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Birth name | Jake Nathan Gosling [1] |
Origin | Surrey, UK |
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Jake Nathan Gosling is an English record producer and songwriter. [2] He has worked on albums or singles for artists including Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, The Libertines, James Bay, Shawn Mendes, All Time Low, One Direction, Major Lazer, Christina Perri, Shania Twain, 5 Seconds of Summer, Paloma Faith, and Wiley.
He won the 2014 ASCAP Award for his contributions to Ed Sheeran's "Lego House," and was named Music Week 's Producer of 2012 [3] following his work on its parent album, + (2011). His notable album credits include Paloma Faith's Fall to Grace (2011), One Direction's Up All Night (2011) and Take Me Home (2012); the latter's single, "Little Things" peaked atop the UK Singles Chart. [3] [4] Gosling founded the Surrey-based recording studio Sticky Studios in the early 2000s. [5]
He was nominated for Record of the Year at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for his work on Sheeran's 2014 single "Thinking Out Loud". Its parent album, x (2014) won the Brit Award for "Album of the Year" in 2015, and received a Grammy Award nomination with the same title. In June 2015, "Thinking Out Loud" became the first song to spend a full year in the UK Singles Chart's top 40. By September 2015, it became the seventh to have received triple platinum certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) after the 2000s. Furthermore, "Thinking Out Loud" was the first song to reach 500 million streams on Spotify.
Gosling co-wrote the songs "Incomplete" from James Bay's album Chaos and the Calm (2015), "Missing You" from All Time Low's album Future Hearts (2015), and "Home" for Birdy from her album Fire Within (2013). In 2016, he worked on Shawn Mendes' album Illuminate as a lead producer. [6] In 2018, he served a similar role for Mario's fifth album Dancing Shadows . [7] As a lead artist, he was credited as a guest performer alongside Mr Eazi and RAYE on Major Lazer's 2018 single "Tied Up". [8]
Gosling and Sarah Liversedge co-founded the publishing company The Movement London Limited in 2013. [9] In 2017, Gosling launched his own record label record label Goldun Egg Records. [10] In 2020, he signed to Concord Music Publishing as a songwriter and was selected as a member of the Music Producers Guild. [11]
Gosling launched Goldun Egg Records in 2017, a record label which describes itself as a means of forwarding the creativity of its artists. [12]
The roster includes:
Gosling started his music career performing as a lead vocalist and keys player in numerous bands, often engineering and producing the band's music, it was here he began to learn music production and modern recording techniques. After working in numerous jobs within the music industry, Gosling started his own recording studio; Sticky Studios, in Surrey, UK. [5] Gosling's first mainstream success came in 2008 with the album See Clear Now by UK rapper Wiley, which reached number 18 in the UK charts. [16] The album featured tracks "summertime", produced by Gosling, and "Cash in My Pocket", which he worked on with Mark Ronson. [17] Gosling then worked with Southern Fried Records and produced/co-wrote tracks on the Crookers album Tons of Friends. [18] He also performed vocals alongside Pitbull and Kardinal Offishall on tracks "Natural Born Hustler" and "Put Your Hands on Me".
Gosling began working with then-unknown singer Ed Sheeran in 2007, and they have since formed a successful musical partnership. In 2010, Gosling produced his Songs I Wrote with Amy EP, as well as his Loose Change EP and No. 5 Collaborations Project EP, [19] which featured rappers Wiley, Devlin, Sway DaSafo, Mikill Pane, JME, Ghetts, P Money, Dot Rotten, and Wretch 32. [20] In 2014, Gosling produced Sheeran's single "Make It Rain" for the television series Sons of Anarchy .
2011 saw the release of Sheeran's debut album + , for which Gosling co-wrote seven tracks and produced all but one of the tracks. + debuted atop the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of 102,000 copies; [19] its first single, "The A Team" received a Grammy Award nomination and peaked at number three on the UK Singles, [21] while his follow-up single, "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" peaked at number four, [19] and the third single, "Lego House" (co-written by Sheeran, Gosling, and Leonard) received quintuple platinum certification by the BPI, [22] sold over 600,000 copies, and reached number five on chart. [19] Its fourth single, "Drunk", also reached the top ten. [19] [23] By March 2014, + had been certified 6× platinum, indicating sales of over 1,800,000 records sold in the UK, [24] as well as selling over 1,000,000 copies of single "The A Team". + peaked atop the charts in multiple countries, and number five on the US Billboard 200. [25] The album has been received 29 gold or platinum certifications outside of the UK.
Gosling produced Sheeran and American rapper Yelawolf's collaborative EP The Slumdon Bridge (2012). [26] [27] Gosling produced seven tracks on Sheeran's second album x, alongside American producers Rick Rubin and Pharrell Williams, which was released in June 2014. [28] and spent eight weeks atop the UK Singles Chart, and in its first week, peaked atop 12 other countries. It has also received double platinum certification by the BPI and was named the UK's biggest selling album of 2014. [19]
Gosling worked on One Direction's 2011 multi-Platinum selling, debut album Up All Night . He produced the track "Moments". [29] The album was an international success, topping the charts in 16 countries. The album debuted at number 2 on the UK album chart and became the UK's fastest selling debut album of 2011. [30] Up All Night went straight to number 1 on the United States Billboard 200, [31] selling 176,000 copies in its first week, making One Direction the first British group in US chart history to achieve this feat with their debut album. [32]
Gosling worked on the band's follow-up album in 2012, titled Take Me Home. "Little Things", the second single from the album, was produced by Gosling and co-written by Ed Sheeran and Fiona Bevan, and it debuted at number 1 in the UK Official Singles Chart. [30] Gosling also produced album track "Over Again". Take Me Home has been number 1 in over 20 countries and is certified as 3× Platinum in the UK, [30] with "Little Things" being certified as Platinum in the US. Gosling also worked alongside Ryan Tedder on the track "Right Now", which appears on One Direction's third studio album Midnight Memories . Midnight Memories was the best selling artist album of 2013 with sales in excess of 685,000 for the year and is also certified as 2× Platinum in the UK and Platinum in the USA. [33]
In 2012, Gosling worked with female solo artist Paloma Faith on her UK double Platinum selling album Fall to Grace, which peaked at number 2 in the UK Albums Chart in May 2012. [34] Gosling collaborated with longtime friend and colleague Nellee Hooper, of Massive Attack fame, who has also produced world-wide stars such as U2 and Madonna. The album's lead single "Picking Up the Pieces" peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart and was co-produced by Gosling. [34] The follow-up single "30 Minute Love Affair" was also co-produced by Gosling. The album became Faith's highest UK chart position to date.
Gosling produced 9 of the 13 tracks on Christina Perri's second studio album Head or Heart , released in March 2014 on Atlantic Records. [35] The album reached number 4 on the US Billboard 200 and number 8 on the official UK album charts. "Human", the lead single from the album, peaked at number 14 in the UK [36] and number 31 in the US, where it was certified as gold. [37]
In 2015, Gosling was asked to produce the comeback album Anthems for Doomed Youth for the British rock band The Libertines. The album contains two notable literary references, the tracks "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "Gunga Din" referencing poems of the same titles by Wilfred Owen and Rudyard Kipling respectively. "Gunga Din" was released as the album's first single on 2 July 2015. [38] The album's second single, "Glasgow Coma Scale Blues", was released on 20 August 2015. [39] Both of which were produced by Gosling.
Reviews for the album were generally positive, earning a rating of 70 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating generally favourable reviews.
In 2016 Gosling started working on Shawn Mendes's second album, Illuminate [40]
Gosling produced 9 tracks on the album, which went to number 1 on the US Billboard 200 with 145,000 equivalent album units, of which 121,000 copies were pure album sales.
Joe Levy, writing for Rolling Stone noted "Illuminate mixes professions of romantic agony like "Mercy" (where a quietly hummed hook explodes into crashing drums), with nice-boy valentines like "Treat You Better" and bedroom come ons like "Lights On. For Jon Reyes of Idolator, "[Shawn's] most noticeable change, aside from the tight music hall sonics, is the subtle infusion of sex into the lyrics. He's graduated from songs like "Kid in Love" to fare like "Lights On" and "Patience." Both ballads paint clear pictures of behind-closed-doors moments, and the sexual nature of the lyrics doesn't qualify as innuendo by any means." [41]
After completing the Shawn Mendes album Illuminate , Gosling was asked to work with another Canadian artist, this time being Shania Twain on her fifth studio album, Now . Now was released on 29 September 2017 by Mercury Nashville. [42] It is Twain's first new studio album in 15 years, since her 2002 release, Up! .
Gosling produced 3 tracks on the main, including the promotional single "Poor Me". [43] and a further track on the deluxe edition.
Now debuted at number one in the United Kingdom. [44] It also entered at the top position in Australia, becoming her third album after Come on Over and Up! to reach the summit of the ARIA Albums Chart. [45] In the United States, it additionally opened atop the Billboard 200 with 137,000 album-equivalent units, which included 134,000 album sales, and became her second number-one album in the country after Up!. [46]
Number 1 Songs/Albums Jake has worked on: • One Direction – 'Up All Night' [47] • Ed Sheeran – '+' Album 2011 [48] • One Direction – 'Take Me Home' 2012 [49] • One Direction – 'Little Things' 2012 [50] • Paloma Faith – 'Fall to Grace' 2012 [51] • Ed Sheeran – 'x' Album 2014 [52] • Ed Sheeran – 'Thinking Out Loud' Single 2014 [53] In June 2015, "Thinking Out Loud" became the first single to spend a full year in the UK top 40 [54] • James Bay – 'Chaos and the Calm' Album 2015 [55] • Shawn Mendes - 'Illuminate' Album 2017 [56] • Shania Twain's - 'Now' Album 2017 [57]
Other Songs/Albums Jake has worked on: • Wiley (musician) – 'See Clear Now' 2008 • Ed Sheeran – 'Loose Change EP' 2010 • Nina Nesbitt – 'The Apple Tree' 2012, 'Peroxide' 2014, 'Stay Out EP' 2013, 'Way in the World' 2013 • Christina Perry – 'Head Or Heart' 2014 • Birdy – 'Home' from the deluxe version of her album 'Fire Within' 2013 • The Libertines – 'Anthem For Doomed Youth' 2015 • Bobby Bazini – 'Blood's Thicker Than Water' 2016 (Which appeared on the hit TV show 'Suits') • Jeremy Loops – 'Critical As Water' 2018 • Jeremy Loops – 'Gold' 2018 • Major Lazer ft. Mr Eazi, RAYE, Jake Gosling – 'Tied Up' 2018 • Mario – 'Dancing Shadows' 2018 • Anteros – 'Fool Moon' 2019 [58] • Honeyblood – 'Glimmer' 2019 [59] KSI - 'Holiday' 2021 - UK no 2 single 2021 • KSI ALBUM - UK No1 2021 • Bugzy Malone - 'Welcome to the Hood' 2021 • Digga D - Number 1 Album 'Noughty by Nature' 2022
Music Week's Producer of the year 2012 ASCAP Award - 'Lego House' 2014 Won - Brit Award for 'Album of the Year' – 'x' 2015 Nominated - 57th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Album of the Year - 'x' 2015 Nominated - 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Record of the Year – 'Thinking Out Loud' 2016 Nominated twice for Brit Awards' Producer of the Year
Gosling has worked with Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt. He produced Nina's 2012 The Apple Tree EP and co-wrote the lead single, "The Apple Tree". Gosling produced Nesbitt's debut album, which was released in February 2014 and peaked at number 11 in the UK Album Chart [60] and number 1 in Nesbitt's native Scottish album chart.
Gosling co-produced Mikill Pane debut album Blame Miss Barclay, released in 2013. [61] Gosling co-wrote the second single, "Nothing Really Matters", from Mr Probz's new album 2015 with writers Akon, Dennis Princewall Stehr, and Giorgio Tuinfort. Gosling has also produced and co-written on Taylor Berrett's debut album, who is signed to Warner Bros. Records in the US.
Gosling teamed up with Irish group the Original Rudeboys [62] to produce and co-write their 2012 album This Life, which reached number 3 in the Irish Official Music Chart and has been certified as Platinum. Gosling has also worked on, as they are now known, O.R.B.'s second album, All We Are, which was released in March 2014 and reached number 2 in the Irish Charts.
Gosling has also ventured into the world of film, co-writing with composer Ruth Barrett the score for the UK urban film Twenty8k , which was released in October 2012. [63]
For the UK charity National Citizen Service, Gosling produced a cover of the Beatles' "Come Together" with a selection of the UK's new artists, which included Nina Nesbitt, Will Heard, Lewis Watson, Kimberly Anne, Chasing Grace, Olivia Sebastianelli, and Colour The Atlas. [64]
In addition to songwriting and production, Gosling ran a new music night called Nobu Unplugged, an evening he organised with John Woolf to showcase up and coming artists. [62] It was held at the Michelin star restaurant Nobu Berkeley St in London on the last Sunday of every month, and it featured the likes of Ed Sheeran, Nina Nesbitt, Laura Mvula, Jamie N Commons, Tori Kelly, Jacob Banks, and Rixton, amongst others. The night received critical acclaim from The Sunday Times , Culture Magazine, and Tatler Magazine.
Gosling runs a management company Sticky Management alongside Adam Coltman.
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+ ("Plus") is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 9 September 2011 by Asylum Records and Atlantic Records. The album is considered Sheeran's commercial breakthrough. He previously released five EPs independently. Jake Gosling and Sheeran produced the majority of the album, with additional production by American hip hop producer No I.D.
"Lego House" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 11 November 2011 as the third single lifted from his debut studio album + of 2011. It was released as the second single in the US on 11 February 2013. It was written by Sheeran, Jake Gosling and Chris Leonard, and produced by Jake Gosling.
"Drunk" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released as the fourth single lifted from the debut studio album + on 17 February 2012. The song was written by Ed Sheeran and Jake Gosling and produced by Gosling. The single entered the UK Singles Chart at number 63. The week after, it climbed to number 29. Later on, it climbed to number 9, making it his fourth top ten single.
This is the Jake Gosling discography, giving an overview of the albums, EPs and singles that Gosling produced.
"Little Things" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction from their second studio album, Take Me Home (2012). It was released by Syco Music on 12 November 2012 as the record's second single. The song was written by Fiona Bevan and Ed Sheeran, and produced by Jake Gosling. Bevan brought the song to Sheeran's attention while he was in studio with the group in 2012, resulting in the band recording it. "Little Things" is a mid-tempo pop and folk ballad about the insistence that flaws are what make a person unique.
Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He gained a following in 2013, when he posted song covers on the video sharing platform Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist manager Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label. Mendes' self-titled debut EP was released in 2014, followed by his debut studio album Handwritten in 2015. Handwritten debuted atop the US Billboard 200, making Mendes one of five artists ever to debut at number one before the age of 18. The single "Stitches" reached number one in the UK and the top 10 in the US and Canada.
× ("Multiply") is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran. It was released on 20 June 2014 in Australia and New Zealand, and worldwide on 23 June through Asylum Records and Atlantic Records. The album received positive reviews from music critics. It was an international commercial success, peaking at No. 1 in 15 countries, while topping both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. × also reached the top five in seven other countries and was the best selling album of 2014 in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Five singles were released from the album: "Sing", "Don't", "Thinking Out Loud", "Bloodstream", and "Photograph".
"One" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran for his second studio album, x (2014). Sheeran wrote the song immediately after releasing his debut album, + (2011). It marked the last occasion wherein Sheeran wrote about his former girlfriend, who inspired all the romantic compositions on +. "One" was produced by frequent collaborator Jake Gosling and its music was based primarily on acoustic guitar. Critics were generally positive toward the song; it was noted for its guitar-driven sound and Sheeran's use of falsetto.
Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes has released four studio albums, two live albums, one reissue, three extended plays, twenty-five singles, and eleven promotional singles. He has sold over 20 million albums and 175 million singles worldwide. According to RIAA, Mendes has sold 50.5 million digital singles and 5 million certified albums in the US.
Sticky Studios is an independent music recording studio located in Windlesham, Surrey. The studio is owned by music producer, songwriter, remixer, manager and publisher Jake Gosling. Sticky Studios is most notable for its work with artists such as Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, One Direction, Christina Perri, Paloma Faith and Wiley.
Loose Change is an independently-released EP by British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. The EP was recorded at Surrey's Sticky Studios, and produced by Jake Gosling. Initially released in 2010 before Sheeran had received worldwide critical acclaim, the EP has been re-released three times: in 2011; in 2015 as part of Sheeran's release of a collection of five of his previously released EPs ; and finally in 2016 on colored 12" vinyl. The title "Loose Change" is derived from the second verse of the album's leading track; The A Team.
Now is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter Shania Twain and her first in 15 years. It was released on September 29, 2017 by Mercury Nashville. The album was produced by Twain alongside Ron Aniello, Jake Gosling, Jacquire King and Matthew Koma. Following a severely weakened singing voice caused by Lyme disease and dysphonia, Twain took an indefinite hiatus from music beginning in the mid-2000s, and at one point was unsure if she would ever be able to sing again. Following intense vocal rehabilitation and a successful concert residency in Las Vegas, Shania: Still the One, she began planning a new studio album in 2013. Written solely by Twain, Now is her first studio album in which she assumed an integral role in its production, co-producing every track. It is also Twain's first album since her 1995 album The Woman in Me to not be co-written with or produced by her ex-husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange.