Nina Woodford

Nina Woodford-Wells is a Swedish-American songwriter.

Career

Nina Woodford (born 13 July 1979)^[1] Stockholm, is the daughter of the Swedish music producer Sten Sandahl,^[2] and the Black American social anthropologist Prudence Woodford-Berger.^[3] At the age of 16,^[4] she began her career singing backing vocals for Swedish artists Eric Gadd, Titiyo, and The Navigators.^[5] She also featured on the Britney Spears album Oops!... I Did It Again.^[6] By the age of 20 she had a publishing deal as a songwriter with Murlyn Music in Stockholm.^[4]

At age 25, Woodford moved to London, and wrote the European Hot 100 #1 smash hit, Broken Strings,^[4] by James Morrison from his album Songs for You, Truths for Me. The song is the biggest single of Morrison's career.

Nina co-wrote the theme song for the 2019 Special Olympics held in Abu Dhabi, titled "Right Where I'm Supposed To Be". Nina was tapped by Sesame Street in 2021 to compose a song honoring Juneteenth, a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of African-American slaves.^[7] She has also written for Leona Lewis, Idina Menzel, Tom Jones, Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Christina Milian, The Saturdays, and Jay Sean.^[8] Woodford noted that Kate Bush "makes me feel free to dare to try different things.".^[9]

Personal life

Nina grew up in Stockholm's Södermalm borough. Today she lives in Los Angeles and is married to record producer Greg Wells.

Honours

2010 SKAP prize, an award designated to Swedish pop music writers.^[10]

References

^ "Nina Woodford". www.sfi.se (in Swedish). 13 July 1979. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ "Sten Sandahl - DN.SE". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ "Feminisms in Development: Contradictions, Contestations and Challenges" (PDF). www.dissentmagazine.org. p. 77. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c "M meets… Nina Woodford - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ "Universal Music Publishing - Murlyn Songs (Europe)". www.umusicpub.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ "Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
^ "Sesame Street: Let's Celebrate Juneteenth Song | Power of We Club". YouTube.
^ Steffen Hung. "Nina Woodford". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
^ Saner, Emine (2011-10-19). "The artists' artist: songwriters". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ "SKAP - Mauro Scocco, Amanda Jenssen, Andreas Kleerup, Anna Järvinen, Oskar Linnros, Melissa Horn och Anders Eljas bland årets SKAP-stipendiater". Skap.se. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-09.

External links

All Music - credits.

[1] "Nina Woodford". www.sfi.se (in Swedish). 13 July 1979. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

[2] "Sten Sandahl - DN.SE". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

[3] "Feminisms in Development: Contradictions, Contestations and Challenges" (PDF). www.dissentmagazine.org. p. 77. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

[:1-4] "M meets… Nina Woodford - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

[:0-5] "Universal Music Publishing - Murlyn Songs (Europe)". www.umusicpub.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

[6] "Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-06-09.

[7] "Sesame Street: Let's Celebrate Juneteenth Song | Power of We Club". YouTube.

[swisscharts-8] Steffen Hung. "Nina Woodford". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-09.

[9] Saner, Emine (2011-10-19). "The artists' artist: songwriters". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

[10] "SKAP - Mauro Scocco, Amanda Jenssen, Andreas Kleerup, Anna Järvinen, Oskar Linnros, Melissa Horn och Anders Eljas bland årets SKAP-stipendiater". Skap.se. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-09.

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