MoZella
Sign in to saveAlso known as Maureen Anne McDonald, Maureen A. McDonald, Maureen McDonald
Maureen Anne McDonald (born May 13, 1981), better known as Mozella, is an American songwriter and singer. Along with her album releases, Mozella co-wrote Miley Cyrus' 2013 single "Wrecking Ball", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100. She has also co-written Charlie Puth's 2015 single "One Call Away", as well as One Direction's "Perfect" that same year.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- African American religious history in Tampa Bay
- Yea, Lord! Moving with the Spirit
- New Africa in America
- Spiritual dynamics of Howard Thurman's theology
- Spiritual Dynamics of Howard Thurman Theology
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1981-05-13
Discography
- EP2006
- I Will2006
- Belle Isle2009
- Gonna Getcha2010
- The Love2010
- Each Other Brother2011
- The Brian Holland Sessions2012
- Wrecking Ball (Live)2015
- Anything Is Possible2018
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- 84,043
- Total plays
- 1,023,740
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Mozella (born Maureen Anne McDonald; May 13, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She co-wrote the Miley Cyrus Billboard number-one single, "Wrecking Ball", as well as other songs such as "I Believe", "Strangers", "Every Single Time" and "Don't Throw it Away" for Jonas Brothers' album Happiness Begins, "Drop Top" and "Horses" for Keith Urban's Graffiti U, "Love So Soft" by Kelly Clarkson, "One Call Away" by Charlie Puth, "Fool's Gold" and "Perfect" by One Direction <a href="https
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Traumatic Impact of Structural Racism on African Americans
· 2020 · cited 35x
- Stress Radiography for Multiligament Knee Injuries: A Standardized, Step‐by‐Step Technique
· 2020 · cited 21x
- When Hispanic Students Attempt to Succeed in College, But Do Not
· 2010 · cited 20x
- Quadriceps Force Fluctuation During Maximal Isometric Contraction is Altered in ACL Injury and is Associated with Lower Limb Functional Performance: A Cross-Sectional Study with Athletes
· 2024 · cited 18x
- The Black Woman's View of Human Liberation
· 1983 · cited 15x
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Music career
- Warner/Maverick Records
- Universal/Motown Records
- The Brian Holland Sessions on Belle Isle Records
- Touring
- Film and TV placement
- Discography
- Songwriting credits
- Songs written
- References
Maureen Anne McDonald (born May 13, 1981), better known as Mozella, is an American songwriter and singer. Along with her album releases, Mozella co-wrote Miley Cyrus' 2013 single "Wrecking Ball", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100. She has also co-written Charlie Puth's 2015 single "One Call Away", as well as One Direction's "Perfect" that same year.
Some of Mozella's other co-writes include the songs, "I Believe", "Strangers", "Every Single Time, and "Don't Throw It Away" for the Jonas Brothers' album Happiness Begins (2019), "Drop Top" and "Horses" on Keith Urban's Graffiti U album, Pink’s "Cover Me In Sunshine", Kelly Clarkson's 2017 single "Love So Soft", "One Call Away" by Charlie Puth, "Fool's Gold" and "Perfect" by One Direction, "Bright" by Echosmith, Ellie Goulding's "Don't Panic", "Holding on for Life", and "We Can't Move to This" from Goulding's album Delirium (co-wrote with Goulding and Greg Kurstin), "Feels Like Vegas" with Tinashe, and "Take You High" off Kelly Clarkson's 2015 album, Piece by Piece. Madonna and Mozella co-wrote eleven of the nineteen tracks on the album Rebel Heart, including the single "Living for Love" with Diplo, Ariel Rechtshaid, and Toby Gad.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “MoZella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.