Philip John Plested is an English singer and songwriter. He has co-written songs for artists including

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, the Vamps,

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, and

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Early life and career

Plested was born in

Watford, Hertfordshire Watford () is a town and non-metropolitan district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Central London, on the banks of the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construct ...

, UK. He studied at

Central Saint Martins Central Saint Martins is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, a public art university in London, England. The college offers full-time courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and a variety of short ...

in London. After leaving school in 2012, he formed a band, Chasing Grace, with his school friends. The band released their debut album ''Nowhere Near Old Enough'' in 2015, and were active until 2016. He later transitioned to becoming a songwriter. Plested made his breakthrough as a songwriter in 2016 when he co-wrote the song "

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" for Little Mix, which peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2019, he co-wrote the song " Before You Go" for

, and it peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart as well as on ''Billboards

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and

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. As a solo artist, Plested released his debut album ''First & Foremost'' in 2018 with

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Discography

Albums

* ''First & Foremost'' (2018)

As songwriter

Awards

Plested has won the Most Performed Pop Songs of 2021 for Before You Go by

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadc ...

(ASCAP). He has been nominated for British Artist Video of The Year 2018 and British Single Of The Year for ''Touch'' by The Brits 2018. He has been nominated for British Album of The Year for Lewis Capaldi by The Brits 2020.

References

External links

Official website
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