Leah Haywood
Australian record producer and songwriter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leah Jacqueline Cooney, known professionally as Haywood (formerly Leah Haywood), is an Australian record producer, songwriter and singer.
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Birth name | Leah Jacqueline Cooney |
Origin | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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Years active | 2000–present |
Labels | Epic |
Born in New Zealand, she grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and recorded a top-40 album, Leah,[1] released in 2001 on Epic Records, which contained her top-10 single, "We Think It's Love".[1] Two more top-40 hits followed with "Crazy" in 2000 and "Takin' Back What's Mine" in 2001.[1] She also performed backing vocals for Celine Dion on "That's the Way It Is", the 1999 hit single from Dion's album All the Way... A Decade of Song.[2] Haywood's song "Summer of Love" was the theme for Channel Ten Australia at the Start of 2002. She opened for Ricky Martin on the Australian leg of his International tour.[2]
Haywood was nominated as Best Female Artist at the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards of 2001.[3] "We Think It's Love" was nominated for Most Performed Australian Work at the 2001 Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) Awards.[4] In 2002, Haywood and husband, Daniel Pringle, relocated to Los Angeles to run Dreamlab, their production and songwriting company.[2][5]