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Starsmith
Starsmith is credited on 130 releases across 64 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2009–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
130
Pressings credited
64
Albums
3
Decades active
90
In collections
Biography
Finlay Dow-Smith (born 8 July 1988), known professionally as Starsmith, is a British songwriter, record producer and DJ. Smith's best known for co-writing and serving as the primary producer for Ellie Goulding's debut album Lights, which was met with critical and commercial success. Following its release in 2010, it went straight to No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart. The album has gone on to sell over 2,000,000 copies worldwide. He teamed up with Goulding again on her second studio album, Halcyon (2012), producing and co-writing three songs on the album, and eight years later, he collaborated on four tracks from her fourth studio album Brightest Blue (2020). Smith has co-written and produced several hits during his music career, including: "Good Thing" by Zedd and Kehlani, "Crybaby" by Paloma Faith, and "I'll Be There" by Jess Glynne which went to number one in the UK and was nominated for Best Single at the 2019 Brit Awards. As well as producing "Hold My Hand" by Jess Glynne, and "Real Love" by Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne. Some of his notable work as a DJ includes his remixes for the singles "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga, and "I Am Not A Robot" by Marina and the Diamonds. For his contributions as record producer, Smith has been nominated for Producer of the Year at the 2018 A&R Awards, He also was recognized by the Music Producers Guild with nominations for Breakthrough Producer of the Year in 2011, and for his work as DJ he earned a nomination for Remixer of the Year in 2012.
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Credited work
130 releases · 64 albums · active 2009–2023
- Performance · 103
- Production · 68
- Engineering · 2
Studios: The Cherrytree House · Cherrytree Recording Studio · Strongroom · Baltic Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Family Jewels
2010

That's Showbiz Baby!
2025

Lights
2010

Beatopia
2022

Born This Way
2011

Halcyon
2012

Brightest Blue
2020

Aphrodite
2010

Nothing
2010

The Boy Who Knew Too Much
2009

Poster Girl
2021

I Cry When I Laugh
2015

Gilgamesh
2010

The Remix
2010

Everybody Needs A Hero
2024

No Shame
2018

Glasshouse
2017

Take Me When You Go
2014

Headlines!
2010

Bad Romance
2009

Feline
2015

Love + War
2015

The Fame / The Remix
2011

Messy Little Raindrops
2010
Frequent collaborators
- Lady Gaga
- Marina & The Diamonds
- Ellie Goulding
- Various
- N*E*R*D
- Erik Hassle
- Kylie
- MIKA (8)
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