Maegan Cottone

Maegan Cottone
Also known as Megatron
Born Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Genres Pop, R&B, Dance
Occupation(s) Songwriter, singer, vocal producer, vocal arranger
Instruments piano
Associated acts Little Mix, The Invisible Men, Olly Murs, MNEK, f(x), TMS, Kongsted

Maegan Cottone is a British American songwriter, singer, vocal producer and vocal arranger. In 2012, Cottone signed to British publishing company Phrased Differently where she achieved international songwriting success in the US, France, UK, Korea, Denmark and the Netherlands. Three of her songs have been top ten singles in the UK.[1]

While she is best known for her work on Olly Murs' "Up", Little Mix's "Move" and "Salute" songs, Cottone has written on more than 25 songs which have been released commercially around the world.[2][3]

Early life

Maegan was born in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Inspired by her mother's vinyl collection of Tamla Motown hits, Queen and Stevie Wonder songs, she began composing and writing at the piano from a very early age. Maegan studied piano and classical voice for many years after moving to London with her mother and sister from America at age 9.[1]

Musical career

Cottone has written three UK top ten singles: "Up" (No. 4 -Gold) for Olly Murs, "Move" (No. 3 -Gold) and "Salute" (No. 6 -Silver) for Little Mix.[4][5] She also scored a Korean (No. 2) with "Red Light" for Kpop girl group f(x); and a Danish (No. 2 - double platinum) with "R.E.D." for Kongsted.[6][7][8] In 2014, Cottone arranged and vocal produced a cover of Cameo’s "Word Up!" (produced by TMS), the official Sport Relief Single of 2014.[9][10] The song features vocals from Little Mix who Cottone has shared many successes with including appointments as vocal director and musical director of the group's Radio 1 Live Lounge, and vocal director on their Salute Tour. Cottone also wrote the song "The Humblest Start" for the Street Dance 3D soundtrack.[11][12] Performed by LP & JC, her vocals are also featured.[13]

Cottone is a sought after songwriter, vocal coach and vocal producer who continues to work with many artists and producers worldwide such as DJ Mustard, Babyface, Chase & Status, TMS, Cutfather, White N3rd, Melissa Steel, Tamera Foster, Shea Taylor, Wayne Wilkins, Red Triangle and Komi.[1]

Songwriting credits

Year Title Artist Album
2016 "F.U." Little Mix Glory Days
2015 "Pretty Girls" Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea N/A
"Lightning" Little Mix Get Weird
"A.D.I.D.A.S."
"OMG"
2014 "Up" Olly Murs featuring Demi Lovato Never Been Better
"Competition" Little Mix Salute
"Word Up!" N/A
"Red Light" f(x) Red Light
"R.E.D." Kongsted N/A
2013 "Salute" Little Mix Salute
"Move"
"Shooting Star (Tara McDonald song)" Tara McDonald featuring Zaho Contagieuse
"The Greatest" Mell Tierra featuring Maegan Cottone N/A
2012 "8 Days a Week" Jean Roch featuring Timati Music Saved My Life
"Fly" Mark With A K featuring Maegan Cottone N/A

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Maegan Cottone". PhrasedDifferently.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Iggy Azalea Denies Little Mix Collaboration After 'Song Registration'". EntertainmentWise.com. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015. Cottone, meanwhile, has worked with Little Mix before on the ace ‘Move’ and ‘Competition’
  3. ↑ "Maegan Cottone Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "OLLY MURS FEATURING DEMI LOVATO (Epic/Syco Music GBARL1401280)". OfficialCharts.com. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "LITTLE MIX". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Red Light at no.2". Web.archive.org. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "K-pop Chart Report". PopDust.com. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Kongsted R.E.D.". Top40-charts.com. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Runcie, Charlotte (17 January 2014). "Little Mix to cover Word Up as Sport Relief single". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Little Mix to record Cameo's Word Up as Sport Relief song". BBC.co.uk. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "LP & JC The Humblest Start". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "StreetDance 3D". IMDB.com. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Writer / Vocalist". MaeganCottone.com. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
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