Edward James "Ed" Drewett (born 1 April 1988 in Harlow, Essex) is a singer-songwriter signed to Universal Polydor Records. Drewett left school at 16 and went on to a performing arts college in Charlton, SE London for a year then proceeded to a vocal college, Tech Music School, West London the following year which sparked his later songwriting career. Drewett first came to public attention in 2007 on the BBC television show Any Dream Will Do but he did not make the final 12 chosen for the live shows. He is best-known, however, for the single "I Need You Tonight" produced by The ThundaCatz and was a collaboration with Professor Green. The single reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart. This was followed by his first solo single "Champagne Lemonade". Drewett is currently preparing for the release of his debut album in 2013.
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Drewett signed a deal with EMI Records in February 2009. He began recording his debut album working with producers Wayne Hector, Cutfather and JJ, Fraser T Smith and The ThundaCatz. In early 2010, he was featured on Professor Green's first debut single, "I Need You Tonight", which charted at number three in the UK singles charts and number 15 in Ireland. The single remained in the UK Top 10 for four weeks. Drewet also co-wrote The Wanted's debut single, "All Time Low". The single went straight to number one in the UK top 40. Ed studied at the prestigious 'Tech Music School' on the 1 Year Diploma. Ed has co-written three singles for The Wanted with Wayne Hector and Steve Mac - "All Time Low", "Glad You Came" and "Lightning".
Blogger Mark Boardman from entertainment website Markmeets said "Ed is truly a gifted musician, song writer and performer. He set out to impress and certainly delivered, Big things to come guaranteed!" 'Showcaselive' Drewett later signed to Polydor Records in February 2012 and is set to release later this year. He released his new song 'Good Morning' on June 1, 2012 and it is currently free to download from his website. On 25 August 2012, Drewett released his studi version of his song 'Summer' but without it featuring Sway. In 2012 Drewett wrote songs for Olly Murs' third album Right Place Right Time. Drewett is hoping to release his debut album some time in 2013.
