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MoZella (Maureen Anne McDonald, born 〔(David Jeffries, "MoZella", AllMusicGuide )〕 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American songwriter and recording artist. Along with her own artist success, Mozella co-wrote the Miley Cyrus/Dr. Luke Billboard #1 Wrecking Ball. Some of Mozella's other notable co-writes include "Fools Gold" off One Direction's album FOUR and their latest single "Perfect" from Made In The AM, Ellie Goulding's "Don't Panic", "Holding on for Life", and "We Can't Move to This" from Ellie's new album Delirium (co-written with Ellie and Greg Kurstin (Sia )), "Dancing in the Dark" by Rihanna for the DreamWorks animated movie HOME, "Bright" by Echosmith, "Feels Like Vegas" with Tinashe, "One Call Away" by Charlie Puth and "Take You High" off Kelly Clarkson's latest album. Madonna and Mozella co-wrote 11 of the 19 tracks on the queen's album Rebel Heart, including the single "Living For Love" with Diplo, Ariel Rechtshaid, and Toby Gad. Crossing genres into film, television and theatre, she co-wrote "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody" with Goonrock and Fergie for Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby." In early 2014 she continued her work with Baz Luhrmann, penning "A Beautiful Surprise" with David Foster for Luhrmann's musical theatre adaption of his cult classic film "Strictly Ballroom". Mozella's latest TV sync success is the usage of her song Love Is Endless in the 2015 McDonalds "Archenemies" campaign. Beginning April 2015, Chase bank will be using her song "Can't Get Enough" for their new commercials in the US. Some of the brands that have used Mozella's music in their branding include Chrysler, Verizon, Microsoft, Jeep, Amazon, Mercedes Benz, JC Penney, Aqua Fresh and many more. MoZella has released Three full-length albums, I Will (Warner/Maverick, 2006) and ''Belle Isle'' (Universal/Motown, 2009), and "The Brian Holland Sessions" on Belle Isle Records, as well as three EPs, MoZella (Warner/Maverick, 2005), The Straits EP (Universal/Motown, 2009) and The Love EP (Universal/Motown, 2010).〔Mitchell, Gail (August 7, 2009). ("Billboard.biz Q&A: EMI Music Publishing's 'Big' Jon Platt" ). (). Retrieved 08/07/2009.〕〔"MoZella Album Cover" (September 8, 2009). (). Retrieved 09/08/2009.〕 ==Early life== MoZella was born and raised in Livonia, Michigan, where she first got her start as a performer booking her own gigs in coffee houses at age 15.〔Adams, Lauren; Benaym, David; and Tidwell, Danny (Summer 2006). "Discovering MoZella". ''Movmnt Magazine''. Pages 60-63.〕 Immediately after graduating from high school, she set out for Los Angeles to pursue a career in music. She took a day job decorating cakes, leaving her free to perform at coffee houses in the evenings. In 2002, MoZella was invited to England to write and record with Tim Saul, producer for Portishead. After she spent six months in Europe, she returned to Los Angeles when label interest was building.〔Frazer, Bear (May/June 2007). "MoZella: Decorating Cake and Sharing It Too". ''Skope''. Page 40.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MoZella」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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