesley Roy chart listings". Billboard magazine. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d "'FNMTV' Sneak Peek: The Buzz on Lesley Roy". MTV. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
  5. ^ "Miss Montreal – I am Hunter". acharts.us.
  6. ^ "🇮🇪 Lesley Roy will wave the Irish flag at Eurovision 2020 with the song "Story Of My Life"". 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Eurovision: Ireland's Lesley Roy has failed to qualify for this Saturday's song contest final". Journal. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Lesley Roy 'happy and proud' to move on after Eurovision experience". RTE Newsl. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  9. ^ Martin, Megan (6 March 2020). "Who is Lesley Roy? Balbriggan native, music career, wife and Eurovision". RSVP Live. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  10. ^ "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
Preceded by Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2020 (cancelled) 		Succeeded by
Herself
with "Maps"
Preceded by
Herself
with "Story of My Life"
 Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2021 		Succeeded by
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