Laila Samuelsen

**Laila Samuelsen** også kjent som **Laila Samuels**  (født 3. juni 1976) er en norsk låtskriver, tekstforfatter og artist. 

## Liv og virke
Samuelsen er født og oppvokst i Oslo, der hun bodde sammen med sine foreldre og to eldre søstre. Hennes mor var jazz-sangerinne, den ene søsteren spiller saksofon og er dirigent og tre av hennes onkler er komponister/musikere. Hennes besteforeldre på begge sider har spilt piano/gitar/trekkspill.

Hun startet å skrive sanger som 10-åring og sang i forskjellige band fra hun var 13 til hun var 18. Da hun var 18 ble hun hovedvokalist i det norske bandet The Tuesdays. Bandet fikk platekontrakt med Polygram Worldwide og senere med Arista Records New York (Clive Davis). Med låta «It's Up to You» lå de på 55.-plass i 1998 på den amerikanske Billboard Hot 100-lista.

Samuelsen har skrevet låter for blant andre Maria Arredondo, Gaute Ormåsen, Alejandro Fuentes, Liv Marit Wedvik, Venke Knutson, Lena Meyer-Landrut, Erlend Bratland, samt de japanske bandene W-inds og Diva. Hun synger på flere av andre artisters album, blant annet Ravis *Kjøpr Gitar* (2006).

I 2018 etablerte hun duoen Shandel & Samuels sammen med den kanadiske låtskriveren og artisten Jonas Shandel. Duoen ga ut sin debutsingel "Heroine" høsten 2018.

## Diskografi
;Singler/EP-er
**Got Naive* (2002)
**I Guess U Guessed* (2005)
**Give It to Me Straight* (2009)
**Stretched It to the Limit* (2009)
**Afterglow* (2016)
**Last Day of Our Lives* (2016)
**Run Run Run* (2017)
**[[Shadow Boxing]]* (2017)
**Frisbee* (2019)

### [[The Tuesdays]]
;Album
**[[The Tuesdays (album)|The Tuesdays]]* (1998)
;Singler/EP-er
**It's Up to You* (1997)
**[[I Was Thinking of You]]* (1998)
**[[Changing the Moods]]* (1998)
**I'll Be Here/I Wish It Was Yesterday* (1998)
;Deltar på
* Sane: *Nothing Beats Your Love* (1999)
* The Tramps: *[[Halfway to the Moon]]* (2000)
* Charmed: *[[Charmed (album)|Charmed]]* (2000)
* Sane: *[[Charmed and Confused]]* (2000)
* Vitamin C: *[[More (Vitamin C-album)|More]]* (2001)
* Reset: *[[Calling You]]* (2001)
* Gaute Ormåsen: *Miss You When You're Gone* (2003)
* Gaute Ormåsen: *[[New Kid in Town]]* (2003)
* Anne Hvidsten: *[[Need to Know]]* (2004)
* Maria Arredondo: *Burning* (2004)
* Maria Arredondo: *[[Not Going Under]]* (2004)
* Jo O'Meara: *[[Relentless]]* (2005)
* Alejandro Fuentes: *[[Diamonds Or Pearls]]* (2005)
* Ravi ft. deLillos: *Neste såmer* (2006)
* Ravi: *[[Kjøpr gitar]]* (2006)
* The Players: *This Is for Real* (2006)
* Lind, Nilsen, Fuentes, Holm: *[[Hallelujah Live]]* (2006)
* Liv Marit Wedvik: *[[Riding Out the Storm]]* (2006)
* Magnus Carlsson: *[[Spår i snön]]* (2006)
* Maria Arredondo: *On Christmas Day* (2006)
* Tylden & co: *[[Hjem til jul &ndash; en musikalsk julekalender]]* (2006)
* Venke Knutson: *Win with Your Hands Down* (2007)
* Alejandro Fuentes: *Tomorrow Only Knows* (2007)
* Venke Knutson: *Walk the Walk* (2007)
* Gaute Ormåsen: *Du + jeg = vi* (2007)
* Alejandro Fuentes: *[[Tomorrow Only Knows]]* (2007)
* Maria Arredondo: *[[For a Moment (album)|For a Moment]]* (2007)
* Venke Knutson: *[[Crush (Venke Knutson-album)|Crush]]* (2007)
* Veronica Akselsen: *Am I Supposed to Love Again* (2008)
* Melodi Grand Prix: *[[Melodi Grand Prix 2008 (album)|Melodi Grand Prix 2008]]* (2008)
* Josefine: *[[Josefine (album)|Josefine]]* (2008)
* Gaute Ormåsen: *Til vi sees igjen* (2008)
* Gaute Ormåsen: *[[Drømmesang]]* (2008)
* Josefine: *I Guess You Guessed* (2008)
* Katrine Moholt: *[[Sweethearts (Katrine Moholt-album)|Sweethearts]]* (2008)
* Erlend Bratland: *Still Water* (2008)
* Erlend Bratland: *[[True Colors]]* (2008)
* Torstein Sødal: *[[Torstein Sødal (album)|Torstein Sødal]]* (2008)
* Charite: *Sweeter Than a Kiss* (2009)
* Melodi Grand Prix: *[[Melodi Grand Prix 2009 (album)|Melodi Grand Prix 2009]]* (2009)
* Eva & The Heartmaker: *[[Let's Keep This Up Forever]]* (2009)
* Alexander Rybak: *[[Fairytales (Alexander Rybak-album)|Fairytales]]* (2009)
* Lind, Nilsen, Fuentes, Holm: *[[Hallelujah Live &ndash; Volume 2]]* (2009)
* Kristiina Brask: *[[Kuivilla susta]]* (2009)
* Amy Diamond: *[[Swings and Roundabouts]]* (2009)
* Gaute Ormåsen: *Synk eller svøm* (2010)
* Venke Knutson: *Jealous 'Cause I Love You* (2010)
* Forente artister: *Den stilleste timen* (2010)
* Melodi Grand Prix 2010: *[[Melodi Grand Prix 2010 (album)|Melodi Grand Prix 2010]]* (2010)
* Gaute Ormåsen: *[[Oss imellom]]* (2010)
* Forente artister: *[[Dugnad for Haiti &ndash; Live fra Operaen]]* (2010)
* Aleksander With: *[[Still Awake]]* (2010)
* Melodi Grand Prix: *[[Norsk Melodi Grand Prix gjennom 50 år]]* (2010)
* Venke Knutson: *[[Smiles &ndash; The Very Best of Venke Knutson]]* (2010)
* Rikke Lie: *Good Girl* (2010)
* Vinni and The Vagabonds: *[[Happily Lost]]* (2010)
* Didrik Solli-Tangen: *[[Guilty Pleasures (Didrik Solli-Tangen-album)|Guilty Pleasures]]* (2010)
* Unni Lindell & Fredrik Skavlan: *[[Nifse Nella og jordbærgiften]]* (2010)
* Melody Club: *[[Human Harbour]]* (2011)
* Nora Foss Al-Jabri: *Love Don't Have an Age* (2011)
* Nora Foss Al-Jabri: *[[Nora Foss Al-Jabri (album)|Nora Foss Al-Jabri]]* (2011)
* Rikke Lie: *Such a Lovely Day* (2011)
* Dunderly: *[[Monstermos]]* (2011)
* Idol: *[[Idol 2011 (album)|Idol 2011]]* (2011)
* The Voice: *[[The Voice &ndash; Sverige 2012 (album)|The Voice &ndash; Sverige 2012]]* (2012)
* Nora Foss Al-Jabri: *What Are the Odds of That* (2012)
* Chima: *[[Stille (Chima-album)|Stille]]* (2012)
* Jenny Langlo: *Million Dollar Signs* (2012)
* Rocco & Bass-T: *My Heart Beats for the Night* (2012)
* Hanne Sørvaag: *[[All is Forgiven (Hanne Sørvaag-album)|All is Forgiven]]* (2012)
* Luca Vasta: *Cut My Hair* (2013)
* Liv Marit Wedvik: *[[So the Story Goes &ndash; The Very Best of Liv Marit Wedvik]]* (2013)
* Bianca: *Layers of Love* (2013)
* Daniele Negroni: *[[Bulletproof (Daniele Negroni-album)|Bulletproof]]* (2013)
* Megaloh: *[[Endlich unendlich]]* (2013)
* Jenny Langlo: *Mockingbirds* (2013)
* Emma Longard: *[[Elle (Emma Longard-EP)|Elle]]* (2013)
* MC Fitti: *[[Übelst#Geilon]]* (2013)
* Ivy Quainoo: *[[Wildfires]]* (2013)
* Hanne Sørvaag: *[[Christmas Lights (Hanne Sørvaag-album)|Christmas Lights]]* (2013)
* Mo: *Heal* (2014)
* Siri Vølstad Jensen: *[[Coming Home (Siri Vølstad Jensen-album)|Coming Home]]* (2014)
* I Heart Sharks: *[[Anthems (I Heart Sharks-album)|Anthems]]* (2014)
* Luca Vasta: *[[Alba (album)|Alba]]* (2014)
* Shelly Bonet: *[[Devoted (album)|Devoted]]* (2014)
* Marlon Roudette: *[[Electric Soul]]* (2014)
* Lary: *[[FutureDeutscheWelle]]* (2014)
* Curse: *[[Uns (Curse-album)|Uns]]* (2014)
* S'Candy: *Damage Control* (2014)
* Big Box: *[[Vålerengas sangbok]]* (2014)
* Kat Vinter: *Sooner or Later* (2015)
* Stefanie Heinzmann: *[[Chance of Rain (Stefanie Heinzmann-album)|Chance of Rain]]* (2015)
* Kat Vinter: *Downtime* (2015)
* Moderat: *[[III (Moderat-album)|III]]* (2015)
* Kat Vinter: *[[Islands (Kat Vinter-EP)|Islands]]* (2015)
* Ann Sophie: *[[Silver Into Gold (album)|Silver Into Gold]]* (2015)
* Lena Meyer-Landrut: *Traffic Lights/We Roam* (2015)
* Lena Meyer-Landrut: *We Roam* (2015)
* S'Candy: *Heartstrings* (2015)
* Lena Meyer-Landrut: *Wild & Fire/All Kinds of Crazy* (2015)
* Lena Meyer-Landrut: *[[Crystal Sky]]* (2015)
* Kat Vinter: *Islands* (2015)
* Niila: *[[Sorry (Niila-EP)|Sorry]]* (2015)
* Rea Garvey: *[[Prisma (album)|Prisma]]* (2015)
* Stefanie Heinzmann: *Stranger in This World* (2015)
* Ragnar Bjerkreim: *[[Yohan &ndash; Original Soundtrack by Ragnar Bjerkreim]]* (2015)
* Tylden & co: *[[God jul (2015-album)|God jul]]* (2015)
* Niila: *Restless Heart* (2016)
* Shelly Bonet: *[[Love In a Dangerous World]]* (2016)
* Alexandra Stan: *[[Alesta (album)|Alesta]]* (2016)
* Falcon Fly: *Falcon Fly* (2016)
* Jens Bredberg: *Alla kämpar sin fight* (2016)
* Ivana: *Wanna Be One* (2016)
* Jamie-Lee: *[[Berlin (Jamie-Lee-album)|Berlin]]* (2016)
* Niila: *[[Gratitude (Niila-album)|Gratitude]]* (2016)
* Joan Thiele: *[[Joan Thiele (EP)|Joan Thiele]]* (2016)
* Inna: *Heaven* (2016)
* Gaute Ormåsen: *[[Kjærlighet er mer enn forelskelse &ndash; 15 beste]]* (2016)
* Inna: *Say It With Your Body* (2016)
* Lions Head: *[[LNZHD]]* (2016)
* Moderat: *[[Live (Moderat-album)|Live]]* (2016)
* Randi Tytingvåg, Britt-Synnøve Johansen & Hanne Sørvaag: *17 slag* (2016)
* Needs Music ft. Alejandro Fuentes: *Trigger* (2017)
* Natalia Avelon: *Blind Belief* (2017)
* Levina: *[[Unexpected (Levina-album)|Unexpected]]* (2017)
* Natalia Avelon: *[[Love Kills (album)|Love Kills]]* (2017)
* Alice Merton: *[[No Roots]]* (2017)
* Alice Merton: *Hit the Ground Running* (2018)

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