Leah Haywood

Infobox musical artist


Name = Leah Haywood
Origin = Australia
Occupation = Record Producer/Songwriter/Artist
Genre = Pop/Rock
URL = www.leahhaywood.com

Leah Haywood is a former Australian singer. Originally from Perth, Western Australia, she recorded a top 40 album released in 2001 on Epic Records Australia, with which she had a top 10 and number 1 airplay hit with 'We think it's love' , and following that she had 2 more top 20 hits with 'Crazy' and 'Taking back what's Mine'. She also performed backing vocals for Celine Dion on 'That's the way it is', the hit single from her album 'All the way - a decade of song'. Her song 'Summer of Love' was the theme song for Channel 10 Australia in 2002. She also opened for Ricky Martin on the Australian leg of his International tour.

Haywood was nominated for Best Female Artist at the 2001 ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) Awards. Accompanying her to the ceremony was Olympic swimming champion Michael Klim.Also that year, she was nominated for 'Most Performed Australian Work' at the APRA (Australian Performing Rights Association) awards.

In 2002 she moved to California with her husband Daniel James and started Dreamlab, a Production and Songwriting company.Fact|date=March 2008

From their LA Studio, they co-wrote and co-produced Aly and AJ's debut top 40 single 'Rush' and produced 8 tracks on the record which has sold in excess of a million records worldwide. They penned and produced 3 songs on Vanessa Hudgens debut record 'V' which is also certified gold, and co-wrote and co-produced 2 tracks on the Cheetah Girls record. They have worked with actors Emmy Rossum and Keanu Reeves on their respective musical endeavours, and have several releases coming out in 2008 some of which are Epic Records rock band Automatic Loveletter and Ryan Cabrera, of which they co-wrote half and produced the entire record. They have printed limited amount of copies of their electronica EP self-titled Dreamlab. A LP version will be completed late 2008.

Discography

Albums

* "Leah" (2001) - #40 Australia [http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leah+Haywood&titel=Leah&cat=a "Leah Haywood chart peaks"] . "Australian-charts.com". Retrieved June 3 2007.]

ingles

From "Leah":
* "We Think It's Love" (2000)
#7 Australia
* "Crazy" (2000)
#31 Australia
* "Takin' Back What's Mine" (2001)
#18 Australia
* "Just to Make You" (2001) - cancelled (replaced by "Summer Of Love" because it was used in Network Ten promos)
* "Summer of Love" (2001) - #87 Australia

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/leahhaywood Leah Haywood Official Myspace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/dreamlab Dreamlab Official Myspace]

References

* http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7403390/a/TCG.htm
* http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/links/0,,955351,00.html
* http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/ryan_cabrera_readies_new_album.html