onsidered to be the most successful and prolific contemporary songwriter of our time. a quick look at her list of hit singles she’s written (either on her own or as a collaborator) – which stretches much wider outside of the blue islands – shows just how diverse she is. since the success of her early hit “solitaire” in 1983, written for laura branigan (from the pre-blue-box days), she’s regarded by many as the most sure-fire way of getting a hit song! here is a list of her most important ones that have charted on blue-box… (how many do you recognise?)

Title
Certification
Chart Position Peak
nothing’s gonna stop us now (starship)
4
look away (chicago)
13
i get weak (belinda carlisle)
2
if i could turn back time (cher)
13
blame it on the rain (milli vanilli)
3
i will be here for you (michael w. smith)
5
how can we be lovers (michael bolton)
11
live for loving you (gloria estefan)
11
time, love & tenderness (michael bolton)
13
don’t turn around (ace of base)
14
i’d lie for you [and that’s the truth] (meat loaf)
11
not a dry eye in the house (meat loaf)
19
reach (gloria estefan)
6
un-break my heart (toni braxton)
3
tears in the rain (jennifer rush)
5
because you loved me (celine dion)
1
when i die (no mercy)
9
from the heart (another level)
14
how do i live (leann rimes)
2
how do i live (trisha yearwood)
5
if i was a river (tina arena)
2
i don’t want to miss a thing (aerosmith)
8
i learned from the best (whitney houston)
15
i turn to you (christina aguilera)
15
music of my heart (*n sync & gloria estefan)
15
spanish guitar (toni braxton)
11
could i have this kiss forever (enrique iglesias & whitney houston)
2
can’t fight the moonlight (leann rimes)
1
the right kind of wrong (leann rimes)
1
there you’ll be (faith hill)
1
but i do love you (leann rimes)
9
we can (leann rimes)  
22
too lost in you (sugababes)
1
nothing hurts like love (daniel bedingfield)  
5
numb (pet shop boys)
1
cry over me (meat loaf)  
7