Fred Ball (producer)
| Fred Ball | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Fredrik William Ball |
| Born | Fredrikstad, Norway |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter |
| Website |
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Fredrik Wiilliam Ball is a Norwegian Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling record producer and songwriter living in London. He is originally from Fredrikstad in Norway. Fred moved to the UK when he formed his solo project Pleasure; the album was hailed as The Sunday Times' favourite debut of the year.[1] It featured artists such as Justine Frischmann, Ed Harcourt and Dr. Fink. Pleasure launched the start of Ball¹s songwriting and production career.[2]
His production and writing credits include songs performed by Rihanna, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Zara Larsson, Little Mix, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, KT Tunstall, Brett Anderson, JLS, Petite Meller, Arrow Benjamin, Jessie Ware, Prince Charlez, Madison Beer, Anne-Marie, Toni Braxton, JP Cooper, Bernhoft and more. He's been nominated for a Grammy twice (Best R&B Album 2015 and Best Urban Contemporary Album 2017) Ball co-wrote and produced the single "Love on the Brain" for Rihanna’s album Anti.[3] "Love on the Brain" peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard called it "The Most Influential Pop Single of 2017." In March 2017 Billboard listed Ball as number 8 in the "Hot 100 Top 10 Producers".[4]
In June 2018 Fred contributed as a Producer on three songs ("713", "Friends" and "Heard about us") for Jay-Z and Beyonce's collaborative studio album "Everything Is Love".
Fred produced "Nice Guy feat. Jessie Reyez" on Eminem's album Kamikaze, surprise released 31st of August 2018
Ball is published by Warner Chappell and managed by Roc Nation.[5]
Production discography
- Nice Guy feat. Jessie Reyez
- Apple Juice
- 713
- Friends
- Heard About Us
- Some People
Prince Charlez
- Back Around
- Heaven
- Say It To My Face
Frank Walker (ft. Emely Warren)
- Piano
- Take Me To Heaven
- Love On The Brain
- Deadwood
- Sorry
- One Mississippi
- Slow Me Down
Petite Meller
- America
- Does She Know
- Summer Rain
- Puppet On A String
- Time
Toby Randall
- Misfits
- You Should Know
Leo Stannard
- In My Blood
- Don’t Look The Other Way
- From The Country To The City
- All I Want- Stories- Memory
- Sensitivity
- You Got To Love Someone
- Disco Doctor
- The Visionary
Pleasure II
- Alright All Nite
- Out Of Love
- Throw it All Away
- Back to You
- UpTown
- Bite The Beat
- Silk Dream
- Eskimo Kiss
- Finest Thing
- NYCSC
- Nightvision
- Click
- Ghost
- Choices
- Control
- C’mon Talk
- Space In My Heart
- Buzz Aldrin
- Wind You Up
- Freedom- One Way Track
- I Believe In All The Things You Don’t
- We Have A Dream
- Caught In The Middle
- Universe & U
- Nowhere To Go
- Boy
- See Me Now
- They Just Don’t Know You
- Smoking Gun
- Synchronised
- Last Song
- Innocence
- Shy Of The Cool
- Catching Snowflakes
- Stereotype
- Bombay Calling
- Beginning at The End
- Love Maze
- Breaking Bad
- Superhero
- My Mind
- Uncut Stone
- Love is Dead
- To The Winter
- Scorpio Rising
- Colour Of The Night
- Song For My Father
- The More We Possess the less we own Ourselves
- Chinese Whispers
- Back To You
- Ah Ah
- Fake Your Beauty
- Want You
- If YouBuy The Blue One
- Kiss me Harder
- Candy
- Rollerskating
- Broken
- Les Mots Simples
Awards/Honors
Sunday Times - Favourite Album of the Year [1]
Grammy Nomination: Best R&B Album for Bernhoft’s Islander [6][5]
Grammy Nomination: Best Urban Contemporary Album for Rihanna's "Anti"
BMI R&B/Hip Hop Award 2017
BMI London Award 2017
BMI POP Awards LOS ANGELES 2018
Articles
- http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-rihanna-top-ten-chart-20170222-story.html on LA Times
- http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/rihanna/rihanna-danker-ut-michael-jackson-paa-billboard-med-norsk-laat/a/23931577/ on VG
- http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7720948/rihanna-22nd-top-five-hot-100-hit on Billboard
- http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8038410/rihanna-love-on-the-brain-pop-influential
References