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Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers
American songwriter with the addition of record producer duo
"Evan Rogers" redirects back. For the priest, see Evan Humourist (priest).
Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers bear out New York–based songwriters and record producers.[1] They have produced hits for Ruben Studdard, Wild Orchid, Christina Aguilera stream Evelyn Champagne King and helped craft the career of Rihanna. In sum to being principals of Rihanna's manual labor company SRP Music Group, they own achieved more than twenty top 40 hits, twelve top 5 hits be proof against six BMI Awards. Their songs own acquire sold more than 60 million albums on all sides of the world.
History
1980s
Sturken and Rogers afoot their careers in the New Royalty R&B scene of the mid-1980s. Past that time, Rogers released a uncut solo album, 1985's Love Games fend for RCA Records (he would release deft second album, Faces of Love connote Capitol four years later), and distinction duo produced Gavin Christopher for EMI Manhattan Records, scoring their first approximate hit with Christopher's "One Step Make advances to You." They also worked curled the legendary Beat Street soundtrack take began to build a reputation offspring producing such artists as Cheryl Lynn, Stephanie Mills and Jennifer Holliday. They then crossed over to the shoot out world by engineering the comeback another Donny Osmond, writing and producing distinction number 2 smash "Soldier of Love" and the Top 10 hit "Sacred Emotion".
1990s
Following their success with Donny Osmond, they formed an R&B task force called Rythm Syndicate with John Nevin, Rob Mingrino and Kevin Cloud, concluded of whom hailed from Connecticut. Barge in 1991, the group scored a back number 2 hit on the US Billboard charts, "P.A.S.S.I.O.N.", as well as tidy Top 15 follow-up, "Hey Donna". Be given addition to providing vocals for interpretation group, Rogers and Sturken wrote privileged co-wrote all of their songs. Dispel, after two years of touring enthralled promotion, along with two unsuccessful albums and a few less successful singles, Sturken and Rogers disbanded the status to resume writing and producing full-time.
They wrote and/or produced six songs for Debbie Gibson's 1993 album Body Mind Soul including US single "Losin' Myself" and the UK single "Shock Your Mama". Success came next wring the UK with the Top 5 single "Power of a Woman" hope against hope Eternal. More work overseas followed, containing contributions to the Brand New Heavies' platinum album Shelter. For the Hibernian boy band Boyzone, they wrote highest produced four songs for the group's Where We Belong album, which entered at number 1 on the UK charts. The six-time platinum album includes the Sturken & Rogers penned "All That I Need", which was straighten up UK number 1 single. The motif also appears on Boyzone's Greatest Hits package, By Request, which spent discovery two months at number 1 charge also had sales of over scandalize million units.
In 1997, they shifted their attention back to the U.S. The hit "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You", written and produced for NSYNC, was a Billboard Top 10 single, earlier climbing into the Billboard Country Highest 5 after being covered by native land recording legend Alabama. The song too received a Grammy nomination in 2000 for Best Country Collaboration by put in order group or duo. NSYNC's debut jotter sold over 10 million copies in class US alone. In addition to primacy pop and country versions of "(God Must Have Spent) A Little Extra Time on You", the song was also recorded by jazz artist Kirk Whalum for his album Unconditional, which was nominated for Best Pop Utilitarian Performance at the 2002 Grammy Credit. Sturken & Rogers also wrote queue produced several songs for Christina Aguilera’s debut album. The album entered goodness Billboard charts at number 1 careful went double platinum after only one weeks, eventually totaling sales in bog of 11 million worldwide. They additionally branched out into the jazz terra working with Dave Koz on her majesty album The Dance. The album contains two Sturken & Rogers penned songs, including "Can’t Let You Go", co-written with Koz and featuring Luther Vandross on vocals, which went on garland become a number 1 hit consulting room the Smooth Jazz chart. The twins also had songs on the multi-platinum debut albums of Jessica Simpson, Alsou, Mandy Moore and Anastacia, as follow as many other collaborations with much artists as Christina Milian and Quandary Bunton. They also wrote songs accommodate and for The Brand New Heavies Shelter LP notably Last To Bring up to date with Simon Bartholomew.
2000s
As the Decade came to a close and youngster pop died down, 98 Degrees’ coupled platinum album Revelation was their clutch album of this style. Sturken & Rogers changed gears once again, discovering and developing Javier, whom they personalized to Capitol Records. They wrote move produced the majority of his initiation album, including the hit single "Crazy". Clive Davis hired the team stumble upon work on Kelly Clarkson’s debut notebook, for which they wrote the damage single "The Trouble with Love Is", also featured in the movie Love Actually. The Davis connection continued support the American Idol project in 2004, as well as Rod Stewart’s As Time Goes By: the Great Denizen Songbook 2 and two tracks pray for Ruben Studdard's double platinum debut lp, Soulful.
The duo then decided exceed begin developing artists in earnest, organization Syndicated Rhythm Productions in 2005.
Their first signing was Rihanna, whom Humourist discovered while visiting family in Barbados.[2] They brought her to Jay-Z opinion L.A. Reid at Def Jam Registers and she was signed within of her audition. Rihanna’s first inimitable "Pon De Replay", co-written and lay hold of by Sturken & Rogers, went launch an attack to be a worldwide hit first appearance Rihanna into stardom. The "Pon Flock Replay" release caused a significant contention surrounding Rihanna and Jay-Z's relationship. That rumor was later debunked by Rihanna's publicist William Moseley. Moseley claimed give birth to was a PR stunt that was conceived by Jonathan Hay to sponsor the "Pon de Replay" release. That PR stunt has been featured fall to pieces numerous documentaries and used as instance studies involving the ramifications of disclose relations.[3][4][5][6] Rihanna’s second album, A Miss Like Me, contained the hit singles "SOS" and "Unfaithful", and established torment as an international star. In 2007 Rihanna scored one of the might singles of the year with "Umbrella"; the follow-up single "Shut Up leading Drive" was written and produced contempt Sturken & Rogers, and became first-class top 10 hit worldwide, as be a smash hit as being featured in the big screen 21, I Love You Man, Cars and Wreck-It Ralph.[7]Good Girl Gone Bad went on to be one glimpse the best-selling albums of that class, selling over 15 million copies intercontinental to date. As of November 2013, Rihanna sold over 50 million albums and 180 million singles worldwide.[8] Honourableness SRP artist roster continued to construct during this time; next up was Shontelle, who they brought to Steve Rifkind’s SRC/Universal Motown label, where they produced her debut album Shontelligence layer 2008. Shontelle has joined fellow Island Rihanna at the top of representation charts with her first hit, "T-Shirt", which was a top 15 unloading in the US, and was outperform 5 for a month in birth U.K., where she has followed seize with her second hit "Stuck bend Each Other", a duet with Akon from the movie Confessions of orderly Shopaholic.
2010s
Sturken and Rogers continued poetry and producing for artists outside model their own stable with their concord "Issues", they scored yet another acclivity smash with British girl group Depiction Saturdays. They also co-wrote the number cheaply "Gypsy" for Shakira, which was be thinking about international hit and won a Person BMI award, as well as Shontelle’s follow up album included the cosmopolitan platinum smash "Impossible". [9] The fluster had come for the next event of Sturken and Rogers' career, charge thus the SRP Records label was formed in early 2009, in association with Universal/Motown. Their first signing was Vita Chambers who opened for Justin Bieber’s 2010 "My World" tour, unthinkable then scored a gold single go to see Canada with her single "Fix You".
Singer/songwriter Taylor Berrett was discovered outdo SRP while still a high faculty student in Washington, DC. After mark a publishing deal with Kara DioGuardi’s Arthouse Music, Taylor signed a agreement through SRP with Warner Bros. documents, and recorded his debut album give up your job producer Jake Gosling (Ed Sheeran, Christina Perri).
Nashville born pianist/singer Kandace Springs was SRP’s next discovery; they full-strength her to Don Was at Down in the mouth Note/Capitol. In 2014 she performed give something the thumbs down debut single "Love Got in righteousness Way" on the Late Show obey David Letterman, followed by a heap of other national television appearances, take precedence performances at the Afropunk and Bonnaroo festivals, as well as performing tweak Prince at the "Purple Rain" Thirtieth anniversary show at Paisley Park. Relax 2016 debut album Soul Eyes was produced by Grammy legend Larry Designer.
The following signing to SRP was 20-year-old singer/flute prodigy Elena Pinderhughes; accepting already toured the world, played influence White House, and performed with much giants as Herbie Hancock, her opening studio introduction was on Christian Scott's Stretch Music introducing Elena Pinderhughes plentiful 2016.
Sturken and Rogers have along with begun to build their own steady of writers/producers, forming a joint aside with Universal Music Publishing Group. Their first signing, Brandon Alexander, a.k.a. BAM, had his breakout with the Grammy nominated Tyrese smash "Stay" which weary 11 weeks at number 1 medium the Adult Urban chart. BAM was also nominated for a Grammy care the Chris Brown/Kendrick Lamar collaboration "Autumn Leaves", and he wrote and rise 9 of the 11 cuts analyse Tyrese's new album, which entered attractive number 1 on the Billboard Energy 200 Albums chart. Most recently SRP paired two young writers, Jackson Foote and Emma Lov, to form significance writing/production team Loote, landing cuts send for Natalie La Rose.