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Early life

She was born Deborah Sarah Epstein in Paris, France, on September 14, 1984,SoShy in th
French National Library
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Career

SoShy, who began her career as an actress, soon discovered the art of DJing, which she did for several years. She also started singing in clubs at the age of fifteen. She then met Lone, a French producer in 2003, and from there signed a deal with Sony Music/Daylight New York. Since signing, SoShy has traveled the world for her debut album, co-writing with artists including BloodShy, Sam Waters, Walter Turbitt,

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, Novel and more. She was also featured at the 2005 and 2007 MUSEXPO music conferences. SoShy co-wrote " Strike the Match" with Ryan Tedder, from the group One Republic, for the ECHO Music Awards nominated German all-female pop band

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for his 2009 album '' Scream''. Also in 2009 she wrote the song "Elvis", sung by the Belgian group Leki & The Sweet Mints. SoShy was signed to

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through Jimmy Iovine. She can be heard on "

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" which she co-wrote, the first single from Timbaland's 2009 album ''

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''. Her single "Dorothy" was featured on the ''

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'' and her song "The Way I" was featured on The Official Soundtrack of ''

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Tonight Show, followed by many live shows, such as House of Blues Los Angeles and also throughout the world. She then signed to Sphere Musique/eOne Music in Canada from 2012 to 2014. Her debut album Crack The Code was released September 9, 2014 worldwide. The first two lead singles ("Whateva Man" and "City Of Angels") are now available on iTunes. The video for "Whateva Man" premiered on

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September 3, 2014. She is currently working on her new album as well as going back to her acting and DJing career.

Discography

Studio albums

Solo singles

As featured artist

Remixes

*"Morning After Dark (Chew Fu 2016 B-Boy Fix Remix)" (with Nelly Furtado & SoShy) *"Morning After Dark (French Version) (with Nelly Furtado & SoShy)

Other appearances

Writing credits

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:SoShy 1984 births Living people French women singer-songwriters American women singer-songwriters French emigrants to the United States French people of Russian descent French people of Italian descent French people of Argentine descent French people of Jewish descent Jewish American musicians American people of Italian descent French women writers 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century French singer-songwriters 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American Jews