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" If there&amp;#039;s anything we&amp;#039;ve learned from prior Unsigned Finds, it&amp;#039;s that a pop star is nothing without a killer song. Sure, they may have some sick dance moves and outfits so special even Gaga would feel threatened. But, if their single is boring, you can rest assured they&amp;#039;re gonna have some serious issues. So, when a hit song is needed, artists and record labels alike, call in the big guns. And by big guns, we mean Brooklyn-born songwriter STACY BARTHE. Though she&amp;#039;s considered &amp;quot;young&amp;quot; by her peers, Stacy&amp;#039;s resume boasts writing credits for heavy-hitters like Ciara, UK starlet Cheryl Cole, and of course, the one and only Britney Spears (Barthe wrote &amp;quot;Blur&amp;quot; which appeared on Circus, Brit&amp;#039;s mega-successful last album). But it&amp;#039;s her most recent release as a writer, which has catapulted Stacy into a new league. Produced by Tricky Stewart, Barthe&amp;#039;s record &amp;quot;Hummingbird Heartbeat&amp;quot; found its way onto Teenage Dream, Katy Perry&amp;#039;s new album (and this past summer&amp;#039;s most successful release). As if this wasn&amp;#039;t enough for one year, Barthe also co-wrote a record called &amp;quot;Everywhere You Go&amp;quot; which served as the backdrop for this summer&amp;#039;s most popular activity -- watching hot guys in uniform play soccer. In more direct terms, &amp;quot;Everywhere You Go&amp;quot; was given to Kelly Rowland and named the official FIFA World Cup song. With a thriving songwriting career, how is it that we can still call Ms. Barthe an Unsigned Find? Like many other major songwriters, Stacy is an unsigned artist in her own right. A talented vocalist, Barthe&amp;#039;s current single &amp;quot;So Believe&amp;quot; is gaining tons of traction on YouTube and was recently featured in the 2009 SoBe Commercial which aired during last year&amp;#039;s Super Bowl! (If you haven&amp;#039;t already seen it, check out the cute commercial here: http://bit.ly/wKSZ). &amp;quot;I am an artist first, songwriter by default,&amp;quot; says Stacy. And, when asked which side of the biz is harder, she takes a most Zen approach. &amp;quot;I wouldn&amp;#039;t say that it&amp;#039;s hard either way. I would just say, that you have to be devoted. The music business rewards those who make it through the storm. You just have to push through. Whatever is for you will be for you.&amp;quot; By the looks of it, what will be for Stacy is nonstop success through a string of chart-topping hits and a budding career as an artist. So, next time that new song you heard on the radio is stuck in your head, check the liner notes. It&amp;#039;s probably Stacy&amp;#039;s. -Jenna Hally Rubenstein Want to know more about Stacy? Follow her on Twitter. And if you really are digging her sound - tell us why you love it so much in the comments section below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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