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Birth name | Christopher Braide |
Also known as | Magical Thinker |
Origin | Warrington, Lancashire, England |
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Years active | 1990–present |
Website | christopherbraide |
Christopher Braide is an English songwriter, record producer and singer, based in Malibu, Los Angeles.
First signed as a solo artist by David A. Stewart in the UK and Craig Kallman at Atlantic Records in the US, Braide relocated to Los Angeles to produce and write for artists including Sia, Lana Del Rey, Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Christina Aguilera, Selena Gomez, David Guetta, Halsey, Wrabel, Marc Almond, Beth Ditto, Yuna and Beyoncé.
Braide is a frequent collaborator of Sia; [1] together they have written for her own projects, movie soundtracks and for several other artists. Notable songs they have written over the years include "Kill and Run" for The Great Gatsby film and soundtrack, "Helium" for the 2017 Fifty Shades Darker film and soundtrack, "Pretty Isn't Perfect" and "Unstoppable" for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, "God Made You Beautiful" for the Beyoncé film Life Is But a Dream , "Perfume" for Britney Spears, [2] "Blank Page" for Christina Aguilera, and "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" for David Guetta featuring Sia. Most recently, their song "Helium" was remixed for MAC cosmetics a collaboration for the cosmetic company's AIDS Fund by David Guetta and Afrojack, and a new single, "Flames", was released by David Guetta. [3] [4]
In 2022, the song "Unstoppable" was released to radio as an official single in the United States after gaining popularity through commercials and video-sharing app TikTok. [5] It became No.1 on the Adult Pop Airplay Chart 6 years after its release and is the first record in a quarter of a century to be in the charts for over 100 weeks.
He has a duo group with Geoff Downes (Yes, Buggles, Asia and others), called Downes Braide Association (DBA), since 2012.
Braide has won an Ivor Novello award and been nominated for a Grammy. He is published by BMG Rights Management worldwide and Magical Thinking BMI.
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Song | Writer/Producer |
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2022 | Sia | Unstoppable | Monkey Puzzle/RCA | Unstoppable | Writer/Producer |
2021 | Sia | Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture | Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic | Music | Writer/Producer |
2020 | Toni Braxton | Spell My Name | Island Records | Saturday Night | Writer/Producer |
Halsey | Astralwerks | Honesty | Writer/ Producer | ||
Marc Almond | Chaos and a Dancing Star | BMG | All Songs | Writer/Producer | |
2019 | Freya Ridings | Freya Ridings | Good Soldier | Still Have You | Writer/ Producer |
Sia ft Hans Zimmer | Seven Worlds, One Planet | BBC | Out There | Writer/ Producer | |
Evie Irie | 5 weeks in LA | Republic | Vulnerable | Writer/ Producer | |
Natalie Portman / Celeste | Vox Lux (soundtrack) | Columbia | 2 songs | Producer | |
2018 | Nicki Minaj | Queen | Young Money/Cash Money/Republic | Come See About Me | Writer/ Producer |
Sia & David Guetta | 7 | What A Music/ Warner | Flames | Writer/ Producer [6] | |
Sia vs. David Guetta & Afrojack | MAC | Monkey Puzzle | Helium | Writer/ Producer [7] | |
LP | Heart to Mouth | Vagrant/BMG | Recovery | Writer/ Producer | |
Robin Schulz ft Erika Sirola | IIII | Atlantic | Speechless | Writer | |
2017 | Sia | Ballerina (titled Leap! in the United States) | Gaumont | Suitcase | Writer/ Producer |
Robin Schulz | Uncovered | Warner | I Believe I'm Fine | Writer/ Producer | |
Marc Almond | Shadows and Reflections | BMG | Embers | Writer/ Producer | |
Elle King | Estee Lauder Ft Kendall Jenner | RCA/ Magical Thinker Records | Wild Love | Writer/Producer | |
Allie X | CollXtion II | Twin Music | True Love Is Violent | Writer/Producer | |
Wrabel | Estee Lauder Ft Magical Thinker & Wrabel | Epic/ Magical Thinker Records | It's You | Writer/ Producer | |
Meg Mac | Low Blows | Little Big Man | Don't Need Permission | Producer | |
Halsey | Hopeless Fountain Kingdom | Astralwerks | The Prologue | Writer | |
Lea Michele | Places | Columbia | "Heavy Love" | Writer | |
Sia | Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Republic | "Helium" | Writer/ Producer | |
Marc Almond | Hits and Pieces: The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell | UMC | "A Kind of Love" | Writer/ Producer | |
2016 | Sia | This Is Acting (Deluxe Version) | Columbia | "Confetti" | Writer/ Producer |
"Midnight Decisions" | Writer/ Producer | ||||
Sia | This Is Acting | Columbia | "Unstoppable" | ||
"Space Between" | Writer/ Producer | ||||
Rozes/ Elizabeth Mencel | Under The Grave | ||||
2015 | Selena Gomez | Revival | Interscope | Camouflage | |
Halsey | Room 93 | Astralwerks/Capitol | "Trouble" | ||
Marc Almond | The Velvet Trail | Cherry Red Records | All songs | Co-Writer/Producer | |
Kate Pierson | Guitars and Microphones | Kobalt | "4 songs" | Writer/Producer | |
Katharine McPhee | Hysteria | eOne | Round Your Little Finger | ||
2014 | Sia | 1000 Forms of Fear | Columbia | "Eye of the Needle" | Writer |
"Big Girls Cry" | Writer/ Producer | ||||
Colbie Caillat | Gypsy Heart | Universal | "Break Free" | ||
Paloma Faith | A Perfect Contradiction | Epic/RCA | "Impossible Heart" | ||
Afrojack | Forget the World | Universal / Def Jam | "Ten Feet Tall" | ||
2013 | Lea Michele | Louder | Columbia | "If You Say So" | |
"You're Mine" | |||||
Britney Spears | Britney Jean | RCA | "Perfume" | ||
"Brightest Morning Star" | Vocal Producer | ||||
Beyoncé | Life Is But a Dream | Columbia | "God Made You Beautiful" | Writer/ Producer | |
Sia | The Great Gatsby soundtrack [8] | Interscope Records | "Kill and Run" [9] | ||
David Guetta featuring Sia | Nothing But the Beat 2.0 | Virgin Records/ EMI | "She Wolf" [10] | ||
Stooshe | London with the Lights On | Warner Bros | "Your Own Kind of Beautiful" [11] | ||
"Perfectly Wrong" | |||||
Yuna | Nocturnal | Verve/ Universal | "Rescue" [12] | ||
"Colors" | |||||
"Escape" | |||||
"Come Back" | Producer | ||||
Sixth Street | "Let Love Come Through Ft Kyle" [13] | Writer/ Producer | |||
Sarah Brightman | Dreamchaser | Decca | "Closer" [14] | ||
2012 | Lana Del Rey | Born to Die [15] | Interscope | "Million Dollar Man" [16] | |
Leak | "Damn You" | ||||
"Queen of Disaster" | |||||
"Hollywood's Dead" | |||||
Christina Aguilera | Lotus | RCA | "Blank Page" [17] | ||
Paloma Faith | Fall to Grace | Epic | "30 Minute Love Affair" [18] | Writer | |
Yuna | Yuna [19] | Fader | "Lullabies" | Writer/ Producer | |
"Favorite Things" | |||||
"Loud Noises" | |||||
" Islands " | |||||
" Decorate " | |||||
Delta Goodrem | Child of the Universe [20] | Sony Music | "Hunter and the Wolves" [21] | Producer | |
"Speed of Life" | |||||
"Control" | |||||
2011 | JLS | Jukebox [22] | Epic | "Killed By Love" | Writer/ Producer |
Theophilus London | — | Warner Bros | "Century Girl" featuring Dev Hynes [23] | ||
Pixie Lott | "Turn It Up Louder" [24] | Mercury | "Doin' Fine (Without You)" [25] | ||
2010 | Diana Vickers | Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree | RCA | "The Boy Who Murdered Love" | |
"N.U.M.B" | |||||
"Four Leaf Clover" | |||||
"Me and You" | |||||
JLS | Outta This World [26] | Epic | "That's Where I'm Coming From" | ||
Olly Murs | Olly Murs | Epic | "Ask Me to Stay" | Writer | |
The Saturdays | Wordshaker | Fascination/ Polydor | "Denial" | Writer/ Producer | |
2009 | Cheryl Cole | 3 Words | Fascination/ Polydor | "Don't Talk About This Love" | Writer |
Lolene | The Electrick Hotel | Island Def Jam | "Beautiful Disaster" | Writer/Producer | |
The Saturdays | Chasing Lights | Fascination/ Polydor | "Chasing Lights" | ||
Westlife | Where We Are | Syco Music | "Reach Out" | ||
Natalie Bassingthwaighte | 1000 Stars | "1000 Stars" | |||
"Turn The Lights On" | |||||
Glenn Tilbrook | Pandemonium Ensues | Quixotic Records | "Little Ships" | Writer | |
"Melancholy Emotion" | |||||
2008 | Will Young | Let It Go | RCA | "If Love Equals Nothing" | Writer/ Producer |
Leon Jackson | Right Now | Syco | "Don't Call This Love" | ||
James Morrison | Songs for You, Truths for Me | Polydor | "Save Yourself" | Writer | |
JLS | JLS | Epic | "Heal This Heartbreak" | ||
2007 | David Jordan | Set the Mood | ZTT | "Fight the World" | |
"Only Living Soul" | |||||
The Click Five | Modern Minds and Pastimes | Atlantic Records | "Jenny" | ||
"Happy Birthday" | |||||
"I'm Getting Over You" | |||||
2006 | Duncan James | Future Past | Innocent Records | "Sooner or Later" | |
"Somebody Still Loves You" | |||||
"I Come Alive" | |||||
"Frequency" | |||||
"Letter to God" | |||||
Beverley Knight | Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight | Parlophone Records | "Not Too Late for Love" | Writer/ Producer | |
"Who's Gonna Save Your Soul" | |||||
The Webb Sisters | Daylight Crossing | Universal Records | "Please" | Writer | |
2004 | Jesse McCartney | Beautiful Soul | Hollywood Records | "Because You Live" | Writer/ Producer |
Diana DeGarmo | Blue Skies | Sony Music | Dreams | Writer | |
Emotional | |||||
Lara Fabian | A Wonderful Life | I Am | |||
Beverley Knight | Affirmation | Parlophone | "Not Too Late for Love" | Writer/ Producer | |
"Tea and Sympathy" | |||||
Glenn Tilbrook | Transatlantic Ping Pong | Quixotic Records | "Untouchable" | ||
"Ray and Me" | Writer | ||||
Lisa Stansfield | "The Moment" | ZTT | "If I Hadn't Got You" | ||
2003 | Kylie Minogue | Body Language | Parlophone Records | "After Dark" | Writer/ Producer |
Play | Replay | Columbia Records | "Let's Get to the Love Part" | Writer | |
Clay Aiken | Measure of a Man | RCA | "This Is the Night" | ||
"Run To Me" | |||||
"Invisible" | |||||
S Club 7 | Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 | Polydor | "Say Goodbye" | ||
2002 | Will Young | From Now On | Syco Music | "Anything Is Possible" | |
2001 | S Club 7 | Sunshine | Parlophone Records | "Have You Ever" | |
Victoria Beckham | Victoria Beckham | Virgin Records | "I O U" | ||
Rick Astley | Keep It Turned On | Polydor | "Sleeping" | Writer/Producer | |
Emma Bunton | A Girl Like Me | Virgin Records | "Spell It O.U.T" | Writer | |
"Been There, Done That" | |||||
Glenn Tilbrook | The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook | Quixotic Records | "Parallel World" | ||
"Morning" | |||||
Brian Kennedy | Get on with Your Short Life | Sony Music | "Get on with Your Short Life" | ||
1999 | Brian Kennedy | Now That I Know What I Want | 19 recordings | "Now That I Know What I Want" | |
1996 | Cathy Dennis | "Am I the Kinda Girl?" | Polydor | "Run Like a River" | |
In 1993, Braide recorded his first solo album Chapter One - Chris Braide for Polydor Records. The album was produced by Thomas Dolby and Simply Red's Mick Hucknall. In 2014, the album was remastered and released in the UK on Plane Groovy Records [27]
In 1996, Dave Stewart signed Braide to his Warner Bros.-backed label Anxious Records, who released a single co-written with Chris Difford, "If I Hadn't Got You", and second single "Heavenly Rain", followed a year later by the album, Life in a Minor Key , [28] which was co-produced by Braide and David A. Stewart at Electric Lady Studios in New York. The record was released in the US on Atlantic Records and in 2013 a vinyl version was released on Plane Groovy Records. [29] [30]
In 2012, Braide teamed up with Geoff Downes under the name "DBA" ("Downes Braide Association"). The result was an album, Pictures of You, released in Summer 2012 on Plane Groovy Records. Since then, they have released three more studio recordings (Suburban Ghosts in 2015, Skyscraper Souls in 2017 and Halcyon Hymns in 2021), and a live album (Live in England in 2019). Celestial Songs was released in September 2023. [31]
Braide wrote, performed or produced songs on the following film soundtracks:
He wrote, performed or produced songs in the following advertising campaigns:
Pierre David Guetta is a French DJ and record producer. He has sold over 10 million albums and 65 million singles globally, with more than 30 billion streams on spotify. Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs polls in 2011, and throughout 2020 until 2023. In 2013, Billboard ranked his song "When Love Takes Over" as the number one dance-pop collaboration ever.
Geoffrey Downes is an English keyboardist who gained fame as a member of the new wave group the Buggles with Trevor Horn, the progressive rock band Yes, and the supergroup Asia.
Yunalis binti Mat Zara'ai, known professionally as Yuna, is a Malaysian singer and actress. Her initial exposure came through the viral success of her music uploaded to Myspace, which received over one million plays. This online success alerted an indie-pop label/management company to her music, and in early 2011 she signed with the Fader Label. She is best known for her collaboration with Usher on her breakout single "Crush", which peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard Adult R&B chart. From 2010-2015, she was the 2nd Most Popular Female Singer in Malaysia with Siti Nurhaliza at first place and Stacy (singer) at 3rd place.
French house DJ and producer David Guetta has released seven studio albums, eleven compilation albums, three extended plays, ninety-nine singles, eleven promotional singles, and forty-two music videos.
Here is the list of tracks and remixes produced by French disc jockey and record producer David Guetta. Since the release of the album One Love, he has revealed his desire to produce singles for other artists.
Nothing but the Beat is the fifth studio album by French DJ and record producer David Guetta. It was released on 26 August 2011 as a double album. The first disc features collaborations with artists from the R&B, hip hop and pop worlds such as Lil Wayne, Taio Cruz, Nicki Minaj, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Afrojack, Chris Brown, Flo Rida, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Dev, Timbaland, Jessie J and Sia. Also making guest appearances are will.i.am and Akon whom both previously collaborated with Guetta on his fourth studio album, One Love. In comparison, the second disc features purely instrumental tracks. The album is also Guetta's first album not to feature long-time collaborator Chris Willis on vocals. Critical reviews of the album were mixed.
"Titanium" is a song by French DJ and record producer David Guetta, featuring vocals by Australian singer and songwriter Sia. Taken from Guetta's fifth studio album, Nothing but the Beat, the song was written by Sia, Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort and Afrojack. Production was also handled by Guetta, Tuinfort and Afrojack. "Titanium" was initially released for digital download on 25 August 2011, as the first of four promotional singles from the album. It was later released as the album's fourth single in 2011. The song originally featured the vocals of American recording artist Mary J. Blige, whose version of the song leaked online in 2011.
Australian singer-songwriter Sia has released 10 studio albums, six live albums, 68 singles, and 45 music videos. In 1997, she released her debut studio album entitled OnlySee. It was commercially unsuccessful, and none of its songs were released as a single. Sia released her second album, Healing Is Difficult, in 2001. The album yielded three singles: "Taken for Granted", "Little Man" and "Drink to Get Drunk". The lead single, "Taken for Granted", peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Wild Ones" is a song by American rapper Flo Rida featuring Australian singer-songwriter Sia from his fourth studio album of the same name (2012). It was by written by the artists alongside Jacob Luttrell, Marcus Cooper, Niklaas Vogel-Kern, and producers soFLY & Nius and Axwell, while the engineering and recording of the record was handled by Skylar Mones. Lyrically, the song contracts themes including partying, love and dancing while the musical composition is an uptempo dance-pop song that is influenced by house music and electro house.
The Trevor Horn Band are an English group based around record producer and bass player Trevor Horn.
"She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" is a song by French DJ and music producer David Guetta, featuring vocals from Australian singer Sia. It was released as the lead single from the re-release of Nothing But the Beat, Nothing But the Beat 2.0 and tallies as the album's eighth single overall. It was released via digital download on August 21, 2012.
"Bang My Head" is a song by French DJ and music producer David Guetta, featuring vocals from Australian singer Sia and American rapper Fetty Wap. It was released as the second single from the re-release of Guetta's sixth studio album, Listen. "Bang My Head" tallies as the album's seventh single overall. It was released via digital download on 30 October 2015. The original album version of the song only featured Sia's vocals, but the second verse was later replaced with vocals from Fetty Wap for the reworked single release.
"Unstoppable" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, taken from her seventh studio album This Is Acting (2016). The song was written by Sia and Christopher Braide, and produced by Jesse Shatkin. It was released as the album's final promotional single on 21 January 2016. In July 2016, a new version of the song was made for Gillette's 2016 Olympic ad campaign, "Pretty Isn't Perfect", which features a verse from American rapper Pusha T.
"Helium" is a song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Sia for the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack. The soundtrack was released in support of the 2017 film Fifty Shades Darker, an adaptation of the novel of the same name from the Fifty Shades trilogy. Sia wrote the song with frequent collaborator Chris Braide; Braide produced the song with Oliver Kraus. A remix of the song with David Guetta and Afrojack was released as a standalone single on 25 January 2018.
"Flames" is a song by French DJ and record producer David Guetta and Australian singer-songwriter Sia. The song was released on 22 March 2018 by What a Music, as the third single from Guetta's seventh studio album, 7 (2018). The duo's seventh collaboration, it was written by Sia, Guetta, Christopher Braide, Giorgio Tuinfort and Marcus van Wattum, with production handled by the latter three.
7 is the seventh studio album by French DJ and record producer David Guetta, released on 14 September 2018 by What a Music, Parlophone and Big Beat Records. Released as a double album, the collection features commercial pop collaborations on the first disc, whilst disc two features underground house music akin to Guetta's starting roots as a DJ. The latter is credited to Jack Back, which Guetta revealed to be his alias and as a means to release more dance music alongside his pop collaborations. This side of the album is known as the Jack Back Project and was also released independently as a mixtape titled the Jack Back Mixtape, preceded by the release of the song "Overtone". 7 is David Guetta's first album since 2014's album Listen.
Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the ninth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia. It was released on 12 February 2021 by Monkey Puzzle and Atlantic, in connection with the release of the musical film Music, which was directed and co-written by Sia.
"Let's Love" is a song by French DJ David Guetta and Australian singer-songwriter Sia. It was released as a single on 11 September 2020 through Parlophone. The song was written by Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Marcus van Wattum and Sia.
"Floating Through Space" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Sia and French DJ David Guetta. It was released on 4 February 2021 by Monkey Puzzle and Atlantic Records as the first promotional single from Sia's ninth studio album Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture, and was later released as a single.