Jin Jin (musician)
Janée Bennett, known professionally as Jin Jin, is an English musician, singer and songwriter from Manchester.
Jin Jin | |
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| Birth name | Janée Bennett |
| Born | Manchester, England |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2003–present |
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| Website | jinjinofficial |
She is known for predominantly writing songs with Jess Glynne.
Career
As a child Bennett became interested in music whilst hanging out in her grandfather’s reggae music record shop and enrolled at City College Manchester to do a National Diploma in Music Technology and a Higher National Diploma.
Bennett signed to the music publisher Windswept Music UK[1] and completed an undergraduate degree in Music Industry Management and Marketing at Buckinghamshire University. To see herself through college she modelled for fashion brands including Agent Provocateur and DKNY.[2]
In September 2008, having moved to London, Bennett co-wrote the Roll Deep single "Do Me Wrong", from their album Return of the Big Money Sound. In October 2009, Bennett released her debut single, "Sex in the City", via Moshi Moshi Records; NME magazine described the track as "rude, fresh and kinda brilliant".[3] A version of the single features rapper Tinchy Stryder.[4] Bennett was profiled in The Guardian's "New band of the week" feature the same month, with Paul Lester describing her as "a rougher, cruder version of glossy American R&B" and "a new urban female who is... like a Moss Side Pink if she'd worked with Tinchy instead of Linda Perry".[2]
In October 2013, Bennett issued "Fire Me Up" under her shortened stage name Jin Jin.[5][6][7] She collaborated with the band Polar Bear on the song "Cuckoo", released as a single in October 2014.[8]
Bennett is a successful songwriter for others, signed through the UK office to Universal Music Publishing Group worldwide.[9] Bennett discovered the seven times #1 singer Jess Glynne whilst teaching a masterclass at Jess's music college, and went on to collaborate with Glynne on tracks for her debut album. This included Jess Glynne's first official single "Right Here", which was a UK top ten hit in 2014.[9] Bennett co-wrote Glynne's second collaboration with Clean Bandit, "Real Love", as well as "Not Letting Go" featuring Tinie Tempah which topped the UK charts. She also co-wrote Jess Glynne's "Hold My Hand" which was a UK #1 as well as being Jess's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also used in an advertisement for Coca-Cola in 2015 and was featured on the original movie soundtrack for the 2016 film, Bridget Jones's Baby. She also co-wrote 10 tracks on Jess’s second album Always In Between. Both of Jess’s albums have topped the charts, and Jin Jin was nominated for an Ivor Novello and won a BMI Award for her writing on ‘Hold My Hand’. Jess’s debut album I Cry When I Laugh is now 4 x Platinum in the UK alone.
In 2018 her co-write with Raye & Jax Jones "You Don't Know Me" was nominated for a BRIT Award,[10] and has now racked up upwards of 400 million streams. She recently picked up a BMI award for "Home With You" by Madison Beer.[11] Other notable recent successes include "Lullaby" by Sigala and Paloma Faith, which was in the top 10 biggest songs of 2018 and went Platinum in the UK, and "Alien" by Jonas Blue and Sabrina Carpenter which reached #1 on the Billboard Dance Chart.[12]
Jin Jin has collaborated with a host of international producers and artists such as Stephen Di Genius, Fraser T. Smith, Toby Gad, Diplo, and David Guetta, and artists Jess Glynne, Jax Jones, RAYE, Paloma Faith & Sigala. Further collaborations include Jonas Blue & Sabrina Carpenter, Madison Beer, Yebba, Sean Paul, Rita Ora, Clean Bandit, Nina Nesbitt, Craig David, Gary Barlow and most recently break-through artists Hailee Steinfeld and Becky G [9]
In 2015 Bennett set up her own publishing company, Raggamuffin Music, in conjunction with Bucks Music Group. A few years later she set up Jinsing, a label and management company with a publishing arm that is a joint venture with Universal Music Publishing. She recently won the Music Creative Award at the UK's Women In Music event. The award was presented to her by long time friend and collaborator Jess Glynne.[13] Jin Jin is now also a Senior A&R manager at Parlophone Records.
Artist discography
- "Do Me Wrong" (2008) Roll Deep feat. Janée “Jin Jin” Bennett
- "Touch My" (2009) Mos Wanted Mega feat. Janée “Jin Jin” Bennett
- "Sex in the City" (2009)
- "Cashpoint Drama" (2012) (feat. Mikill Pane)
- "Love in Sin City" (2012)
- "Whistle at Me" (2012) (feat. Wiley)
- "Fire Me Up" (2013)
- "Cuckoo" (2014) Polar Bear with Janée “Jin Jin” Bennett
- "Break Loose" (2015) Televisor feat. Janée “Jin Jin” Bennett & Splitbreed
Songwriting credits
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Written with: |
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| "Right Here" | 2014 | Jess Glynne | I Cry When I Laugh | Jessica Glynne, Kye Gibbon, Matthew Robson-Scott |
| "Real Love" (with Jess Glynne) |
Clean Bandit | New Eyes / I Cry When I Laugh | Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto, Jessica Glynne, Richard Boardman, Robert Harvey, Cleo Tighe, Sarah Blanchard | |
| "Hold My Hand" | 2015 | Jess Glynne | I Cry When I Laugh | Jessica Glynne, Jack Patterson, Ina Wroldsen |
| "Not Letting Go" (featuring Jess Glynne) |
Tinie Tempah | Youth / I Cry When I Laugh |
Patrick Okogwu, Krishane Murray, Jessica Glynne, Gareth Keane, Lewis Jankel, Jermaine Jackson | |
| "Gave Me Something" | Jess Glynne | I Cry When I Laugh | Jessica Glynne, Andrew Knox Brown, Finlay Dow-Smith | |
| "Ain't Got Far to Go" | Jessica Glynne, Andrew Knox Brown, Finlay Dow-Smith | |||
| "Love Me" | Jessica Glynne, Andrew Knox Brown | |||
| "No Rights No Wrongs" | Jessica Glynne, Andrew Knox Brown, Finlay Dow-Smith, Jonathan Coffer, James Newman | |||
| "Home" | Jessica Glynne, Gareth Keane | |||
| "Bad Blood" | Jessica Glynne, Gareth Keane, Peter Connolly, Santosh Anand, Anu Malik | |||
| "Grown" | Little Mix | Get Weird | Perry Edwards, Jessica Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirwall, Camille Purcell, Edvard Forre Erfjord, Henrik Barman Michelsen, Jessica Glynne | |
| "Like That" | Fleur East | Love, Sax and Flashbacks | Fleur East, Fraser Thornycroft-Smith, Ina Wroldsen, Ash Soan, Benjamin Epstein | |
| "Scar" | 2016 | Foxes | All I Need | Louisa Rose Allen, Kenneth Edmonds, Antonio Dixon, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, Jonathan Saxe |
| "Need Somebody" | Alex Newell | Non-album single | Brandyn Burnette, Daniel Heloy Davidsen, Peter Wallevik, Mich Hansen | |
| "Mamacita" (featuring Wizkid) |
Tinie Tempah | Youth | Patrick Okogwu, Marlysse Simmons, St. Aubyn Levy, Reinaldo Alvarez, Ayodeji Balogun | |
| "Keep It Moving" | Alex Newell | Non-album single | Brandyn Burnette, Daniel Heloy Davidsen, Peter Wallevik, Mich Hansen | |
| "24 HRS" | Olly Murs | 24 Hrs | Oliver Murs, Steve Robson, Clarence Coffee Jr. | |
| "How Much for Your Love" | Oliver Murs, Steve Robson, Clarence Coffee Jr. | |||
| "You Don't Know Me" (featuring Raye) |
Jax Jones | Snacks EP | Timucin Aluo, Uzoechi Emenike, Rachel Keen, Walter Merzinger, Arno Kammermeier, Peter Hayo, Patrick Bodmer, Philip D. Young | |
| "Don't Want You Back" (featuring Kiesza) |
2017 | Bakermat | Non-album single | Lodewijk Fluttert, Clifford Goilo, Komi Al-Hakam, Tamera Foster |
| "We Could Go Back" (featuring Moelogo) |
Jonas Blue | Blue | Guy James Robin, Edvard Forre Erfjord, Henrik Barman Michelsen | |
| "Evergreen" | YEBBA | Non-album single | Abbey Smith, George Moore | |
| "Decline" (with Mr Eazi) |
Raye | Side Tape | Rachel Keen, Fraser Thornycroft-Smith, Oluwatosin Adjibade, Marcus Vest, Jeffrey Atkins, Irving Lorenzo | |
| "My Body" | Paloma Faith | The Architect | Paloma Faith, Andrew Knox Brown, Finlay Dow-Smith | |
| "Love Divine" (featuring Moko) |
Sub Focus | Non-album single | Nicholas Douwma, Philip Thomas, Nadia Adu-Gyamfi, Uzoechi Emenike, John Gillivray, Christopher Lane | |
| "Proud" | 2018 | Rita Ora | Rita Ora, Fridolin Walcher | |
| "Home with You" | Madison Beer | As She Pleases EP | Madison Beer, Leroy Clampitt, Rachel Keen, Frederik Gibson | |
| "Lullaby" (with Paloma Faith) |
Sigala | Brighter Days | Bruce Fielder, Jessica Glynne, Andrew Bullimore, Joshua Record, Paloma Faith | |
| "Alien" (with Jonas Blue) |
Sabrina Carpenter | Singular: Act I | Sabrina Carpenter, Guy James Robin | |
| "Check" (featuring Raye) |
Kojo Funds | Golden Boy | Errol Bellot, Rachel Keen, Gabriel Kusimo | |
| "Wife Me" (with Steel Banglez) |
Raye | Side Tape | Rachel Keen, Pahuldip Sandhu, Joseph Ellis | |
| "Feels Like Home" (with Sean Paul & Fuse ODG featuring Kent Jones) |
Sigala | Brighter Days | Bruce Fielder, Sean Henriques, Nana Abiona, Daryl Kent Jones | |
| "You Don't Know Me" (with Flo Rida & Shaun Frank featuring Delaney Jane) |
Bruce Fielder, Shaun Frank, Mich Hansen, Daniel Heløy Davidsen, Peter Wallevik, Tramar Dillard | |||
| "Friends" | Raye | Non-album single | Rachel Keen, Frederik Gibson, Mark Ralph, Kyle Shearer, Nathaniel Campany | |
| "Blind" | Four of Diamonds | Fridolin Walcher, Gareth Keane, Mabel McVey, Steven Hurley | ||
| "All I Am" | Jess Glynne | Always In Between | Jessica Glynne, Bastian Langebaek, James Newman, Sophie Cooke, Sandy Rivera, Jay Sealee | |
| "No One" | Jessica Glynne, Tobias Gad | |||
| "123" | Jessica Glynne, Jordan Thomas, James Newman, Jonathan Mensah | |||
| "Hate/Love" | Jessica Glynne, Bastian Langebaek | |||
| "Won't Say No" | Jessica Glynne, Finlay Dow-Smith, Clarence Coffee Jr. | |||
| "Rollin'" | Jessica Glynne, Frederik Gibson | |||
| "Nevermind" | Jessica Glynne, Cass Lowe | |||
| "Insecurities" | Jessica Glynne, Tobias Gad | |||
| "Never Let Me Go" | John Ryan, Julian Bunetta, Jamie Scott, Jessica Glynne | |||
| "So Real (Warriors)" (vs. KDA featuring Jess Glynne) |
Too Many Zooz | Leo Pellegrino, Matthew Muirhead, David Parks, Kris Di Angelis, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Alexander Izquerdio, Jessica Glynne, Ivan Rosenburg | ||
| "Thank You" | Lena | Only Love, L | BeatGees, Fraser Thornycroft-Smith, Jessica Glynne, Lena Meyer-Landrut, Simon Triebel | |
| "Old Friend" | Elderbrook | Old Friend EP | Alexander Kotz, Fridolin Walcher | |
| "Love Letter" | 2019 | Nina Nesbitt | The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change | Nina Nesbitt, Fraser Thornycroft-Smith |
| "Put Your Phone Down (Low)" | Jack Back | Non-album single | David Guetta, Raye, Camille Purcell, Timofey Reznikov | |
| "Wasted Nights" | ONE OK ROCK | Eye Of The Storm | Peter Anthony Nappi, Takahiro Moriuchi, Jamil Abbas Kazmi | |
| "Giants" | Mark Blair Crew, Takahiro Moriuchi, Jamil Abbas Kazmi | |||
| "All The Lies" | Alok, Felix Jaehn & The Vamps (British band) | Non-album single | Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo, Anders Froen, Felix Jaehn, Bradley Will Simpson, Ohyes, Vincent Kottamp | |
| "Brave" | Don Diablo & Jessie J | Frances (musician), James Richard Newman, Don P Schipper, Martijn H J Sonderen, Edvard Foerre Erfjord, Jess Glynne, Henrick Barman Michelsen | ||
| "How Do You" | Elderbrook | Thomas Wesley Pentz, Alexander Harry Kotz, Grace Martine Tandon, Maximilian Jaeger, Robert Clifton III Brackins | ||
| "When You Know What Love Is" | Craig David | Craig David, Gary Barlow, Fraser T Smith | ||
| "One Touch" | Jess Glynne & Jax Jones | Snacks EP | Jax Jones, MNEK, Jess Glynne, Mark Stuart Ralph | |
| "Exit Sign" | Kah-Lo | Non-album single | Faridah Seriki, Ashley Peter Milton, Daniel James Denis Goudie | |
| "Bonita" | Donea'O feat. Stylo G | Jonas Blue, Jason Andre Mcdermott, Ian Michael Greenidge | ||
| "Do You Miss Me Much" | Craig David | Gary Barlow, Craig David, Fraser Lance Thorneycroft | ||
| "Love Me Again" | RAYE | RAYE | ||
| "Love Me Again (Remix) " | RAYE, Jess Glynne | Jess Glynne, RAYE | ||
| "We Got Love" (featuring Ella Henderson) |
Sigala | Non-album single | Joakim Sebastian Hasselquist Jarl, Ella Henderson, Derrick May, Michael James, Anne-Marie Nicholson, Bruce Fielder, Thomas Michael Jules | |
| "TING TING TING" (with Oliver Heldens) |
2020 | Itzy | It'z Me | Oliver Heldens, Oak Felder |
| "Tequila" | Jax Jones, Martin Solveig, RAYE | Europa | Mark Stuart Ralph, Rachel Keen, Timucian Kwong Wah Lam, Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike, Martin Solveig | |
| "Feel Right Now" (featuring Nonô) |
Parx | Non-album single | Harold Faltermeyer, Rachel Keen, Alexander Frederick Cramp | |
| "Your Name Hurts" | Hailee Steinfeld | Half Written Story | Stephen Noel Kozmeniuk, Hailee Steinfeld, Caroline Ades Pennell, Elizabeth Boland | |
| "Day One" | Double S, Sticky | Non-album single | Bashir Bazanye, Nadine Dorothy Samuels, Reiss Hanson, Richard Forbes, Theodoulos Pavlos Doukanaris | |
| "Felt Cute" | Le Cheval | Amber Van Day, Camden Cox, Devin The Great, Molly Ashcroft, Niamh Murphy, Pringle Dan, Sami Chokri | ||
| "Zanotti" | NSG | Roots | Abdul Arowosaye, Ayodeji Mujib Shekoni, Dennis Mensah, Jonathan Mensah, Matthew Ojo, Patrick Brew, William Mensah | |
| "Lie For You" (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie & Davido) |
Snakehips & Jess Glynne | Non-album single | Artist Dubose, David Adeleke, Edvard Førre Erfjord, Henrik Barman Michelsen, James David, Jess Glynne, Oliver Dickinson | |
| "Chapter 1" | Octavian | Rari (Chapter 1) | Jim-E Stack, Octavian |
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