Wayne Hector
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Genres | Pop, contemporary R&B |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
Wayne Hector is a British songwriter who is best known for his work with pop artists such as Nicki Minaj, One Direction, The Wanted and Olly Murs.[1][2][3] He also wrote seven of Westlife's number one singles, including "World of Our Own" and "Flying Without Wings".[4][5]
He is signed to BMG Chrysalis UK.[6]
Career
Hector began his music career as a member of the new jack swing group Rhythm N Bass.[citation needed] The group were signed by Sony Music after entertainment executive Richard Pascoe featured the group in a European edition of Yo! MTV Raps.[7] He then decided to concentrate on songwriting and music production.[7] It was this period in 1993 that Richard Pascoe took the role as International A&R manager for Pop music at Rondor Music International, where he signed Hector and fellow Rhythm N Bass member Alister Tennant as songwriters. When transitioning from performer to songwriter, Hector got in touch with Steve Mac, who was working with the British boy band Damage.[7][8] He had originally met Mac while Hector was working as a background singer.[8][9]
In 1996, Damage's "Forever" became one of Hector's first songwriting credits and his first top 10 hit.[1][8][9]
Hector contributed to Westlife's self-titled debut album in 1999.[10] His credits on the album include "Swear It Again" and "Flying Without Wings", both of which peaked at number 1 in the United Kingdom.[11] He also contributed "I Don't Wanna Fight", "Moments" and "We Are One" to the album.[10] He also cowrote number 1 singles "Queen of My Heart" and "World of Our Own" on Westlife's 2001 album World of Our Own.[11][12]
In 2005, Hector was signed to Sony/ATV.[13] At the time of his signing, he had written 32 international number one singles.[13] Later that year he worked on Rascall Flatts' Feels Like Today, for which he won an ASCAP award.[14] He also penned Carrie Underwood's "I Just Can't Live A Lie" in 2005.[15]
Hector wrote "I Hate This Part" for The Pussycat Dolls in 2008.[5][16] He co-wrote "Out from Under" on Britney Spear's Circus later that year.[17] In 2009, Hector co-wrote two number one singles, "Beat Again" and "Everybody in Love", on JLS's self-titled debut album.[18][19]
Hector joined Warner/Chappell Music in 2010.[20] That year he co-wrote JLS's number one single "Love You More".[19] He also co-wrote "Thinking of Me" on Olly Murs' 2010 self-titled debut album.[21]
Hector wrote "Same Mistakes" and "Everything About You" for One Direction's debut album Up All Night in 2011.[22]
In 2012, he co-wrote Nicki Minaj's "Starships" and The Wanted's "Glad You Came".[1] He also wrote The Wanted's "I Found You", which was released in September 2012.[5][23] Hector also contributed "Army of Two", "Hand on Heart" and "Personal" to Olly Murs' 2012 album Right Place Right Time.
In 2013, Hector co-wrote "Best Song Ever", "Little White Lies" and "Why Don't We Go There" for One Direction's Midnight Memories.[24] He also wrote "Get Down" and "Supposed" on James Arthur's self-titled debut album and Mika's "Stardust".[25][26] Hector worked on "Miss America", "The Only One", "Bones", "Postcard" and "Hollywood" on James Blunt's Moon Landing, which was released in October 2013.[27] He also co-wrote "Rest of Our Life" on Jason Derulo's Tattoos.[28]
In 2014, Hector wrote "Me and My Broken Heart" for the English pop band Rixton, "Break Your Plans" for The Fray, and "Redlight" for Tiesto.[29][30][31] He co-wrote "Steal My Girl" for the One Direction album Four.[32] He also co-wrote "Changing", the Sigma song featuring Paloma Faith, and "Last Night" by the pop-rock band The Vamps.[33][34]
Awards
In 2003, Hector won a BMI Country Award and BMI London Award for his work on Trace Adkins' Help Me Understand.[35][36] Hector won an ASCAP award in 2005 for his work on Rascal Flatts' Feels Like Today and The Pussycat Dolls' I Hate This Part.[14][37] He also won at the 2010 Brit Awards for his work on JLS' Beat Again.[38] Hector was recognised as one of the 2012 top 25 songwriters by ASCAP.[39] He was nominated for an Ivor Novella songwriting award for Best Selling UK single for "All This Time".[40] In 2013, Hector won BMI Awards for The Wanted's "Glad You Came" and Nicki Minaj's "Starships," which also won a BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Award for Song of the Year.[41][42] In 2014, he received the BMI Pop Award for One Direction's "Best Song Ever".[43]
Influences
Hector credits his musical tastes to his upbringing.[16] His father favoured rock and R&B while his mother listened to country and classical music.[16] His songwriting influences include Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Burt Bacharach, Hal Davis, Babyface and Rodgers and Hammerstein.[7]
Songwriting discography
Westlife
Year | Album | Song | Co-written with |
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1999 | Westlife | "Swear It Again" | Steve Mac |
"Flying Without Wings" | |||
"Moments" | |||
"I Don't Wanna Fight" | Steve Mac | ||
"We Are One" | Steve Mac, Alexandre Desplat | ||
2000 | Coast to Coast | "What Makes a Man" | Steve Mac |
"Every Little Thing You Do" | |||
"Close" | Steve Mac, Chris Farren | ||
"Angel's Wings" | Steve Mac, Jimmy MacCarthy | ||
"Close Your Eyes" | Steve Mac, Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow | ||
2001 | World Of Our Own | "Queen of My Heart" | John McLaughlin, Steve Mac, Steve Robson |
"World of Our Own" | Steve Mac | ||
"To Be Loved" | |||
"Drive (For All Time)" | |||
2002 | Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 | "Love Takes Two" | Steve Mac |
"Tonight" | Steve Mac, Jorgen Elofsson | ||
2003 | Turnaround | "On My Shoulder" | Steve Mac |
"Turn Around" | |||
"Home" | |||
"Thank You" | Steve Mac, Simon Perry | ||
"What Do They Know?" | Steve Mac, Jimmy McCarthy | ||
"Hey Whatever" | Steve Mac, Ken Papenfus, Carl Papenfus | ||
2005 | Face to Face | "That's Where You Find Love" | Chris Farren, Steve Mac |
"Heart Without a Home" | Steve Mac | ||
"Change Your Mind" | |||
2007 | Back Home | "It's You" | Steve Mac |
"Catch My Breath" | |||
"I Do (The Best is Yet to Come)" | Steve Mac, John Reid | ||
2010 | Gravity | "Tell Me It's Love" | John Shanks |
"No One's Gonna Sleep Tonight" | |||
"Difference in Me" |
Other artists
- 1997
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
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Ant & Dec | The Cult of Ant & Dec | "Falling" | Steve Mac, Ant & Dec |
"Crazy" | |||
Damage | Forever | "Love II Love" | Ali Tennant, Bryan Powell |
"Forever" | Steve Mac, Ali Tennant | ||
"Do Me That Way" | Ali Tennant |
- 1998
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
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Five | 5ive | "That's What You Told Me" | Ali Tennant, Cutfather, Joseph Belmaati, Five |
- 2000
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
---|---|---|---|
Human Nature | Human Nature | "He Don't Love You" | Steve Mac |
"House of Cards" | — | ||
Stephen Gately | New Beginning | "I Believe" | Steve Mac |
All Saints | Saints & Sinners | "I Don't Wanna Be Alone" | Shaznay Lewis, Karl Gordon, Ali Tennant |
Ronan Keating | Ronan | "Addicted" | Michael Power, Stephen Lipson |
- 2001
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
---|---|---|---|
O-Town | O-Town | "All or Nothing" | Steve Mac |
Emma Bunton | A Girl Like Me | "Take My Breath Away" | Emma Bunton, Steve Mac |
Luke Galliana | — | "To Die For" | Deni Lew, Nicky Graham, Stephen Lipson |
Kate Winslet | Christmas Carol: The Movie soundtrack | "What If" | Steve Mac |
- 2002
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
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Trace Adkins | Chrome | "Help Me Understand" | Steve Mac, Chris Farren |
Def Leppard | X | "Long, Long Way to Go" | Steve Robson |
Billy Crawford | Ride | "You Didn't Expect That" | Ali Tennant, Steve Robson |
- 2003
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
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Michelle McManus | The Meaning of Love | "All This Time" | Steve Mac |
Ronan Keating | Turn It On | "Lost for Words" | Ronan Keating, David Frank |
Clay Aiken | Measure of a Man | "No More Sad Songs" | Jimmy Harry, Sheppard Solomon |
Blue | Guilty | "Walk Away" | Ash Howes, Lee Ryan, Martin Harrington |
- 2004
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
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Rascal Flatts | Feels Like Today | "Feels Like Today" | Steve Robson |
- 2005
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
---|---|---|---|
Charlotte Church | Tissues and Issues | "Call My Name" | Charlotte Church, Eg White |
Il Divo | The Christmas Collection | "Rejoice" | Steve Mac |
Carrie Underwood | Some Hearts | "I Just Can't Live a Lie" | Steve Robson |
Lee Ryan | Lee Ryan | "Parking" | Steve Mac |
"Wish the Whole World Knew" | Ash Howes, Lee Ryan, Martin Harrington | ||
"Jump" | |||
"How Do I?" |
- 2008
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
---|---|---|---|
The Pussycat Dolls | Doll Domination | "I Hate This Part" | Lucas Secon, Jonas Jeberg, Cutfather |
Britney Spears | Circus | "Out from Under" | Shelly Peiken, Arnthor Birgisson |
Britannia High | Britannia High | "Proud" | Steve Mac, Andy Hill |
- 2009
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
---|---|---|---|
JLS | JLS | "Beat Again" | Steve Mac |
"Crazy for You" | |||
"Everybody in Love" | Jonathan Rotem, Felicia Jensen, David Doman | ||
Stan Walker | Introducing... Stan Walker | "Black Box" | Cutfather, Jonas Jeberg, Lucas Secon |
- 2010
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
---|---|---|---|
The Wanted | The Wanted | "All Time Low" | Ed Drewett, Steve Mac |
"Heart Vacancy" | Mich Hansen, Jonas Jeberg, Lucas Secon | ||
Big Time Rush | BTR | "Boyfriend" | Lucas Secon |
JLS | Outta This World | "Love You More" | JLS, Toby Gad |
Travie McCoy | Lazarus | "Need You" | Lucas Secon, Carsten Mortensen, Travie McCoy |
Olly Murs | Olly Murs | "Thinking of Me" | Steve Robson, Olly Murs |
Enrique Iglesias | Euphoria | "Heartbreaker" | Enrique Iglesias, Mark Taylor |
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" | Lenny Medina, Enrique Iglesias |
- 2011
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
---|---|---|---|
One Direction | Up All Night | "Everything About You" | Steve Robson, One Direction |
"Same Mistakes" | |||
The Wanted | Battleground | "Glad You Came" | Steve Mac, Ed Drewett |
"Lightning" | |||
"Gold Forever" | Steve Mac, Claude Kelly | ||
Aggro Santos | AggroSantos.com | "Like U Like" (featuring Kimberley Walsh) | Steve Mac, Aggro Santos |
September | Love CPR | "Party in My Head" | Lucas Secon, Daniel Davidsen, Peter Wallevik, Cutfather |
"Resuscitate Me" | Lucas Secon, Cutfather, Jonas Jeberg |
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
---|---|---|---|
The Vamps | Meet the Vamps | "Last Night" | TMS, Ayak Thiik |
"Risk It All" | The Vamps, Matt Prime | ||
Florrie | — | "Little White Lies" | Florrie, Toby Scott, Brian Higgins |
Tiësto | A Town Called Paradise | "Red Lights" | Tiësto, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, Michel Zitron, Måns Wredenberg |
One Direction | Four | "Steal My Girl" | Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Julian Bunetta, Ed Drewett, John Ryan |
Olly Murs | Never Been Better | "Up" (featuring Demi Lovato) | Daniel Davidsen, Maegan Cottone, Peter Wallevik, Cutfather |
"Never Been Better" | Olly Murs, TMS | ||
"Hope You Got What You Came For" | Olly Murs, Steve Robson | ||
"Tomorrow" | |||
"Stick with Me" | Steve Mac, John Newman | ||
"Alone Tonight" | Olly Murs, Iyiola Babalola, Darren Lewis | ||
The Fray | Helios | "Break Your Plans" | The Fray, Joakim Berg, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub |
- 2015
- 2016
Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
---|---|---|---|
Birdy | Beautiful Lies | "Keeping Your Head Up" | Birdy, Steve Mac |
"Hear You Calling" | Birdy, Steve Mac | ||
"Give Up" | Birdy, TMS | ||
Nicky Byrne | — | "Sunlight" | Nicky Byrne, Ronan Hardiman |
Personal life
Hector was born in Hackney and grew up in Surrey. He lives in Surrey.[7]
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