Alina Smith

Alina Smith (born August 25, 1987) is a Russian-American pop songwriter and record producer.

About
Alina Smith is a self-taught producer/engineer. She specializes in pop production and vocal production. Having spent 6 years in a publishing deal with BMG Nashville, she's also a lyricist and melody writer.

Early life
Alina Smith was born in St. Petersburg, Soviet Union. She began singing and playing piano at three, fully conversing in both languages (English and Russian) at four; and composing music and writing poetry and stories from five years old. At six, she was offered a position with the established international group "Aurora". Smith began as Aurora's youngest member and became its solo lead vocalist, touring regularly throughout the next several years, headlining at large and mid-sized venues all over Europe.

Smith has had several connections with Japan, starting with having her cover of Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" released in that country in 2010 on a Jackson tribute CD. Later that year, Sony Japan picked her composition "Fallin' 4 U" to be the debut single from the artist Aisha, which included a rap contribution from Darryl McDaniels of Run DMC. In April, 2011, Smith's own production of her song "Kissing Tree" was selected for a compilation CD released to raise relief funds after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Aisha and DMC performed "Fallin' 4 U" in Central Park, New York City, in June, 2011.

In February 2015, country music trade publication MusicRow announced that Smith was signed to a publishing contract with the major label publishing affiliate BMG/Chrysalis in a joint venture with Big Stage Music LLC. Her single "Free Beer" was released for sale on February 17 and selected as upcoming artist/song for play by nationwide satellite channel The Highway (Sirius XM) on its "On the Horizon" program. On March 19, Smith appeared live on the popular Bobby Bones Show podcast, playing her song "Ride".

Smith is part of the female production duo called "Lyre". It consists of Smith and her friend Elli Moore. They have collaborated multiple times with American singer-songwriters Gabbie Hanna  and Kirstin Maldonado.

Career
Alina Smith co-founded LYRE in 2016 with Elli Moore The duo have written and produced records for today's top digital creators as well as traditional music artists. LYRE's work has been profiled in Forbes Magazine, Billboard Magazine, American Songwriter, 1883 Magazine, and more. LYRE is also well-known in the sound design space with their Splice sample pack called "Perfect Pop".

In 2017, Alina Smith wrote, “Talk to Me” on the #1 Billboard charting Ep “Rookie” for Red Velvet.

In 2021, Alina Smith co wrote, "In the morning" a popular song on ITZY's EP "GUESS WHO"

Alina Smith wrote with Gabbie Hanna to achieve #1 and #2 charting songs on iTunes with “Honesty” and Honestly Encore

Alina places three songs with Gabbie Hanna on the Billboard Charts, “Out Loud” peaked at #30, “Honestly” peaked at #10, and “Medicate” peaked at #31.

Alina Smith also wrote, “Broken Girls”, “Dandelion”, “Butterflies”, “Perfect Day (A True Story)”, “Pillowcase”, “Glass House”, “Bad Karma”, “Glass House”, “Call Me Crazy”, “Goodbye for Now”, “Broken Boys”, “Happy”, “She Wrote it About You”, “It's Not Ok What I Did”, “Exhausted”, “This Isn't For Me’, and “Antisocial Media” with Gabbie Hanna.

LYRE (Elli Moore & Alina Smith_ wrote several of kenzie's major label releases on Arista, including "HOT" (https://genius.com/Mackenzie-ziegler-hot-lyrics) and "MOTIVES",  as well as her earlier independent music such as "Teamwork"  and "Breathe", which collectively have amassed 100M+ streams on all platforms.

Alina has worked closely with Ziegler since her campaign for the Albany-based clothing retailer, Justice, to create the song “Teamwork”.

LYRE heavily contributed to Kenzie's Phases EP released in 2017.

Alina produced the vocals for Betty Who on her studio album released in 2019, “Betty”

Alina produced “Individual” EP by Niki & Gabi which landed #3 on pop iTunes Charts.

Alina Rocket Girls song for Chinese band Rocket Girls on Produce 101.

Alina completed vocal production on “Rocket Girl” by Lemaitre feat. Betty Who, song featured in the X Games.

Produced Kirstin Maldonado “Bad Weather” in 2017

Smith was a writer on Fall Out Boy, “Hands Up” released in 2019.

Alina Smith produced the Confections EP with the other half of LYRE, Elli Moore, released in March 2020. Elli Moore debuted as a pop artist with her critically-acclaimed EP "Confections".

In 2020, Alina Smith began to release singles for her own project as an artist. She released “Girl That Was Perfect” and is releasing more music soon