Roy Stride (born 11 March 1979) is an English musician, songwriter and producer, also known for fronting the multi-platinum-selling UK 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 vocals, piano and guitar, ...

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

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more than 2 billion times. He has been nominated for one

Ivor Novello Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born into a musical ...

and four

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Awards. With Scouting for Girls, he's written and produced 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 written by John Cassavetes and directed by his son Nick Cassavetes. At the time of its release, it received special attention because, eight years after his death, it was the first (an ...

", " Heartbeat", "

Elvis Ain't Dead "Elvis Ain't Dead" is a song by the British band Scouting for Girls. It was released as a single on 17 December 2007. Music video The music video for "Elvis Ain't Dead" was recorded in a studio and involved the band members simply playing the ...

"). Their follow-up single "

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

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, Seafret,

Calum Scott Calum Scott (born 12 October 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence in April 2015 after competing on the ITV (TV network), ITV talent contest ''Britain's Got Talent (series 9), Britain's Got Talent'', where he perform ...

and The Vamps.

Podcasts

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

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, Jeremy Curling and James Cartner.

Select discography

Singles

* 2023: "Whistle" –

and

(UK No. 14 – 150m Streams) * 2022: "Atlantis" – Seafret (UK No. 38 – 950m Streams) * 2021: "Secret Tattoo" –

(5m streams) * 2017: "Butterflies" –

(15m streams) * 2016: "Oceans" – Seafret (250m streams) (400m 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 becom ...

(UK No. 68 – 20m streams) * 2015: " Hole in My Heart" – Luke Friend (UK No. 40 – 5m streams) * 2014: " Good Girls" –

(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

* 2023: All Songs – "The Place We Used To Meet" –

(UK No. 17) * 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" The Vamps (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" –

(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 –

(appears on ''

Still Thinking About You ''Still Thinking About You'' is the fourth studio album by the English 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 ...

'') (UK No. 13) * 2014: "23:59" –

McBusted McBusted were an English pop-punk Supergroup (music), supergroup composed of members from bands McFly (Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, and Harry Judd) and Busted (band), Busted (James Bourne and Matt Willis). The only member of the o ...

(appears on ''

'') (UK No. 9) * 2014: "Good Girls", "Eighteen", "English Love Affair", "Close as Strangers", "

" (appears on ''

'') (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 ''The Light Between Us'' is the third studio album by the English band Scouting for Girls. It was released in the United Kingdom on 31 August 2012. The album includes the singles "Love How It Hurts" and "Summertime In the City". Singles * "Love ...

'') (UK No. 10) * 2011: "Stand Up" –

(appears on '' Up All Night'') (US No. 1 / UK No. 2 / Aus No. 1) * 2010: All Songs –

(appears on ''

Everybody Wants to Be on TV ''Everybody Wants to Be on TV'' is the second studio album by the English band Scouting for Girls. It was released on 12 April 2010 through Epic. The first single on the album debuted on the Scott Mills BBC Radio 1 show on 15 January 2010. T ...

'') (UK No. 2) * 2007: All Songs –

(appears on ''

'') (UK No. 1)

References

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