Beating artists such as Lady Gaga, JLS, Chris Brown, Sugababes and Pixie Lott, Leeds College of Music alumna Kelly Mueller’s debut single ‘She Cries’ hits the No.1 spot this week in Music Week Upfront Club Top 30!
DJs such as Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Gareth Emery, Cosmic Gate and artists Imogen Heap and The Script have supported ‘She Cries’ and Kelly is the featured artist on Akon’s new HITLAB site, his new venture to try and discover the next big thing and promote unsigned artists.
Kelly studied on the FE Programme at Leeds College of Music, becoming the youngest and first female to be presented with the College’s ‘John Coates Award for Outstanding Musicianship’.
From Kelly’s MySpace page: Kelly has firmly stamped her mark on the global music industry, working as producer/songwriter/musician for artists such as Mary J Blige, Ne-Yo, Lindsay Lohan, Chaka Khan, Timbaland, Crystal Waters, Keri Hilson, Ce Ce Peniston, Startgate, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Juliet Roberts, Silvia Tosun, Alexander O’Neal and Martha Wash, and record labels such as Sony BMG, Mosely Group, Ministry Of Sound, EMI, Stateside, Interscope, Champion, Trackworks US, Def Jam, Big Management US, AATW & Universal.
Kelly is also one third of the acclaimed, chart-busting pop/dance production team known as ‘Soulshaker’, and under the Soulshaker guise has enjoyed several No1 dance chart positions and dozens of top 40 MW chart positions.
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