Nina Woodford

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Nina Woodford-Wells is a Swedish-American songwriter.

Career

Nina Woodford (born 13 July 1979)

Murlyn Music in Stockholm.[4]

At age 25, Woodford moved to London, and wrote the

. The song is the biggest single of Morrison's career.

Nina co-wrote the theme song for the 2019 Special Olympics held in Abu Dhabi, titled "Right Where I'm Supposed To Be". Nina was tapped by Sesame Street in 2021 to compose a song honoring Juneteenth, a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of African-American slaves.[7] She has also written for Leona Lewis, Idina Menzel, Tom Jones, Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Christina Milian, The Saturdays, and Jay Sean.[8] Woodford noted that Kate Bush "makes me feel free to dare to try different things.".[9]

Personal life

Nina grew up in Stockholm's Södermalm borough. Today she lives in Los Angeles and is married to record producer Greg Wells.

Honours

  • 2010 SKAP prize, an award designated to Swedish pop music writers.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Nina Woodford". www.sfi.se (in Swedish). 13 July 1979. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  2. ^ "Sten Sandahl - DN.SE". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  3. ^ "Feminisms in Development: Contradictions, Contestations and Challenges" (PDF). www.dissentmagazine.org. p. 77. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  4. ^ a b c "M meets… Nina Woodford - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  5. ^ "Universal Music Publishing - Murlyn Songs (Europe)". www.umusicpub.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  6. ^ "Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  7. ^ "Sesame Street: Let's Celebrate Juneteenth Song | Power of We Club". YouTube.
  8. ^ Steffen Hung. "Nina Woodford". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  9. ISSN 0261-3077
    . Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  10. ^ "SKAP - Mauro Scocco, Amanda Jenssen, Andreas Kleerup, Anna Järvinen, Oskar Linnros, Melissa Horn och Anders Eljas bland årets SKAP-stipendiater". Skap.se. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-09.

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