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Chris Braide is an English singer, songwriter, record producer.
Novello winner Chris Braide has achieved considerable success as a songwriter at home and in the US. He is one of few British songwriters of late to reach multi million record sales in the United States. In a 2005 article for GQ magazine, Braide was among the most successful and influential men in the music business under 40 years of age.
He has written and produced songs on the platinum selling album’s by James Morrison (“Songs for You, Truths for Me”) & Will Young’ (“Let It Go”) The Saturdays album title track “Chasing Lights”, was written and produced by Chris, as was the UK no.3 single “Don’t Call This Love” by Leon Jackson.
He co-wrote "This Is the Night" and “Invisible” recorded by American Idol’s Clay Aiken.
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Chris Braide is an English singer, songwriter, record producer.
Songwriting and Record Production
Ivor Novello winner Chris Braide has achieved considerable success as a songwriter at home and in the US. He is one of few British songwriters of late to reach multi million record sales in the United States. In a 2005 article for GQ magazine, Braide was among the most successful and influential men in the music business under 40 years of age.
He has written and produced songs on the platinum selling album’s by James Morrison (“Songs for You, Truths for Me”) & Will Young’ (“Let It Go”) The Saturdays album title track “Chasing Lights”, was written and produced by Chris, as was the UK no.3 single “Don’t Call This Love” by Leon Jackson.
He co-wrote "This Is the Night" and “Invisible” recorded by American Idol’s Clay Aiken. “This Is The Night” entered the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2003, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. It was the biggest single of 2003, selling over one million copies.
Aiken’s breakthrough follow up single “Invisible” became one of the most played songs on US radio the following year and earned Braide two ASCAP awards
"Anything Is Possible" was a number one single for Pop Idol winner Will Young In 2002, selling 1,108,659 copies in its first week and over 1.7 million copies in total. The song was also the B-side of the debut single by Gareth Gates, which sold over 1.4 million singles in the UK. The song earned Braide the prestigious Ivor Novello award the following year.
He has written songs for Kylie Minogue, Beverley Knight, Squeeze' Glenn Tilbrook and recently worked with Trevor Horn on David Jordan’s debut album “Set The Mood”.
Chris wrote the UK number one single “Have You Ever” for S Club 7 Which went on to sell over 500,000 singles and helped the greatest hits album sell over 2 million copies.
Braide co-wrote the debut single for RCA recording artist Diana DeGarmo. "Dreams" debuting at #2 in record sales and #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2005. Braide also co-wrote DeGarmo's follow-up single "Emotional".
Disney artist Jesse McCartney released his debut album Beautiful Soul. It featured a song co written by Chris Braide "Because You Live”. McCartney's album has since gone on to sell over 1.5 million copies and has achieved platinum status. The song also featured as the title song of The Princess Diaries soundtrack album, which has sold over 1 million copies.
As a recording artist
In 1996 Braide signed a solo deal with Dave Stewart's label Anxious Records. The label released the single "If I Hadn't Got You" followed a year later by the album, Life in a Minor Key. The single was released in the US by Atlantic Records and a performance video was shot in Times Square.
Chris Braide's other solo releases include the full length albums "You Can't Be Friends With Everyone" and "The Upside".
In 2008 Chris contributed lead vocals to 4 tracks on a new album by electronic dance duo The Grid.
The Producers
Braide joined Trevor Horn, Steve Lipson, Lol Créme and ex-Del Amitri/Faithless drummer Ash Soan in Sarm West Studios to record a new album as The Producers. The band played at the Royal Albert Hall in may 2008.
Publishing Company and Recording Studios
Braide recently set up Untouchable Songs Ltd. The label look after the back catalogue of Glenn Tilbrook and Squeeze. He is also the owner of a West London recording studio called Untouchable Sound.
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