Deborah Epstein better known by her stage name SoShy, is a French-American singer and songwriter

Songwriter

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Early life

Deborah Epstein was born in Paris to a French

French people

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-Argentine-Italian mother and a French

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-Russian

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 father. Her childhood was split between Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 and New York City

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Career

Though she's been singing in clubs since the age of fifteen, SoShy began working with Lone, a French writer/producer in 2003 and from there signed a deal with Right Bank Management. Since signing, SoShy has traveled the world for her debut album, co-writing with artists including BloodShy, Sam Waters, Walter Turbitt, Mark Ronson, Cool and Dre, Steve Kipner and Estelle. She was also featured at the 2007 MUSEXPO music conference.

Deborah Epstein wrote "Strike the Match

Strike the Match

"Strike the Match" is a dance-pop song performed by German pop trio Monrose. It was co-written and produced by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder and Deborah "SoShy" Epstein, involving additional co-production by Snowflakers and Jiant, and released as the lead single of off the group's upcoming third...

" for the ECHO Music Awards nominated German all-female pop band

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 Monrose

Monrose

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 and "Appetite For Love" for Belgian singer Natalia. In addition, she wrote a song for the American pop / rock singer Chris Cornell on his new album "Scream. Also in 2009 she wrote the song "Elvis" for the Belgian group Leki & The Sweet Mints.

She was signed to Timbaland

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's Mosley Music Group

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/Interscope/Universal Music Group

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. SoShy can be heard on "Morning After Dark

Morning After Dark

"Morning After Dark" is a song by American hip-hop record producer and rapper, Timbaland taken from his third studio album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value II. The song features French singer SoShy and was released as the first single from the album on October 26, 2009...

" along with Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

, the first single from Timbaland's 2009 album Shock Value II

Shock Value II

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. Her single "Dorothy" was featured on the FIFA 10 soundtrack and her song "The Way I" was featured on the official soundtrack of FIFA 06

FIFA 06

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Solo singles

Year	Song	Album(s)
2005	"The Way I"	FIFA 10 soundtrack
2009	"Dorothy"	FIFA 10 soundtrack

As featured artist

Year	Song	Chart positions											Album
		US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	CAN Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	NET Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	IRE	NOR Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	EU
2009	"Morning After Dark Morning After Dark "Morning After Dark" is a song by American hip-hop record producer and rapper, Timbaland taken from his third studio album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value II. The song features French singer SoShy and was released as the first single from the album on October 26, 2009... " (with Timbaland Timbaland Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....  and Nelly Furtado Nelly Furtado Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy... )	61	6	19	—	6	13	8	21	11	13	8	Shock Value II

Solo songs

Year	Song	Album(s)
2004	"Over Again"	TBA
	"What If"	TBA

Other appearances

Year	Song	Artist	Album(s)	Notes
2006	"Strike The Match Strike the Match "Strike the Match" is a dance-pop song performed by German pop trio Monrose. It was co-written and produced by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder and Deborah "SoShy" Epstein, involving additional co-production by Snowflakers and Jiant, and released as the lead single of off the group's upcoming third... "	Monrose Monrose Monrose was a German pop band, first established in November 2006. Formed on the fifth installment of the German adaption of the international television talent show Popstars on the ProSieben network, the trio consisted of singers and songwriters Mandy Capristo, Senna Guemmour, and Bahar...	I Am I Am (Monrose album) I Am is the third studio album by German pop trio Monrose, released by Starwatch Music and the Warner Music Group on 26 September 2008 in German-speaking Europe and 29 September 2008 in Poland...	writer of the song
2006	"Appetite For Love"	Natalia Natalia Natalia is a female given name. It is the Latin form of Natalie used also in Italian, Spanish and Polish. Other spellings include Natália Nathália , Natalya , Nataliya , Natalija .-People with the given name Natalia:* Natalia ,...	Everything & More	writer of the song
2009	"Ease Off The Liquor"	Timbaland Timbaland Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....	Shock Value II Shock Value II Shock Value II is the third solo studio album, from American record producer Timbaland serving as the second volume of the platinum-selling Shock Value which topped charts worldwide and received 16 platinum certifications....	(additional vocals)
	"Lost Cause"	Chris Cornell Chris Cornell Chris Cornell is an American rock musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Soundgarden and as the former lead vocalist for Audioslave. He is also known for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1998...	Scream Scream (Chris Cornell album) Scream is the third solo studio album by American musician Chris Cornell. Released on March 10, 2009 through Suretone Records and Mosley Music Group, it marked a shift from Cornell's previous musical efforts with the exclusion of some guitar and rock elements that were replaced with producer...	writer of the song
	"Elvis Elvis (song) "Elvis" is a song recorded by Belgian R&B group Leki & The Sweet Mints for their album of the same name . It was written by Deborah "SoShy" Epstein, Laurent Pronseur and Walter Turbitt and produced by King Of Sweden.-Tracklisting:Belgian CD-Single... "	"Leki & The Sweet Mints Leki Leki is the first female urban/R&B-pop star to rise out of Belgium. She is known for many hits including "Breakin' Out", "Spread my wings", "Over the Rainbow", and "Love me another day". She is also a TV presenter on VTM.... "	Leki & The Sweet Mints	writer of the song

Remixes

• "Morning After Dark (Chew Fu 2016 B-Boy Fix Remix)" (with Nelly Furtado & SoShy)
• "Morning After Dark (French Version) (with Nelly Furtado & SoShy)

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