Amanda Ghost

Amanda Louisa Gosein-Cameron (born 10 July 1974), known professionally as Amanda Ghost, is a British music executive, songwriter and singer. She was the president of Epic Records from 2009 until 2010.^[1] Ghost is a three-time Ivor Novello Award winner, a Golden Globe nominee, and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards.

Ghost was born in North London to a Gibraltarian mother and an Indo-Trinidadian father.^[2] In 1997, she contributed her version of Gary Numan's "Absolution" to the tribute album Random.^[3] Her first recording contract was in 2000 with Warner Bros. Records in Los Angeles, for whom she recorded her first album, Ghost Stories.^[4] Ghost's second album, Blood on the Line, was released in 2008^[5] on her own record label, Plan A Records.^[4]

Ghost co-wrote "Beautiful Liar" for Beyoncé and Shakira,^[6][7] and Jordin Sparks' second single "Tattoo" plus James Blunt's "You're Beautiful".^[8][9] She co-wrote three songs for Beyoncé's third album, I Am... Sasha Fierce.^[10] She also collaborated with John Legend on the lyrics for the track "Getting Nowhere" by Magnetic Man.^[6]

On 3 February 2009, Ghost was named the new president of Epic Records.^[9] She replaced Charlie Walk, who left at the end of 2008.^[8]

Ghost collaborated on the songs "For the Glory" and "Vanity Kills" by Ian Brown, (which appeared on Brown's album My Way) and which she co-wrote with Ian and Dave McCracken.^[11][12] She also co-wrote and co-produced the Shakira single "Gypsy", from the album She Wolf.^[13][14]

Ghost was fired from her position as president of Epic Records in 2010 after 20 months.^[15] That same year, she established Outsiders, a joint venture with Sony Music.^[6][16] She has collaborated with Florence and the Machine,^[17] Mark Ronson,^[18] and A$AP Rocky.^[19][20]

Ghost is a three-time Ivor Novello Award winner,^[6] a Golden Globe nominee,^[21] and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards; as co-producer of two tracks on Beyoncé's album, I Am... Sasha Fierce, which was nominated as Album of the Year, and the other for "Once in a Lifetime", which she co-wrote with Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, Jody Street, James Dring and Beyoncé. The song was the part of the soundtrack from Beyoncé's film, Cadillac Records and was nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, also in 2010.^[22]

• "Idol" (2000) - UK number 63
• "Glory Girl" (2000) UK number 90
• "Filthy Mind" (2000) - only released in the U.S./Australia
• "Break My World" (2004) - UK number 52 †
• "Feed" (2004) †
• "Girls Like You" - digital only release (2005)
• "Monster" - digital only release (2005)
• "Blood on the Line" EP (2006)
• "Time Machine" (featuring Boy George) (January 2007)^[23][24]

† Credited to Dark Globe featuring Amanda Ghost

• Ghost Stories (2000)^[25]
• Blood on the Line - The Download Collection (2008)^[5]