Helienne Lindvall

Helienne Lindvall is an award-winning professional songwriter, musician and  columnist, and is Chair & Board Director of the Ivors Academy of Music Creators  (formerly British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors BASCA). She’s  also the writer behind the Guardian music industry columns Behind the Music and  Plugged In and is the former Head of Business & Songwriter relations for song data  management platform Auddly/Sessions, backed by hitmakers Max Martin and  Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus, and Director of Business Development and Artist Relations,  LANDR UK.  

Hailing from Sweden, she worked as a session singer, recording artist and performer  in Stockholm and NYC before settling in London, where she signed a publishing deal with BMG Scandinavia and, later, Universal Music Publishing Scandinavia. Since  then she’s been working with recording artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including Roger Sanchez, Sunloverz, Big Daddy Wilson and the Dark Tenor, collaborating  with award-winning writers including Jörgen Elofsson (Kelly Clarkson, Britney  Spears), Patrik Berger (Icona Pop, Robyn) and Steve McEwan (Kenny Chesney,  Carrie Underwood). In 2016, her song A Better Man, co-written by Andrew  Fromm (Backstreet Boys, Mark Anthony) and Peter Kvint (A-ha, Andreas  Johnson) made the UK Eurovision finals. Recent releases include Glass Keys, Dani  Senior and Menrva.  

Helienne contributed a chapter for the Swedish book Myten om Internet (The Myth  of the Internet), published August 2012. She’s also written for Digital Music News,  Netopia, The Musician, The Australian and STIM-Magasinet, and regularly appears  on Sky News, the BBC, Irish National Radio and Swedish National Radio, discussing songwriters’ rights, copyright and other music industry issues.