Biography

Anne Preven is a Grammy and Academy Award nominated songwriter, musician, and record producer. As a member of the alternative rock band Ednaswap, she co-wrote “Torn” which was covered by Natalie Imbruglia and became a worldwide number one airplay song, spending 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Chart in the US. “Torn” has sold an estimated four million copies, it is certified platinum in three countries, and was declared the “number one radio single of the 1990’s” by radio personality Rick Dees. After graduating from Harvard College, Preven began writing songs and has since collaborated with some of the music industry’s top artists including Madonna, Beyoncé, Katy Perry, and Miley Cyrus. In 2007, Anne was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award and won the Critic’s Choice Award for Best Original Song for “Listen” from the motion picture adaptation of Dreamgirls. In 2011, she was nominated for a Grammy Award for “Best Song Written for Visual Media” for her collaboration with Zac Brown Band on “Where The River Goes” from the movie Footloose. Preven is a partner of Pulse Recording, a company which operates Pulse Music Publishing and Pulse Management.