Samantha Jo Moore (born December 28, 1988) is a Canadian singer and songwriter whose songs have been recorded and re-cut by Miley Cyrus (“East Northumberland High” from Meet Miley Cyrus), as well as up and coming artists, including Diana DeGarmo (“Then I Woke Up”, “The Difference In Me”, “‘Till You Want Me”, “Boy Like You”, from Blue Skies), and The Clique Girlz (“Then I Woke Up”, “The Difference In Me”, from Incredible and the EP Clique Girlz) and co-wrote “Falling Down Your Stare” from Hope 7's self-titled debut album.
Additionally, Mexican Pop band, Nikki Clan did a cover of “A Boy Like You” and “The Difference In Me” for their debut album, No Sera Igual.
[2] Samantha collaborated with well-known industry songwriters such as Curt Frasca, Sabelle Breer, Kara DioGuardi, Robbie Nevil, Matthew Wilder and The Matrix team of Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards and Scott Spock.
Moore’s songs “I Thought the World Was Round",[3] and “Replace You"[4] produced by Avril Lavigne's producers Curt Frasca and Sabelle Breer were featured on MTV’s television series, “The Hills”, the latter being included in the series soundtrack release.
[5] Her first album, Both Sides of Me, was released in September 2007 and contained 25 songs, including the original demo that secured her initial record contract, a cover of the Avril Lavigne song "Breakaway", which also proved to be a huge hit for Kelly Clarkson in 2004.