Title in the loop displays multiple times

I’m facing a problem where my title is being displayed multiple times.

Using the following code the page title ‘News’ is displayed 10 times, the number of posts I’ve selected to show.:

<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
		if( is_singular() ) { ?>
            <h1 class="row-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
            <p class="meta">Written By: <?php echo get_the_author() ?><span>&bull;</span><?php the_date(); ?></p>
        <?php } else { ?>
            <h1 class="row-title"><?php wp_title(); ?></h1>
        <?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

However, using this version of code, the latest 10 post titles are displayed instead.

<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
		if( is_singular() ) { ?>
            <h1 class="row-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
            <p class="meta">Written By: <?php echo get_the_author() ?><span>&bull;</span><?php the_date(); ?></p>
        <?php } else { ?>
            <h1 class="row-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
        <?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.