# Laurell (singer)

Laurell Barker (born April 20, 1979), also known mononymously as Laurell, is a Canadian singer and songwriter currently residing in Malmö, Sweden. She has co-written songs with numerous artists, including Twice, Eleni Foureira and Oh My Girl. She is also known for co-writing songs competing in the Eurovision Song Contest and its national selections.
She won a Juno Award in 2018 for Dance Recording of the Year. In 2019, Barker was the first female songwriter to have three songs competing in a Eurovision final.

## Discography
### As main artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | SWE | GER | AUT | Album |
| "Habit" | 2021 | — | 31 | 31 | Non-album single |
| "Get Loud" | 2021 | — | — | — | Cookie Jar |
| "Sober" | 2023 | 85 | — | — | Non-album single |

### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
| "Good Thing" | 2017 | Tritonal | Non-album single |
| "Good Vibes" | 2017 | Quintino | Bright Nights |
| "Hide" | 2017 | Matt Fax | Contrast |
| "Perfect Mess" | 2017 | Steve Void and Navarra | Non-album singles |
| "Call Me" | 2017 | Tritonal | Non-album singles |
| "True Love" | 2018 | Sondr | Non-album singles |
| "Get Over It" | 2018 | Sophie Francis | Non-album singles |
| "Change My Heart" | 2018 | Ummet Ozcan | Non-album singles |
| "About You" | 2018 | Tyron Hapi | Non-album singles |
| "Sweat" | 2018 | DJ Assad | Non-album singles |
| "After Midnight" | 2018 | LNY TNZ and Mann | Non-album singles |
| "Closer" | 2018 | Nick Fiorucci | Non-album singles |
| "Come and Go" | 2019 | Flight School | Non-album singles |
| "Slow" | 2020 | Unknown Brain, Steve Andreas and Haj | Non-album singles |
| "Chocolat" | 2020 | Foothills | Non-album singles |

## Songwriting discography

| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Co-written with |
| "Ghosts" | 2015 | Charlie Storwick | Non-album single | Charlie Storwick, Ian Prince, Dave Corman |
| "Stop and Stare" | 2018 | Letters from Pluto | Non-album single | Ian Prince, Kristina Torrieri |
| "Rough Cut" | 2018 | Cassie Dasilva | Non-album single | Cassie Dasilva, Ryan Stewart |
| "Kissing Tree" | 2018 | Ainsley Elisa | Non-album single | Ryan Stewart, Jocelyn Alice |
| "On My Own" | 2018 | Claire Richards | My Wildest Dreams | Oliver Jacobs, Aidan Martin, Ricardo Hindes |
| "Between You and Me" (with Louisa) | 2018 | One Bit | Non-album single | One Bit, Stevie Appleton |
| "Lil' Touch" (몰랐니) | 2018 | Oh!GG | Non-album single | Rachael Kennedy, Nathalia Marshall, Lance Shipp, Choi Ji-Yeon, Odal Park |
| "Money Ca$h" | 2019 | Laurence Nerbonne | FEU | Laurence Nerbonne |
| "Maria" | 2019 | Eleni Foureira | Gypsy Woman | Claydee, Emy Perez, Eleni Foureira |
| "Barcelona" | 2019 | Eleni Foureira | Gypsy Woman | Claydee, Tim Aeby, Sarah Haba |
| "Going On" (featuring Soran) | 2019 | Henri PFR | Non-album single | Duncan Laurence, Henri Peiffer, Kiris Houston, Soran Dussaigne |
| "Love Me Wrong" | 2020 | Isak Danielson | Remember to Remember Me | Isak Danielson, Ken Berglund |
| "살짝 설렜어 (Nonstop)" | 2020 | Oh My Girl | Nonstop | Steven Lee, Andreas Stone Johansson, Sebastian Thott, Seo Ji-eum, Mimi |
| "Bella Bella" | 2020 | Luca Hänni | 110 Karat | Frazer Mac, Jon Hällgren, Lukas Hällgren, Pele Loriano |
| "Oči meduze" | 2020 | Andrija Jo | Non-album single | Jimmy Jansson, Palle Hammarlund |
| "Bring It Back" | 2020 | Twice | Eyes Wide Open | Earattack, Gong Do, Katya Edwards |
| "Popcorn" | 2021 | Lightsum | Non-album single | Steven Lee, Andreas Stone Johansson, Joe Lawrence |
| "Shout It Out" | 2022 | Kara | Move Again | Steven Lee, Joe Lawrence |

### Eurovision Song Contest entries

| Year | Country | Song | Artist | Co-written with | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
| 2018 | Switzerland | "Stones" | Zibbz | Corinne Gfeller, Stee Gfeller | Failed to qualify | Failed to qualify | 13 | 86 |
| 2019 | Germany | "Sister" | Sisters | Marine Kaltenbacher, Tom Oehler, Thomas Stengaard | 25 | 24 | Member of the "Big 5" | Member of the "Big 5" |
| 2019 | Switzerland | "She Got Me" | Luca Hänni | Frazer Mac, Luca Hänni, Jon Hällgren, Lukas Hällgren | 4 | 364 | 4 | 232 |
| 2019 | United Kingdom | "Bigger than Us" | Michael Rice | Anna-Klara Folin, John Lundvik, Jonas Thander | 26 | 11 | Member of the "Big 5" | Member of the "Big 5" |
| 2020 | Poland | "Empires" | Alicja | Patryk Kumór, Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Frazer Mac | Contest cancelled | Contest cancelled | Contest cancelled | Contest cancelled |
| 2021 | Cyprus | "El Diablo" | Elena Tsagrinou | Jimmy Thornfeldt, Oxa, Thomas Stengaard | 16 | 94 | 6 | 170 |

#### National final entries
##### Eurovision: You Decide entries (United Kingdom)

| Year | Artist | Title | Co-written with | Result |
| 2017 | Holly Brewer | "I Wish I Loved You More" | Kevin Fisher, Courtney Harrell, Mattias Frändå, Johan Åsgärde, Oliver Lundström | Final |
| 2017 | Olivia Garcia | "Freedom Hearts" | Gabriel Alares, Sebastian Lestapier, Linnea Nelson | Final |
| 2018 | Asanda Jezile | "Legends" | Christopher Wortley, Roel Rats | Final |
| 2019 | Michael Rice | "Bigger than Us" | Anna-Klara Folin, John Lundvik, Jonas Thander | 1st |

##### Melodifestivalen entries (Sweden)

| Year | Artist | Title | Co-written with | Result |
| 2018 | Renaida | "All the Feels" | Jon Hällgren, Peter Barringer, Lukas Hällgren | 9th |
| 2019 | Margaret | "Tempo" | Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy Jansson, Sebastian von Koenigsegg | 5th (Heat) |
| 2020 | Ellen Benediktson and Simon Peyron | "Surface" | Paul Rey, Anderz Wrethov, Sebastian von Koenigsegg, Ellen Benediktson | Second Chance |
| 2020 | Hanna Ferm | "Brave" | David Kjellstrand, Jimmy Jansson | 4th |
| 2021 | Nathalie Brydolf | "Fingerprints" | Andreas Stone Johansson, Etta Zelmani, Anna-Klara Folin | 7th (Heat) |
| 2021 | Paul Rey | "The Missing Piece" | Fredrik Sonefors, Paul Rey | 12th |
| 2022 | Faith Kakembo | "Freedom" | Anderz Wrethov, Palle Hammarlund, Faith Kakembo | 10th |
| 2023 | Laurell | "Sober" | Anderz Wrethov, Andreas Stone Johansson, Thomas Stengaard | 5th (Heat) |
| 2023 | Maria Sur | "Never Give Up" | Anderz Wrethov | 9th |
| 2025 | Andreas Lundstedt | "Vicious" | Andreas Lundstedt, Dino Medanhodzic, Liam Cacatian Thomassen | 3rd (Heat) |
| 2025 | Meira Omar | "Hush Hush" | Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Meira Omar | 10th |

##### Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow entries (Switzerland)

| Year | Artist | Title | Co-written with | Result |
| 2018 | Alejandro Reyes | "Compass" | Alejandro Reyes, Lars Christen | 2nd |
| 2018 | Zibbz | "Stones" | Corinne Gfeller, Stee Gfeller | 1st |

##### Eurovizijos Atranka entries (Lithuania)

| Year | Artist | Title | Co-written with | Result |
| 2018 | Mia | "Arrows" | Rickard Bonde Truumeel, Greig Watts | 7th (Heat) |
| 2019 | Gabrielė Rybko | "Lay It Down" | Georgie Dennis, Cameron Warren | 9th (Heat) |

##### Dansk Melodi Grand Prix entries (Denmark)

| Year | Artist | Title | Co-written with | Result |
| 2019 | Leeloo | "That Vibe" | Ludvig Hilarius Brygmann, Maria Marcus | Out (Final) |

##### National final entry (Germany)

| Year | Artist | Title | Co-written with | Result |
| 2019 | S!sters | "Sister" | Marine Kaltenbacher, Tom Oehler, Thomas Stengaard | 1st |

##### Melodi Grand Prix entries (Norway)

| Year | Artist | Title | Co-written with | Result |
| 2019 | Carina Dahl | "Hold Me Down" | Ashley Hicklin, Jeroen Swinnen, Pele Loriano, Laura Groeseneken | Eliminated (Final) |
| 2020 | Lisa Børud | "Talking About Us" | Jimmy Jansson, Anderz Wrethov, Maia Wright | Eliminated (Gold Duel in Heat) |
| 2020 | Raylee | "Wild" | Andreas Stone Johansson, Anderz Wrethov | 3rd/4th place (Gold Final) |
| 2021 | Raylee | "Hero" | Andreas Stone Johansson, Anderz Wrethov, Thomas Stengaard, Frazer Mac | Eliminated (Final) |

##### Beovizija entry (Serbia)

| Year | Artist | Title | Co-written with | Result |
| 2020 | Andrija Jo | "Oči meduze" | Jimmy Jansson, Palle Hammarlund, Andrijano Ajzi | 4th (Final) |

##### Dora entry (Croatia)

| Year | Artist | Title | Co-written with | Result |
| 2022 | Mia Negovetić | "Forgive Me (Oprosti)" | Andreas Stone Johansson, Denniz Jamm, Mia Negovetić | 3rd |

##### Eurosong entry (Belgium)

| Year | Artist | Title | Co-written with | Result |
| 2023 | The Starlings | "Rollercoaster" | Kato Callebaut, Tom Eeckhout, Thomas Stengaard, Andreas Stone Johansson, Anderz Wrethov, Anna Grey | 2nd |