Cirkut (record producer)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Henry Russell Walter |
| Born | April 23, 1985/1986 (age 32–33)[1] |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter |
Henry Russell Walter (born April 23, 1986), known professionally as Cirkut, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter. He has co-produced and co-written for Rihanna, The Weeknd, Britney Spears, Jessie J, Kesha, Shakira, Nicki Minaj, B.o.B, and Lil Wayne, and songs he has written and produced include the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles "Part of Me", "Roar", and "Dark Horse" by Katy Perry, and "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus.[2][3]
Contents
1 Life and career
2 Discography
3 Awards and nominations
4 References
5 Further reading
6 External links
Life and career
Walter was raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia and moved to Toronto in 2004. He co-produced the Britney Spears song "Mmm Papi" which appeared on her 2008 album Circus.[4] He sent it as an instrumental track to Kobalt Music Group via their attorney Chris Taylor, where songwriter Nicole Morier began using it to write with Britney Spears.[5]
Walter opened Dream House Studios in Toronto. He then relocated to Los Angeles, California.[6] He co-produced "Part of Me", the title song to Katy Perry's 2012 concert film Katy Perry: Part of Me. Walter was also responsible for producing and co-writing The Weeknd's track "High for This". He recently co-produced and co-wrote 9 songs on The Weeknd's album Starboy.
Discography
| Title | Year | Album | Writer | Producer | Remix |
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| "Mmm Papi"[4] | 2008 | Britney Spears – Circus |  Y | Y | |
| "Blow (Cirkut Remix)" | 2011 | Kesha – I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album | Y | Y | Y |
| "Seal It with a Kiss" | Britney Spears – Femme Fatale | Y | Y | ||
| "High For This" | The Weeknd – House of Balloons | Y | Y | ||
| "Wild Heart", "Where They Do That At" | Sabi – Upcoming Debut Album | Y | Y | ||
| "Domino" | Jessie J – Who You Are | Y | Y | ||
| "Domino" | Jessie J – Domino EP | Y | Y | ||
| "Good Feeling" | Flo Rida – Wild Ones | Y | Y | ||
| "Hangover", "Tattoo"[7] | Taio Cruz – TY.O | Y | Y | ||
| "You Da One", "Where Have You Been" | Rihanna – Talk That Talk[8] | Y | Y | ||
| "Turn All The Lights On" | T-Pain – Revolver | Y | Y | ||
| "Never Close Our Eyes", "Better Than I Know Myself"[9] | 2012 | Adam Lambert – Trespassing | Y | Y | |
| "Part of Me", "Wide Awake" | Katy Perry – Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection | Y | Y | ||
| "Problem (The Monster Remix)" | Becky G – Hotel Transylvania Soundtrack | Y | Y | ||
| "Young Forever", "Va Va Voom", "Masquerade" | Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded | Y | Y | ||
| "Brokenhearted"[10] | Karmin – Hello | Y | Y | ||
| "Both of Us" (featuring Taylor Swift), "Strange Clouds" (featuring Lil Wayne), "Arena" (featuring T.I. & Chris Brown)[11] | B.o.B – Strange Clouds | Y | Y | ||
| "Primadonna", "Lies", "How To Be A Heartbreaker"[12] | Marina and the Diamonds – Electra Heart | Y | Y | ||
| "One More Time" | Baby E – Upcoming Debut Album | Y | Y | ||
| "High For This" | The Weeknd – Trilogy | Y | Y | ||
| "Wish U Were Here" | Cody Simpson feat Becky G – Paradise | Y | Y | ||
| "Rock Me" | One Direction – Take Me Home | Y | Y | ||
| "Oath" (featuring Becky G) | Cher Lloyd feat Becky G – Sticks + Stones | Y | Y | ||
| "Warrior", "Die Young", "C'mon", "Thinking of You", "Crazy Kids", "Wherever You Are", "Dirty Love", "Wonderland", "Only Wanna Dance With You", "Supernatural", "Gold Trans Am", "Last Goodbye" | Kesha – Warrior | Y | Y | ||
| "Till The World Ends (Twister Remix)" | Britney Spears – Single | Y | Y | Y | |
| "High For This" | Ellie Goulding – Halcyon | Y | Y | ||
| "Die Young", "Supernatural" | Kesha – Deconstructed | Y | |||
| "Geekin'" | 2013 | will.i.am – #willpower | Y | ||
| "Fall Down" (featuring Miley Cyrus) | will.i.am – #willpower | Y | Y | ||
| "Ooh La La" | Britney Spears – Music From and Inspired by the Smurfs 2 | Y | Y | ||
| "Vacation" | G.R.L. – Music From and Inspired by the Smurfs 2 | Y | Y | ||
| "Walks Like Rihanna" | The Wanted – Word of Mouth | Y | Y | ||
| "Play It Again", "Can't Get Enough" (featuring Pitbull), "Zoomin' Zoomin", "Built for This", "Lovin' What You Do" | Becky G – Play It Again (EP) | Y | Y | ||
| "Roar", "Legendary Lovers", "Birthday", "Unconditionally", "Dark Horse" (featuring Juicy J), "International Smile", "Ghost" | Katy Perry – Prism | Y | Y | ||
| "Wrecking Ball" | Miley Cyrus – Bangerz | Y | Y | ||
| "Harder We Fall", "Excuse My Rude", "Gold" | Jessie J – Alive | Y | Y | ||
| "Smokin Rollin", "Bounce It" | Juicy J – Stay Trippy | Y | Y | ||
| "Give It 2 U" | Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines | Y | Y | ||
| "Brightest Morning Star" | Britney Spears – Britney Jean | Y | Y | ||
| "Timber" (featuring Kesha) | Pitbull – Global Warming: Meltdown | Y | Y | ||
| "Show Me What You Got", "Ugly Heart", "Rewind" | 2014 | G.R.L. – G.R.L. | Y | Y | |
| 3BallMTY – Quiero Bailar (All Through The Night) | Globall | Y | Y | ||
| "Dare (La La La)" | Shakira – Shakira | Y | Y | ||
| "La La La (Brazil 2014)", "We Are One (Ole Ola)" | Shakira – One Love, One Rhythm - The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album | Y | Y | ||
| "La La La (Brazil 2014)", "We Are One (Ole Ola)" | Pitbull – One Love, One Rhythm - The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album | Y | Y | ||
| "Wild Wild Love" (featuring G.R.L.) | Pitbull – Globalization | Y | Y | ||
| "Zipper" | Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty | Y | Y | ||
| "Shower", "Can't Stop Dancin'", "Can't Get Enough (Spanish Version)" | Becky G – TBA | Y | Y | ||
| "I Don't Mind" | Usher – UR | Y | Y | ||
| "Get on Your Knees" (featuring Ariana Grande), "Only (featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown)", "Trini Dem Girls" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis), "The Night is Still Young", "Pills N Potions" | Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint | Y | Y | ||
| "She Knows" | Ne-Yo – Non-Fiction | Y | Y | ||
| "Stayin Out All Night" | Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood | Y | Y | ||
| "Sugar" | Maroon 5 – V | Y | Y | ||
| "Low" (featuring Nicki Minaj, Lil Bibby and Young Thug), | Juicy J – The Hustle Continues | Y | Y | ||
| "Never Been In Love", "One More" | Elliphant – One More | Y | Y | ||
| "Completement Fou", "Coca Sans Bulles", "Florence En Italie", "Un Jour Viendra" | Yelle – Complètement fou | Y | Y | ||
| "This Is How We Roll" | 2015 | Fifth Harmony – Reflection | Y | Y | |
| "Lighthouse" | G.R.L. – TBA | Y | Y | ||
| "Dance Like We're Makin' Love", "Give Me Love", "Lullaby", "Kiss N Tell", "Special Edition" | Ciara – Jackie | Y | Y | ||
| "Best People In The World" | Elliphant – TBA | Y | Y | ||
| "The Water Dance" | Chris Porter – The Water Dance | Y | Y | ||
| "Once in a Lifetime" | Flo Rida – My House | Y | Y | ||
| "Like This", "Locked Away" (featuring Adam Levine), "Checking for You", "Take You Down", "Broadway", "Over", "Make Up", "Again", "Live By The Gun", "Slave To The Dollar", "Save My Soul", "Crazy Love", "Don't You Worry", "Our Story" | R. City – What Dreams Are Made Of | Y | Y | ||
| "Marching Band" (featuring Juicy J) | R. Kelly – The Buffet | Y | Y | ||
| "Lovin' So Hard", "Break a Sweat", "You Love It" | Becky G – TBA | Y | Y | ||
| "Everybody" (featuring Azealia Banks), "Love Me Badder" | Elliphant – Living Life Golden | Y | Y | ||
| "Whip It!" (featuring Chloe Angelides), "Ain't Too Cool" | Lunchmoney Lewis – TBA | Y | Y | ||
| "Ain't Your Mama" | 2016 | Jennifer Lopez – TBA | Y | Y | |
| "Greenlight" (featuring Flo Rida & LunchMoney Lewis) | Pitbull – Climate Change | Y | Y | ||
| "Guys My Age" | Hey Violet – From the Outside | Y | |||
| "Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk), "False Alarm", "Reminder", "Secrets", "Six Feet Under", "Ordinary Life", "Nothing Without You", "I Feel It Coming" (featuring Daft Punk) | The Weeknd – Starboy | Y | Y | ||
| "I Don't Want It At All", "Slow It Down" | 2017 | Kim Petras – TBA | Y | Y | |
| "All Night" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis) | Big Boi – Boomiverse | Y | Y | ||
| "Ugly" | Jaira Burns – TBA | Y | Y | ||
| "A Little Work" | Fergie – Double Dutchess | Y | Y | ||
| "Bang Bang" (featuring R. City, Selah Sue and Craig David) | DJ Fresh,Diplo – TBA | Y | |||
| "Girls Like You" (featuring Cardi B) | 2018 | Maroon 5 – Red Pill Blues | Y | Y | |
| "Savior" (featuring Quavo) | Iggy Azalea – TBA | Y | Y | ||
| "Hurt You" (featuring Gesaffelstein) | The Weeknd – My Dear Melancholy, | Y | Y | ||
| "Heart to Break", "Can't Do Better", "All the Time" | Kim Petras – TBA | Y | Y | ||
| "Any Weather" | Birdman – Birdman presents: Before Anythang (Soundtrack) | Y | Y | ||
| "Nights Like These", "On Ur Mind", "Ocean Sure" | Ne-Yo – Good Man | Y | Y | ||
| "Animal", "Priceless" | Trey Songz – Tremaine the Album | Y | Y | ||
| "Come See About Me" | Nicki Minaj – Queen | Y | Y | ||
| "Creep On Me" (featuring French Montana & DJ Snake) | Gashi – TBA | Y | Y | ||
| "Treasure Island" | Azealia Banks – Fantasea II: The Second Wave | Y | Y | ||
| "Sweet but Psycho"[13] | Ava Max – TBA | Y | Y |
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards- 2014: Song of the Year - "Roar" - Katy Perry (Nominated)
- 2015: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - "Dark Horse" - Katy Perry ft. Juicy J (Nominated)
- 2018: Urban Contemporary Album - “Starboy” - The Weeknd (Won)
Juno Awards- 2014: Jack Richardson Producer of the Year (Won)
- 2015: Songwriter of the Year (Nominated)
References
^ Seabroke, John (October 14, 2013). "The Doctor Is In". The New Yorker. pp. 44–56..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Number one singles". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com - Henry Walter". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ ab "Mmm Papi". Retrieved July 18, 2018.
^ Nemetz, Andrea (December 3, 2008). "Canadian trio behind Spears tune Mmm Papi". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ Gormely, Ian (April 2013). "The Dreamhouse". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ "Taio Cruz - TY.O". Discogs. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "Track Review: Rihanna, 'Where Have You Been'". Billboard. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "Track Review: Adam Lambert, 'Better Than I Know Myself'". Billboard. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "Broken Hearted". Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
^ "Strange Clouds". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity". MTV News. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "Atlantic Records Press | Ava Max". press.atlanticrecords.com. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
Further reading
- Lamberts Blog
- Thread about Adam Lambert
External links
Cirkut on Twitter
- Dream House Studios
- Dream Machine Music website
- Dream Machine Publishing
- Prescription Songs
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