Nina Woodford

Nina Woodford-Berger is a London-based Swedish song writer.

Due to her sisters boyfriend, who was a producer, Nina started singing backup for Swedish artists such as Eric Gadd, E-Type, The Navigators.^[1] and international artists recording in Stockholm, as in the case of Britney Spears debut album Oops!... I Did It Again.^[2] She started to make suggestions on how to improve the songs lyrics and the sisters boyfriend encouraged her to start writing songs.^[3] Woodford also tried a hand at acting in the mid 90’s and played smaller parts in a handful of Swedish TV and film productions.^[4]

At age 25 she moved to London and started working her way up as a song writer from the bottom. Woodford has written songs for Tom Jones, Leona Lewis, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, British TV Show Britannia High, Australian singers Cassie Davis and Holly Valance, Christina Milian, The Saturdays, Sugarbabes and Jay Sean.^[5]

Her biggest hit to date is Broken Strings the third single by James Morrison from his second studio album Songs for You, Truths for Me. The song is a duet with Canadian pop/R&B singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado.^[5]

Personal life

Nina grew up in Stockholm's Södermalm borough. Today she lives in London with her partner Colin Barlow,their son Marley and his two sons from a previous relationship Jake, 17,who plays for band Hold Up Nancy!, and Dylan, 13, who was vote as the best U12 football player in is school and is the school's vice captain of football. ^[3]

Honours

• 2010 SKAP prize, an award designated to Swedish pop music writers.^[6]

References

1. ^ "http://www.umusicpub.com/spotlight.aspx?id=592 | Murlyn". umusicpub.com. http://www.umusicpub.com/spotlight.aspx?id=592. Retrieved 2010-07-09. 
2. ^ "Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Britney-Spears-OopsI-Did-It-Again/release/1965148. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Svenska Nina Woodford ligger bakom flera kända låtar | SvD" (in (Swedish)). Svd.se. http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/svenska-nina-woodford-ligger-bakom-flera-kanda-latar_4814949.svd. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 
4. ^ Nina Woodford-Berger at the Internet Movie Database
5. ^ ^{a b} Steffen Hung. "Nina Woodford". swisscharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/showperson.asp?name=Nina+Woodford. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 
6. ^ 22. "SKAP - Mauro Scocco, Amanda Jenssen, Andreas Kleerup, Anna Järvinen, Oskar Linnros, Melissa Horn och Anders Eljas bland årets SKAP-stipendiater". Skap.se. http://www.skap.se/news.php?nid=563&m=25. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 

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