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Published 14:26 20 Sept 2012 BST
Updated 13:06 11 Jun 2015 BST
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We think he may be punching above his weight, but it’s nice to dream…
X-Factor winner Joe McElderry has revealed that he’d love to write with some of the world’s best female singers, including Adele.
The singer also admitted that Emeli Sande and Beyoncé are on his list of dream collaborators.
"I'd love to work with Adele, Emeli Sande and Beyoncé. They're all really good songwriters. I love Emeli's album, which I know she wrote a lot of, so she is someone I would love to sing with,” Joe said.
McElderry has written one song on his fourth album Here’s What I Believe, which is out now. He also co-wrote two tracks with Marcella Detroit of British-based pop rock band Shakespears Sister.
“It was my first time writing songs. It was a brand new experience for me. I never had the confidence before this album, but I loved it. It was very natural and now I'm writing constantly. Since January, I've written around 23 songs,” he said.
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Joe McElderry on the hit reality television show, 'The X-Factor'...
We don’t want to be too harsh, but we think Joe will need a bit more experience before Beyoncé is requesting to collaborate with the star…
“Working with Marcella [from Shakespears Sister] was incredible. It was a little bit intimidating at first, to go from not writing a song before to writing with one of the biggest singer-songwriters in the world, but I threw myself into it,” he said.
Next up for Joe is penning a full album.
“I felt that writing and producing were the next steps to establish myself as an artist. I'm already thinking of album number five and what I want it to sound like,” he said.
Well good on you Joe, optimism is the key to success!
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