Roy Stride (born 11 March 1979) is an English musician, songwriter and producer, also known for fronting the band

Scouting for Girls Scouting for Girls are an English pop rock band. Their name is a play on the title of the 1908 Scouting handbook ''Scouting for Boys''. The band was formed in 2005 by three childhood friends from London, Roy Stride on piano and lead guitar/voca ...

. He has combined worldwide single and album sales in excess of 15 million and his songs have featured on three US No. 1 albums, three UK No. 1 albums and have been streamed on

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over 1 Billion times. He has been nominated for one Ivor Novello and four Brit Awards. With Scouting for Girls, he has had four top 10 albums and four top 10 singles in the UK. Their self-titled debut album topped the charts in 2008 and sold over a million copies, yielding three top 10 singles ("

She's So Lovely ''She's So Lovely'' is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, written by John Cassavetes. At the time of its release, it received special attention because, eight years after his death, it was the first (and still on ...

", " Heartbeat", " Elvis Ain't Dead"). Their follow-up single "

This Ain't a Love Song "This Ain’t a Love Song" is the lead single from American rock band Bon Jovi's sixth studio album, '' These Days'' (1995). The song is an example of the strong rhythm and blues influence that Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora wanted the album t ...

" reached No. 1 for two weeks in 2010. He has written and produced records for a diverse range of artists including 5 Seconds of Summer,

Jax Jones Timucin Lam (born Timucin Fabian Kwong Wah Aluo; 25 July 1987), known professionally as Jax Jones, is an English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer. He rose to fame in 2014 by featuring on Duke Dumont's number-one single "I Got U". He ...

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, Seafret, Calum Scott,

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Podcasts

As well as appearing as a guest on many music based podcasts, He has his own aviation Podcast - named Top Landing Gear, which he hosts along with

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, Jeremy Curling and James Cartner.

Singles

* 2022: "Whistle" -

& Calum Scott (Uk No.34 - 10m Streams) * 2022: "Atlantis" - Seafret (UK No.38 - 500m Streams) * 2016: "Best is Yet to Come" -

LuvBug LuvBug is an English electronic dance music trio consisting of London-born DJ & producer Marvin Humes, Manchester-based producer White N3rd and producer/songwriter JKAY. Career Humes and JKAY grew up in Woolwich, East London with JKAY becomin ...

(UK No.68 - 20m streams) * 2015: " Hole in My Heart" -

Luke Friend Luke Friend (born 30 April 1996) is an English singer and former student from Teignmouth in Devon. He started his career in 2013 after winning ''TeenStar'' and appearing as a contestant and later a finalist on tenth series of ''The X Factor'' an ...

(UK No.40 - 5m streams) * 2014: " Good Girls" - 5 Seconds of Summer (UK No.19 / US No.34 - 100m streams) * 2014: "

Tonight (We Live Forever) "Tonight (We Live Forever)" is a song by English boy band Union J. It was released through Epic Records on 15 August 2014 as the lead single from their second studio album '' You Got It All – The Album'' (2014). It was written by Rick Parkhous ...

" -

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(UK No.9 - 1m streams) * 2013: "Millionaire" - (

) (UK No.52 - 5m streams) * 2011: " Love How It Hurts" -

(UK No.18 - 10m streams) * 2010: "

" -

(UK No.1 - 60m streams) * 2008: " Heartbeat" -

(UK No.10 - 40m streams) * 2008: " Elvis Ain’t Dead" -

(UK No.8 - 40m streams) * 2007: "

" -

(UK No. 7 - 170m streams)

Album tracks

* 2021: "I wish it was 1989", 'Neon Lights", "Xmas in the 80s" -

(Appears on Easy Cover) (UK No.40) * 2020: "Love Wont Let Me Leave" - Seafret (Appears on Most of us are Strangers) * 2019: All Songs -

(Appears on The Trouble with Boys) (UK No.25) * 2017: "All Around the World"

(Appears on '' Night & Day'' (UK No.1) * 2016: "Oceans", "Atlantis", "Give Me Something", "Be There", "Skimming Stones", "There's a Light" - Seafret (Appears on ''Tell Me It's Real'') (UK No.45) * 2015: "Invisible" - 5 Seconds Of Summer (Appears on ''

Sounds Good Feels Good ''Sounds Good Feels Good'' is the second studio album by Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer. It was released on 23 October 2015 through the labels Hi or Hey and Capitol Records. In support of the album, the band embarked on the Sounds ...

'') (US No.1 / UK No.1 / Aus No.1 / Can No.1/ Italy No.1 / Norway No.1) * 2015: All Songs -

(Appeared on '' Still Thinking About You'') (UK No.13) * 2014: "23:59" -

McBusted McBusted were an English pop-punk supergroup composed of members from bands McFly (Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, and Harry Judd) and Busted (James Bourne and Matt Willis). The only member of the original groups not participating ...

(Appears on ''

'') (UK No.9) * 2014: "Good Girls", "Eighteen", "English Love Affair", "Close as Strangers", " 5 Seconds of Summer" (Appears on '' 5 Seconds of Summer'') (US No.1 / UK No. 2 / Aus No.1 / Can No.1) * 2013: All Songs -

(Appears on ''Scouting for Girls Greatest Hits'') (Uk No. 10) * 2012: All Songs -

(Appears on '' The Light Between Us'') (UK. No. 10) * 2011: "Stand Up" -

(Appears on '' Up All Night'') (US No.1 / Uk No. 2 / Aus No.1) * 2010: All Songs -

(Appeared on '' Everybody Wants to Be on TV'') (Uk No.2) * 2007: All Songs -

(Appeared on ''

'') (UK No. 1)

References

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