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mo4ch:>Meet Kamille: The stockbroker who writes hits for Little Mix and Jess Glynne

Meet Kamille: The stockbroker who writes hits for Little Mix and Jess Glynne

Meet Kamille: The stockbroker who writes hits for Little Mix and Jess Glynne


By Mark Savage
BBC Music reporter






20 June 2018









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The singer-songwriter has penned four UK number one singles to date

You don't get many pop stars with a degree in economics... but that's just one of the things that makes Camille Purcell unique.The south London singer quit a lucrative job as a City stockbroker six years ago to try her hand at songwriting.Her first song, What About Us, gave girl group The Saturdays a number one. Since then, she's become Little Mix's go-to songwriter, composing hits like Black Magic and the Brit award-winning Shout Out To My Ex."Camille knows us so well," says the band's Perrie Edwards. "She knows what we want to write about, she knows what sound we're going for. She's incredible. She's so talented."Pur…