Claude Kelly is an American pop and R&B singer–songwriter who has written songs for Kelly Clarkson ("My Life Would Suck Without You") Britney Spears ("Circus") and Chrisette Michele.

Kelly has also written songs for Leona Lewis ("Forgive Me"), Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson ("Hold My Hand").
Kelly has since been tapped to write songs for R. Kelly, Christina Aguilera, Carrie Underwood, Toni Braxton, as well as Melanie Fiona, American Idol singer Adam Lambert and Miley Cyrus' «Party in the U.S.A.», which debuted at #2 on Billboard Hot 100.

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