Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé has written and recorded songs for her debut studio album, Our Version of Events (2012), and has written songs for other singers. ^{[note 1]} She worked with Naughty Boy (credited as a songwriter with his legal name Shahid Khan) for the majority of the songs on the album, including writing "Where I Sleep" and "River" together. ^[1] He appears as a featured artist on the single " Daddy", which was co-written by Grant Mitchell, James Murray and Mustafa Omar. ^[1] Sandé and Naughty Boy collaborated with Harry Craze, Hugo Chegwin and Mike Spencer on the album's lead single " Heaven", which peaked at number one on the UK Dance Chart. ^{[1] [2]} The song was conceptualised when she had a "deep conversation about religion" with Naughty Boy, and she stated that it was written very quickly. ^[3] Sandé co-wrote the song " My Kind of Love" with Grammy Award winning producer Emile Haynie, and co-wrote the song "Hope" with American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys. ^{[1] [4]} In August 2011, record executive Simon Cowell named Sandé his "favourite songwriter" of the moment. ^[3]

Aside from writing material for her debut album, Sandé has worked with a multitude of singers on songs that have been included on their albums. She reunited with Keys for the latter's fifth studio album Girl on Fire (2012). The pair wrote "101", " Not Even the King" and " Brand New Me". ^[5] "Brand New Me" was released as the second single from Girl on Fire; the collaborative process of writing with Sandé was described by Keys as being "instant magic". ^[6] Sandé wrote the song " Half of Me" alongside Naughty Boy and production team Stargate, which was included on Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic (2012). ^[7] The singer also contributed to several songs on Leona Lewis' third studio album Glassheart (2012), including the lead single " Trouble", "I to You" and "Sugar". ^[8] Sandé appeared as a guest vocalist on Professor Green's song " Read All About It" and Labrinth's song " Beneath Your Beautiful". ^{[9] [10]} Both songs were co-written by herself and both peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and UK R&B Chart. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

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