Ruth-Anne Cunningham, known professionally as RuthAnne, is an Irish singer-songwriter. She is best known for co-writing \"Too Little Too Late\", performed by the US 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\". In 2013, she also has uncredited vocals for the EDM-oriented song, \"All You Need is Love\", on Swedish DJ Avicii's True album.

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Ruth-Anne Cunningham (born 2 April 1986), known professionally as RuthAnne, is an Irish singer-songwriter. She is best known for co-writing \"Too Little Too Late\", performed by the US 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\". In 2013, she also has uncredited vocals for the EDM-oriented song, \"All You Need is Love\", on Swedish DJ Avicii's True album.\n

On 23 March 2018, Cunningham released her own first single \"The Vow\". Cunningham's debut album Matters of the Heart was released on 4 October 2019.\n

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Early life

Cunningham is from Donaghmede, Ireland. Her interest in performing began at the age of 7 and at age 12, Cunningham enrolled in the Billy Barry Stage School.\n

Music career

When Cunningham was 17 she travelled to the U.S. for the first time 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 US 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.\"\n

In 2018, she won two BMI awards for global hits \"Slow Hands\" by Niall Horan and \"In the Name of Love\" by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha.\n

On 13 July 2018, Cunningham supported Canadian singer Alanis Morissette at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London on her international tour.\n

On 17 December, she performed in her hometown Dublin at the Olympia Theatre supporting another Irish artist, Hozier.\n

In 2020, Cunningham was part of an Irish collective of female singers and musicians called Irish Women in Harmony, that recorded a version of the song \"Dreams\" in aid of the charity Safe Ireland, which deals with domestic abuse which had reportedly risen significantly during the COVID-19 lockdown.\n

Awards

She won an ASCAP Pop Award in 2007 for \"Too Little Too Late.\"\n

In 2023 RuthAnne was named Goss.ie’s Artist of the Year.\n

Discography

Singles

\nAs lead artist\n\nAs featured artist\n\n

Songwriting

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References

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External links

Ruth-Anne Cunningham, IMRO Magazine, 18.12.2007
RuthAnne at IMDb

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