Chris Braide
Chris Braide | |
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| Birth name | Christopher Braide |
| Origin | 1973 in Warrington, Lancashire, England |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, record producer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitars, piano, synthesizer, strings |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Labels | Warner Brothers, Atlantic Records, East West Records, Polydor |
| Website | christopherbraide |
Christopher "Chris" Braide is a British songwriter, record producer and singer based in Malibu, Los Angeles. Braide is known for being a pianist.
First signed as a solo artist by Dave Stewart in the UK and Craig Kallman at Atlantic Records in the US, Braide relocated to Los Angeles to produce and write for artists including Sia, Lana Del Rey, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Selena Gomez, David Guetta, Halsey, Wrabel, Marc Almond, Beth Ditto, Yuna and Beyoncé.
Braide is a frequent collaborator of Sia;[1] together they have written for her own projects, movie soundtracks and for several other artists. Notable songs they have written over the years include "Kill and Run" for The Great Gatsby film and soundtrack, "Helium" for the 2017 Fifty Shades Darker film and soundtrack, "Pretty Isn't Perfect" and "Unstoppable" for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, "God Made You Beautiful" for the Beyoncé film Life Is But a Dream, "Perfume" for Britney Spears,[2] "Blank Page" for Christina Aguilera, "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" for David Guetta featuring Sia, and "Big Girls Cry", "Eye of the Needle", "Confetti", "Midnight Decisions", "Space Between", and "Unstoppable". Most recently their song Helium was remixed for MAC cosmetics a collaboration for the cosmetic company's AIDS Fund by David Guetta and Afrojack, and a new single Flames was released by David Guetta.[3][4]
Braide has won an Ivor Novello award and been nominated for a Grammy. He is published by BMG Music Publishing worldwide and Magical Thinking BMI.
Select Songwriting and production discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Label | Song | Writer/Producer |
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| 2018 | Nicki Minaj | Queen | "Come See About Me" | Writer/ Producer | |
| 2018 | Sia v David Guetta | TBC | What A Music/ Warner | Flames | Writer/ Producer[5] |
| 2018 | Sia v David Guetta | MAC | Monkey Puzzle | Helium | Writer/ Producer[6] |
| 2017 | Sia | Ballerina (titled Leap! in the United States) | Gaumont | Suitcase | Writer/ Producer |
| 2017 | Robin Schulz | Uncovered | Warner | I Believe I’m Fine | Writer/ Producer |
| 2017 | Marc Almond | Shadows and Reflections | BMG | Embers | Writer/ Producer |
| 2017 | Elle King | Estee Lauder Ft Kendall Jenner | RCA/ Magical Thinker Records | Wild Love | Writer/Producer |
| 2017 | Allie X | CollXtion II | Twin Music | True Love Is Violent | Writer/Producer |
| 2017 | Wrabel | Estee Lauder Ft Magical Thinker & Wrabel | Epic/ Magical Thinker Records | It's You | Writer/ Producer |
| 2017 | Meg Mac | Low Blows | Little Big Man | Don't Need Permission | Producer |
| 2017 | Halsey | Hopeless Fountain Kingdom | Astralwerks | The Prologue | Writer |
| 2017 | Lea Michele | Places | Columbia | "Heavy Love" | Writer |
| 2017 | Sia | Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Republic | "Helium" | Writer/ Producer |
| 2017 | Marc Almond | Hits and Pieces: The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell | UMC | "A Kind of Love" | Writer/ Producer |
| 2016 | Sia | This Is Acting (Deluxe Version) | Columbia | "Confetti" | Writer/ Producer |
| "Midnight Decisions" | Writer/ Producer | ||||
| Sia | This Is Acting | Columbia | "Unstoppable" | ||
| "Space Between" | Writer/ Producer | ||||
| 2016 | Rozes/ Elizabeth Mencel | Under The Grave | |||
| 2015 | Selena Gomez | Revival | Interscope | Camouflage | |
| Halsey | Room 93 | Astralwerks/Capitol | "Trouble" | ||
| Marc Almond | The Velvet Trail | Cherry Red Records | All songs | Co-Writer/Producer | |
| Kate Pierson | Guitars and Microphones | Kobalt | "4 songs" | Writer/Producer | |
| Katharine McPhee | Hysteria | eOne | Round Your Little Finger | ||
| 2014 | Sia | 1000 Forms of Fear | Columbia | "Eye of the Needle" | Writer |
| "Big Girls Cry" | Writer/ Producer | ||||
| Colbie Caillat | Gypsy Heart | Universal | "Break Free" | ||
| Paloma Faith | A Perfect Contradiction | Epic/RCA | "Impossible Heart" | ||
| Afrojack | Forget the World | Universal / Def Jam | "Ten Feet Tall" | ||
| 2013 | Lea Michele | Louder | Columbia | "If You Say So" | |
| "You're Mine" | |||||
| Britney Spears | Britney Jean | RCA | "Perfume" | ||
| "Brightest Morning Star" | Vocal Producer | ||||
| Beyoncé | Life Is But a Dream | Columbia | "God Made You Beautiful" | Writer/ Producer | |
| Sia | The Great Gatsby soundtrack[7] | Interscope Records | "Kill and Run"[8] | ||
| David Guetta featuring Sia | Nothing But the Beat 2.0 | Virgin Records/ EMI | "She Wolf"[9] | ||
| Stooshe | London with the Lights On | Warner Bros | "Your Own Kind of Beautiful"[10] | ||
| "Perfectly Wrong" | |||||
| Yuna | Nocturnal | Verve/ Universal | "Rescue"[11] | ||
| "Colors" | |||||
| "Escape" | |||||
| "Come Back" | Producer | ||||
| Sixth Street (EP) | "Let Love Come Through Ft Kyle"[12] | Writer/ Producer | |||
| Sarah Brightman | Dreamchaser | Decca | "Closer"[13] | ||
| 2012 | Lana Del Rey | Born to Die[14] | Interscope | "Million Dollar Man"[15] | |
| Leak | "Damn You" | ||||
| "Queen of Disaster" | |||||
| "Hollywood's Dead" | |||||
| Christina Aguilera | Lotus | RCA | "Blank Page"[16] | ||
| Paloma Faith | Fall to Grace | Epic | "30 Minute Love Affair"[17] | Writer | |
| Yuna | Yuna[18] | Fader | "Lullabies" | Writer/ Producer | |
| "Favorite Things" | |||||
| "Loud Noises" | |||||
| " Islands " | |||||
| " Decorate " | |||||
| Delta Goodrem | Child of the Universe[19] | Sony Music | "Hunter and the Wolves"[20] | Producer | |
| "Speed of Life" | |||||
| "Control" | |||||
| 2011 | JLS | Jukebox[21] | Epic | "Killed By Love" | Writer/ Producer |
| Theophilus London | — | Warner Bros | "Century Girl" featuring Dev Hynes[22] | ||
| Pixie Lott | "Turn It Up Louder"[23] | Mercury | "Doin' Fine (Without You)"[24] | ||
| 2010 | Diana Vickers | Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree | RCA | "The Boy Who Murdered Love" | |
| "N.U.M.B" | |||||
| "Four Leaf Clover" | |||||
| "Me and You" | |||||
| JLS | Outta This World[25] | Epic | "That's Where I'm Coming From" | ||
| Olly Murs | Olly Murs | Epic | "Ask Me to Stay" | Writer | |
| The Saturdays | Wordshaker | Fascination/ Polydor | "Denial" | Writer/ Producer | |
| 2009 | Cheryl Cole | 3 Words | Fascination/ Polydor | "Don't Talk About This Love" | Writer |
| Lolene | The Electrick Hotel | Island Def Jam | "Beautiful Disaster" | Writer/Producer | |
| The Saturdays | Chasing Lights | Fascination/ Polydor | "Chasing Lights" | ||
| Westlife | Where We Are | Syco Music | "Reach Out" | ||
| Natalie Bassingthwaighte | 1000 Stars | "1000 Stars" | |||
| "Turn The Lights On" | |||||
| Glenn Tilbrook | Pandemonium Ensues | Quixotic Records | "Little Ships" | Writer | |
| "Melancholy Emotion" | |||||
| 2008 | Will Young | Let It Go | RCA | "If Love Equals Nothing" | Writer/ Producer |
| Leon Jackson | Right Now | Syco | "Don't Call This Love" | ||
| James Morrison | Songs for You, Truths for Me | Polydor | "Save Yourself" | Writer | |
| JLS | JLS | Epic | "Heal This Heartbreak" | ||
| 2007 | David Jordan | Set the Mood | ZTT | "Fight the World" | |
| "Only Living Soul" | |||||
| The Click Five | Modern Minds and Pastimes | Atlantic Records | "Jenny" | ||
| "Happy Birthday" | |||||
| "I'm Getting Over You" | |||||
| 2006 | Duncan James | Future Past | Innocent Records | "Sooner or Later" | |
| "Somebody Still Loves You" | |||||
| "I Come Alive" | |||||
| "Frequency" | |||||
| "Letter to God" | |||||
| Beverley Knight | Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight | Parlophone Records | "Not Too Late for Love" | Writer/ Producer | |
| "Who's Gonna Save Your Soul" | |||||
| The Webb Sisters | Daylight Crossing | Universal Records | "Please | Writer | |
| 2004 | Jesse McCartney | Beautiful Soul | Hollywood Records | "Because You Live" | Writer/ Producer |
| Diana DeGarmo | Blue Skies" | Sony Music | Dreams | Writer | |
| Emotional | |||||
| Lara Fabian | A Wonderful Life | I Am | |||
| Beverley Knight | Affirmation | Parlophone | "Not Too Late for Love" | Writer/ Producer | |
| "Tea and Sympathy" | |||||
| Glenn Tilbrook | Transatlantic Ping Pong | Quixotic Records | "Untouchable" | ||
| "Ray and Me" | Writer | ||||
| Lisa Stansfield | "The Moment" | ZTT | "If I Hadn't Got You" | ||
| 2003 | Kylie Minogue | Body Language | Parlophone Records | "After Dark" | Writer/ Producer |
| Play | Replay | Columbia Records | "Let's Get to the Love Part" | Writer | |
| Clay Aiken | Measure of a Man | RCA | "This Is the Night" | ||
| "Run To Me" | |||||
| "Invisible" | |||||
| S Club 7 | Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 | Polydor | "Say Goodbye" | ||
| 2002 | Will Young | From Now On | Syco Music | "Anything Is Possible" | |
| 2001 | S Club 7 | Sunshine (album) | Parlophone Records | "Have You Ever" | |
| Victoria Beckham | Victoria Beckham | Virgin Records | "I O U" | ||
| Rick Astley | Keep It Turned On | Polydor | "Sleeping" | ||
| Emma Bunton | A Girl Like Me | Virgin Records | "Spell It O.U.T" | ||
| "Been There, Done That" | |||||
| Glenn Tilbrook | The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook | Quixotic Records | "Parallel World" | ||
| "Morning" | |||||
| Brian Kennedy | Get on with Your Short Life | Sony Music | "Get on with Your Short Life" | ||
| 1999 | Brian Kennedy | Now That I Know What I Want | 19 recordings | "Now That I Know What I Want" | |
| 1996 | Cathy Dennis | "Am I the Kinda Girl?" | Polydor | "Run Like a River" |
Recording artist
In 1993, Braide recorded his first solo album Chapter One - Chris Braide for Polydor Records. The album was produced by Thomas Dolby and Simply Red's Mick Hucknall. In 2014, the album was remastered and released in the UK on Plane Groovy Records[26]
In 1996, Dave Stewart signed Braide to his Warner Bros.-backed label Anxious Records, who released a single co-written with Chris Difford, "If I Hadn't Got You", and second single "Heavenly Rain", followed a year later by the album, Life in a Minor Key,[27] which was co-produced by Braide and David A. Stewart at Electric Lady Studios in New York. The record was released in the US on Atlantic Records and in 2013 a vinyl version was released on Plane Groovy Records.[28][29]
References
- ^ "abc Chris Braide".
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Spears: 'New single hits close to home'". Digital Spy. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "Listen: David Guetta and Sia reunite for new single 'Flames'". AXS. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Média, Bell. "LISTEN: David Guetta, Sia Debut 'Flames'". Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "iheartradio Chris Braide".
- ^ "pmsstudio Chris Braide".
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "IMBD Chris Braide".
- ^ "Sia's Great Gatsby contribution".
- ^ "She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) ft Sia written by Sia Furler, Chris Braide, David Guetta and Giorgio Tuinfort".
- ^ "Stooshe Credits London with the light on".
- ^ "yuna believes we can save ourselves in light bright single rescue".
- ^ "Let Love Come Through produced by Chris Braide".
- ^ "Dreamchaser credits Chris Braide composer".
- ^ "Born To Die credits".
- ^ "Born To Die credits".
- ^ "Blank Page Produced by Chris Braide".
- ^ "Fall to Grace Credits".
- ^ "Yuna debut credits".
- ^ "child of the universe credits".
- ^ "child of the universe credits".
- ^ "jukebox credits".
- ^ "Theophilus London Century Girl ft. Chris Braide & Dev Hynes".
- ^ "Pixie Lott Turn it up Louder credits".
- ^ "Cathy Dennis and Chris Braide write Doin'Fine Without You".
- ^ "Outta This World Credits".
- ^ "Chris Braide on perfectsongs.com". Perfectsongs.com. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "iTunes – Music – Life in a Minor Key by Chris Braide". Itunes.apple.com. 4 December 1998. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Interview with Chris Braide". HitQuarters. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ "Chapter One by Chris Braide". theorchard. 4 December 1998. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
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