Bonnie McKee
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Bonnie Leigh McKee is a North American singer-songwriter
, formerly signed to Reprise Records
. She released her debut album Trouble
in 2004, which was a minor success. The single "Somebody" was included in the soundtrack to the 2004 comedy film Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
. As a songwriter McKee has enjoyed success writing international hit singles for Katy Perry
("California Gurls
" and "Teenage Dream
"), Taio Cruz
("Dynamite
") as well as Britney Spears
("Hold It Against Me").
, and spent her formative years in the Seattle area. Upon moving to Seattle, she joined the Seattle Girls Choir
. She toured Europe in 2000 as a member of its top Prime Voci choir, including a concert in Rome
at the request of Pope John Paul II
. She recorded two albums with the choir, including "Jackson Berkey Meets The Seattle Girls' Choir" and "Cantate 2000".
McKee's youth was somewhat unconventional. She attended the private high school, The Bush School, but amid failing most of her classes, and at the requests of parents concerned with the influence McKee would have on her classmates, she was kicked out before she could finish her freshman year. However, the week after her expulsion, The Bush School did allow her to participate in a program in which she spent a week in a recording studio with her classmates. This demo contained several songs that ended up on her album Trouble
, including the title track and "When it All Comes Down", the latter being inspired by her rejection from the school.
. This material, re-recorded, formed the core of her first major label album, Trouble released September 28, 2004. She gave the EP to a friend, who happened to babysit for a family with connections to the music industry in Los Angeles. Her EP sparked interest around town, and her song, "Somebody" fell into the hands of Nic Harcourt, who played it on Morning Becomes Eclectic, igniting a bidding war among the major labels.
Ultimately, McKee signed with Tom Whalley as his first artist as the CEO at Warner Brothers, and signed of one of the last 'big' record deals before the industry began to suffer.
At sixteen, McKee moved to Los Angeles on her own, and recorded her album with Rob Cavalo.
McKee's first major brush with national exposure came in the March 7, 2004 "Shoot the Moon" episode of the American Dreams
TV series, in which she portrayed Janis Joplin
. Her song "Somebody" was featured in the 2004 film Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
, garnering enough notice to cause her album to be released ahead of its (previously delayed) schedule.
There was lots of press, including interviews and shoots with Blender, Nylon, Interview, Paper, The Los Angeles Times and Teen People. She played on Jimmy Kimmel Live and was also featured on MTV's Buzzworthy, VH1's You Outta Know, and MTV's Pre-RL.
She toured nationally with Ryan Cabrera
in 2005.
In the non-fiction book "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson, McKee is used as an example of how the internet, specifically Yahoo's Launchcast service, forced Reprise to change how they marketed McKee. According to the book, Robin Bechtel, Warner Bros. and Reprise Records Head of New Media, tried to convince the label that because of the internet data, the label was marketing McKee to the wrong audience. Reprise was trying to target the adult contemporary audience (women in their 30s and 40s), but when an early track release on Launchcast revealed the song was a hit with a strong preteen, teen and 20-something female audience, Reprise gave McKee more 'edge' and targeted them instead. Even though McKee's single was a hit on the internet, Trouble sold fewer than 17,000 copies and got very little airplay. Bechtel pitched this story to Chris Anderson for his book.
.
She made an appearance on CSI: NY
in the episode "Help" alongside Alex Band
. McKee played a dead subway singer and performed her own songs including "Trouble" and "To Find You".
McKee collaborated with Dr. Luke
and Katy Perry
for Perry's second album, co-writing both of Perry's international hit singles, "California Gurls
" and "Teenage Dream
", both of which topped the Billboard Hot 100
, as well as "Last Friday Night". She co-wrote five songs for Britney Spears
's 2011 album, including the lead single, "Hold It Against Me
". McKee is also a co-writer on Taio Cruz
's hit single, "Dynamite
" found on the international edition of his second studio album, Rockstarr, and has written songs for Leighton Meester, Fefe Dobson, Miranda Cosgrove, and Elliot Yamin.
McKee is currently working on her second studio album. She is working with American producer Dr. Luke
, who is also the executive producer
of the album.
In an interview with alexkazemi.com, McKee said that she had worked with Kelly Clarkson
on her upcoming fifth studio album.
McKee appeared in Bravo's Platinum Hit
as a guest judge. On episode 6 (of season 1), she judged the challenge where the final seven contestants were tasked with writing a song about risk. She told the second place team that they should write pop song lyrics that a four-year-old could understand.
.
Number-one singles
Top 10 Hits
Interviews and Articles
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, formerly signed to Reprise Records
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...
. She released her debut album Trouble
Trouble (Bonnie McKee album)
Trouble is musical artist Bonnie McKee's debut album. The songs were written during her 14th and 15th years, and reflect events in her own life at that time...
in 2004, which was a minor success. The single "Somebody" was included in the soundtrack to the 2004 comedy film Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic and starring Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, and Josh Duhamel.- Plot :...
. As a songwriter McKee has enjoyed success writing international hit singles for Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
("California Gurls
California Gurls
"California Gurls" is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry and is the lead single of her third studio album, Teenage Dream. The song features rapper Snoop Dogg, and was produced by Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Benny Blanco. According to Perry, the song is an answer song to...
" and "Teenage Dream
Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song)
"Teenage Dream" is a song by American recording artist Katy Perry. It was released as the second single from her third studio album of the same name on July 23, 2010 through digital distribution. Perry and Bonnie McKee wrote many songs with a youthful theme in mind, but they were rejected by...
"), Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album Departure, which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the UK and earned him a MOBO Award nomination...
("Dynamite
Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)
"Dynamite" is the fourth single from English recording artist Taio Cruz's second album Rokstarr. It was written by Cruz, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, and Dr. Luke, and produced by Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco for the international version of Rokstarr. In the UK, the song was released as the first single...
") as well as Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
("Hold It Against Me").
Early life
McKee was born in Vacaville, CaliforniaVacaville, California
Vacaville, California is a city located in the northeastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area in Solano County. The city is nearly half way between Sacramento and San Francisco on I-80. It sits approximately from Sacramento, and from San Francisco...
, and spent her formative years in the Seattle area. Upon moving to Seattle, she joined the Seattle Girls Choir
Seattle Girls Choir
The Seattle Girls Choir was established in 1982 when Dr. Jerome L. Wright, Founder and Artistic Director, conceived the Choir School as a "junior conservatory" where young women from throughout the Puget Sound region could gather after school to develop their music education.Six levels of...
. She toured Europe in 2000 as a member of its top Prime Voci choir, including a concert in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
at the request of Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
. She recorded two albums with the choir, including "Jackson Berkey Meets The Seattle Girls' Choir" and "Cantate 2000".
McKee's youth was somewhat unconventional. She attended the private high school, The Bush School, but amid failing most of her classes, and at the requests of parents concerned with the influence McKee would have on her classmates, she was kicked out before she could finish her freshman year. However, the week after her expulsion, The Bush School did allow her to participate in a program in which she spent a week in a recording studio with her classmates. This demo contained several songs that ended up on her album Trouble
Trouble (Bonnie McKee album)
Trouble is musical artist Bonnie McKee's debut album. The songs were written during her 14th and 15th years, and reflect events in her own life at that time...
, including the title track and "When it All Comes Down", the latter being inspired by her rejection from the school.
2004–2005: Trouble
McKee had progressed to writing her own music by the time she was twelve. By fifteen she was performing on her own and had produced her own six-track EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
. This material, re-recorded, formed the core of her first major label album, Trouble released September 28, 2004. She gave the EP to a friend, who happened to babysit for a family with connections to the music industry in Los Angeles. Her EP sparked interest around town, and her song, "Somebody" fell into the hands of Nic Harcourt, who played it on Morning Becomes Eclectic, igniting a bidding war among the major labels.
Ultimately, McKee signed with Tom Whalley as his first artist as the CEO at Warner Brothers, and signed of one of the last 'big' record deals before the industry began to suffer.
At sixteen, McKee moved to Los Angeles on her own, and recorded her album with Rob Cavalo.
McKee's first major brush with national exposure came in the March 7, 2004 "Shoot the Moon" episode of the American Dreams
American Dreams
American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...
TV series, in which she portrayed Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
. Her song "Somebody" was featured in the 2004 film Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic and starring Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, and Josh Duhamel.- Plot :...
, garnering enough notice to cause her album to be released ahead of its (previously delayed) schedule.
There was lots of press, including interviews and shoots with Blender, Nylon, Interview, Paper, The Los Angeles Times and Teen People. She played on Jimmy Kimmel Live and was also featured on MTV's Buzzworthy, VH1's You Outta Know, and MTV's Pre-RL.
She toured nationally with Ryan Cabrera
Ryan Cabrera
Ryan Frank Cabrera is an American pop rock musician. In 2004, Cabrera debuted with his single "On the Way Down", a top ten hit in the U.S., and album Take It All Away...
in 2005.
In the non-fiction book "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson, McKee is used as an example of how the internet, specifically Yahoo's Launchcast service, forced Reprise to change how they marketed McKee. According to the book, Robin Bechtel, Warner Bros. and Reprise Records Head of New Media, tried to convince the label that because of the internet data, the label was marketing McKee to the wrong audience. Reprise was trying to target the adult contemporary audience (women in their 30s and 40s), but when an early track release on Launchcast revealed the song was a hit with a strong preteen, teen and 20-something female audience, Reprise gave McKee more 'edge' and targeted them instead. Even though McKee's single was a hit on the internet, Trouble sold fewer than 17,000 copies and got very little airplay. Bechtel pitched this story to Chris Anderson for his book.
2007–present: Acting, songwriting and second studio album
In mid 2007 McKee was dropped from Reprise. Feeling happy about her departure, she soon started recording new music and eventually got a supporting role in the film August RushAugust Rush
August Rush is a 2007 drama film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Paul Castro, Nick Castle, and James V. Hart, and produced by Richard Barton Lewis.-Plot:...
.
She made an appearance on CSI: NY
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
in the episode "Help" alongside Alex Band
Alex Band
Alex Band is an American musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his work in his former band The Calling and their signature song "Wherever You Will Go", which peaked at #3 on the Top 40 in 2001.Along with bandmate and fellow songwriter Aaron Kamin as part of The Calling, the pair achieved...
. McKee played a dead subway singer and performed her own songs including "Trouble" and "To Find You".
McKee collaborated with Dr. Luke
Dr. Luke
Lukasz Gottwald , better known as Dr. Luke, is an American songwriter, record producer, and remixer. Luke performed with the Saturday Night Live Band for ten seasons until 2007. He has co-written and co-produced a string of commercially successful songs...
and Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
for Perry's second album, co-writing both of Perry's international hit singles, "California Gurls
California Gurls
"California Gurls" is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry and is the lead single of her third studio album, Teenage Dream. The song features rapper Snoop Dogg, and was produced by Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Benny Blanco. According to Perry, the song is an answer song to...
" and "Teenage Dream
Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song)
"Teenage Dream" is a song by American recording artist Katy Perry. It was released as the second single from her third studio album of the same name on July 23, 2010 through digital distribution. Perry and Bonnie McKee wrote many songs with a youthful theme in mind, but they were rejected by...
", both of which topped the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, as well as "Last Friday Night". She co-wrote five songs for Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
's 2011 album, including the lead single, "Hold It Against Me
Hold It Against Me
"Hold It Against Me" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears, released as the first single from her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale. It was written and produced by Max Martin, Dr. Luke and Billboard, with additional writing by Bonnie McKee. Luke explained that he wanted "Hold It...
". McKee is also a co-writer on Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album Departure, which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the UK and earned him a MOBO Award nomination...
's hit single, "Dynamite
Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)
"Dynamite" is the fourth single from English recording artist Taio Cruz's second album Rokstarr. It was written by Cruz, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, and Dr. Luke, and produced by Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco for the international version of Rokstarr. In the UK, the song was released as the first single...
" found on the international edition of his second studio album, Rockstarr, and has written songs for Leighton Meester, Fefe Dobson, Miranda Cosgrove, and Elliot Yamin.
McKee is currently working on her second studio album. She is working with American producer Dr. Luke
Dr. Luke
Lukasz Gottwald , better known as Dr. Luke, is an American songwriter, record producer, and remixer. Luke performed with the Saturday Night Live Band for ten seasons until 2007. He has co-written and co-produced a string of commercially successful songs...
, who is also the executive producer
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
of the album.
In an interview with alexkazemi.com, McKee said that she had worked with Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...
on her upcoming fifth studio album.
McKee appeared in Bravo's Platinum Hit
Platinum Hit
Platinum Hit is a reality competition series on Bravo launched in 2011 in which 12 singer-songwriters compete through innovative songwriting challenges that will test their creativity, patience and drive. The series was created and produced by Evan Bogart...
as a guest judge. On episode 6 (of season 1), she judged the challenge where the final seven contestants were tasked with writing a song about risk. She told the second place team that they should write pop song lyrics that a four-year-old could understand.
Albums
| Title | Album details | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Trouble Trouble (Bonnie McKee album) Trouble is musical artist Bonnie McKee's debut album. The songs were written during her 14th and 15th years, and reflect events in her own life at that time... |
|
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Adult Top 40 |
|||
| "Somebody" | 2004 | 39 | Trouble Trouble (Bonnie McKee album) Trouble is musical artist Bonnie McKee's debut album. The songs were written during her 14th and 15th years, and reflect events in her own life at that time... |
Songwriting discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Miranda Cosgrove Miranda Cosgrove Miranda Taylor Cosgrove is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Her career began at the age of three, where she participated in television commercials. Cosgrove's film debut was in 2003, as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock... |
Sparks Fly Sparks Fly Sparks Fly is the debut studio album by American actress and pop singer-songwriter Miranda Cosgrove. The plans for the album were first announced in July 2008, and the album was released by Columbia Records on April 27, 2010 as a standard edition and a deluxe edition and Epic Records in India and... |
"There Will Be Tears" | Ammo Ammo (musician) Ammo is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. In November 2008, Ammo was signed to producer Dr. Luke's publishing company Prescription Songs as an exclusive producer and songwriter... , Allan Grigg |
| Taio Cruz Taio Cruz Taio Cruz is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album Departure, which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the UK and earned him a MOBO Award nomination... |
Rokstarr Rokstarr Rokstarr is the second studio album by English recording artist Taio Cruz. It was released on 12 October 2009 in the United Kingdom. On 11 June 2010, a revised version of the album was released in Europe and the United States, appearing as Cruz's debut album there... |
"Dynamite Dynamite (Taio Cruz song) "Dynamite" is the fourth single from English recording artist Taio Cruz's second album Rokstarr. It was written by Cruz, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, and Dr. Luke, and produced by Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco for the international version of Rokstarr. In the UK, the song was released as the first single... " |
Dr. Luke Dr. Luke Lukasz Gottwald , better known as Dr. Luke, is an American songwriter, record producer, and remixer. Luke performed with the Saturday Night Live Band for ten seasons until 2007. He has co-written and co-produced a string of commercially successful songs... , Max Martin Max Martin Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,... , Benny Blanco Benny Blanco Benjamin Levin , better known as Benny Blanco, is an American songwriter and producer from Reston, Virginia. He first came to the attention of Internet blogosphere producing a collaborative EP with Spank Rock. Working with producer Dr... , Taio Cruz |
|
| Katy Perry Katy Perry Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a... |
Teenage Dream Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album) Teenage Dream is the third studio album by American recording artist Katy Perry. It was released on August 24, 2010, through Capitol Records. The album's inspiration came from dance, pop, and rock by 1980s artists, including ABBA and The Cardigans. Perry worked with several writers and producers on... |
"Teenage Dream Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song) "Teenage Dream" is a song by American recording artist Katy Perry. It was released as the second single from her third studio album of the same name on July 23, 2010 through digital distribution. Perry and Bonnie McKee wrote many songs with a youthful theme in mind, but they were rejected by... " |
Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Benny Blanco | |
| "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) "Last Friday Night " is a song by American recording artist Katy Perry. The song was produced by Lukasz Gottwald and Max Martin, who also co-wrote the song with Perry and Bonnie McKee for Perry's third studio album, Teenage Dream. Perry stated that she was inspired to write the track after a night... " |
Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin | |||
| "California Gurls California Gurls "California Gurls" is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry and is the lead single of her third studio album, Teenage Dream. The song features rapper Snoop Dogg, and was produced by Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Benny Blanco. According to Perry, the song is an answer song to... " (featuring Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school... ) |
Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Benny Blanco, Snoop Dogg | |||
| Fefe Dobson Fefe Dobson Felicia Lily "Fefe" Dobson is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her self-titled debut album earned her two Juno Award nominations. Her second album, Sunday Love, was not released and she was terminated from her recording company... |
Joy Joy (Fefe Dobson album) Joy is the second studio album to be released by Canadian singer-songwriter Fefe Dobson, and third studio album to be recorded. It was released on November 22, 2010 after taking almost four years to complete. It candidly follows Dobson's evolution as an artist as well as transition from the indie... |
"Thanks for Nothing" | Fefe Dobson, Josh Abraham, Luke Walker | |
| 2011 | Britney Spears Britney Spears Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album... |
Femme Fatale Femme Fatale (Britney Spears album) Femme Fatale is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Britney Spears. The album was released on March 25, 2011 by Jive Records . Recorded between 2009 and 2011, the album featured Spears working mainly alongside longtime collaborators Max Martin and Dr. Luke, who served as the... |
"Hold It Against Me Hold It Against Me "Hold It Against Me" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears, released as the first single from her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale. It was written and produced by Max Martin, Dr. Luke and Billboard, with additional writing by Bonnie McKee. Luke explained that he wanted "Hold It... " |
Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Billboard Billboard (producer) Mathieu Jomphe, better known as Billboard, is a Canadian songwriter and record producer, and remixer from Montreal. His productions include dance-pop as well as dubstep influences. He has produced for international artists such as Britney Spears, Kesha and Robyn.-Discography:-External links:* at... |
| "Inside Out" | Max Martin Max Martin Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,... , Lukasz Gottwald, Mathieu Jomphe, Jacob Kasher Hindlin |
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| "How I Roll" | Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Magnus Lidehäll, Pontus Winnberg, Nicole Morier | |||
| Namie Amuro Namie Amuro is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's... |
Checkmate! Checkmate! (Namie Amuro album) Checkmate! is a compilation album by Japanese pop/R&B musician Namie Amuro, featuring a collection of her compilation songs with other musicians released between 2003 and 2011, as well as four unpublished collaboration songs... |
"make it happen" (feat. AFTERSCHOOL After School (band) After School is a South Korean girl group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2009. They are the first group to debut with a unique admissions and graduation concept in Korea, where members are added or withdrawn in a “natural” manner... ) |
DOUBLE Double (singer) Double is the stage name for Japanese R&B singer . Double used to be the name for the two member R&B group consisting of Takako and her sister Sachiko. After the death of her sister in May 1999, Takako started her solo career adopting Double as her stage name... , Jörgen Elofsson Jörgen Elofsson Jörgen Kjell Elofsson is a Swedish songwriter who has written or co-written hits for stars such as Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Guy Sebastian, Ana Johnsson, Marie Serneholt, Shayne Ward and Super Junior. He has also written hit singles for groups such as Il Divo and Westlife... , Erik Lidbom |
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| Kelly Clarkson Kelly Clarkson Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,... |
Stronger Stronger (Kelly Clarkson album) Stronger is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson. The album was released on October 21, 2011 in Australia and October 24, 2011 in the United States and the United Kingdom through RCA Records... |
"Hello" | Kelly Clarkson, Josh Abraham Josh Abraham Josh Abraham is a Grammy-winning record producer and co-owner of Pulse Management and Check Your Pulse Publishing. He has produced songs and albums for many of the industry's most successful artists such as Velvet Revolver, 30 Seconds to Mars, Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson and Courtney Love... , Oliver Goldstein, Bonnie McKee |
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| "Alone" | Josh Abraham, Oliver Goldstein, Bonnie McKee, Ryan Williams |
Top Ten Singles
The following singles peaked inside the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
.
Number-one singles
- "California Gurls"
- "Teenage Dream"
- "Hold It Against Me"
- "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
Top 10 Hits
- "Dynamite"
External links
Official information- Reprise Records: 2003 EPK; Retrieved December 6, 2004
- Reprise Records: Artist Spotlight: Bonnie McKee; Retrieved December 6, 2004
- NBC: American Dreams Episode Guide, Season 2 Episode 215, Shoot The Moon 8/7pm 3/07/04; Retrieved December 6, 2004
Interviews and Articles
- Jones, Oliver: Coming Attraction: Bonnie McKee Blender, October 2003; Retrieved December 6, 2004
- Mooallem, Steven: [Bonnie McKee: the ingenue who turned her messed-up life into music - Music Prediction - Interview] Interview, November 2003; Retrieved December 6, 2004
- Elliot, Russell W.: Bonnie McKee; Trouble; interview and album review Musical Discoveries, July 24, 2004; Retrieved December 6, 2004
- Monger, James Christopher: [ Bonnie McKee Biography] AMG, 2004; Retrieved December 6, 2004
- Tate, Natalie: [Bursting through stereotypes; Singer-songwriter brings maturity, depth to ‘bubblegum’ pop star image] UCLA Daily Bruin, December 2, 2004; Retrieved December 6, 2004
- Lieberman, Sara: [It Girl: Bonnie McKee] Alloy, September 29, 2004; Retrieved December 6, 2004