David Sneddon

Based in London, UK

David Sneddon is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician. In 2002 he won the first ever series of the BBC’s music competition Fame Academy. He released his first single “Stop Living the Lie” in 2003 which was a number one hit single selling over 250,000 copies, making it the 12th highest selling single of 2003. Sneddon’s debut album Seven Years – Ten Weeks released in April 2003, reached No.5 in the UK Albums Chart. He achieved three more UK Singles Chart singles – “Don’t Let Go” (No. 3), “Best of Order” and “Baby Get Higher”. His song “Baby Get Higher” was a hit on the dance floor for Almighty Records and a chart hit for Van Velzen in 2006. In October 2003, he made the switch from pop star to songwriter and began working on a stream of hits for other artists.

David Sneddon’s songs include Nate James’ “The Message”, Van Velzen’s “Baby Get Higher”, Hurts “Illuminated”, “Blood, Tears & Gold, and “Silver Lining”, Matt Cardle’s “Slowly” and “Letters”, Lana Del Rey’s “National Anthem”, Newton Faulkner’s “Pick Up Your Broken Heart” and “Soon”, Charlie Browns “Dependency”, Greyson Chances “Sunshine City Lights”, David Archuleta’s “Don’t Run Away”, Shane Filan’s “Everytime” and “Today’s Not Yesterday” and Jessica Mauboy’s “This Ain’t Love” (to name a select few of a large number of hits.).

More recently, Sneddon has collaborated with The Courteneers ("Modern Love"), Jessica Mauboy ("This Ain¹t Love"), Hurts ("Beautiful Ones"), and Scottish breakout star Lewis Capaldi ("Lost On You").