Norma Jean Martine
Norma Jean Martine is an American singer-songwriter, originally from Middletown, Orange County, New York, United States, but now based in London, England, whose song writing credits include Giorgia, Michele Bravi, Lena, Marco Mengoni, Ronan Keating and Ashley Roberts. She is signed to BMG Chrysalis Music USA, and to Universal Records Germany/Virgin EMI UK. Life and career. Italian singer Giorgia’s top 10 hit "" was co-written with Martine, featuring on her 2013 Italian number 1 double platinum album, "" . She co-wrote the single "In Bilico", which featured on 2013 "Italian X Factor" winner Michele Bravi ’s debut top 10 album, "" , and "Lonely Nights (Hey You)" on former Pussycat Dolls, Ashley Roberts' 2014 album, "Butterfly Effect". In 2015, she co-wrote "In The Light" on Lena's German number 2 album, "Crystal Sky" and "Come Un Attimo Fa" on Marco Mengoni's Italian number 1 triple platinum album "Parole in circolo" and the track "Time Of My Life" as the iTunes bonus track. She featured on two tracks on Pablo Nouvelle's "Heartbeat" EP - "Heartbeat" and "The Best Thing". As a solo performer she has played the Calling Festival, headlined by Stevie Wonder, in London in  2014, Latitude Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2013 and 2014, and supported Tom Odell, Gaz Coombes and Lissie. In December 2013, Brendan Benson invited her to perform at his charity concert for the David Lynch Foundation at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, alongside Jack White, Butch Walker and Jakob Dylan. In 2014, her single "No Gold", was used as the CW Network fall trailer in the US and Fox 8's winter trailer in Australia. The single was also playlisted on Virgin Radio Italy without officially being released in the country. In January 2015, she wrote with Burt Bacharach  in Los Angeles. On October 2, 2015, she released her debut single "Animals", on Virgin EMI UK and Capitol/Vertigo Germany. On January 29, 2016, Pablo Nouvelle released his album, "All I Need", featuring two songs "We Ain't Dead Yet" and "Paint" which were co-written with, and sung by Norma Jean Martine. Martine's second single "Freedom", a cover of George Michael's 1990 hit "Freedom! '90", was released on February 15, 2016. It featured in a multimillion-pound pan European advertising campaign for designer outlet chain, McArthurGlen. Martine co-wrote the title track from Ronan Keating's  album, "Time Of My Life" which was the highest new entry in the UK Albums Chart at No. 4 on 19 February 2016. The 2016 Italian Eurovision entry, "No Degree Of Separation", performed by Francesca Michielin, was co-written by Martine. On May 20, 2016, Martine released her single "No Gold". On June 25, 2016, she premiered the song "I'm Still Here" with Burt Bacharach at the London Palladium. She co-wrote the song with Bacharach at his home in Los Angeles in 2015, and it also featured on her forthcoming album, "Only In My Mind". Martine her next  single, "I Want You To Want Me", on August 26, 2016; it featured in the British movie, "Kids In Love", which stars Will Poulter, Cara Delevingne and Alma Jodorowsky. Her debut album "Only In My Mind", produced by Danton Supple, was released in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2016.