Emily Wright (born July 1, 1980) is an American songwriter, record producer and audio engineer based in

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Early life

Wright grew up in

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, graduating from Glastonbury High School and the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in 1998. Wright studied theater and directing at

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and, upon graduation, worked in sound design in theater, working in New York, Chicago and Minneapolis, and then in television.Danton, Eric (February 13, 2011).
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Career

After getting laid off from a job in television, Wright was introduced by a mutual friend to songwriter and producer Dr. Luke. Wright started her career by running errands for Gottwald before becoming an engineer, vocal producer and songwriter. Wright's first official credit was as engineer on Lil Mama's '' VYP (Voice of the Young People)''. Since then, she has recorded and produced for numerous performers including

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, Ke$ha,

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and

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. Some of her notable tracks are Cyrus's " Party in the USA,"

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's "Kissin U," Spears' "Circus," Clarkson's " My Life Would Suck Without You," & Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" and "Hot N Cold". In 2010, Wright began work on Katy Perry's '' Teenage Dream'' as an engineer. The album would go on to earn four

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nominations, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. That same year, Wright recorded and vocal edited eight songs on Ke$ha's ''

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''. The following year, Wright engineered eight songs and co-wrote one song ("Gasoline") on Britney Spears' ''

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''.Danton, Eric (March 28, 2011).
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''. In February 2012, Wright began working with musician Adam Young and

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.Graff, Gary (February 28, 2012).
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''. That same year, Wright wrote and co-produced "Brokenhearted" off Karmin's ''Hello'' EP. In 2016, Emily co-wrote "Call Me When You Get There" and "You Can Have Mine" off Dan Layus's solo album "Dangerous Things".Bautts, Jonathan (October 27, 2016).

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(End of the World) and Static & Ben El.

Personal life

Wright married Matt Thiessen, lead singer of band

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, in New York City on August 23, 2015. They divorced on February 23, 2018.

Discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Emily 1980 births Living people American audio engineers People from Wethersfield, Connecticut Tisch School of the Arts alumni Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee