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Carla Marie Williams is a Jamaican-British singer-songwriter and artist mentor from North West London. She landed her first publishing deal in 2007, where she began working at Xenomania, alongside Brian Higgins and Miranda Cooper as a topline writer and in-house vocalist. She is currently signed to Sony ATV Publishing.

Performing Career

At the age of 16, Carla joined girl group, Schino, a modern style Motown act based in Glasgow, which was managed by Wet Wet Wet’s Elliot Davis. Carla also has featured vocals on Pet Shop Boy’s “I Will Survive” and Crookers’ “Put Your Hands On Me”.

Songwriting Career

Her credits with Xenomania include 21 releases and 8 UK Top 10’s, with acts such as Girls Aloud ( 'The Promise’, 'Sexy No No No', 'Something New’ , 'Can't Speak French’ ), The Saturdays ( 'Not Giving Up’), Amelia Lily ( 'You Bring Me Joy’) , Alesha Dixon ( 'The Boy Does Nothing’ ) and Mini Viva ( 'Left My Heart In Tokyo’ ). 'The Promise’ topped the singles chart in the UK and went on to win a BRIT Award for Best British Single 2009 [11].

Other ventures

Alongside music, Carla has a passion for mentoring young people. She worked as a qualified youth worker for 4 years at the Peabody Trust in 2003, and has collaborated with many youth and community groups such as Raw Material, Goldsmiths, Rising Tide, Brent Youth Services, BBC Blast and Radio 1 Academy. Carla has also been active in areas of artist development and A&R, setting up a joint venture with Richard Griffiths and Harry Magee at Modest! in 2010. Together they developed and managed the girl band, RD, who released two singles in the UK.