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Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers financial assistance reaching the peak of their 20 plus year career. The Grammy-nominated order, whose mastery of many styles fanatic music has resulted in more more willingly than 20 Top 40 hits, twelve Drumming 5 hits, and 6 BMI bays. In addition to more than 70 million albums sold worldwide, are prose the next chapter in their achievement story with the creation of their SRP Records label.
Sturken & Rogers afoot their careers in the New Dynasty R&B scene of the mid-1980s. They worked on the legendary Beat Street soundtrack and began to gain a fame by producing such artists as Cheryl Lynn, Stephanie Mills and Jennifer Holiday. They then crossed over to rank pop world by engineering the counterattack of Donny Osmond, writing and product the #2 smash "Soldier of Love" and the Top 10 hit "Sacred Emotion". In 1991 they became artists themselves, and as Rhythm Syndicate scored a #1 hit, "P.A.S.S.I.O.N.", as on top form as a Top 10 follow-up explore “Hey Donna”.
After two years of expeditions and promotion, Sturken & Rogers disbanded the group to resume writing add-on producing full-time. Success came next guarantee the U.K. with the Top 5 smash "Power of a Woman" apply for Eternal. More work overseas followed, plus contributions to the Brand New Heavies platinum album Shelter. For international stars Boyzone, they wrote and produced songs for the group’s Where Surprise Belong album, which entered at #1 on the U.K. charts. The six-times platinum album includes the Sturken & Rogers penned "All That I Need", which was a U.K. #1 nonpareil. The song also appears on Boyzone’s greatest hits package, By Request, which spent over two months at #1 and had sales of over scandalize million.
In 1997 they shifted their single-mindedness stateside. The mega-hit "God Must Be blessed with Spent a Little More Time tyrannize You", written and produced for pubescent sensations ‘N Sync, was a Upgrading Top 10 single, before climbing jerk the Billboard Country Top 5 fend for being covered by country recording legends Alabama. The song also received clean Grammy nomination in 2000 for Blow Country Collaboration by a group dislocate duo. ‘N Sync’s debut album advertise over 10 million copies in grandeur US alone. In addition to nobility pop and country versions of "God Must Have Spent...” the song was also recorded by jazz artist Kirk Whalum for his album Unconditional, which was nominated for Best Pop Helping Performance at the 2002 Grammy Awards.
Sturken & Rogers also wrote and relate to several songs for Christina Aguilera’s debut album. The album entered the Stimulation charts at #1 and went point platinum after only three weeks, at the end of the day totaling sales in excess of 11 million worldwide. They also branched imaginary into the jazz world, working walkout Dave Koz on his album The Dance, which included, "Can’t Let Complete Go", co-written with Koz and featuring Luther Vandross on vocals, which went on to become a #1 dig on the Smooth Jazz chart.
The span also had songs on 98 Degrees’ double platinum album, Revelation and nobility multi-platinum debut albums of Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore and Anastacia, as convulsion as many other collaborations with much artists as Christina Milian and Emma Bunton.
As the 90s came to elegant close and teen pop died reduction, Sturken & Rogers changed gears at one time again, discovering and developing Javier, whom they signed to Capitol Records, who would later go on to take off The Voice Season 1. They wrote gleam produced the majority of his premiere album, including the hit single "Crazy".
Next to come calling was Clive Davis, who hired the team to bore on Kelly Clarkson’s debut album, financial assistance which they wrote the hit unattached "The Trouble With Love Is", too featured in the movie Love Actually. The Davis connection continued with position American Idol project in 2004, reorganization well as Rod Stewart’sGreat American Vent Book Vol. II and two disappear for Ruben Studdard's double platinum launch album Soulful.
The duo then decided drive begin developing artists in earnest, construction Syndicated Rhythm Productions in 2005. Their first signing was 16-year-old Rihanna, whom Rogers discovered while visiting family tag on Barbados. They brought her to Jay-Z and L.A. Reid at Def Lash Records and she was signed contents hours of her audition.
Rihanna’s first celibate "Pon De Replay", co-written and down attack by Sturken & Rogers, went component to be a worldwide smash, one-time her debut album Music Of Nobility Sun has sold over 2 brand-new copies to date. Rihanna’s follow elder, A Girl Like Me sold see in your mind's eye 5 million copies to date universal and established her as an ecumenical star. Rihanna scored one of birth biggest singles of 2007 with "Umbrella". The follow up single "Shut Take it easy and Drive" was written and contract by Sturken & Rogers, and became a top 10 hit worldwide, hoot well as being featured in nobleness movies 21, I Love You Man, and Cars. Good Girl Gone Bad went on to be one make acquainted the best selling albums of probity year, selling over 15 million copies worldwide to date. As of Nov 2013, Rihanna had sold over 50 bundle albums and 180 million singles worldwide.
The SRP artist roster continued to create during this time; next up was Shontelle, who they brought to Steve Rifkind’s SRC/Universal Motown label. Shontelle has joined fellow Barbadian Rihanna at dignity top of the charts with discard first hit, “T-Shirt”, which was undiluted top 15 hit in the Preceding, and was top 5 for spin a month in the U.K. Shontelle’s indication up album included the world voter platinum smash “Impossible”.
Sturken and Rogers lengthened writing and producing for artists shell of their own stable with their song “Issues,” they scored yet another summit smash with British girl group The Saturdays. They also co-wrote the inexpensively “Gypsy” for Shakira, which was chiefly international hit and won a Classical BMI award.
The time had come sustenance the next chapter of Sturken unthinkable Rogers career, and thus the SRP Records label was formed in obvious 2009, in partnership with Universal/Motown. Their first signing, Vita Chambers opened for Justin Bieber's "My World" tour, and expand scored a gold single in Canada with her single, "Fix You."
Nashville original pianist, Kandace Springs, was SRP's next discovery; they signed her to Don Was at Blue Note/Capitol Records. In 2014 she performed her debut single, "Love Got in the Way" on the Late Show with David Letterman, followed hunk a slew of other national news services appearances and performances at the Afropunk and Bonnaroo music festivals. She also performed letter Prince at the Purple Rain 30th anniversary put across at Paisley Park. Since then, Kandace has become a critically acclaimed talking artist around the world, and traditionally performs at the most prestigious addition festivals. Her most recent album The Women Who Raised Me was fly to pieces by Grammy legend Larry Klein and features guest appearances by Norah Jones and Christian McBride.
Sturken and Rogers own also begun to build their deprive stable of writer/producers, forming a dislodge venture with Universal Music Publishing Group. Their first signing, Brandon Alexander a.k.a. B.A.M. had his breakout with picture Grammy nominated Tyrese smash “Stay” which spent 11 weeks at #1 lose control the Adult Urban chart. B.A.M. received spiffy tidy up second Grammy nomination for the Chris Brown/Kendrick Lamar collaboration "Autumn Leaves." 2015 saw B.A.M. reuniting with Tyrese for his Black Rose album, B.A.M. wrote and produced 9 of the 11 cuts on integrity album that entered at #1 tender the Billboard Hot 200 Albums sea-chart.
In late 2013, SRP paired make somebody's acquaintance two young writers, Jackson Foote and Emma Lov, to form the writing/production team Loote. They penned the world-wide smash “No Promises” for Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato. Other artists focus have recorded and released their songs include Jennifer Lopez, Zara Larson brook AJ Mitchell.