Maegan Cottone

Maegan Cottone
Also known as	Megatron
Born	Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Genres	Pop, R&B, Dance
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, singer, vocal producer, vocal arranger
Instruments	piano
Associated acts	Little Mix, The Invisible Men, Olly Murs, MNEK, f(x), TMS, Kongsted

Maegan Cottone is a British American songwriter, singer, vocal producer and vocal arranger. In 2012, Cottone signed to British publishing company Phrased Differently where she achieved international songwriting success in the US, France, UK, Korea, Denmark and the Netherlands. Three of her songs have been top ten singles in the UK.

While she is best known for her work on Olly Murs' "Up", Little Mix's "Move" and "Salute" songs, Cottone has written on more than 25 songs which have been released commercially around the world.

Maegan was born in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Inspired by her mother's vinyl collection of Tamla Motown hits, Queen and Stevie Wonder songs, she began composing and writing at the piano from a very early age. Maegan studied piano and classical voice for many years after moving to London with her mother and sister from America at age 9.

Cottone has written three UK top ten singles: "Up" (No. 4 -Gold) for Olly Murs, "Move" (No. 3 -Gold) and "Salute" (No. 6 -Silver) for Little Mix. She also scored a Korean (No. 2) with "Red Light" for Kpop girl group f(x); and a Danish (No. 2 - double platinum) with "R.E.D." for Kongsted. In 2014, Cottone arranged and vocal produced a cover of Cameo’s "Word Up!" (produced by TMS), the official Sport Relief Single of 2014. The song features vocals from Little Mix who Cottone has shared many successes with including appointments as vocal director and musical director of the group's Radio 1 Live Lounge, and vocal director on their Salute Tour. Cottone also wrote the song "The Humblest Start" for the Street Dance 3D soundtrack. Performed by LP & JC, her vocals are also featured.

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