Below is a round-up of the chart positions achieved around the world by singles released featuring the writing credits of Cathy Dennis.
Dennis has achieved critical and commercial success as a songwriter, winning a number of award-winning songs and penning many international hit singles. She has also contributed backing vocals to many of these recordings. Dennis has provided songs for Simon Fuller acts such as the Spice Girls, S Club 7 and the Idol franchise contestants where she co-wrote "Bumper to Bumper", the B-side to the Spice Girls' first hit single "Wannabe".
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| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
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| 1991 | Liu Xiaohui | In Your Dreams | "Lover in the Stars" | Danny Poku |
| 1992 | | Return | "Moon" | Michael Leeson, Terence Britten |
| Get into You | "Love's on Every Corner" | Danny Poku, Paul Taylor |
| 1993 | Lirian | Am I Really in Love? | "Senior Love Home" | Shep Pettibone, Tony Shimkin |
| 1994 | Liu Xiaohui | Change to Select | "Lover in the Stars" | Danny Poku |
| Boundless Moment | "Emotional Ensemble" | Terence Britten |
| 1996 | | | "Bumper to Bumper" | Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chrisholm, Geraldine Horner, Paul "Pablo" Wilson, Andy Watkins |
| 1998 | | As Good As It Gets OST | "Under Stars" | Phil Roy, Heitor Pereira |
| 1999 | | 21st Century Girls | "Teenage Attack" | Leanne Garner, Fiona Garner, Katelyn Turney, Meriam Mohammad, Charlotte Fendek, Todrick Allen |
| "Drive" | Leanne Garner, Fiona Garner, Katelyn Turney, Meriam Mohammad, Charlotte Fendek |
| S Club | "Two in a Million" | Simon Ellis |
| "Viva La Fiesta" | Hallegir Rustan, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen |
| "I Really Miss You" | Eliot Kennedy, Patrick Lincoln |
| "Hope for the Future" | Danny Poku |
| "So Right" | Danny Poku |
| 2000 | 7 | "Reach" | Andrew Todd |
| "Natural" | Norma Ray, Jean Fredenucci, Andrew Todd |
| "I'll Keep Waiting" | Simon Ellis |
| "All in Love Is Fair" | Simon Ellis |
| "Love Train" | Andrew Todd |
| "I'll Be There" | Danny Poku |
| "Never Had a Dream Come True" | Simon Ellis |
| "If It's Love" | Simon Ellis |
| The Magnificent Tree | "Jackie Cane" | Alexander Callier |
| | "Perfect Christmas" | Simon Ellis |
| 2001 | | Teen Spirit | "Heartbreak Lullaby" | Jan Kask, Peter Mansson |
| Fever | "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | Robert Davis |
| "Come into My World" | Robert Davis |
| "Dancefloor" | Steve Anderson |
| Sunshine | "Have You Ever" | Andrew Frampton, Christopher Braide |
| "Boy Like You" | Lauren Christy |
| "Sunshine" | Joanne O'Meara, Paul Cattermole, Bradley McIntosh, Tina Barrett, Hannah Spearritt, Rachel Stevens, Jonathan Lee, Yak Bondy |
| "Dance, Dance, Dance" | Julian Gingell, Barry Stone |
| "Right Guy" | Bradley McIntosh |
| Everybody | "Suddenly" | Oskar Paul |
| "Home Again" | Simon Ellis |
| 2002 | | From Now On | "Anything Is Possible" | Christopher Braide |
| Together | "One Step Closer" | Michael Percy, Timothy Lever |
| Allstars | "Back When" | Michael Percy, Timothy Lever |
| | "Before Your Love" | Gary Burr, Desmond Child |
| From Now On | "Lover Won't You Stay" | Guy Chambers |
| "Lovestruck" | William Young |
| "What's in Goodbye" | Burt Bacharach |
| "Cruel to Be Kind" | William Young |
| Together | "Wherever You Are" | Simon Ellis |
| "Anytime Anywhere" | Andrew Todd |
| What My Heart Wants to Say | "Tell Me One More Time" | Oskar Paul, Andrew Fromm |
| Seeing Double | "Do It Till We Drop" | John Lisners |
| "Who Do You Think You Are?" | John Lisners |
| 2003 | Jason Prince | The Collection | "Evergreen" | Christopher Braide |
| Go Your Own Way | "Dance Again" | Steve McCutcheon |
| One Heart | "Reveal" | Greg Wells |
| Innocent Eyes | "Throw It Away" | Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy |
| | "This is It" | Ronan Keating, Christopher Braide |
| | "Say Goodbye" | Christopher Braide |
| False Smiles | "Seconds Away" | Amy Studt |
| Thalía | "Misbehavin'" | David Siegel, Steven Morales |
| Funky Dory | "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" | Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback |
| "Glide" | Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback |
| "Heaven Has to Wait" | Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson |
| "Little Secret" | Guy Chambers |
| Sundown | "Drawn to You" | Ian Allan, Kieron Bass, Mark Bass, Nathan Bass |
| Measure of a Man | "Measure of a Man" | Steven Morales, David Siegel |
| In the Zone | "Showdown" | Britney Spears, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback |
| "Toxic" | Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback |
| Body Language | "After Dark" | Christopher Braide |
| | "Ticket to Love" | William Young |
| Sit Down and Listen To | "The Last Thing I Need is You" | Alexander Callier, Paul Campbell |
| 2004 | TEARs | | "I Found Love" | Robert Davis |
| Free Me | "Lay Your Love on Me" | Emma Bunton |
| Damita Jo | "Island Life" | Janet Jackson, Scott Storch |
| Jentina | "French Kisses" | Jentina Chapman, Greg Wells |
| | "How a Dream Looks" | Guy Chambers |
| Mistaken Identity | "Analyst" | Delta Goodrem, Guy Chambers |
| "Electric Storm" | Delta Goodrem, Guy Chambers |
| "Sanctuary" | Delta Goodrem, Guy Chambers |
| 2005 | JamX | rowspan="2" | "Blue Monday" | Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Paul Harris, Bernard Sumner, Robert Davis |
| "Like the Weather" | Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, Guy Sigsworth |
| Taller in More Ways | "Bruised" | Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, Guy Sigsworth |
| 2006 | | I'm Not Dead | "Centerfold" | Greg Kurstin |
| Life in Mono | "Mischievous" | Emma Bunton, Greg Kurstin |
| 2007 | | Trip the Light Fantastic | "Catch You" | Greg Kurstin, Rhys Barker |
| This Time | "Protected" | Melanie Chisholm, Guy Chambers |
| Pop Life | "Baby When the Light"
| Pierre Guetta, Joachim Garraud, Steve Angello |
| Change | "About You Now" | Lukasz Gottwald |
| "Surprise" | Lukasz Gottwald |
| "Open the Door" | Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, Lukasz Gottwald |
| | "Sunshine" | Róisín Murphy, Dean Honer, Richard Barrett |
| Carnival Ride | "You Won't Find This" | Thomas Shapiro |
| | "Jealous Girl" | Richard Nowels Jr. |
| Jordin Sparks | "Young and in Love" | Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback |
| X | "Sensitized" | Serge Gainsbourg, Guy Chambers |
| 2008 | Leon Jean-Marie | Bent Out of Shape | "Bed of Nails" | Leon Jean-Marie, Mark Ronson, Johnny Pearson |
| One of the Boys | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katheryn Hudson, Lukasz Gottwald, Benjamin Levin |
| Identified | "Identified" | Lukasz Gottwald, Karl Sandberg |
| "First Bad Habit" | Lukasz Gottwald |
| "Don't Ask Why" | Lukasz Gottwald, Beau Dozier |
"Amazed"
| Lukasz Gottwald, Benjamin Levin, Niatia Kirland |
| David Cook | "Heroes" | David Cook, Raine Maida |
| 2009 | | Lines, Vines and Trying Times | "Paranoid" | Nicholas Jonas, Joseph Jonas, Kevin Jonas II, John Fields |
| Love & War | "Chainsaw" | William Hawkshaw |
| 2010 | | Carpe Diem | "Duele" | Belinda Peregrin, Nacho Peregrin, Christopher Braide |
| | "Automatik" | Olivia Waithe, Evan Kidd Bogart, Nadir Khayat |
| Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree | "Once" | Francis White |
| | "Sophia Loren" | Christopher Rojas |
| Turn It Up Louder | "Doing Fine (Without You)" | Victoria Lott, Christopher Braide |
| The Wanted | "Replace Your Heart" | Kasia Livingston, Greg Kurstin |
| The Night Before | "Identical Twin" | Alexander Callier |
| Record Collection | "Somebody to Love Me" | Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt, Alexander Greenwald, Jason Sellards, Keinan Warsame, Nicholas Movshon |
| Bionic | "So What You Got"
(recorded but unreleased)[31] | Christina Aguilera, Dr Luke |
| 2011 | | Make a Scene | "Revolution" | Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Greg Kurstin |
| "Off & On" | Róisín Murphy, Adam Wiles |
| Spirit | "Sweet & Honey" | James Nosanow |
| Jake Zyrus | Infinity | "Lost the Best Thing" | Carsten Schack, Sean Hurley |
| Young Foolish Happy | "Come Get It Now" | Victoria Lott, Benjamin Hudson McIldowie, Robin French |
| 2012 | | DNA | "Case Closed" | Perrie Edwards, Jessica Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, Bobbie Lamond, Darren Lewis, Iylola Babalola |
| 2013 | Mark Knight | | "Your Love" | Mark Knight, Andrew Meecham, Dean Meredith, Robert Davis |
| Speak a Little Louder | "Love and War" | Diane Birch, James Nosanow |
| Wrapped in Red | "4 Carats" | Kelly Clarkson, Olivia Waithe, Greg Kurstin |
| 2014 | | Galantis EP | "Help" | Christian Karlsson, Linus Eklow, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch, Salem Al Fakir, Vincent Pontare |
| "Friend (Hard Times)" | Christian Karlsson, Linus Eklow, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch, Seinabo Sey, Magnus Lidehäll |
| Dreabb | | "La Mia Divinita" | Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback |
| X | "Don't Be Gone Too Long" | Christopher Brown, Michael McHenry, Ryan Buendia, Kyle Edwards, Jean-Baptiste Kouame, Scott Hoffman, Clarence Coffee Jr. |
| Pharmacy | "Runaway (U & I)" | Christian Karlsson, Linus Eklow, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch, Julia Karlsson, Anton Rundberg |
| | "Supernatural" | Aluna Francis, George Reid, Scott Hoffman |
| 2015 | | Pharmacy | "Gold Dust" | Christian Karlsson, Linus Eklow, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch, Vincent Pontare |
| "Louder, Harder, Better" | Christian Karlsson, Linus Eklow, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch |
| 2016 | | 99¢ | "Banshee" | Santi White, Patrik Berger, John Hill, Sarah Hudson |
| I Remember | "Heartbreak Horizon" | Aluna Francis, George Reid |
| The Aviary | "Love on Me"
| Christian Karlsson, Linus Eklow, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch, Henrik Jonback, Anthony Maniscalco, Laura White, Richard Boardman, Sarah Blanchard |
| 2017 | | | "Searching" | Olivia Dawson, Howard Lawrence, Guy Lawrence, James Napier, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback |
| 9 | "Plz Don't Go"
| Magnus August Hoiberg, Benjamin Levin, Jhene Chilombo, Daniella Vidmar |
| Universe EP | "Stay" | Robert Gerongco, Samuel Gerongco, Terence Lam |
| 2018 | Fairlane | rowspan="3" | "Uncover You"
| Nina Woodford-Wells, Ilsey Juber, Andrew Goldstein |
| "Mama Look at Me Now" | Christian Karlsson, Linus Eklow, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch, Henrik Jonback, Carl Lehman |
| "Emoji" | Christian Karlsson, Linus Eklow, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch, Henrik Jonback |
| 2019 | Church | "Holy Water" | Christian Karlsson, Linus Eklow, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback |
| 2020 | "Steel" | Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Salem Al Fakir, Vincent Pontare, Jan Postma, Jordi Fluiter |
| "Unless It Hurts" | Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Salem Al Fakir, Vincent Pontare, Jan Postma, Jordi Fluiter |
| "Stella" | Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Jan Postma, Jordi Fluiter |
| "F*** Tomorrow Now" | Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Jan Postma, Jordi Fluiter |
| | "Goodlife" | Agnes Carlsson, Salem Al Fakir, Vincent Pontare |
| 2022 | | Nut | "I Am the Pilot" | KT Tunstall, Martin Terefe |
| "Dear Shadow" | KT Tunstall |
| 2023 | | | "These Are the Days" | Simon Ellis, Johanne Ellis |
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