Grammy winner, Amy Wadge, is one of the UK’s most prolific contemporary She has co-written and has written songs for some of the music worlds’ biggest names including; Alicia Keys , Beyonce, Keith Urban, Kacey Musgraves, Stormzy, Jonas brothers , John Legend, Camila Cabello, Diana Ross, Mika, Lady A and Thomas Rhett Amy’s most notable success to date comes from her long established writing partnership with, Ed Sheeran.
Thinking Out Loud, was the third single from Ed’s second album, the triple Grammy nominated, X, (Multiply). It went to No. 1 in the UK chart in November 2014 after spending 19 weeks in the Top 40, breaking the record for the longest ever ascent to the peak position. The track went platinum later that month and returned to the No. 1 spot for a second time in December 2014. In June 2015, it became the first track ever in the history of the UK Charts to remain in the top 40 for a whole year and has subsequently become a multiplatinum selling, global hit. To date, the track has sold over twelve million copies worldwide, has been viewed 1.25 billion time on YouTube and streamed over a billion times on Spotify.
In February 2016, the track won two Grammys at the 58th Recording Academy Awards Ceremony, ‘Song of the Year’ and ‘Best Pop Solo Performance’.
Amy and Ed have known each other since he was seventeen. Together, they co-wrote his early EP, Songs I Wrote With Amy and a number of other songs including, Gold Rush, which featured on the deluxe edition of Ed's, multi-million selling, debut album, +, (Plus). Amy also co-wrote the track, Even My Dad Does Sometimes, on the deluxe edition of X.
Amy has subsequently been nominated for the Grammy awards a further 10 times in the last 6 years.
Amy first came to prominence as a singer songwriter in her own right touring all over the world. Amy continues to write and perform and most notably recently wrote and sang all the songs for the BBC 1 hit drama ‘Keeping Faith’.
Amy Is delighted to be an Ambassador for The Rose’s Way Foundation and is committed to help continue the legacy of beautiful little Rose with her amazing family.