RuthAnne

RuthAnne
Born
Ruth-Anne Cunningham

(1986-04-02) 2 April 1986 (age 38)
Ireland
Other namesRooty
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2008–present
Spouse
Ollie John Marland
​
(m. 2022)​
Children2

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

On 13 July 2018, Cunningham supported Canadian singer Alanis Morissette at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London on her international tour.[4]

On 17 December, she performed in her hometown Dublin at the Olympia Theatre supporting another Irish artist, Hozier.[5]

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.[6]

Awards

She won an ASCAP Pop Award in 2007 for "Too Little Too Late."[7][8]

In 2023 RuthAnne was named Goss.ie’s Artist of the Year.[9]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
IRE
[10]
2008 "Take Me Away" 13 Non-album single
2019 "The Vow" - Matters of the Heart
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
IRE
[10] 		UK
[11]
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 [12]
ABREU 2007 Anna Abreu Are You Ready Daniel O'Donoghue
Katharine McPhee 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 Ready for Love Perfection Billy Steinberg, Shelly Peiken, Josh Alexander, Leona Lewis
Sasha-Lee Sasha-Lee Waiting Room Christopher Lee-Joe, Phillippe-Marc Arquetil
Pixie Lott Turn It Up My Love Jonas Jeberg, Pixie Lott, Mich Hansen
Turn It Up
Broken Arrow Pixie Lott, Toby Gad
Nadine Coyle 2010 Insatiable Runnin' Julian Bunetta
Devlin 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 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 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 It's About Us Here We Go Julian Bunetta,

Alex Kinsey, John Shanks, Sierra Deaton

All for You Alex Kinsey, John Ryan, Sierra Deaton
Almost Home Alex Kinsey, John Shanks, Sierra Deaton, Ali Tamposi, Sam Hollander
Little Do You Know Sierra Deaton, Toby Gad, Ali Tamposi
Give Me Something Alex Kinsey, Eddie Serrano, John Ryan, Sierra Deaton
One Direction FOUR No Control John Ryan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Julian Bunetta, Jamie Scott
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 Lawson We Are Kings Andy Brown, Gary Go, John Shanks
ARTY, Ray Dalton Glorious Stronger Artem Stolyarov, Ray Dalton, Hit-Man, Toby Gad
The Mowgli's Kids In Love Love Me Anyway Joshua Hogan, Matt Radosevich
You're Not Alone Joshua Hogan, Matt Radosevich, Colin Dieden
Classy X Factor Indonesia Part 2 Lebih Dari Kekasihku Matt Rad
Pentatonix 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 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 [13]
Tiësto, John Legend A Town Called Paradise (Japanese Special Addition) Summer Nights John Ryan, Sergio Popken, Tijs Verwest, Teddy Geiger
Thirdstory Searching G Train Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Jon Levine, Richard Saunders
Empire Cast, Becky G, Raquel Castro Do It Empire: The Complete Season 2 Christopher J Baran, Jonathan Rotem
Empire Cast, Jamila Velazquez, Raquel Castro, Yani Marin Mimosa Christopher J Baran, Jonathan Rotem, Teal Douville
Zac Samuel, Moon Willis, Tayá 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 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.
You and Me Matt Radosevich, Niall Horan
Since We're Alone Greg Kurstin, Dan Wilson, Niall Horan
Fire Away Niall Horan, Julian Bunetta, John Ryan
Seeing Blind Matt Radosevich, Niall Horan
Lea Michele Places Proud John Shanks
Samantha Jade non-album single Nothing Without You Jennifer Decilveo
Black Saint 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 A Legendary Christmas No Place Like Home John Stephens
Thirdstory Cold Heart Goodbye My Freind Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders
Hit The Ceiling Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders
On and On Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders
Thirdstory, Eryn Allen Kane Still In Love Ben Lusher, Bryan Kennedy, Elliott Skinner, Richard Saunders
Thirdstory Grows Old Allison Ponthier, Ben Lusher, Elliott Skinner, James Ho, Richard Saunders
Jamie Joseph Mutual Danger Can't Seem to Change Jamie Joseph Halligan
Felix Jaehn, Marc E. Bassy, Gucci Mane 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 Handle With Care Cocaine Chris Wallace, Jez Dior, Matt Radosevich, Ed Drewett
Lost Kings, Wiz Khalifa, Social House 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 LP1 Both Ways Liam Payne, Stephanie Jones, Andrew Haas, Ian Franzino
In Real Life 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 non-album single Trust Myself GallantStint, TIA RAY, busbee
Ship Wrek Wait for You Michael Matosic
Max George Better On Me Cj Baran, Dan Goldberger, David Dalquist, J.R. Rotem, Jason Desrouleaux, Pat Morrissey,
Black Saint, Sam Fischer Everybody Wants You Justin Osuji, ØJM, Sam Fischer, Autumn Rowe
Irish Women In Harmony 2020 Together at Christmas Darren Emilio Lewis, Iyiola Babatunde Babalola, ØJM
Lost + Found, Zac Samuel Ghosted Louis Schoorl, Ollie Marland, Tom Parker
Lindsey Stirling, Kiesza "Azur Lane" Original Video Game Soundtrack What You're Made Of Gladius, Lindsey Stirling, Wendy Wang
Fedde Le Grand, Ally Brooke non-album single Gatekeeper Allyson Brooke Hernandez, Fedde Le Grand, Josh Wilkinson, BullySongs
Sam Sparro Boombox Eternal Love Like That Samuel Falson
Niall Horan Heartbreak Weather San Francisco Julian Bunetta,Tobias Jesso Jr., Niall Horan
Night to Meet Ya Tobias Jesso Jr. , Julian Bunetta, Scott Harris, Niall Horan
Lawson 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 HELLRAISERS, Part 2 Horror Movie Beau Nox, Corey Sanders, Kevin Pederson, Matthew Russell Elifritz,
CHIKA ONCE UPON A TIME CINDERELLA Pt. 2 McClenney, CHIKA
Lost + Found non-album single Searching OJM, Tom Parker, James Newman, Julian Bunetta
Diana Ross Thank You I Still Believe Violet Skies, Autumn Rowe, Charlie McClean
Sam Henshaw 2022 Untidy Soul Enough Matt Rad, Rahki Smith, Samm Henshaw
MISIA 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 Walkerworld Endless Summer Alan Walker, Fredrik Borch Olsen, Gunnar Greve, Marcus Arnbekk, Mats Lie Skåre, Oliver John Marland, Oliver Geoffrey, Zak Abel
Kelly Clarkson Chemistry did you know Chris Kelly, Jesse Shatkin, Kelly Clarkson, John Ryan
SWITCHDISCO Non-album single VACANCY Dan Creasy, John Nicholas Ealand Morgan, Nikos Kalogerias, William Martyn Morris Lansley
Måneskin 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 Famous Lucas Carlson Estrada, Oliver John Marland, Ollie Green
Rita Ora, Gryffin PULSE LAST OF US Dan Griffith, Rita Ora, Sam Brennan, Tom Hollings, Rob Harvey, Sam Brennan
Erica-Cody non-album single Love Me Like I Do Erica-Cody, Richey McCourt, Aimee Fitzpatrick
Galantis non-album single 8 Days Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Cathy Dennis, Christian Karlsson
Ella Henderson Non-Album Single Alibi (feat. Rudimental) Artis Ivey Jr, Doug Rasheed, John MorganLarry Sanders, Stevie Wonder, Will Lansley, Maegan Cottone, Olivia Sebastianelli, Ella Henderson

References

  1. ^ "Albums to be released in 2019 by Irish artists". Official Charts. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Ruth-Anne Cunningham: 'There's no booklet for writing pop hits'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  3. ^ "RuthAnne Cunningham: Streetwise Irish songstress who has penned songs for Britney Spears and One Direction". Irish Independent. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Get To Know: RuthAnne | MTV UK". 2 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  5. ^ "RuthAnne (@thisisruthanne) on Instagram | Ghostarchive". ghostarchive.org. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Irish Women in Harmony record Cranberries song in aid of Safe Ireland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  7. ^ Forum for Music in Ireland – Fóram don Cheol in Éirinn » Blog Archive » Stories Behind The Songs
  8. ^ "24th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards".
  9. ^ "RUTHANNE WINS ARTIST OF THE YEAR AT GOSS.IE'S WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS". Reservoir Media. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  10. ^ a b Peak chart positions for singles and albums in Ireland:
  11. ^ Peak positions for singles in the UK:
  12. ^ "TOO LITTLE TOO LATE". Official Charts. 13 January 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  13. ^ "The Irish Top 50 hits RuthAnne wrote for other artists, including Niall Horan and Britney Spears". Official Charts. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2024.