UK NUMBER 1 ROCK ALBUM FOR THE KUT
The Kut is an all-girl alternative/punk rock band from London, UK, featuring multi-instrumentalist and solo-artist Princess Maha. They won the 2021 UKSC in the Rock and Music video categories and have subsequently exploded onto the UK rock scene. The Kut has received extensive media coverage from radio and music magazines including Kerrang!, Q magazine, BBC Introducing, Planet Rock and more. The band were granted funding from Arts Council England to record their second album GRIT which reached number 1 in the UK Rock Albums chart in July 2022. The Kut are active in the grunge rock music scene and are currently on a sell out tour with Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife. |
SUCCESS FOR KATIE
When Katie Kittermaster won the UKSC at the age of 17 (with her song "T-Shirt") media interest, TV, radio and festival appearances followed and Katie was signed to a nationwide tour with celebrity boyband BoyzLife. She was soon invited by Ronan Keating, Scouting For Girls, Kaiser Chiefs, Olly Murs, Jools Holland and Lucy Spraggan to open shows and tour with them. She now headlines her own sell out concerts and she is a UKSC judge. In 2021 she was signed to a major world wide publishing deal with BMG. Katie says: "The UKSC has given me confidence and self belief; thank you xxxx. Your competition really has helped - so feel free to quote away!!! X". Discover more about Katie at katiekittermaster.com |
PLATINUM ALBUM FOR NATALIE
Natalie won the UK Sonwriting Contest Open category when she was only 11 years old and a feature article about her UKSC win in "The Stage" newspaper was seen by Simon Cowell who signed her to join a group he was launching called Angelis. Her album with Angelis went Platinum for sales of over 500,000 and a Platinum Album Award was presented to her live on national TV. The President of the Phillippines personally presented her with a Special Achievement Award and she became well known in that country and appeared on many popular TV shows there. Natalie continues to successfully work in music and appears regularly on the London West End stage - notably in the production of Miss Saigon. She says: "I'm so proud of my UK Songwriting Contest win. Doing well in the contest gave me confidence in my writing and I would recommend it to anyone." |
MAJOR PUBLISHING DEAL AND TV SERIES FOR NEIL
Following our recommendation to the producers Neil Fitzpatrick was showcased and featured as a subject in the Sky TV network television series about songwriters, Tin Pan Alley, (we often recommend UKSC songwriters for TV, film, events, publishing and music projects). His winning song was signed to the world's biggest independent music publishing company The Peers Music Group and he is now one of a stable of signed songwriters that includes Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Bjork, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce and Garth Brooks. Since winning Neil has occassionally also joined the UKSC judging panels as one of the judges. His powerful UKSC winning song "Apart" is covered by Michelle Lawson in this video. |
CHRISTMAS SONG SUCCESS
Leigh Haggerwood´s Christmas Song "My Favourite Time Of Year" was promoted widely by the UKSC and it quickly became one of the most popular Christmas songs of recent times. The song was signed as the Christmas theme song for the UK television network ITV Television and play-listed on Magic, BBC Radio, VH1, MTV Europe, Bliss, Chart Show TV and more. Over the Christmas period the song plays in over 140,000 stores worldwide via a deal with Moodmedia. A music video of the song has been made and has had so many millions of streams that it is officially in the "Top Christmas Songs of All Time" on YouTube. Watch the video here. |
BELLE HUMBLE - GLOBAL CHART SUCCESS
Belle Humble´s career started with winning the UKSC Pop Category and she soon became a mega successful songwriter and performer with chart topping worldwide hits from Europe to Korea to the USA and hundreds of millions of YouTube streams for her songs. These days she is also an occassional UKSC judge. Belle´s songwriting and performing credits include the worldwide Freestylers hit "Cracks" (listen to it here on YouTube) and she has written for Paloma Faith, Alexandra Burke, Joe McElderry, Orange Mobile, BBC dramas, the Hilary Duff movie ‘Beauty and the Briefcase’ and the hit US TV show ‘In the Deep End’. She also wrote the hugely successful K-pop hit "Russian Roulette" which was a top three hit in South Korea, Japan and the USA. This track alone has had over 200 million streams on YouTube plus many millions more on other platforms. |
OLYMPIC GAMES RELEASE
Olympic Theme Song Winner "When You Ride A Dream", written by the USA songwriting team of Marv Conan and Brian Muni, was signed and released worldwide during the Olympic Games by Juno Award winning producer Mel Shaw after he heard the UKSC demo entry. Mel Shaw is a Gold and Platinum album producer, Founding President of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, founder of The Juno Awards, and one of the many people in the music industry who follow the UKSC closely looking for new songs. As soon as he heard the demo entry he asked to contact the writers and he produced a number of covers off the song with international artists. |
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