"Don't Leave Me Alone" was the leading track from the soundtrack and the music video can still be found on YouTube. Tracks include "Don't Leave Me Alone" and "Drops of Rain". The music can be heard throughout the duration of the film however, the soundtrack was never officially released. In 2008, Healy wrote, produced and performed on the soundtrack to Christian Blake, written and directed by Eoin Macken. In 2007, Healy – still struggling to find major success – flew to London to gain more exposure and experience as a performer, then landed an audition for The Saturdays, which was her first audition for a major label and her first abroad. The album includes the songs "So Long", "Raider of My Sleep" and "I Love You". In mid-2006, she recorded and released her first extended play, entitled Sorry, from which the track "Had It with Today" was re-recorded as the B-side of the Saturdays' single " Higher", which she self-produced. Whilst Healy was slowly finding success in her native Ireland as an indie solo artist, she felt she did not have a firm direction in her career. She represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 as a backing singer for Brian Kennedy on " Every Song Is a Cry for Love". She won Ireland's Glinsk Song Contest in both 20. Healy began her music career playing guitar and singing in pubs and clubs around Ireland, solo and in bands. She went on to study nursing and then primary teaching at Mary Immaculate College, but finally decided to pursue her music passion at 23 years old. After finishing school at 18, she decided to take a year out and worked as a medical secretary. At the age of 13, Healy gave up swimming (she was an All-Ireland champion swimmer at nine) and decided to take up guitar, teaching herself to play using her mother's guitar, and from then on began to write songs of her own. She is a cousin of Irish athlete Paul Hession. She has an elder sister, Deirdre, whom she calls "Dee". She comes from a musical background and is the niece of country singer Declan Nerney. Healy was born on 10 October 1981 in Thurles, County Tipperary. Life and career Early life and career beginnings
Healy's album, The Waiting Game, was released in February 2017.
While Healy was engaging in a television career she was also writing and recording her debut album, switching to a country music-influenced style as opposed to the pop and dance material performed by The Saturdays.
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She also became a judge on RTÉ's The Voice of Ireland where she remained on the judging panel for the fourth and fifth series she was the winning mentor in her debut year (2015) with her act Patrick James, and placed third in the fifth season. This led to Healy taking on a number of television opportunities, including presenting Una's Dream Ticket, taking part in the second series of Splash! and becoming a judge on Let's Get Gold.
The Saturdays decided to take a hiatus in 2014, upon completion of their Greatest Hits Live! tour. Although the EP was not successful, one of the tracks from the EP was re-recorded and used for the B-side of the band's track " Higher". Healy previously attempted a solo career in 2006, when she released her first extended play, Sorry. Healy and the rest of the group then signed a deal with Island Def Jam Records and Mercury Records to distribute their music in the United States, which led to her first UK number one single, " What About Us". The group later gained another record deal with Geffen Records after having huge success in the United Kingdom. Once she had successfully auditioned, she began recording music and releasing a number of hits. Healy then auditioned for the Saturdays in 2007, after struggling to find success in her native country.
In 2006, she represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest, where she sang with Brian Kennedy on the song " Every Song Is a Cry for Love" they placed tenth overall. She rose to fame in 2008 as a member of five-piece girl group The Saturdays, who are signed to Fascination and Polydor Records. Una Theresa Imogene Healy (born 10 October 1981) is an Irish singer.
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