Grammy-nominated hitmaker Theron Thomas was an essential cog in the songwriting machine behind Lizzo’s About Damn Time, which was named Record Of The Year at the Grammys. It's ...
There was half a decade between I’m Good (Blue) being written and finally hitting No.1 earlier this year. Here, elite songwriter Phil Plested tells Music Week the story of how ...
Songwriter and producer Tyler Johnson has told Music Week that the success of As It Was represents the strength of the relationship between Harry Styles and his collaborators.
Johnson, who ...
UK songwriter and producer Nick Gale, aka Digital Farm Animals, had a hand in many a hit before he joined forces with Anne-Marie and KSI for Don’t Play. ...
In 2013, producer Yeti Beats – real name David Sprecher – met an unknown artist named Amala Zandile Dlamini. She is, of course, better known now as the chart-conquering Doja ...
In 2013, Katy Perry’s Roar became an instant – and inspirational! – global hit. Here, Universal Music Publishing Group producer/songwriter Henry Russell Walter, aka Cirkut, revisits the creation of a modern stadium pop ...
A UK No.1 for seven weeks in 2019, the smash hit piano ballad Someone You Loved reached the US summit after a 24-week rise, taking Lewis Capaldi to global fame. ...
The penultimate No.1 single of Take That’s first incarnation, the 1995 classic Never Forget was sent into overdrive by the production fairy dust of the late, great Jim Steinman. Here, ...
Back in 2019, the idea of hitting No.1 was beyond working postman Nathan Evans’ wildest dreams, but when he opened a TikTok account, everything changed. Here, the singer tells the ...
Producer Gotcha – real name Kamron Lloyd Chevannes – has been making beats since 2016, and this year he played a central role in drill’s biggest moment yet, as TikTok-powered ...
