Amy Wadge
Amy Victoria Wadge is an English singer and songwriter. She has co-written tracks with Ed Sheeran, including "Thinking Out Loud" for which she won the 2016 Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
Early life
Wadge was born and brought up in Backwell, a small village just outside Bristol, England. Her father's passion for music influenced her enormously, and on the subject of her paternal influences she has said that she "grew up listening to early Elton John, Joni Mitchell and James Taylor. That was the stuff I cut my teeth on and now I listen to everything you can possibly imagine from hip hop to country".She began to write her own songs at the age of 9 on the family piano. When she was 11, her parents bought her her first guitar from a junk shop. It was when Wadge taught herself to play along to Tracy Chapman's debut album that she discovered her affinity for the guitar.
While still at school, Wadge regularly gigged around Bristol. At the age of 14, she signed her first record deal, along with her band Two uv a Mind. She released her first single at the age of 16.
Career
Songwriting
Apart from writing songs for herself, Wadge has been active in collaborating with new performers in Britain, most notably Ed Sheeran. The two collaborated on a number of songs, and Sheeran titled his self-released 2010 EP Songs I Wrote with Amy. One track was included with the deluxe edition of Sheeran's album +. Wadge continued her collaborative relationship with Sheeran in 2014. The single "Thinking Out Loud", written on a guitar given to Sheeran, features on the album x.Wadge has also written with Lewis Watson, with tracks "Halo" and "Sink or Swim" appearing on the album The Morning . She has collaborated with Shannon Saunders, Anna Pancaldi and other notable artists. She wrote and performed the songs for the soundtrack of the BBC Wales series Keeping Faith in 2018, and for the second series, shown in 2019. Wadge also co-wrote Consequences, the third single from Camila Cabello's debut album Camila.
Solo performer
Having moved to Wales and graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Wadge started performing at open mic sessions in Cardiff's Toucan Club and soon started developing a fanbase and gaining critical recognition. She was quickly spotted and received encouragement from some of the big players in the city, among them Manics/Catatonia/Super Furry Animals producer Greg Haver, who recorded her debut mini-album, The Famous Hour. This album "brought her more attention and acclaim". She played alongside Stereophonics, Embrace and Lenny Kravitz at the launch party for BBC 6 Music.In 2002, Wadge won "Best Female Solo Act" at the annual Welsh Music Awards, ahead of Charlotte Church. In 2003, she toured Australia with the Welsh Rugby Team during the Rugby World Cup with the song "Adre Nôl". Later that year, she retained her "Best Female Solo Act" at the Welsh Music Awards.
2004 saw her release her first full album, WOJ, to critical acclaim. In June 2004, she performed at London's Royal Albert Hall on a bill that included Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer, charted by Billboard magazine as one of the world's top-grossing concerts of the summer.
2006 saw the release of Wadge's second album, No Sudden Moves. The album includes a cover of the Manic Street Preachers single A Design for Life. 2008 saw the release of her third album, Bump, which was recorded over two days when she was 8 months pregnant. It includes a cover of "Don't Leave Me This Way".
On Monday 2 November 2009, Wadge released her new single "Hold Me" with new record label, Choice Music. She also released a Welsh version of the track which was a fundraiser for her daughter's Ysgol Feithrin, with 20p from the sale of every Welsh language download being donated to Mudiad Meithrin, a Welsh language nursery organisation.
In 2010 and 2011, Wadge and Pete Riley released a CD, as well as two live DVDs, and toured extensively together.
Her single "USA? We'll Wait and See" was released in both English and Welsh.
She occasionally presents shows on BBC Radio Wales. She presented Suck It and See, a programme about the harmonica on BBC Radio 4.
Personal life
Wadge is married to actor Alun ap Brinley. They live near Pontypridd, in Wales.Songwriting credits
| Title | Year | Album | Artist | Written with |
| "Under Dog" | 2020 | Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys, Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance, Johnny McDaid, Jonny Coffer | |
| "First Man" | 2019 | Romance | Camila Cabello | Camila Cabello, Jordan Reynolds |
| "Used to This" | 2019 | Romance | Camila Cabello | Camila Cabello, Finneas O'Connell |
| "Woman" | 2019 | The Good & The Bad | Anthony Ramos | Anthony Ramos, Jackson Morgan, Johan Carlsson, Ross Golan |
| "Dear Jealousy" | 2019 | My Name Is Michael Holbrook | Mika | George Moore, Mika |
| "Platform Ballerinas" | 2019 | My Name Is Michael Holbrook | Mika | Mika |
| "Blue" | 2019 | My Name Is Michael Holbrook | Mika | Mika |
| "This" | 2019 | Megan McKenna | Megan McKenna | |
| "FUNoah" | 2019 | Noah Cyrus | Noah Cyrus, Varren Wade, London Holmes | |
| "Monsters" | 2019 | Once Upon a Mind | James Blunt | James Blunt, Jimmy Hogarth |
| "This" | 2019 | Megan McKenna | Megan McKenna, Alex Stacey | |
| "Let It Be Love" | 2019 | Ocean | Lady Antebellum | Hillary Scott, Jordan Reynolds |
| "Centre Point Road" | 2019 | Centre Point Road | Thomas Rhett | Thomas Rhett, Cleve Wilson, Jesse Frasure |
| "VHS" | 2019 | Centre Point Road | Thomas Rhett | Thomas Rhett, Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure |
| "Almost" | 2019 | Centre Point Road | Thomas Rhett | Thomas Rhett, Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure |
| "Not Like Us" | 2019 | Fire & Brimstone | Brantley Gilbert | Brantley Gilbert, Brock Berryhill, Rhett Akins |
| "The Haunting of Me" | 2019 | The Years In Between | Jamie Lawson | Jamie Lawson |
| "Faith's Song" | 2018 | Keeping Faith – EP | Amy Wadge | |
| "We Fall Down" | 2018 | Keeping Faith – EP | Amy Wadge | |
| "Here I Go Again" | 2018 | Keeping Faith – EP | Amy Wadge | |
| "Pain" | 2018 | Keeping Faith – EP | Amy Wadge | |
| "Evan's Song" | 2018 | Keeping Faith – EP | Amy Wadge | |
| "Let The Light Back In" | 2018 | Keeping Faith – EP | Amy Wadge | |
| "How Long" | 2018 | Keeping Faith – EP | Amy Wadge | |
| "No Prayer" | 2018 | Keeping Faith – EP | Amy Wadge | |
| "Not Enough" | 2018 | Keeping Faith – EP | Amy Wadge | |
| "Steve's Song" | 2018 | Keeping Faith – EP | Amy Wadge | |
| "End Of It All" | 2018 | Keeping Faith – EP | Amy Wadge | |
| "By Christmas Eve" | 2018 | A Legendary Christmas | John Legend | John Legend, Dan Lafrombe Evans |
| "Paperboy" | 2018 | Story of Me | Megan McKenna | Jon Maguire, Catherine McGrath |
| "Everything but You" | 2018 | Story of Me | Megan McKenna | Megan McKenna |
| "Story of Me" | 2018 | Story of Me | Megan McKenna | Megan McKenna |
| "How Many Times" | 2018 | Story of Me | Megan McKenna | Megan McKenna |
| "If You" | 2018 | Story of Me | Megan McKenna | Megan McKenna |
| "Ladies in the 90's" | 2018 | Lauren Alaina | Lauren Alaina, Jesse Frasure | |
| "Rock Bottom" | 2018 | A Northern Soul | Sheridan Smith | Sheridan Smith, Jimmy Hogarth |
| "Remedy in the Melody" | 2018 | A Northern Soul | Sheridan Smith | Sheridan Smith, Jimmy Hogarth |
| "Handle With Care" | 2018 | A Northern Soul | Sheridan Smith | Sheridan Smith, Jimmy Hogarth |
| "Are You Just Sleeping" | 2018 | A Northern Soul | Sheridan Smith | Sheridan Smith, Jimmy Hogarth |
| "Ain't That Funny" | 2018 | A Northern Soul | Sheridan Smith | Sheridan Smith, Jimmy Hogarth |
| "Because" | 2018 | Thank You & Goodnight | Boyzone | Ronan Keating, Ed Sheeran |
| "Run in the Rain" | 2018 | Lighting Matches | Tom Grennan | Tom Grennan, Adj Buffone |
| "Wonder Woman" | 2018 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves | Kacey Musgraves, Jesse Frasure, Hillary Lindsey |
| "Every Little Part of Me" | 2018 | Golden | Kylie Minogue | Kylie Minogue, Sky Adams |
| "Radio On" | 2018 | Golden | Kylie Minogue | Kylie Minogue, John Green |
| "Rollin'" | 2018 | Golden | Kylie Minogue | Kylie Minogue, Sky Adams |
| "Sincerely Yours" | 2018 | Golden | Kylie Minogue | Kylie Minogue, Jesse Frasure |
| "Parallel Line" | 2018 | Graffiti You | Keith Urban | Keith Urban, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Julia Michaels, Benjamin Levin |
| "Consequences" | 2018 | Camila | Camila Cabello | Camila Cabello Emily Weisband, Nicole Galyon |
| "Hollow Hallelujah" | 2018 | Southern Gothic | Tyminski | Dan Tyminski, Jessie Frasure, Sarah Buxton, |
| "Little By Little" | 2018 | Clare Bowen | Clare Bowen | Clare Bowen, Brandon Young |
| "I Don't Know" | 2017 | Molly Kate Kestner | Molly Kate Kestner | |
| "Galway Girl" | 2017 | Divide | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Foy Vance, Damien McKee, Sean Grahan, Liam Bradley, Eamon Murray, Niamh Dunne |
| "Save Myself" | 2017 | Divide | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |
| "Nancy Mulligan" | 2017 | Divide | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Foy Vance, Benjamin Levin, Murray Cummings |
| "Barcelona" | 2017 | Divide | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Foy Vance, Benjamin Levin |
| "Paradise" | 2017 | The Afterlove | James Blunt | James Blunt |
| "2005" | 2017 | The Afterlove | James Blunt | James Blunt, Steve Mac |
| "Stay My Love" | 2017 | The Waiting Game | Una Healy | Una Healy |
| "All You Ever Need is Love" | 2017 | The Waiting Game | Una Healy | Una Healy |
| "Craving You" | 2017 | The Waiting Game | Una Healy | Una Healy |
| "Broken" | 2017 | Only When We're Naked | Zak Abel | Zak Abel, Fred Cox |
| "When Christmas Comes Around" | 2016 | Matt Terry | Ed Sheeran | |
| "Stand in the Rain" | 2016 | Jessarae | Jessarae | |
| "Numb" | 2016 | Max Jury | Max Jury | Max Jury |
| "Start Again" | 2016 | Beautiful Life | Birdy | Birdy |
| "Don't Let Me Let You Go" | 2015 | Jamie Lawson | Jamie Lawson | Jamie Lawson |
| "Let Myself Try" | 2015 | Adore | Jasmine Thompson | Jasmine Thompson |
| "Slamming Doors" | 2015 | Ben Haenow | Ben Haenow | Ben Haenow |
| "Make It Back to Me" | 2015 | Ben Haenow | Ben Haenow | Ben Haenow |
| "Thinking Out Loud" | 2014 | X | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |
| "Even My Dad Does Sometimes" | 2014 | X | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |
| "Halo" | 2014 | The Morning | Lewis Watson | Lewis Watson |
| "Sink or Swim" | 2014 | The Morning | Lewis Watson | Lewis Watson |
| "Bodies and Beats" | 2014 | rowspan=3 | Shannon Saunders | Shannon Saunders, Eg White |
| "Comfortably Alone" | 2014 | Shannon Saunders | Shannon Saunders | - |
| "Scars" | 2012 | Shannon Saunders | Shannon Saunders | - |
| "Sink or Swim" | 2012 | Another Four Sad Songs | Lewis Watson | Lewis Watson |
| "Once Before" | 2012 | Another Four Sad Songs | Lewis Watson | Lewis Watson |
| "Gold Rush" | 2011 | + | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |
| "Ed Sheeran" | 2011 | + | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |
| "Cold Coffee" | 2011 | Songs I Wrote with Amy | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |
| "Fall" | 2011 | Songs I Wrote with Amy | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |
| "Fire Alarms" | 2011 | Songs I Wrote with Amy | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |
| "Where We Land" | 2011 | Songs I Wrote with Amy | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |
| "She" | 2011 | Songs I Wrote with Amy | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |