Northsound 1 is a radio station serving Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations and plays contemporary music from the 1980s to today, alongside news, sport and travel bulletins. Daytime and weekend evening programming is produced and presented from studios in Tullos, Aberdeen. Northsound 1's main 96.9 FM transmitter is located at Durris, near Stonehaven. It also broadcasts on 97.6 FM from the Balgownie transmitter covering north Aberdeen, and on 103.0 FM from Stirling Hill covering the Peterhead area.

Since 15 September 2008, Northsound 1 and all other Bauer-owned FM stations in Scotland air networked programmes on weekday evenings, weekend late nights and overnight from Clyde 1 in Glasgow.

History[link]

Northsound Radio commenced broadcasting at 6 am on 27 July 1981 from converted studios in an old schoolhouse on Kings Gate, near Anderson Drive in Aberdeen. Originally, the station broadcast from 6 am to 8 pm each day. In 1995, the station split its services to become Northsound 1 and Northsound 2. Both stations now also broadcast on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting – i.e. Digital Radio).

Programming[link]

Weekdays[link] Time Main presenter(s)/programme Location 0100 – 0600 Grant Thomson Glasgow 0600 – 1000 Greigsy at Breakfast: Greig Easton/ Yasmin Zemmoura Aberdeen 1000 – 1400 John Mellis 1400 – 1500 U Choose': John Slater 1500 – 1900 'Andy & Craig's Big Drive Home: Andy James/ Craig McDonald 1900 – 2200 In:Demand with Romeo Glasgow 2200 – 0100 Late Night Gina McKie Weekday variations[link] Day Time Main presenter/programme Location Monday 0100 - 0600 Andy Park Glasgow Friday 2200 - 0100 Friday Night Floorfillers with Krystle Edinburgh Saturday[link] Time Main presenter(s)/programme Location 0100 – 0600 Lynne Hoggan Glasgow 0600 – 0900 Martin Morrison Aberdeen 0900 – 1200 Boogie & Dingo Edinburgh 1200 - 1500 Andy James Aberdeen 1500 - 1900 John Slater 1900 - 2200 Craig Milne 2200 – 0100 Saturday Night with Krystle Edinburgh Sunday[link] Time Main presenter(s)/programme Location 0100 – 0600 Lynne Hoggan Glasgow 0600 - 0900 John Milne Aberdeen 0900 - 1200 Robin Galloway Glasgow 1200 – 1600 Grant Thomson Aberdeen 1600 – 1900 The Vodafone Freebees Big Top 40: Rich Clarke & Kat Shoob Leicester Square, London 1900 – 2200 The Sunday Session: Michael Gordon Aberdeen 2200 - 0100 Late Night Gina McKie Glasgow News and Sport[link] A team of five broadcast journalists produce news bulletins every hour, on the hour, between 6 am and 7 pm weekdays, and between 7 am and 2 pm at weekends. A late night bulletin is broadcast at 10pm every night. At peak times (breakfast and drive) on weekdays, supplementary news headlines are broadcast on the half hour. A five-minute bulletin entitled Live at Five is broadcast at 5pm each weekday. Dedicated sports bulletins are broadcast at 8am, 1pm and 5:30pm, alongside reports within the hourly news bulletins and a scores & results service during Saturday afternoons. Traffic and travel bulletins are broadcast during peak travel times (breakfast and drivetime), accompanied by 'Jambuster' reports when there is major congestion at any time. News staff[link] Editor Joe Odber Deputy Editor Fiona Winchetser Broadcast Journalists Rebecca Curran Finlay Duncan Sports Editor Steven McMenemy Management[link] Managing Director Cathy Kirk Programmes Director Gary Muircroft Head of News Joe Odber Sports Editor Steven McMenemy Advertising Sales Director Susan Morrice External links[link] Official web site - Northsound 1 myspace page for Northsound 1's Sunday Session See also[link] Northsound 2 Northsound Radio v t e Radio stations in Aberdeen, Scotland FM stations 88.7/89.4 (BBC Radio 2) 90.9/91.6 (BBC Radio 3) 93.1/93.8 (BBC Radio Scotland) 95.3/95.9 (BBC Radio 4) 96.9/97.6 (Northsound 1) 98.3/99.0 (BBC Radio 1) 99.8 (SHMU FM) 100.5 (Classic FM) 102.1 (NECR) 104.2 (BBC Radio nan Gàidheal) 106.3/106.8 (Original 106) AM stations 693 (BBC Radio 5 Live) 810 (BBC Radio Scotland) 990 (BBC Radio nan Gàidheal) 1035 (Northsound 2) 1089 (Talksport) 1215 (Absolute Radio) 1449 (BBC Radio 4) United Kingdom radio markets: Aberdeen · Glasgow · London · Liverpool · Manchester · West Midlands · West Yorkshire · Worcester See also: List of radio stations in the United Kingdom v t e Bauer Media Group Bauer Radio Bauer Place Portfolio Northern England CHR stations: CFM Radio · Hallam FM · Key 103 · Metro Radio · Radio City 96.7 · 96.3 Radio Aire · 97.4 Rock FM · TFM Radio · 96.9 Viking FM Scotland CHR stations: 102.5 Clyde 1 · 97.3 Forth One · Tay FM · 97.4 MFR · Moray Firth Radio 1107AM · Northsound 1 · Radio Borders · 96.7 West FM · West Sound FM Northern Ireland: Cool FM  · Downtown Radio Magic Network: Magic 105.4 · Magic AM · Magic 828 · Magic 999 · Magic 1152 · Piccadilly Magic 1152 · Magic 1161 · Magic 1170 · Magic 1548 Scottish AM stations: Clyde 2 · 1548 Forth 2 · Northsound 2 · Tay AM · West Sound (AM) Other Place radio assets: Wave 105 · City Talk 105.9 Bauer Passion Portfolio: Kiss Network: Kiss 100 · Kiss 101 · Kiss 105-108 Kerrang Radio (West Midlands FM and quasi-national digital) Digital stations: Heat · The Hits · Q · Smash Hits Publishing UK Consumer Titles: Angling Times · Bella · Bike · Bird Watching · Car · Classic Bike · Classic Cars · Closer · Country Walking · Digital Photo · Empire · FHM · First · Freesail · Garden Answers · Garden News · Golf World · Grazia · Improve Your Coarse Fishing · Heat · Instant Beauty · Kerrang! · Land Rover Owner International · Landscape · Match · Model Rail · Mojo · More! · Mother & Baby · Motor Cycle News (MCN) · New Woman · Parker's · Performance Bikes · Pop · Practical Classics · Practical Fishkeeping · Practical Photography · Pregnancy & Birth · Puzzle Magazines · Q · RAIL · RiDE · Sea Angler · Shopping for Baby · Skiing · Steam Railway · Spirit&Destiny · Take a Break · That's life! · Today's Golfer · Top Sante · Total TVguide · Trail · Trout & Salmon · Trout Fisherman · TV Choice · Waves · What Bike? · Your Horse · Yours · Zoo US Consumer Titles: ASTROgirl · First for Women · In Touch Weekly · J-14 · Life & Style Weekly · Life Story · M · QuizFest · Soaps in Depth · Twist · Woman's World German Consumer Titles: Bravo · Das Neue Blatt · Volksstimme Business Publications: AM · Fleet News · Pet Product Marketing · Sewells Information and Research Distribution: Seymour · Frontline Box Television (50%) The Box · 4Music (run by Channel 4) · Kiss · Magic · Kerrang! · Q · Smash Hits! 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Terence "Terry" McDermott (born 8 December 1951 in Liverpool) is a former football midfielder and coach. He is the father of Newcastle United player Greg McDermott and Marsaxlokk player Neale McDermott

Playing career[link]

Early career[link]

McDermott joined Bury as a youngster in 1969. He made a total of 90 appearances and eight goals before joining Newcastle United in 1973.

Manager Joe Harvey gave McDermott his Newcastle debut on 17 March 1973, at Old Trafford, with a match against Manchester United. He came off the bench but could not do anything to prevent Newcastle losing 2-1.

McDermott reached the FA Cup Final in 1974 against Liverpool. However, Newcastle lost the match 3-0.

Liverpool[link]

Liverpool boss Bob Paisley, in his first season in charge after replacing Bill Shankly, brought McDermott to Merseyside in November 1974. He made his Liverpool debut, along with Phil Neal, on 16 November, in a Merseyside derby with fierce rivals Everton at Goodison Park. Neither side could break the deadlock with both sides sharing the points. McDermott's first goal came in a 1-1 league draw with Burnley at Turf Moor on 8 March 1975.

McDermott struggled for the next two years to get into the team or hold down a place once given his chance. Liverpool won the League championship and UEFA Cup in 1976 but McDermott did not play in enough matches during the season to pick up a League medal, although he was in the squad which won in Europe. Speculation mounted that he would move on in the summer of 1976, but instead he stayed at Anfield and became an integral part of the following season's triumphs.

McDermott was a fixture in the 1977 side which retained the title. Meanwhile, his goal against Merseyside rivals Everton F.C. in the semi-final of the FA Cup, a turn and chip from the edge of the penalty area, was voted the Goal Of The Season by the BBC^{[citation needed]}. That game finished 2-2, with Liverpool winning the replay. A subsequent success in a European Cup semi meant that Liverpool had reached the finals of both the FA Cup and European Cup, which were scheduled to be played at Wembley and Rome within four days of each other in May 1977. Victory in both would complete an historic "treble" which had never been achieved before.

However, Liverpool were defeated in the FA Cup final by Manchester United which ended their "treble" dream. There was joy for McDermott four days later though when he opened the scoring in the European Cup final against Borussia Mönchengladbach as Liverpool won 3-1. A few months later, he scored a hat-trick in the second leg of Liverpool's victory over Hamburg in the 1977 UEFA Super Cup Final.

Liverpool reached their first League Cup final in 1978 and this occasion was to prove memorable for McDermott for the wrong reasons. The first game at Wembley against Nottingham Forest F.C. ended goalless, but McDermott had a goal disallowed after the officials decided that team-mate Kenny Dalglish was in an offside position when McDermott struck his shot. In the replay at Old Trafford, after Forest had opened the scoring with a hotly disputed penalty, McDermott scored what he thought was the equaliser with a well-struck drive, only for the officials to deny him again, claiming he had controlled the pass with his arm. Forest held on to win 1-0 and McDermott offered to swear on oath in an after-match interview that he had trapped the ball legally with his chest.

The replays showed that while Dalglish was, indeed, offside for the disallowed strike at Wembley, McDermott could count himself unfortunate to be penalised for hand ball for the goal which was ruled out in the replay.

Consolation at missing out on the League Cup was found at the end of the season when McDermott featured in the Liverpool team which retained the European Cup thanks to a 1-0 win over Club Brugge at Wembley.

The following season, McDermott scored one of Liverpool's most memorable goals.^{[citation needed]} It came at Anfield in a League match against Tottenham Hotspur on 2 September 1978. Liverpool were defending a corner which was cleared from their own penalty area to striker David Johnson, who hit a long pass to the sprinting winger Steve Heighway on the left flank as McDermott started to chase forward. Within just a few seconds, the ball was in the Spurs net as Heighway raced down the line and crossed the ball, without stopping to control it, for McDermott to head home after a 70-yard run. This was the final goal in a 7-0 win.

By the end of that season, McDermott and Liverpool were champions again and they retained the title in 1980, with McDermott also picking up the personal honour of being voted the PFA Players' Player of the Year as well as the FWA Player of the Year award - the first player to win the two awards in the same season.

He scored another memorable goal against Tottenham that season, this time in the FA Cup, and at White Hart Lane, when he took a misplaced pass from Osvaldo Ardiles on the right hand corner of the penalty area, flicked the ball into the air and hit a lob-volley into the far corner of the goal.

In 1981, McDermott featured as Liverpool beat West Ham United after a replay to win the League Cup for the first time and then featured in the team which defeated Real Madrid in the European Cup final. A further League title and League Cup would follow in 1982 but his place in the side was becoming less assured.

Newcastle[link]

McDermott returned to Newcastle United in the September 1982 where he featured alongside his former Liverpool team-mate Kevin Keegan and youngsters Chris Waddle and Peter Beardsley as Newcastle won promotion back to the top flight of English football.

Playing abroad[link]

Cork City[link]

McDermott left in January 1985 to play with Cork City in Ireland.

APOEL Nicosia[link]

From 1985 to 1987, McDermott played for the Cypriot team APOEL Nicosia alongside Ian Moores, where he won the Cypriot Championship and the Cypriot Super Cup.

International career[link]

On 7 September 1977, Ron Greenwood gave McDermott his debut for England in a 0-0 friendly draw with Switzerland at Wembley. He opened his goalscoring account on 10 September 1980 during a World Cup qualifier at Wembley against Norway. McDermott scored twice, including a penalty, as England won 4-0.

McDermott was selected in 1980 for the England squad which travelled to the 1980 European Championships in Italy. He played in two of the group games.

McDermott was picked for the England squad for the 1982 World Cup in Spain but did not play in any games, despite the fact that he had played a part in every qualifying game for this World Cup. He never played for England again and only featured as a substitute in one match for Liverpool the following season.

In his England career, he had been capped 25 times at senior level, and scored three goals.^[1]

Coaching career[link]

When Kevin Keegan became manager of Newcastle on 5 February 1992, he recruited McDermott as his first team coach. Together the two masterminded a return to the top of the English game for Newcastle which included a close run to the League title in 1996 which was won by Manchester United. After Keegan resigned, McDermott stayed at Newcastle for a further season under Kenny Dalglish but left Newcastle when Dalglish resigned and replacement Ruud Gullit decided to bring in his own coach.

In 2005, McDermott returned to Newcastle after he was recruited by manager Graeme Souness to work as a coach. After the sacking of Souness in February 2006, McDermott stayed on under managers Glenn Roeder, Sam Allardyce and Keegan once again.

When Keegan quit in September 2008, McDermott also left along with Adam Sadler. Up to this point McDermott's nickname had been 'black box', because of his long survival at Newcastle under 5 previous managers and his love of the 1989 dance classic, Ride On Time.^[2] On 19 December 2008, Terry was named Assistant Manager of League One side Huddersfield Town, effectively becoming Lee Clark's right hand man.^[3] Following the sacking of Clark in February 2012, McDermott was also sacked.^[4]

Managerial stats[link]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Newcastle United		8 January 1997	14 January 1997	1	0	0	1	00.00

Honours[link]

* Bury F.C (1969–1973) - 91 League appearances, 8 goals

* Newcastle United F.C (1973–1974) - 56 appearances, 6 goals

• Anglo-Italian Cup: 1973
• Texaco Cup: 1974
• FA Cup: runners-up 1974

* Liverpool F.C (1974–1982) - 328 appearances, 80 goals

• UEFA Cup: 1976
• Charity Shield: 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980
• Division 1 (Level 1): 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983
• European Cup: 1977, 1978, 1981
• European Super Cup: 1977
• Football League Cup: 1981, 1982, 1983
• FA Cup runners-up: 1977
• Football League Cup runners-up: 1978
• European Super Cup runners-up: 1978
• World Club Championship runners-up: 1981

* Newcastle United F.C (1982–1984) - 74 appearances, 12 goals

• Promoted to Division 1 (level 1) after finishing 3rd in Division 2 (level 2) (1984)

* APOEL Nicosia (1985–1987) - 65 appearances, 6 goals

• Cypriot First Division: 1986
• Cypriot Super Cup: 1986

* Personal

• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1980

* England (1977–1982) - 25 caps, 3 goals

Personal life[link]

McDermott's son Neale also plays football and is currently playing for Gateshead F.C. and was formerly on the books of Carlisle United F.C.. His other son Greg McDermott, is a youth team player for Newcastle United.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Terry McDermott management career stats at Soccerbase
• Official Liverpool FC profile
• Profile at LFChistory.net
• Newcastle record 72/73-73/74 & 82/83-83/84 at Sporting-heroes.net
• Liverpool record part 1 1974/75-1977/78 at Sporting-heroes.net
• Liverpool record part 2 1978/79-1982/83 at Sporting-heroes.net
• England biography part 1 1977-May 1980 at Sporting-heroes.net
• England biography part 2 June 1980–1982 at Sporting-heroes.net
• England caps 1977-82 at Sporting-heroes.net

v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 1980 1 Clemence 2 Neal 3 Sansom 4 Thompson 5 Watson 6 Wilkins 7 Keegan 8 Coppell 9 Johnson 10 Brooking 11 Woodcock 12 Anderson 13 Shilton 14 Cherry 15 Hughes 16 Mills 17 McDermott 18 Kennedy 19 Hoddle 20 Mariner 21 Birtles 22 Corrigan Coach: Greenwood

v t e England squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Clemence 2 Anderson 3 Brooking 4 Butcher 5 Coppell 6 Foster 7 Keegan 8 Francis 9 Hoddle 10 McDermott 11 Mariner 12 Mills (c) 13 Corrigan 14 Neal 15 Rix 16 Bryan Robson 17 Sansom 18 Thompson 19 Wilkins 20 Withe 21 Woodcock 22 Shilton Coach: Greenwood

Andy Craig

Full name	Andrew Craig
Date of birth	(1976-03-16) 16 March 1976 (age 36)
Place of birth	St Helens, England
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	91.5 kg (14 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	inside centre
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
2000-2004 2004-2005	Orrell Glasgow
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2005-2006	Leeds Tykes	3	(0)
correct as of 19:14, 21 January 2011 (UTC).
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2003-2005	Scotland	23	(40)
correct as of 19:14, 21 January 2011 (UTC).

Andrew "Andy" Craig (born 16 March 1976)^[1] is a rugby union footballer who plays at outside centre. He played for Glasgow, Leeds Tykes and Scotland.

Craig previously represented Scotland at rugby league, playing for Wigan, Halifax, Widnes and Swinton. He switched to rugby union joining Orrell in 2000, before moving to Glasgow in the summer of 2004. He then moved to Leeds Tykes for the 2005/2006 season.

Craig earned his first cap for Scotland on Saturday, 15 June 2002 against Canada in Vancouver. His debut was for a lost cause. The Scots lost 26-23.

Craig was an important member of the Scotland team for the 2003 Six Nations Championship. He played only a handful of games in the 2004 season. His luck changed again in 2005, when under the reign of the Matt Williams he was the starting outside centre. Although it was a disappointing season for Scotland (one win against Italy), Craig scored two tries. One against Wales due to an overlap and one against England after some fine work from Chris Paterson.

Craig suffered a setback after picking up an injury during the 2005/6 season for Glasgow. He returned to action for a few games after his injury and subsequently scored a try in one of his games. Craig, however, had not been considered by Frank Hadden for the Scotland team for the Autumn Internationals and the 2006 Six Nations Championship.

2006 Season[link]

Craig decided to move from full-time rugby to semi-professional rugby. Lured by the prospect of managing a plumbing career whilst playing rugby, Craig decided to join Sedgley Park.

Retirement[link]

Craig now runs a full time plumbing and heating contraction company based in Warrington.

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Glasgow Profile
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

Danny O'Donoghue
Danny O'Donoghue at the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.
Background information
Birth name	Daniel John Mark Luke O'Donoghue
Born	(1980-10-03) October 3, 1980 (age 31)
Origin	Dublin, Ireland
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, record producer
Instruments	Vocals, keyboard, guitar
Years active	1998–2004, 2008-present
Labels	Sony Music Entertainment
Associated acts	Mytown, The Script

Danny O'Donoghue (born 3 October 1980 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter known for being the 'Main Person' of the band The Script and as a coach, along with the other coaches Jessie J, Tom Jones and Will.i.am on the television show The Voice UK.

Career[link]

Danny O'Donoghue was an original member of a late 1990s band called Mytown after being signed to Universal Records in 1999. He has also worked as a record producer in the United States with bandmate Mark Sheehan.^[1]

The Script's first single We Cry was written about James's Street in Dublin and the different types of people you would meet there. The Script announced a new album and single on their website on Monday, 19 July 2010. Danny was in his late 20's when he joined The Script.

The first single from the album Science & Faith was confirmed to be the song "For the First Time". "For the First Time" was released in September 2010 and the album Science & Faith was released on 13 September 2010.

'The Man Who Can't Be Moved' was also a song released by The Script and entered the Irish charts at #1.

"For the First Time" entered the UK charts at #5 and moved up to #4 the following week and entered the Irish charts at #1. The music video features Bono's daughter Eve Hewson. Science & Faith entered the Irish Album Chart and the UK album chart at no.1.

On 8 December 2011 it was revealed that he would be a coach on The Voice UK alongside Jessie J, will.i.am and Tom Jones.^[2]

Personal life[link]

Danny O'Donoghue has been in a relationship for four years with Dublin-based Lithuanian model and mother of one, Irma Mali.^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Danny O'Donoghue at the Internet Movie Database

Emeli Sandé
Background information
Birth name	Adele Emeli Sandé
Born	(1988-03-10) 10 March 1988 (age 24)[1][2]
Genres	Soul, R&B, pop
Occupations	Singer, musician, songwriter
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Virgin (2010–present)
Website	www.emelisande.com

Adele Emeli Sandé  /sænˈdeɪ/ san-DAY, (born 10 March 1988)^[1] known by her stage name Emeli Sandé, is a Scottish soul and R&B recording artist and songwriter. Sandé first became known to the public eye after she featured on rapper Chipmunk's third single, "Diamond Rings", which gained herself and Chipmunk a first top 10 single on the UK Singles Chart. In 2010, she appeared on Roll Deep star, Wiley's "Never Be Your Woman", which became another top ten hit. Simon Cowell called her "his favourite songwriter at the minute". She has written for a number of artists, including Cher Lloyd, Parade, Susan Boyle, Preeya Kalidas, Leona Lewis, Alesha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, and Tinie Tempah.

In 2010, she signed a publishing deal with EMI Music Publishing. She later announced that Virgin Records had given her a record deal. Sandé released her first solo single "Heaven" in August 2011, which was an instant hit around the globe. Sandé has two number-one singles across the United Kingdom and Ireland with "Read All About It" with Professor Green and "Next to Me". She released Our Version of Events, in February 2012, upon the release the album peaked number one in the UK.^[3]

Early life[link]

Emeli Sandé was born to a Zambian father and English mother. She was raised in Alford, Aberdeenshire.^[4][5] She studied Medicine at the University of Glasgow, but stopped in her fourth year.^[4] She said that education was one of the most important things to her, stating that if her music career failed, she has education to fall back on. Sandé said that her manager, Adrian Sykes, waited patiently since she was 16, saying "Adrian really respects that I want to get an education behind me. He also knows my parents are keen that I finish university."^[6] Sandé has a tattoo of artist Frida Kahlo.^[7] At the age of 11, when Sandé was still in primary school, she wrote her first song for a school talent show.^[7] She spoke "That was the first time I thought I might be a songwriter. I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write. Because the people I was listening to all wrote. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs.^[7] The first song we wrote in was called "Tomorrow Starts Again", the song had proper structure, which even had a Middle eight.^[7] At the age of 15, Choice FM invited her to London, United Kingdom to take part in a competition they were holding, the "Rapology". Richard Blackwood also had her down to MTV's Camden studios to sing gospel.^[7] Sandé went to the same secondary school at which her father was a teacher. She said "I hated to be ill and to miss a day because I was so hungry to learn. I was very shy, nerdy and extremely well-behaved. Inevitably, throughout secondary school, it was part and parcel of my identity that I was Mr Sandé’s daughter. No way could I muck about or get into trouble, because it would've got back to him within minutes. And Dad was strict, let me tell you."^[8]

Career[link]

2008–10: Career beginnings[link]

Sandé's sister made a video of her playing the piano and singing to one of her favourite songs, "Nasty Little Lady".^[7] They sent the clip to Trevor Nelson's BBC Urban music competition. Sandé won the show and was offered a record deal, but the management that she met via the competition decided against the deal.^[7] Her parents sent 1Xtra a CD of her songs. Ras Kwame played on his "Homegrown Sessions", and four artists that year were asked to do a show in Soho. She met with Watford-born music producer/writer Shahid Khan aka Naughty Boy,^[9] who has previously worked with Ms Dynamite and Bashy,^[7] and they began writing tracks for artists such as Alesha Dixon, Chipmunk, Professor Green, Devlin, Preeya Kalidas, Cheryl Cole, and Tinie Tempah. Sandé soon signed a record deal with Virgin Records and EMI Records.^[10] In an interview, she said "I was doing a show in London for 1Xtra and I met this guy called Naughty Boy. We got in the studio and we clicked work wise. We just started writing, not necessarily for me, we just thought ‘let's write a pop tune’ and experiment. And we wrote the Chipmunk track and I thought nothing of it. Naughty Boy sent it off to Chipmunk who really liked it and wrote his stuff around it."^[10] She signed a record deal with Virgin Records in 2010. She later signed another deal with EMI Records in early 2011.^[11] Sandé made her singing career debut in 2009 after appearing on the track she wrote for Chipmunk's first debut single, "Diamond Rings". The single charted at No. 6 on the UK Singles Charts, making it Chipmunk and Sandé's first ever Top 10 Hit.^[12] She later appeared on another single singing guest vocals, after collaborating with Wiley on his comeback single "Never Be Your Woman", the single charted at number-eight on the UK Singles Charts becoming Sandé's second consecutive Top 10 Single.^[9] Sandé announced she changed her name from Adele Sandé to her middle name Emeli Sandé due to Adele's growing success. She spoke; "I changed it as soon as Adele came out. I just thought, 'You've kind of taken the [name] now', so I went with my middle name. She was just getting bigger and bigger, so I thought I just really need it."^[13]

[edit] 2011–present: Our Version of Events, international success and songwriting