David Sneddon

David Sneddon (born 15 September 1978) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. He has performed on television, radio and theatre. Sneddon won the first BBC series of Fame Academy in 2002 and released his first single "Stop Living the Lie" in 2003 which was a number one hit single selling over 250,000 copies, which made it the 12th highest selling single of 2002. Seven Years – Ten Weeks, Sneddon's album released in April 2003 contained his own compositions and entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 5. He also had three further UK Singles Chart singles - "Don't Let Go" No.3, "Best of Order" No.19, "Baby Get Higher" No.39. His song "Baby Get Higher" has since been a hit on the dance floor for Almighty Records and also a chart hit for Dutch singer VanVelzen in 2006. Sneddon took the step of moving from being a popstar to working as a songwriter. In 2005 he wrote the international hit "The Message" for UK soul artist Nate James.

In 2009 Sneddon signed to major music publisher Sony/ATV Music Publishing as a songwriter and described his music as 'melody-driven indie pop'. He is one of the most successful graduates from a reality tv program. Sneddon has worked with producer James Bauer-Mein since 2003 as "The Nexus" songwriting and music production partnership for high profile and highly-anticipated emerging artists in the US and the UK. They have built strong reputations as songwriters in London and have written music chart songs for artists such as Hurts, Morten Harket of A-ha, X Factor winner Matt Cardle, Newton Faulkner and number one selling American singer Lana Del Rey. He has worked with Bauer-Mein since the UK tour for Sneddon's album in 2003 and they have written for - synthpop duo Hurts 2010 debut album Happiness - "Illuminated", "Silver Lining" and "Blood, Tears & Gold." For 2010 The X Factor (UK) winner Matt Cardle's debut album Letters and "Keep the Sun Away" for Morten Harket's album Out of My Hands 2012." The song "National Anthem" was written by The Nexus for Lana Del Rey's number one selling UK Albums Chart debut album Born to Die released in 2012 and the music video has received over 7 million views on YouTube. Newton Faulkner's Write It On Your Skin contained two Nexus songs - "Pick Up Your Broken Heart" and "Soon" - and made No.1 in 2012 UK Albums Chart. In 2012 The Nexus have written with Greyson Chance, Eliza Doolittle and Nicole Scherzinger.