# RuthAnne

Ruth-Anne Cunningham (born 2 April 1986), known professionally as RuthAnne, is an Irish singer-songwriter. She is best known for co-writing "Too Little Too Late", performed by the US singer JoJo, "In the Name of Love" performed by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha, "Work Bitch" performed by Britney Spears, "Slow Hands" performed by Niall Horan, "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", "No Control" performed by One Direction and "Beautiful World" performed by Westlife. She also wrote and vocally features on the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack with her song "Pray". In 2013, she also has uncredited vocals for the EDM-oriented song, "All You Need is Love", on Swedish DJ Avicii's True album.
On 23 March 2018, Cunningham released her own first single "The Vow". Cunningham's debut album Matters of the Heart was released on 4 October 2019.

## Early life

Cunningham is from Donaghmede, Ireland. Her interest in performing began at the age of 7 and at age 12, Cunningham enrolled in the Billy Barry Stage School.

## Music career

When Cunningham was 17 she travelled to the U.S. for the first time where she co-wrote JoJo's hit single "Too Little Too Late" with Billy Steinberg and Josh Alexander. It went from number 66 to number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in just one week. She was awarded the ASCAP Songwriters Best Pop Award at the 24th Annual ASCAP Awards in 2007 for "Too Little Too Late."
In 2018, she won two BMI awards for global hits "Slow Hands" by Niall Horan and "In the Name of Love" by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha.
On 13 July 2018, Cunningham supported Canadian singer Alanis Morissette at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London on her international tour.
On 17 December, she performed in her hometown Dublin at the Olympia Theatre supporting another Irish artist, Hozier.
In 2020, Cunningham was part of an Irish collective of female singers and musicians called Irish Women in Harmony, that recorded a version of the song "Dreams" in aid of the charity Safe Ireland, which deals with domestic abuse which had reportedly risen significantly during the COVID-19 lockdown.

## Awards

She won an ASCAP Pop Award in 2007 for "Too Little Too Late."
In 2023 RuthAnne was named Goss.ie’s Artist of the Year.

## Discography
### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | IRE | Album |
| 2008 | "Take Me Away" | 13 | Non-album single |
| 2019 | "The Vow" | - | Matters of the Heart |

#### As featured artist

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | IRE | UK | Album |
| 2012 | "Remedy" (Professor Green featuring Ruth Anne) | 26 | 18 | At Your Inconvenience |
| 2013 | "Heart Attack" (Major Look featuring RuthAnne) | – | – | Non-album single |
| 2014 | "Missing You" (Cedric Gervais featuring Rooty) | – | – | TBA |
| 2015 | "Paper dolls" (Rob Thomas featuring Rooty) | – | – | The great unknown |
| 2016 | "Love's Just a Feeling" (Lindsey Stirling featuring Rooty) | – | – | Brave Enough |
| 2017 | "Pray" (JRY featuring Rooty) | – | – | Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 2018 | "15 Sleeps" (KO:YU featuring RuthAnne) | – | – | Non-album single |

## Songwriting

| Artist | Date | Album | Song | Co-Written With | Charts and Awards |
| JoJo | 2006 | The High Road | Too Little Too Late | Billy Steinberg | Peaked at No. 4 in the Official UK Chart |
| ABREU | 2007 | Anna Abreu | Are You Ready | Daniel O'Donoghue | |
| Katharine McPhee | 2007 | Katharine McPhee | Over It | Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander | |
| Sarah Connor | 2008 | Sexy As Hell | Fall Apart | Evan "Kidd" Boggart, Franne Golde, Jonathan Rotem | |
| Newton Faulkner | 2009 | Rebuilt By Humans | Over & Out | Ben Earle, Craigie Dodds, Newton Faulkner | |
| Tata Young | 2009 | Ready for Love | Perfection | Billy Steinberg, Shelly Peiken, Josh Alexander, Leona Lewis | |
| Sasha-Lee | 2009 | Sasha-Lee | Waiting Room | Christopher Lee-Joe, Phillippe-Marc Arquetil | |
| Pixie Lott | 2009 | Turn It Up | My Love | Jonas Jeberg, Pixie Lott, Mich Hansen | |
| Pixie Lott | 2009 | Turn It Up | Turn It Up | Jonas Jeberg, Pixie Lott, Mich Hansen | |
| Pixie Lott | 2009 | Turn It Up | Broken Arrow | Pixie Lott, Toby Gad | |
| Nadine Coyle | 2010 | Insatiable | Runnin' | Julian Bunetta | |
| Devlin | 2010 | bud, sweat & beers | World Stills Turns | Ben Kohn, James Devlin, Peter Kalleher, Tom Barnes | |
| Pixie Lott | 2011 | Young Foolish Happy | Love You To Death | Toby Gad, Pixie Lott | |
| Baptiste Giabiconi | 2012 | Oxygen | Sliding Doors | Ed Drewett, Pete Martin | |
| The Game, Elijah Blake | 2012 | Jesus Piece | Freedom | A. Thompson, C. MannD. Crawford, J. Taylor, S. Fenton | |
| Britney Spears | 2013 | Britney Jean | Work Bitch | Anthony Preston, Britney Spears, Otto Jettman, Sebastian Ingrosso, William Adams | |
| Avicii | 2013 | True | All You Need is Love | Ash Pournouri, Tim Bergling | |
| Girls' Generation | 2014 | I GOT A BOY (the 4th album) | Baby Maybe | Cutfather | |
| Alex & Sierra | 2014 | It's About Us | Here We Go | Julian Bunetta, Alex Kinsey, John Shanks, Sierra Deaton | |
| Alex & Sierra | 2014 | It's About Us | All for You | Alex Kinsey, John Ryan, Sierra Deaton | |
| Alex & Sierra | 2014 | It's About Us | Almost Home | Alex Kinsey, John Shanks, Sierra Deaton, Ali Tamposi, Sam Hollander | |
| Alex & Sierra | 2014 | It's About Us | Little Do You Know | Sierra Deaton, Toby Gad, Ali Tamposi | |
| Alex & Sierra | 2014 | It's About Us | Give Me Something | Alex Kinsey, Eddie Serrano, John Ryan, Sierra Deaton | |
| One Direction | 2014 | FOUR | No Control | John Ryan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Julian Bunetta, Jamie Scott | |
| One Direction | 2014 | FOUR | Where Do Broken Hearts Go | Julian Bunetta, Ali Tamposi, Teddy Geiger, Harry Styles | |
| Grace Potter | 2015 | Midnight | Look What We've Become | Daniel Merriweather, Eric Valentine, Grace Potter, Matt Radosevich | |
| Lawson | 2015 | Lawson | We Are Kings | Andy Brown, Gary Go, John Shanks | |
| ARTY, Ray Dalton | 2015 | Glorious | Stronger | Artem Stolyarov, Ray Dalton, Hit-Man, Toby Gad | |
| The Mowgli's | 2015 | Kids In Love | Love Me Anyway | Joshua Hogan, Matt Radosevich | |
| The Mowgli's | 2015 | Kids In Love | You're Not Alone | Joshua Hogan, Matt Radosevich, Colin Dieden | |
| Classy | 2015 | X Factor Indonesia Part 2 | Lebih Dari Kekasihku | Matt Rad | |
| Pentatonix | 2015 | Pentatonix (Deluxe Version) | Misbehavin' | Matt Radosevich, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying | |
| Empire Cast, Jamila Velazquez, Raquel Castro, Yani Marin | 2016 | Empire: Original Soundtrack, Season 2, Volume 2 (deluxe) | Crown | Empire Cast, Jamila Velazquez, Raquel Castro, Yani Marin | |
| Martin Garrix, Bebe Rexha | 2016 | non-album single | In the Name of Love | Martijn Garritsen, Matthew Radosevich, Stephen Philibin, Yael Nahar, Ilsey Juber | Peaked at no. 9 in the official UK chart |
| Tiësto, John Legend | 2016 | A Town Called Paradise (Japanese Special Addition) | Summer Nights | John Ryan, Sergio Popken, Tijs Verwest, Teddy Geiger | |
| Thirdstory | 2016 | Searching | G Train | Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Jon Levine, Richard Saunders | |
| Empire Cast, Becky G, Raquel Castro | 2016 | Do It | Empire: The Complete Season 2 | Christopher J Baran, Jonathan Rotem | |
| Empire Cast, Jamila Velazquez, Raquel Castro, Yani Marin | 2016 | Mimosa | Empire: The Complete Season 2 | Christopher J Baran, Jonathan Rotem, Teal Douville | |
| Zac Samuel, Moon Willis, Tayá | 2016 | Non-album Single | Never Letting Go | Henry Durham, Zac Samuel, Tom Aspaul, Benjamin Ross Ash, Julian Bunetta | |
| Hey Violet | 2017 | From The Outside | All We Ever Wanted | Casey Moreta, Miranda Miller, Nia Lovelis, Rena Lovelis, Julian Bunetta, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Dallas Koehlke, Teddy Geiger | |
| Niall Horan | 2017 | Flicker | Slow Hands | Niall Horan, Alexander Izquierdo, John Ryan, Julian Bunetta, Tobias Jesso Jr. | "Slow Hands" charted within the top 10 in the charts of Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. |
| Niall Horan | 2017 | Flicker | You and Me | Matt Radosevich, Niall Horan | |
| Niall Horan | 2017 | Flicker | Since We're Alone | Greg Kurstin, Dan Wilson, Niall Horan | |
| Niall Horan | 2017 | Flicker | Fire Away | Niall Horan, Julian Bunetta, John Ryan | |
| Niall Horan | 2017 | Flicker | Seeing Blind | Matt Radosevich, Niall Horan | |
| Lea Michele | 2017 | Places | Proud | John Shanks | |
| Samantha Jade | 2017 | non-album single | Nothing Without You | Jennifer Decilveo | |
| Black Saint | 2017 | non-album single | Never Did This Before | Jermaine Davis, Justin Osuji | |
| Thirdstory, Brasstracks | 2018 | For Those Who Know | Too Far Too Fast | Benjamin Lusher, Conor Szymanski, Elliott Skinner, Ivan Rosenberg, Richard Saunders | |
| John Legend | 2018 | A Legendary Christmas | No Place Like Home | John Stephens | |
| Thirdstory | 2018 | Cold Heart | Goodbye My Friend | Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders | |
| Thirdstory | 2018 | Cold Heart | Hit The Ceiling | Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders | |
| Thirdstory | 2018 | Cold Heart | On and On | Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders | |
| Thirdstory, Eryn Allen Kane | 2018 | Cold Heart | Still In Love | Ben Lusher, Bryan Kennedy, Elliott Skinner, Richard Saunders | |
| Thirdstory | 2018 | Cold Heart | Grows Old | Allison Ponthier, Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders | |
| Jamie Joseph | 2018 | Mutual Danger | Can't Seem to Change | Jamie Joseph Halligan | |
| Felix Jaehn, Marc E. Bassy, Gucci Mane | 2018 | I | Cool | Felix Jaehn, Jonas Jeberg, Radric Davis, Rick Markowitz, Micah Premnath, Scott Harris | |
| King Calaway | 2019 | Rivers | Rivers | Bruce Feelder, Peter John Reese Rycroft, Tom Walker, Peter Rycroft (Lostboy), Teddy Geiger | |
| Jez Dior | 2019 | Handle With Care | Cocaine | Chris Wallace, Jez Dior, Matt Radosevich, Ed Drewett | |
| Lost Kings, Wiz Khalifa, Social House | 2019 | Non-album single | Don't Kill My High | Cameron Thomaz, Charles Michael Anderson, Michael David Foster, Norris Shanholtz, Robert Abisi, Sabrina Louise Bernstein, Alexander Izquierdo, | |
| Liam Payne | 2019 | LP1 | Both Ways | Liam Payne, Stephanie Jones, Andrew Haas, Ian Franzino | |
| In Real Life | 2019 | She Do | She Do | Ben Free, Brandon Arreaga, Conor Smith, Kendrick Nicholls, Sherwyn Nicholls, Ian Franzino, Jake Sinclair, John Ryan, Mike Sabath | |
| TIA RAY, Gallant | 2019 | non-album single | Trust Myself | GallantStint, TIA RAY, busbee | |
| Ship Wrek | 2019 | non-album single | Wait for You | Michael Matosic | |
| Max George | 2019 | non-album single | Better On Me | Cj Baran, Dan Goldberger, David Dalquist, J.R. Rotem, Jason Desrouleaux, Pat Morrissey, | |
| Black Saint, Sam Fischer | 2019 | non-album single | Everybody Wants You | Justin Osuji, ØJM, Sam Fischer, Autumn Rowe | |
| Irish Women In Harmony | 2020 | non-album single | Together at Christmas | Darren Emilio Lewis, Iyiola Babatunde Babalola, ØJM | |
| Lost + Found, Zac Samuel | 2020 | non-album single | Ghosted | Louis Schoorl, Ollie Marland, Tom Parker | |
| Lindsey Stirling, Kiesza | 2020 | "Azur Lane" Original Video Game Soundtrack | What You're Made Of | Gladius, Lindsey Stirling, Wendy Wang | |
| Fedde Le Grand, Ally Brooke | 2020 | non-album single | Gatekeeper | Allyson Brooke Hernandez, Fedde Le Grand, Josh Wilkinson, BullySongs | |
| Sam Sparro | 2020 | Boombox Eternal | Love Like That | Samuel Falson | |
| Niall Horan | 2020 | Heartbreak Weather | San Francisco | Julian Bunetta,Tobias Jesso Jr., Niall Horan | |
| Niall Horan | 2020 | Heartbreak Weather | Night to Meet Ya | Tobias Jesso Jr. , Julian Bunetta, Scott Harris, Niall Horan | |
| Lawson | 2020 | Hell Yeah | Four | Conor O’Donohoe, Josh Wilkinson, OJM | |
| Erica-Cody | 2021 | Love & Light | Gratitude | Alex O’Keeffe, Anderson Egbadon, Erica-Cody, Kennedy Smith | |
| Cheat Codes, PRINCE$$ ROSIE | 2021 | HELLRAISERS, Part 2 | Horror Movie | Beau Nox, Corey Sanders, Kevin Pederson, Matthew Russell Elifritz, | |
| CHIKA | 2021 | ONCE UPON A TIME | CINDERELLA Pt. 2 | McClenney, CHIKA | |
| Lost + Found | 2021 | non-album single | Searching | OJM, Tom Parker, James Newman, Julian Bunetta | |
| Diana Ross | 2021 | Thank You | I Still Believe | Violet Skies, Autumn Rowe, Charlie McClean | |
| Sam Henshaw | 2022 | Untidy Soul | Enough | Matt Rad, Rahki Smith, Samm Henshaw | |
| MISIA | 2022 | Non-album single | Every Wish Deserves A Dream | Emily Bear, Lindy Robbins, Toby Gad | |
| Sofia Reyes | 2023 | MILAMORES | Luna | K Sotomayor, Sofía Reyes, Olivia Sebastianelli, Thom Bridges | |
| Zak Abel, Alan Walker | 2023 | Walkerworld | Endless Summer | Alan Walker, Fredrik Borch Olsen, Gunnar Greve, Marcus Arnbekk, Mats Lie Skåre, Oliver John Marland, Oliver Geoffrey, Zak Abel | |
| Kelly Clarkson | 2023 | Chemistry | did you know | Chris Kelly, Jesse Shatkin, Kelly Clarkson, John Ryan | |
| SWITCHDISCO | 2023 | Non-album single | VACANCY | Dan Creasy, John Nicholas Ealand Morgan, Nikos Kalogerias, William Martyn Morris Lansley | |
| Måneskin | 2023 | RUSH (ARE YOU COMING) | OFF MY FACE | Benjamin Berger, Damiano David, Ethan Torchio, Thomas Raggi, Victoria De Angelis, Nick Gale, Ryan Rabin | |
| The Inner Voices | 2024 | non-album single | Still In Love | Benjamin Lusher, Bryan Kennedy, Dylan Day, Elliott Skinner, Richard Saunders, Warren Felder | |
| Lucas Estrada, Social Club | 2024 | non-album single | Famous | Lucas Carlson Estrada, Oliver John Marland, Ollie Green | |
| Rita Ora, Gryffin | 2024 | PULSE | LAST OF US | Dan Griffith, Rita Ora, Sam Brennan, Tom Hollings, Rob Harvey, Sam Brennan | |
| Erica-Cody | 2024 | non-album single | Love Me Like I Do | Erica-Cody, Richey McCourt, Aimee Fitzpatrick | |
| Galantis | 2024 | non-album single | 8 Days | Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Cathy Dennis, Christian Karlsson | |
| Ella Henderson | 2024 | Non-Album Single | Alibi (feat. Rudimental) | Artis Ivey Jr, Doug Rasheed, John MorganLarry Sanders, Stevie Wonder, Will Lansley, Maegan Cottone, Olivia Sebastianelli, Ella Henderson | |