Lesley Roy
| Lesley Roy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986 (age 30–31) Dublin, Ireland |
| Origin | Balbriggan, Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | alt-rock, pop rock |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Religion Music, Jive Records |
| Website | myspace |
| Notable instruments | |
| Guitar | |
Lesley Roy is a singer-songwriter from Balbriggan in Dublin, Ireland. She was signed to an independent Irish label and in 2006, licensed to US label, Jive Records. She released her debut album, Unbeautiful in 2008, which was Executive Produced by Max Martin. Until switching her focus to songwriting, and attracting the attention of Marc Jordan, the manager credited for launching the career of Rihanna and owner of Rebel One Management & Publishing. As a songwriter Roy has experienced international success with releases for artist including Adam Lambert, Miss Montreal, Medina, Jana Kramer, and Marlee Scott.
Jive Records A&R Jeff Fenster noticed Roy's work at HitQuarters, and agreed to jointly finance Roy's first album project. The debut album, titled Unbeautiful was released on 30 September 2008. According to Soundscan Unbeautiful sold 45,000 albums and 350,000 digital downloads. The album peaked on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart at No. 5. Her first single "I'm Gone, I'm Going" was the 48th most played song on Hot AC radio stations for the week ending 24 June 2008, then charted at No. 36 on Billboard's Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks and No. 61 on Billboard's Pop 100 Airplay chart. "I'm Gone, I'm Going" was the theme tune for MTV's show Exiled, and was featured on an episode of The Hills. Roy appeared on FNMTV on 18 July 2008, to release the track's video. "I'm Gone, I'm Going" was highlighted as a downloadable track in Rock Band 2. Her second single was "Unbeautiful", the title track from the album. It peaked on Billboard's Pop 100 Airplay chart at No. 39 and was also featured on an episode of The Hills. "Thinking Out Loud" was also featured on an episode of The Hills. The song "Slow Goodbye" was co-written by Katy Perry. Other songwriters who collaborated on Unbeautiful with Roy include Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha, Desmond Child, Dave Hodges, Emanuel Kiriakou, Kara DioGuardi, Greg Wells, Mitch Allen and Andreas Carlsson. Also notable is that Unbeautiful was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. In early 2009, Roy provided tour support on a 32-city tour for American Idol runner-up and hit recording artist David Archuleta. In late 2009, Roy paid tribute to her Irish roots by recording a cover of U2's "Where the Streets Have No Names" for a video montage featured in the New York City Marathon airing worldwide.
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