Biography
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Born
13 May 1981 (age 43)
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Born In
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Mozella (born Maureen Anne McDonald; May 13, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She co-wrote the Miley Cyrus Billboard number-one single, "Wrecking Ball", as well as other songs such as "I Believe", "Strangers", "Every Single Time" and "Don't Throw it Away" for Jonas Brothers' album Happiness Begins, "Drop Top" and "Horses" for Keith Urban's Graffiti U, "Love So Soft" by Kelly Clarkson, "One Call Away" by Charlie Puth, "Fool's Gold" and "Perfect" by One Direction, "Bright" by Echosmith, "Secrets" for Mary Lambert, "Don't Panic", "Holding on for Life" and "We Can't Move to This" for Ellie Goulding's album Delirium (co-wrote with Goulding and Greg Kurstin), "Speechless" for Rachel Platten's Wildfire, "Feels Like Vegas" with Tinashe, and "Take You High" from Kelly Clarkson's Piece by Piece. She also co-wrote eleven of the nineteen tracks on Madonna's Rebel Heart, including the single "Living for Love" with Diplo, Ariel Rechtshaid, and Toby Gad. Her songs have been used in the L'Oreal El Vive commercials, McDonald's "Archenemies" television campaign, Chase Bank commercials in the US, Chrysler, Verizon, Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz, and JC Penney.
Mozella has released three full-length albums, I Will (Warner/Maverick, 2006), Belle Isle (Universal/Motown, 2009), and The Brian Holland Sessions (Belle Isle Records, 2012), as well as three EPs, Mozella (Warner/Maverick, 2005), The Straits (Universal/Motown, 2009) and The Love (Universal/Motown, 2010).
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