Julie Frost is an American songwriter, singer, guitarist and record producer. She is the recipient of Golden Globe and Eurovision Song Contest awards for songs written, as well as a Parent's Choice Award for album production and performance. She is also the founder of the non-profit "Songs For Elephants", with the mission to help mobilize the music and entertainment industry in support of the world's elephants.
Frost grew up in rural Vermont and began to perform publicly in 1992 in Chicago. Her first solo album The Wave (2002) was received positively by various music critics;... Of her writing style, Music Critic Johny Luftus wrote "Chicago singer/songwriter Julie Frost likes to place pleading heartache, clever wordplay, and determined pluck over nuanced arrangements".[1][2] Later on Frost founded her own studio "Happy Child Studios", which produces songs for families and children, and published her album Happy Child Music (2006).
2009 to present
Frost was signed to EMI Music Publishing in 2009 by music executive Big Jon Platt. In 2010, a song cowritten by Frost and Dane John Gorden, "Satellite", won the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 for Germany. Lena Meyer-Landrut's recording of this song subsequently became a number one hit in various European countries, and went to No. 1 on the European singles chart. It was also a minor hit in various other countries.
Discography
2006: Happy Child Music (Artist)
2002: The Wave (Artist)
2000: "Songs for Wiggleworms" Various Artists (Artist/Producer)
Billboard US Mainstream Top 40 No. 15, Billboard US Adult Top 40 No. 12, Billboard US Adult Contemporary No. 27, US Billboard Hot 100 No. 21, UK Singles No. 1, Switzerland No. 2, Spain No. 3, Scotland No. 1, New Zealand No. 1, Israel No. 1, Ireland No. 1, France No. 1, Billboard Euro Digital Song Sales No. 1, Australia No. 1
^"Top 50 Singles Chart". (G) in Brackets. ARIA - Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.