Ashley Hicklin

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Ashley Hicklin
Birth nameAshley Hicklin
Born1985 (age 35–36)
OriginScarborough, North Yorkshire, England
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, record producer
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, piano
Years active1999–present
LabelsEMI (2008–) Warner Music (2010–)
Websiteunified-songs.com

Ashley Hicklin (born 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. He co-owns Unified-Songs, a UK based music publishing/management company and has written songs for artists such as Tiësto, Oliver Heldens, Hardwell, Lost Kings, Feder, Duncan Laurence, and Waylon, including more than ten No.1 chart releases and over twenty Top-10 chart releases.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Ashley Hicklin was raised in his parents’ pub on the North-East coast of England in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. He first began as a singer-songwriter performing at open mic nights in the pub, at the age of 13.[1][2]

As a writer[]

In 2008, the European CEO of EMI Publishing (Peter Ende) saw a live video of Hicklin performing for BBC Introducing.[2] Hicklin signed a deal with EMI Publishing and in less than six months had co-written several chart hits for other artists across Europe, including Johan Palm's single Emma-lee which reached No. 1 in Sweden.[3][4]

Hicklin went on to collaborate with the teams behind Lana Del Rey, Felix Jaehn, Tiësto, Natasha Bedingfield, James Morrison, Hurts, Amy Winehouse, Sugababes and various other international acts.[2] Hicklin is very active in the dance music scene as a writer and vocalist under the moniker Bright Sparks.[5] Notable releases include the Tiësto song On My Way, the Hardwell song Summer Air, the Feder song Keep Us Apart, the Oliver Heldens song Somebody, the Klingande song Messiah and Lost Kings release Feather.[6]

Eurovision entries[]

In 2010, Hickin co-wrote the Belgium entry for the Eurovision Song Contest "Me and My Guitar", sung by Tom Dice.[7] It was a No.1 hit in Belgium and also a top-ten chart hit in many countries across Europe.[8] He also composed the following Eurovision song entries "Universo" (Spain 2020), "Run with the Lions" (Lithuania 2019), and "Mother" (Belgium 2014). In 2018, Hicklin wrote two songs for the UK's national selection Eurovision: You Decide. "You" performed by Jaz Ellington and "Astronaut", which was sung by Liam Tamne. In 2021, he co-wrote the Eurovision song for Austria, "Amen" performed by Vincent Bueno. In 2020 he co-wrote the single "Last Night" for Eurovision 2019 winner Duncan Laurence.

As a publisher[]

In 2015, Hicklin co-founded Unified Songs, an independent music publisher and management company based in Edinburgh. They have residential recordings studios where they regularly host songwriting camps.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "ashleyhicklin.com". Ashleyhicklin.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ortiz, Paula. "Unsere Jury stellt sich vor: Ashley Hicklin".
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ [1][permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Oh Bright Sparks". Ohbrightsparks.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Releases". Hitmyheartsongs.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Our Story". Hitmyheartsongs.com.

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