Introduction
Ruth-Anne Cunningham (born 2 April 1985), known professionally as RuthAnne, is an Irish singer-songwriter. She is best known for co-writing "Too Little Too Late", performed by the American 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". She also has uncredited vocals for the Avicii song, "All You Need is Love", on Avicii's True album.
On 23 March 2018, Cunningham released her own debut single "The Vow". Cunningham's debut album Matters of the Heart was released on 4 October2019.
Career
Cunningham is from Donaghmede, Ireland. She has been signed to Sony ATV since May 2010 as a songwriter and producer. Her interest in performing began at the age of seven, when she participated in a karaoke contest. At age 12, Cunningham enrolled in the Billy Barry Stage School, and had formed a girl band by age 16.
When Cunningham was 17, Eamonn Maguire, her manager at the time, brought her to the US 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 U.S. 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 more ASCAP awards for global hits "Slow Hands" by Niall Horan and "In the Name of Love" by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha.
On 13 July 2018, Cunningham supported American-Canadian singer Alanis Morissette at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London on her International Tour.
On 17 December, she performed in her home town Dublin at the Olympia Theatre supporting another Irish artist, Hozier.
Awards
She won an ASCAP Pop Award in 2007 for "Too Little Too Late."
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRE | |||
| 2008 | "Take Me Away" | 13 | Non-album single |
| 2019 | "The Vow" | - | Matters of the Heart |
As featured artist
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRE |
UK | |||
| 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 |