Jon Maguire

Jon Maguire
Born 1988 (age 26–27)
Origin Blackwood, Caerphilly
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, producer, musician
Instruments Vocals, guitar, drums, bass
Labels Warner Bros. Records, Warner Music Group, Crown Talent
Associated acts Lilygreen & Maguire, Union J, Luke Friend, Scouting For Girls, Olly Murs

Jon Maguire is a songwriter, record producer and former member of duo Lilygreen & Maguire.

Lilygreen & Maguire

In 2011 Jon signed with Warner Bros. Records as part of duo Lilygreen & Maguire.[1] After releasing 3 singles and touring with the likes of Olly Murs, Scouting For Girls and Westlife the band split up.[2]

Songwriting & Production

In 2013, Maguire achieved his first top 10 chart success as a writer with Beautiful Life which charted at number 8 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] Jon has recently been working with long term collaborators , Josh Wilkinson, Roy Stride and Gregg Alexander as well as working on records for Scouting For Girls, Union J, Luke Friend,[4] The Midnight Beast and Lucy Spraggan.

Partial Discography

Year Title Artist Peak chart positions Role Sales Label
UK IRL
 JPN
2012 Ain't Love Crazy (single) Lilygreen & Maguire 66[5] – – Featured Artist Warner Bros. Records
2012 Given Up, Giving Up (single) 141[6] – – Writer/Featured Artist Warner Bros. Records
2013 Beautiful Life (single) Union J 8[7] 19[8] – Writer RCA / Syco
2013 Union J (album) 6[9] 8[10] – Writer "Beautiful Life" BPI : Silver (60,000) RCA / Syco
2014 Modern Life (album) Si Cranstoun 30 [11] – – Writer "Being With You" & "Like It Like That" East West Records
2014 You Got It All (album) Union J 28 [12] 57 [13] – Writer "All About A Girl" Writer / Producer "Together" Epic Records / Syco
2015 Walk of My Life (album) Kumi Koda – – 1[14] Writer "Mercedes" RIAJ : 46,118+ [14] Rhythm Zone
2015 Hole In My Heart (single) Luke Friend 40 [15] 93 [16] – Writer / Producer RCA / Syco
2015 We Are... (album) Lucy Spraggan – – – Writer / Producer "London Bound" CTRL Records

References

  1. ↑ Owens, David (16 April 2014). "Warner Music Group signings Lilygreen and Maguire take to the road for Big Welsh Busk". WalesOnline. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Newport music duo Lilygreen and Maguire split up". South Wales Argus. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Newport pop singer co-writes Union J hit". South Wales Argus. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Friend, Luke (7 February 2014). "LUKE FRIEND COLUMN: Gigs, Parties, Rehearsals and Much More". Herald Express. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Lilygreen and Maguire". Official Charts Company. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Zywietz, Tobias (20 October 2012). "Zobbel – Chart Log UK". Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Union J – Singles – Beautiful Life – Charts". Official Charts Company. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track – Irish Music Charts Archive, Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 24 October 2013". GfK Chart-Track Ltd. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "2013 Top 40 Official Albums Chart UK Archive". Official Charts Company. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track – Irish Music Charts Archive, Top 100 Artist Albums, Week Ending 31 October 2013". GfK Chart-Track Ltd. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "2014 Top 40 Official Albums Chart UK Archive". Official Charts Company. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "Ed Sheeran's X wins tenth week at the top". Official Charts Company. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 50, 2014". GFK Chart-Tracl. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Oricon weekly CD album ranking". OriconStyle. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Official Charts Company". aCharts. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Ireland Singles Top 100 week 14/2015". aCharts. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.