More global chart action for Aussies
Songwriting/production duo MoreMega hit #4 in the UK with Braveheart by new UK girl group Neon Jungle. Sean Ray Mullins and Cassie Davis previously wrote Havana Brown’s multi-million selling global hit We Run The Night. Released through RCA, Braveheart had over 1.3 million YouTube views and debuted at #2 in Scotland.
“The girls are incredibly talented and we feel blessed to have written and produced half of the debut album for such a promising group,” said Mullins. MoreMega are signed to Universal Music Publishing Australia.
Samantha Jade’s Firestarter is in the Top 10 of the Russian charts. Six years ago, pre-X-Factor, she performed at the Armenian Music Awards in Russia. In Australia, the singer is in the ARIA Top 40 with new single Soldier and at #51 with I am Australian, in which she features alongside fellow Sony artists Dami Im, Jessica Mauboy, Nathaniel, Justice Crew and Taylor Henderson.
Former X Factor finalists, Brisbane based JTR, saw their single Ride at #2 in iTunes Sweden after 24 hours’ release. John, Tom and Robin grew up in Sweden, which explains it. Their mum Sarah Lundback was a songwriter there and their Australian stepfather Hayden Bell a music executive with Sony Asia who through his Excalibur Productions discovered The Veronicas and Mark Sholtez.