- Leah Haywood
Infobox musical artist
Name = Leah Haywood
Origin = Australia
Occupation = Record Producer/Songwriter/Artist
Genre = Pop/Rock
URL = www.leahhaywood.comLeah 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 forCeline 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 forRicky 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 championMichael 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 2008From 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 onVanessa Hudgens debut record 'V' which is also certified gold, and co-wrote and co-produced 2 tracks on theCheetah Girls record. They have worked with actorsEmmy Rossum andKeanu Reeves on their respective musical endeavours, and have several releases coming out in 2008 some of which are Epic Records rock band Automatic Loveletter andRyan 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 inNetwork Ten promos)
* "Summer of Love" (2001) - #87 AustraliaExternal 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
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