Karen Poole
Karen Ann Poole is an English songwriter and singer based in London. She is best known for her extensive songwriting collaborations with musicians such as Kylie Minogue, Becky Hill, David Guetta, Lily Allen, Sugababes, Zara Larsson, Tiesto, Alesso, Sonny Fodera, Chase & Status, Rita Ora, Fatboy Slim, Sub Focus, Katy B, and many more.
Career
Karen Poole was born in Chadwell Heath, London, and is the daughter of Brian Poole, lead vocalist of the 1960s band The Tremeloes. Karen, along with her sister Shelly Poole, was a founding member of the pop duo Alisha's Attic. The group gained significant success in the 1990s and early 2000s, particularly in the United Kingdom and Europe. The duo produced three albums, including the platinum-selling Alisha Rules the World.Poole has since enjoyed a successful career as a songwriter. Her contributions span a variety of genres and, as well as the numerous hits in the UK and Europe, also include work with international acts including NCT, Wayv, Red Velvet, EXO, and Twice. Additionally, she co-wrote music for the musical adaptation of Bridget Jones' Diary in 2015, collaborating with Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin.
Achievements
and twice Brit Awards nominated Poole has achieved more than 35 Top 20 UK hit singles as a songwriter.In 2021, Karen Poole was honoured with the Best Music Creative Award at the Music Week Women in Music Awards.
Discography (selected)
| Year | Artist | Song |
| 2025 | Louise | "Borderline" |
| 2025 | Louise | "It Ain't Love" |
| 2024 | Becky Hill / Chase and Status | "Disconnect" |
| 2024 | Becky Hill, MK | "Swim" |
| 2024 | Becky Hill, Lewis Thompson | "Side Effects" |
| 2024 | Becky Hill | "Back Around" |
| 2024 | Becky Hill | "Man of My Dreams" |
| 2024 | Nathan Dawe | "We Ain't Here for Long" |
| 2024 | NCT Wish | "Steady" |
| 2024 | Aespa | "Liquorice" |
| 2024 | Sub Focus x Katy B | "Push The Tempo" |
| 2024 | Alle Färben x Lewis Thompson | "Love Hurt Repeat" |
| 2023 | Caity Baser | "Why Can't I Have Two" |
| 2023 | Rita Ora feat. Fatboy Slim | "Praising You" |
| 2023 | WayV | "Phantom" |
| 2023 | Becky Hill, Sonny Fodera | "Never Be Alone" |
| 2023 | Mae Muller | "I Wrote a Song" |
| 2023 | Martin Jensen, MATTN | "Still Got It Bad" |
| 2023 | Sigala, Dopamine | "Feel It Deep Inside" |
| 2022 | Alesso, Zara Larsson | "Words" |
| 2022 | Becky Hill, Joel Corry | "HISTORY" |
| 2022 | NCT | "To My First" |
| 2022 | Red Velvet | "Zoom" |
| 2021 | Becky Hill, David Guetta | "Remember" |
| 2021 | Changmin | "Human" |
| 2021 | TWICE | "F.I.L.A. " |
| 2021 | TWICE | "Promise" |
| 2021 | TWICE | "Baby Blue Love" |
| 2020 | NCT | "Raise The Roof" |
| 2020 | NCT | "Resonance" |
| 2020 | NCT | "Make A Wish - English Version" |
| 2020 | NCT | "Make A Wish " |
| 2020 | NCT | "MY FACE" |
| 2020 | Tiesto & Becky Hill | “Nothing Really Matters" |
| 2019 | Becky Hill | "Changing" |
| 2019 | Bvndit | "Dumb" |
| 2019 | Kylie Minogue | "New York City" |
| 2019 | Exo | "Trouble" |
| 2019 | Verivery | "Get Outta My Way" |
| 2019 | Ha Sung-woon | "Get Ready" |
| 2018 | BoA | "I want you back" |
| 2018 | Dave Winnel, Feenixpawl | "Find A Way" |
| 2018 | Don Diablo, Paije | "People Say" |
| 2018 | Jacob Plant, Becky Hill | "Only Love" |
| 2018 | KT Tunstall | "In This Body" |
| 2018 | Kim Dong-han | "Tipsy" |
| 2018 | Seulgi, SinB, Chungha, Soyeon | "Wow Thing" |
| 2018 | Taeyeon | "Baram x3" |
| 2017 | Becky Hill | "Unpredictable" |
| 2017 | Galantis | "Rich Boy" |
| 2017 | Purple Disco Machine, Boris Dlugosch, Karen Harding | "Love for Days" |
| 2017 | Felon, Hayley May | "Bittersweet" |
| 2016 | Netsky, Paije | "Who Knows" |
| 2015 | Aston Merrygold | "Get Stupid" |
| 2015 | Becky Hill, Tai, Watermät | "All My Love" |
| 2015 | Gabrielle Aplin | "Hurt" |
| 2015 | Giorgio Moroder, Karen Harding | "Good For Me" |
| 2015 | Giorgio Moroder, Kylie Minogue | "Right Here, Right Now" |
| 2015 | Kylie Minogue | "Christmas Isn't Christmas 'Til You Get Here" |
| 2015 | Kylie Minogue | "Cried out Christmas" |
| 2015 | Kylie Minogue | "White December" |
| 2015 | Say Lou Lou | "Nothing but a Heartbeat" |
| 2014 | Eelke Kleijn | "Mistakes I've Made" |
| 2014 | Eylar Fox | "A Billion Girls" |
| 2014 | Kylie Minogue | "Fine" |
| 2014 | Kylie Minogue | "Sparks" |
| 2014 | Lily Allen | "As Long as I Got You" |
| 2014 | Lily Allen | "Life for Me" |
| 2014 | Lily Allen | "Take My Place" |
| 2014 | Shift K3Y | "Touch" |
| 2013 | Namie Amuro | "Stardust In My Eyes" |
| 2013 | Nina Nesbitt | "Mr C" |
| 2013 | The Overtones | "All About You" |
| 2013 | The Overtones | "Superstar" |
| 2013 | Moko | "Your Love" |
| 2013 | Union J | "Amaze Me" |
| 2012 | Avicii | "Last Dance" |
| 2012 | BoA | "The Top" |
| 2012 | f(x) | "Love Hate" |
| 2012 | Kylie Minogue | "Timebomb" |
| 2011 | Christophe Willem | "Ennemis In L.O.V.E." |
| 2011 | Christophe Willem, Cliff Masterson | "Si mes larmes tombent" |
| 2011 | Olly Murs | "Just Smile" |
| 2010 | Boyzone | "Stronger" |
| 2010 | Sub Focus, Eliot Sumner | "Splash" |
| 2009 | Annie | "I Don't Like Your Band" |
| 2009 | Girls' Generation | "Chocolate Love" |
| 2009 | Leon Jean-Marie | "Jumpin' Off the Block" |
| 2009 | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | "Superhuman" |
| 2009 | William Orbit | "Optical Illusions" |
| 2008 | Jessica Mauboy | "Let Me Be Me" |
| 2008 | Kylie Minogue | "Carried Away" |
| 2008 | Kylie Minogue | "Do It Again" |
| 2008 | Leon Jean-Marie | "East End Blues" |
| 2008 | Will Young | "Are You Happy" |
| 2008 | Will Young | "Disconnected" |
| 2008 | Will Young | "If Love Equals Nothing" |
| 2008 | Will Young | "Let It Go" |
| 2008 | Will Young | "Love" |
| 2008 | Will Young | "Simple Philosophy" |
| 2008 | Will Young | "Won't Look Down" |
| 2008 | Sugababes | "Sound Of Goodbye" |
| 2008 | Sugababes | "Sunday Rain" |
| 2007 | Amy Pearson | "Fool" |
| 2007 | David Guetta, Chris Willis, Tocadisco | "Tomorrow Can Wait" |
| 2007 | Daytona, Nina Sky | "Get Your Clothes Off" |
| 2007 | Groove Armada, Mutya Buena | "Song 4 Mutya " |
| 2007 | Kylie Minogue | "Heart Beat Rock" |
| 2007 | Kylie Minogue | "King or Queen" |
| 2007 | Kylie Minogue | "No More Rain" |
| 2007 | Kylie Minogue | "Nu-di-ty" |
| 2007 | Kylie Minogue | "Wow" |
| 2007 | Peter Grant | "You're Worth It" |
| 2007 | Sugababes | "3 Spoons of Suga" |
| 2007 | Sugababes | "Mended By You" |
| 2006 | Angelis | "Even Though You've Gone" |
| 2006 | Jamelia | "Beware of the Dog" |
| 2006 | Jamelia | "Know My Name" |
| 2006 | Lily Allen | "Cheryl Tweedy" |
| 2006 | Sugababes | "Follow Me Home" |
| 2006 | William Orbit feat. Sugababes and Kenna | "Spiral" |
| 2005 | Rachel Stevens | "Secret Garden" |
| 2005 | Will Young | "Keep On" |
| 2005 | Will Young | "Think It Over" |
| 2004 | Dannii Minogue | "For the Record" |
| 2004 | Janet Jackson | "Put Your Hands On" |
| 2004 | Kylie Minogue | "Almost a Lover" |
| 2004 | Kylie Minogue | "City Games" |
| 2004 | The Shapeshifters | "Lola's Theme" |
| 2003 | Dannii Minogue | "Creep" |
| 2003 | Dannii Minogue | "Put The Needle On It" |
| 2003 | Girls Aloud | "On A Round" |
| 2003 | Kylie Minogue | "Chocolate" |
| 2003 | Kylie Minogue | "Cruise Control" |
| 2003 | Kylie Minogue | "Red Blooded Woman" |
| 2003 | Kylie Minogue | "Sweet Music" |
| 2003 | Lene Nystrøm | "Bad Coffee Day" |
| 2003 | Lene Nystrøm | "It's Your Duty" |
| 2003 | Lene Nystrøm | "Play with Me" |
| 2003 | Rachel Stevens | "Fools" |
| 2003 | Sugababes | "Buster" |
| 2003 | Sugababes | "Caught In A Moment" |
| 2003 | Sugababes | "Conversation's Over" |
| 2003 | Will Young | "Ain't Such A Bad Place To Be" |
| 2003 | Will Young | "Home" |
| 2003 | Will Young | "Stronger" |
| 2003 | Will Young | "Switch It On" |
| 2003 | Will Young | "Think It Over" |
| 2003 | Jamelia | "Taxi" |
| 2002 | Amy Studt | "Ladder In My Tights" |
| 2002 | Amy Studt | "Misfit" |
| 2002 | Amy Studt | "Under The Thumb" |
| 2002 | Holly Valance | "Whoop" |
| 2001 | So Solid Crew | "Oh No " |
| 2001 | Alisha's Attic | "Pretender Got My Heart" |
| 2001 | Alisha's Attic | "Push It All Aside" |
| 1998 | Alisha's Attic | "The Incidentals" |
| 1997 | Alisha's Attic | "Air We Breathe" |
| 1996 | Alisha's Attic | "Alisha Rules [the World (song)|Alisha Rules the World]" |
| 1996 | Alisha's Attic | "I Am, I Feel" |