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Bob Rosa is an American record producer who has worked with artists such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Espen Lind. [1] One of his first recording projects was working on the track "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force in 1982. [1]

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Rosa's recording career has encompassed every genre of music, mixing pop, rock, dance, R&B and Latin. He has mixed the successful singles "Gonna Make You Sweat" by C&C Music Factory; Whitney Houston's "I'm Every Woman", Mariah Carey's "Emotions", *NSYNC's "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You". He also received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Dance Track for remixes of Gloria Estefan's "Heaven's What I Feel" and "Don't Let This Moment End", a Latin Grammy win in 2002 for his work on Alejandra Guzmán's Soy album, and a Grammy win for the Best Reggae Album by Toots & The Maytals in 2005 ( True Love ).

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