Bryan-Michael Cox
| Bryan-Michael Cox | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 1, 1977 Miami, Florida, United States |
| Origin | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Genres | R&B, Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Team Idris, So So Def, Warner Chappell |
| Associated acts | R. Kelly, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Amerie, Sean Combs, Usher Raymond, Day26 |
Bryan-Michael Cox (born December 1, 1977) is an American record producer and songwriter who is notable for his extensive work with multiple platinum-selling artists including Usher, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, and Toni Braxton.[1] In 2009, Cox was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to music. Among his most notable productions are "Be Without You" for Mary J. Blige, "Burn", "Confessions" and "U Got It Bad" for Usher, and "Shake It Off", "I Stay In Love" and "You Don't Know What To Do" for Mariah Carey. During his career Cox has been responsible for over 100 million record sales, 35 number one hits, and 12 Grammy Award nominations (including 8 wins).
Cox also attained a Guinness World Record for the longest consecutive period of chart success (after spending over five years on the Billboard chart continuously), breaking the record previously held by The Beatles. After growing up in Houston, Texas (where Cox was good friends at high school with Beyoncé, often producing records for the members of Destiny's Child before they signed with Columbia Records), Cox relocated to Atlanta to pursue his professional music career and soon established a close working relationship with his frequent production partner Jermaine Dupri. Cox is widely regarded as one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful songwriters and producers in the history of contemporary R&B.
Early life
Bryan-Michael's mother played the flute. "My mom would buy music instead of food when I was little. We would spend her entire paycheck at the record store." He expressed his musical ambitions to his mother when he was 7 years old. Later, he enrolled in Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
In high school, Cox met Beyoncé Knowles when he was a senior and she was a freshman. He recorded his first-ever demo tape with her. Although the two wouldn’t reconnect until nearly 7 years later when Bryan produced a track on Destiny's Child’s Destiny Fulfilled, it was the early confirmation from Matthew Knowles that prompted Bryan to go into the music industry.
"Back then there was three choices if you wanted to be in the music industry, live in New York, LA, or Atlanta. I enrolled in Clark Atlanta University because although my Mom supported my dreams one hundred percent I had to go to college, so I chose Clark because I was just trying to get to Atlanta."
Career
Cox began his career as an intern at Noontime Records in Atlanta, Georgia. He was discovered by his manager Chris Hicks, who was a partner in Noontime. Cox's first two hit singles as a producer were "Get Gone" and "Creep Inn" for the short-lived R&B group Ideal. He then went on to co-produce alongside his musical mentor Jermaine Dupri. He has had 25 number one hits, 12 Grammy Award Nominations including seven wins, 20 top ten hits and eclipsed the record previously held by the Beatles for Billboard’s most consecutive number one hits.
Cox's credits include hits like Mariah Carey’s ‘Shake It Off” and "Don’t Forget About Us" along with ballads like Chris Brown’s "Say Goodbye" and releases by Usher, Mary J. Blige, Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz, Day 26, Justin Bieber and Monica.
Cox has been named one of Billboard's "Top 10 Producers of the Decade" and sits on Billboard's "Hot R&B Song of the Decade List", "Hot 100 Songs of the Decade List", "Top 200 Albums of the Decade List" and is a 2009 Georgia Music Hall of Fame inductee.
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- Articles with hCards
- 1977 births
- Living people
- African-American record producers
- African-American songwriters
- American hip hop record producers
- American male songwriters
- American rhythm and blues keyboardists
- Clark Atlanta University alumni
- Grammy Award winners
- Musicians from Houston, Texas
- Songwriters from Texas
