Redigerer Laila Samuelsen

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'''Laila Samuelsen''' også kjent som '''Laila Samuels'''  (født [[3. juni]] [[1976]]) er en norsk [[låtskriver]], [[tekstforfatter]] og [[artist]]. 

== Liv og virke ==
Samuelsen er født og oppvokst i [[Oslo]], der hun bodde sammen med sine foreldre og to eldre søstre. Hennes mor var [[jazz]]-sangerinne, den ene søsteren spiller [[saksofon]] og er [[Orkesterleder|dirigent]] og tre av hennes onkler er [[komponist]]er/[[musiker]]e.{{tr}} Hennes besteforeldre på begge sider har spilt [[piano]]/[[gitar]]/[[trekkspill]].

Hun startet å skrive sanger som 10-åring og sang i forskjellige band fra hun var 13 til hun var 18.{{tr}} Da hun var 18 ble hun [[vokalist|hovedvokalist]] i det norske bandet [[The Tuesdays]]. Bandet fikk platekontrakt med [[PolyGram|Polygram Worldwide]] og senere med [[Arista Records]] New York (Clive Davis). Med låta «It's Up to You» lå de på 55.-plass i 1998 på den amerikanske [[Billboard Hot 100]]-lista.{{tr}}

Samuelsen har skrevet låter for blant andre [[Maria Arredondo]], [[Gaute Ormåsen]], [[Alejandro Fuentes]], [[Liv Marit Wedvik]], [[Venke Knutson]], [[Lena Meyer-Landrut]], [[Erlend Bratland]], samt de [[japan]]ske bandene W-inds og Diva. Hun synger på flere av andre artisters album, blant annet [[Ivar Christian Johansen|Ravi]]s ''Kjøpr Gitar'' (2006).

I 2018 etablerte hun duoen [[Shandel & Samuels]] sammen med den kanadiske låtskriveren og artisten Jonas Shandel. Duoen ga ut sin debutsingel "Heroine" høsten 2018.

== Diskografi ==
;Singler/EP-er
*''Got Naive'' (2002)
*''I Guess U Guessed'' (2005)
*''Give It to Me Straight'' (2009)
*''Stretched It to the Limit'' (2009)
*''Afterglow'' (2016)
*''Last Day of Our Lives'' (2016)
*''Run Run Run'' (2017)
*''[[Shadow Boxing]]'' (2017)
*''Frisbee'' (2019)

===[[The Tuesdays]]===
;Album
*''[[The Tuesdays (album)|The Tuesdays]]'' (1998)
;Singler/EP-er
*''It's Up to You'' (1997)
*''[[I Was Thinking of You]]'' (1998)
*''[[Changing the Moods]]'' (1998)
*''I'll Be Here/I Wish It Was Yesterday'' (1998)
;Deltar på
* [[Birger Eikemo|Sane]]: ''Nothing Beats Your Love'' (1999)
* [[The Tramps]]: ''[[Halfway to the Moon]]'' (2000)
* [[Charmed (musikkgruppe)|Charmed]]: ''[[Charmed (album)|Charmed]]'' (2000)
* [[Birger Eikemo|Sane]]: ''[[Charmed and Confused]]'' (2000)
* [[Vitamin C (sanger)|Vitamin C]]: ''[[More (Vitamin C-album)|More]]'' (2001)
* [[Reset]]: ''[[Calling You]]'' (2001)
* [[Gaute Ormåsen]]: ''Miss You When You're Gone'' (2003)
* [[Gaute Ormåsen]]: ''[[New Kid in Town]]'' (2003)
* [[Anne Hvidsten]]: ''[[Need to Know]]'' (2004)
* [[Maria Arredondo]]: ''Burning'' (2004)
* [[Maria Arredondo]]: ''[[Not Going Under]]'' (2004)
* [[Jo O'Meara]]: ''[[Relentless]]'' (2005)
* [[Alejandro Fuentes]]: ''[[Diamonds Or Pearls]]'' (2005)
* [[Ivar Christian Johansen|Ravi]] ft. [[deLillos]]: ''Neste såmer'' (2006)
* [[Ivar Christian Johansen|Ravi]]: ''[[Kjøpr gitar]]'' (2006)
* [[The Players (band)|The Players]]: ''This Is for Real'' (2006)
* [[Lind, Nilsen, Fuentes, Holm]]: ''[[Hallelujah Live]]'' (2006)
* [[Liv Marit Wedvik]]: ''[[Riding Out the Storm]]'' (2006)
* [[Magnus Carlsson]]: ''[[Spår i snön]]'' (2006)
* [[Maria Arredondo]]: ''On Christmas Day'' (2006)
* [[Tylden & co]]: ''[[Hjem til jul &ndash; en musikalsk julekalender]]'' (2006)
* [[Venke Knutson]]: ''Win with Your Hands Down'' (2007)
* [[Alejandro Fuentes]]: ''Tomorrow Only Knows'' (2007)
* [[Venke Knutson]]: ''Walk the Walk'' (2007)
* [[Gaute Ormåsen]]: ''Du + jeg = vi'' (2007)
* [[Alejandro Fuentes]]: ''[[Tomorrow Only Knows]]'' (2007)
* [[Maria Arredondo]]: ''[[For a Moment (album)|For a Moment]]'' (2007)
* [[Venke Knutson]]: ''[[Crush (Venke Knutson-album)|Crush]]'' (2007)
* [[Veronica Akselsen]]: ''Am I Supposed to Love Again'' (2008)
* [[Melodi Grand Prix]]: ''[[Melodi Grand Prix 2008 (album)|Melodi Grand Prix 2008]]'' (2008)
* [[Josefine Eggum|Josefine]]: ''[[Josefine (album)|Josefine]]'' (2008)
* [[Gaute Ormåsen]]: ''Til vi sees igjen'' (2008)
* [[Gaute Ormåsen]]: ''[[Drømmesang]]'' (2008)
* [[Josefine Eggum|Josefine]]: ''I Guess You Guessed'' (2008)
* [[Katrine Moholt]]: ''[[Sweethearts (Katrine Moholt-album)|Sweethearts]]'' (2008)
* [[Erlend Bratland]]: ''Still Water'' (2008)
* [[Erlend Bratland]]: ''[[True Colors]]'' (2008)
* [[Torstein Sødal]]: ''[[Torstein Sødal (album)|Torstein Sødal]]'' (2008)
* [[Charite Viken Reinås|Charite]]: ''Sweeter Than a Kiss'' (2009)
* [[Melodi Grand Prix]]: ''[[Melodi Grand Prix 2009 (album)|Melodi Grand Prix 2009]]'' (2009)
* [[Eva Weel Skram|Eva & The Heartmaker]]: ''[[Let's Keep This Up Forever]]'' (2009)
* [[Alexander Rybak]]: ''[[Fairytales (Alexander Rybak-album)|Fairytales]]'' (2009)
* [[Lind, Nilsen, Fuentes, Holm]]: ''[[Hallelujah Live &ndash; Volume 2]]'' (2009)
* [[Kristiina Brask]]: ''[[Kuivilla susta]]'' (2009)
* [[Amy Deasismont|Amy Diamond]]: ''[[Swings and Roundabouts]]'' (2009)
* [[Gaute Ormåsen]]: ''Synk eller svøm'' (2010)
* [[Venke Knutson]]: ''Jealous 'Cause I Love You'' (2010)
* [[Forente artister]]: ''Den stilleste timen'' (2010)
* [[Melodi Grand Prix 2010]]: ''[[Melodi Grand Prix 2010 (album)|Melodi Grand Prix 2010]]'' (2010)
* [[Gaute Ormåsen]]: ''[[Oss imellom]]'' (2010)
* [[Forente artister]]: ''[[Dugnad for Haiti &ndash; Live fra Operaen]]'' (2010)
* [[Aleksander With]]: ''[[Still Awake]]'' (2010)
* [[Melodi Grand Prix]]: ''[[Norsk Melodi Grand Prix gjennom 50 år]]'' (2010)
* [[Venke Knutson]]: ''[[Smiles &ndash; The Very Best of Venke Knutson]]'' (2010)
* Rikke Lie: ''Good Girl'' (2010)
* [[Øyvind Sauvik|Vinni and The Vagabonds]]: ''[[Happily Lost]]'' (2010)
* [[Didrik Solli-Tangen]]: ''[[Guilty Pleasures (Didrik Solli-Tangen-album)|Guilty Pleasures]]'' (2010)
* [[Unni Lindell]] & [[Fredrik Skavlan]]: ''[[Nifse Nella og jordbærgiften]]'' (2010)
* [[Melody Club]]: ''[[Human Harbour]]'' (2011)
* [[Nora Foss Al-Jabri]]: ''Love Don't Have an Age'' (2011)
* [[Nora Foss Al-Jabri]]: ''[[Nora Foss Al-Jabri (album)|Nora Foss Al-Jabri]]'' (2011)
* Rikke Lie: ''Such a Lovely Day'' (2011)
* [[Dunderly]]: ''[[Monstermos]]'' (2011)
* [[Idol (TV-program)|Idol]]: ''[[Idol 2011 (album)|Idol 2011]]'' (2011)
* The Voice: ''[[The Voice &ndash; Sverige 2012 (album)|The Voice &ndash; Sverige 2012]]'' (2012)
* [[Nora Foss Al-Jabri]]: ''What Are the Odds of That'' (2012)
* [[Chima]]: ''[[Stille (Chima-album)|Stille]]'' (2012)
* [[Jenny Langlo]]: ''Million Dollar Signs'' (2012)
* [[Rocco & Bass-T]]: ''My Heart Beats for the Night'' (2012)
* [[Hanne Sørvaag]]: ''[[All is Forgiven (Hanne Sørvaag-album)|All is Forgiven]]'' (2012)
* [[Luca Vasta]]: ''Cut My Hair'' (2013)
* [[Liv Marit Wedvik]]: ''[[So the Story Goes &ndash; The Very Best of Liv Marit Wedvik]]'' (2013)
* [[Bianca Skoglie Lal|Bianca]]: ''Layers of Love'' (2013)
* [[Daniele Negroni]]: ''[[Bulletproof (Daniele Negroni-album)|Bulletproof]]'' (2013)
* [[Megaloh]]: ''[[Endlich unendlich]]'' (2013)
* [[Jenny Langlo]]: ''Mockingbirds'' (2013)
* [[Emma Longard]]: ''[[Elle (Emma Longard-EP)|Elle]]'' (2013)
* [[MC Fitti]]: ''[[Übelst#Geilon]]'' (2013)
* [[Ivy Quainoo]]: ''[[Wildfires]]'' (2013)
* [[Hanne Sørvaag]]: ''[[Christmas Lights (Hanne Sørvaag-album)|Christmas Lights]]'' (2013)
* [[Mohamed Abdi Farah|Mo]]: ''Heal'' (2014)
* [[Siri Vølstad Jensen]]: ''[[Coming Home (Siri Vølstad Jensen-album)|Coming Home]]'' (2014)
* [[I Heart Sharks]]: ''[[Anthems (I Heart Sharks-album)|Anthems]]'' (2014)
* [[Luca Vasta]]: ''[[Alba (album)|Alba]]'' (2014)
* [[Shelly Bonet]]: ''[[Devoted (album)|Devoted]]'' (2014)
* [[Marlon Roudette]]: ''[[Electric Soul]]'' (2014)
* [[Lary]]: ''[[FutureDeutscheWelle]]'' (2014)
* [[Curse]]: ''[[Uns (Curse-album)|Uns]]'' (2014)
* [[S'Candy]]: ''Damage Control'' (2014)
* [[Big Box]]: ''[[Vålerengas sangbok]]'' (2014)
* [[Kat Vinter]]: ''Sooner or Later'' (2015)
* [[Stefanie Heinzmann]]: ''[[Chance of Rain (Stefanie Heinzmann-album)|Chance of Rain]]'' (2015)
* [[Kat Vinter]]: ''Downtime'' (2015)
* [[Moderat]]: ''[[III (Moderat-album)|III]]'' (2015)
* [[Kat Vinter]]: ''[[Islands (Kat Vinter-EP)|Islands]]'' (2015)
* [[Ann Sophie]]: ''[[Silver Into Gold (album)|Silver Into Gold]]'' (2015)
* [[Lena Meyer-Landrut]]: ''Traffic Lights/We Roam'' (2015)
* [[Lena Meyer-Landrut]]: ''We Roam'' (2015)
* [[S'Candy]]: ''Heartstrings'' (2015)
* [[Lena Meyer-Landrut]]: ''Wild & Fire/All Kinds of Crazy'' (2015)
* [[Lena Meyer-Landrut]]: ''[[Crystal Sky]]'' (2015)
* [[Kat Vinter]]: ''Islands'' (2015)
* [[Niila]]: ''[[Sorry (Niila-EP)|Sorry]]'' (2015)
* [[Rea Garvey]]: ''[[Prisma (album)|Prisma]]'' (2015)
* [[Stefanie Heinzmann]]: ''Stranger in This World'' (2015)
* [[Ragnar Bjerkreim]]: ''[[Yohan &ndash; Original Soundtrack by Ragnar Bjerkreim]]'' (2015)
* [[Tylden & co]]: ''[[God jul (2015-album)|God jul]]'' (2015)
* [[Niila]]: ''Restless Heart'' (2016)
* [[Shelly Bonet]]: ''[[Love In a Dangerous World]]'' (2016)
* [[Alexandra Stan]]: ''[[Alesta (album)|Alesta]]'' (2016)
* [[Falcon Fly]]: ''Falcon Fly'' (2016)
* [[Jens Bredberg]]: ''Alla kämpar sin fight'' (2016)
* [[Ivana Farc|Ivana]]: ''Wanna Be One'' (2016)
* [[Jamie-Lee Kriewitz|Jamie-Lee]]: ''[[Berlin (Jamie-Lee-album)|Berlin]]'' (2016)
* [[Niila]]: ''[[Gratitude (Niila-album)|Gratitude]]'' (2016)
* [[Joan Thiele]]: ''[[Joan Thiele (EP)|Joan Thiele]]'' (2016)
* [[Inna (artist)|Inna]]: ''Heaven'' (2016)
* [[Gaute Ormåsen]]: ''[[Kjærlighet er mer enn forelskelse &ndash; 15 beste]]'' (2016)
* [[Inna (artist)|Inna]]: ''Say It With Your Body'' (2016)
* [[Lions Head]]: ''[[LNZHD]]'' (2016)
* [[Moderat]]: ''[[Live (Moderat-album)|Live]]'' (2016)
* [[Randi Tytingvåg]], [[Britt-Synnøve Johansen]] & [[Hanne Sørvaag]]: ''17 slag'' (2016)
* [[Needs Music]] ft. [[Alejandro Fuentes]]: ''Trigger'' (2017)
* [[Natalia Avelon]]: ''Blind Belief'' (2017)
* [[Levina]]: ''[[Unexpected (Levina-album)|Unexpected]]'' (2017)
* [[Natalia Avelon]]: ''[[Love Kills (album)|Love Kills]]'' (2017)
* [[Alice Merton]]: ''[[No Roots]]'' (2017)
* [[Alice Merton]]: ''Hit the Ground Running'' (2018)

==Referanser==
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== Eksterne lenker ==  
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