Stargate production discography
Stargate production discography |
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Stargate (sometimes written as StarGate) is a Norwegian record production and songwriting team, consisting of Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen (often credited as Mikkel SE) working today in the genres of pop, R&B and hip hop, based in New York City.
Their breakthrough single in the United States was the Billboard Hot 100 #1 "So Sick" by Ne-Yo, which they produced and co-wrote with Ne-Yo. The follow-up was "Sexy Love", also a US Top 10 single. Stargate worked with Ne-Yo co-writing and producing Rihanna´s hit "Unfaithful", which reached #6 on the Hot 100, #1 in Europe, and top 5 in 22 countries. They also produced and co-wrote the US #1 single "Irreplaceable" for Beyoncé, topping the Hot 100 for ten consecutive weeks, becoming the biggest song of 2007 on the Hot 100 Billboard Year End Chart 2007.
In May 2008 the Rihanna-single "Take A Bow" became the production-team's third US #1 and fifth UK #1.
Background
Stargate started their successful career as producers in Trondheim, Norway in 1997. The production team were particularly successful on the British market with many Top 10 hits in the UK for artists such as Blue, Misteeq and Atomic Kitten.
In 2005, Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen relocated to New York, and quickly established themselves as associates of the hottest Hip Hop/R&B acts on the US market. The third original member, Hallgeir Rustan, remains a producer in Norway.
Notable Collaborations and Awards
They also wrote and produced Lionel Richie's "I Call It Love". Aside from mainstream production, they also co-wrote and produced the Nas track "Not Going Back" (featuring Kelis) from the rapper's latest album "Hip Hop Is Dead".
Stargate were the #1 Hot Producers on the Billboard Year End Chart 2006. Stargate received a Norwegian Grammy (Spellemann) in 2007. As songwriters Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen received three awards at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2007 in Los Angeles, for the songs "So Sick" and "Sexy Love" with Ne-Yo and "Unfaithful" with Rihanna, and two awards at the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards 2007 for "So Sick" and "Sexy Love".
They were named ASCAP/PRS Songwriters of the Year 2007 in London, receiving 9 awards including Song of the Year for "So Sick".
At the ASCAP Pop Awards 2008 Hermansen and Eriksen received five awards for most performed works.
Stargate were named Hitmakers of the Year in Rolling Stone Magazine´s "Best of Rock 2008".
In 2007 "Beautiful Liar" with Beyoncé and Shakira became another hit for the production team, hitting #1 in more than 10 countries, including UK and Europe. The song earned Hermansen and Eriksen the Ivor Novello Award for Best Selling British song (co-writers Amanda Ghost and Ian Dench being British).
Stargate also produced and wrote “American Idol” Season Six winner, Jordin Sparks' first single, “Tattoo” (US Top 10), and Rihanna's singles "Hate That I Love You" (US Top 10) and "Don't Stop The Music" (US Top 3, #1 Eurochart).
Their tenth US Top 10 single came with the Chris Brown-song "With You" in January 2008, which they produced and co-wrote with Johnta Austin, Espen Lind and Amund Bjorklund. That same week Stargate had four songs in the US Top 20 ("With You" #4, "Don´t Stop The Music"#7, "Tattoo" #12 and "Hate That I Love You"#19).
Stargate then went on to write and produce "Angel", a song on Leona Lewis's UK #1 album Spirit, and two songs for the Mary J Blige album "Growing Pains", "Fade Away" and "What Love Is". "Growing Pains" was the first US #1 album of 2008.
Eriksen and Hermansen received Grammy nominations for five separate songs in six categories for the 2008 Grammy Awards, including Record Of The Year for "Irreplaceable", Best R&B Song for "Hate That I Love You" and Best Dance Record for "Don't Stop The Music".
Stargate just recently finished producing "Bye, Bye", and "I'm That Chick" for Mariah Carey's new album E=MC² released April 15, 2008.
Stargate and long time writing partner Ne-Yo has also recently been in the studio with Usher, Beyoncé and Lindsay Lohan for thems new album.
Partial Discography
Number-one songs produced by Stargate
Year | Song | Artist | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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WW | US | UK | AUS | CAN | IRL | NZ | GER | FRA | ||||
2000 | "Thank God I Found You (remix)" | Mariah Carey | 8 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 2 | - | - | 28 | 28 | Rainbow |
2002 | "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" (feat. Elton John) | Blue | 5 | - | 1 | 43 | - | ? | - | 3 | 6 | One Love |
2006 | "So Sick" | Ne-Yo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | In My Own Words |
"Irreplaceable" | Beyoncé | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | B'Day | |
2007 | "Beautiful Liar" (feat. Shakira) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
"Because Of You" | Ne-Yo | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 30 | - | Because Of You | |
"Don't Stop the Music" | Rihanna | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Good Girl Gone Bad | |
"With You" | Chris Brown | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 11 | Exclusive | |
2008 | "Take A Bow" | Rihanna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | Good Girl Gone Bad |
"Closer" | Ne-Yo | 5 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | Year of the Gentleman | |
Total number-one hits | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
Total top ten hits | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
1999
5ive - Invincible
- 05. Two Sides To Every Story
- 06. You Make Me A Better Man
Noora Noor - Curious
- 01. Curious
- 03. Something To Remember
- 04. This Is What We Like
- 05. Official
- 06. Hittin' On My Friend
- 07. I Wonder Why
- 08. Speaker Phone
- 10. Nobody's Business
- 11. Love But Leave
- 12. What About Love
Shola Ama - In Return
- 01. Still Believe
- 14. Queen For A Day
S Club 7 - S Club
- 03. Two In A Million
- 04. S Club Party
- 06. Viva La Fiesta
- 09. Friday Night
- 11. Hope For The Future
2000
Cleopatra - Steppin' Out
- 03. U Got It
- 10. You Can't Be In My Life
- 11. Bingo My Love
Toploader - Onka's Big Moka
2001
Mis-Teeq - Lickin' On Both Sides
- 01. One Night Stand
Mikaila - Mikaila
- 01. So In Love With Two
- 06. It's All Up To You
- 08. My Dream Is Gone
- 11. Because Of You
Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You
- 07. Always Come Back to Your Love
- 12. Stand By Your Side
Cher - Living Proof
- 05. Rain, Rain
- 09. Real Love
Blue - All Rise
2002
Holly Valance - Footprints
- 01. Kiss Kiss
Blue - One Love
- 01. One Love
- 02. Riders
- 04. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (feat. Elton John)
- 05. She Told Me
- 07. U Make Me Wanna
- 08. Ain't Got You
Atomic Kitten - Feels So Good
- 01. It's OK!
2003
Mis-Teeq - Eye Candy
- 02. Scandalous
Atomic Kitten - Ladies Night
- 02. Be With You
- 07. The Last Goodbye
Blue - Guilty
- 06. When Summer's Gone
- 07. Alive
Lemar - Dedicated
- 04. 50/50
2004
Javine - Surrender
- 01. Real Things
- 03. Don't Walk Away
- 09. Surrender (Your Love)
2005
Sandra Lyng Haugen - Døgnvill
- 02. Alt jeg vil ha
- 03. Lykken er
Rihanna - Music of the Sun
- 09. Let Me
2006
Ne-Yo - In My Own Words
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me
- 03. Unfaithful
- 04. We Ride
Jeannie Ortega - No Place Like BKLYN
- 04. Crowded
Jessica Simpson - A Public Affair
- 11. I Don't Want To Care
- 14. I Belong To Me
Paula DeAnda - Paula DeAnda
- 02. Walk Away (Remember Me) (ft. The DEY)
- 06. So Cold
Beyonce - B'Day (deluxe edition)
- 01. Beautiful Liar (feat. Shakira)
- 02. Irreplaceable
- 10. If
Lionel Richie - Coming Home
- 01. I Call It Love
Mario Vazquez - Mario Vazquez
- 01. Gallery
- 02. I Bet
- 05. We Gon' Last
- 08. Fired Up
JoJo - The High Road
- 09. Let It Rain
Ruben Studdard - The Return
- 06. One Side
Simon Webbe - Grace
- 13. Lay Your Hands
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
- 08. Not Going Back (feat. Kelis)
2007
Elliott Yamin - Elliott Yamin
- 02. Wait for You
- 04. One Word
Huey - Notebook Paper
- 12. Nobody Loves the Hood
Joe - Ain't Nothin' Like Me
- 02. If I Was Your Man
- 08. It's Me
Ne-Yo - Because of You
- 01. Because of You
- 12. Go On Girl
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
- 03. Don't Stop The Music
- 06. Hate That I Love You (feat. Ne-Yo)
- 12. Good Girl Gone Bad
- 13. Cry (Bonus track)
Enrique Iglesias - Insomniac
- 05. On Top Of You
The D.E.Y. - The DEY Has Come EP
- 03. No Looking Back
Trey Songz - Trey Day
- 06. Can't Help But Wait
- 11. Missin' You
Chris Brown - Exclusive
- 04. With You
Leona Lewis - Spirit
- 08. Angel
Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks
- 01. Tattoo
- 04. Freeze
- 08. Just For the Record
- 13. Virginia For Lovers (Bonus track)
Mario - Go!
- 04. How Do I Breathe
Mary J Blige - Growing Pains
- 10. Fade Away
- 11. What Love Is
2008
Janet Jackson - Discipline
- 08. 2nite
Mariah Carey - E=MC²
- 06. I'm That Chick
- 13. Bye Bye
Kelly Rowland - Ms. Kelly Deluxe
- 04. Broken
Usher - Here I Stand
- 12. His Mistakes
- 14. What's a Man to Do
Sean Garrett - Turbo 919
- 7. Lay Up Under Me
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
- 13. Take A Bow
Prima J - Prima J
Nas - Untitled (July 15, 2008)
- 06. America
Upcoming
Letoya Luckett - TBA (November 2008)
- 00. Lookin' Away
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman (September 16, 2008)
- 01. Closer
- 02. So You Can Cry
- 03. Miss Independent
- 04. Nobody
Michelle Williams - Unexpected (August 12, 2008)
- 09. Stop This Car
Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson (September 30, 2008)
- 00. Spotlight
Lindsay Lohan - Spirit in the Dark (November 4, 2008)
- 01. Bossy
Beyonce - TBA (November 2008)
- 00. Untitled
R. Kelly - 12 Play: Fourth Quarter (2008)
- 00. Untitled (duets with Ne-Yo)
Utada Hikaru - TBA (2008)*
- 00. Apple and Cinnamon (Legal Title)
A. J. McLean - AJ McLean's Debut album (2008)
- 00. Untitled
Blackstreet - Back 2 Da BLACKstreets (2008)
- 00. Untitled (produced with Ne-Yo)
Mario - TBA (2008)
- 00. Crazy Kind of Love
- 01. I Choose You
- 02. Stuttering
Monica - TBA (2008)
- 00. Untitled
Michael Jackson - King of Pop (August 29, 2008)
- 00. Untitled
Singles Produced By Stargate
- 2006: "So Sick" (Ne-Yo)
- 2006: "Unfaithful" (Rihanna)
- 2006: "Sexy Love" (Ne-Yo)
- 2006: "Walk Away (Remember Me)" (Paula DeAnda featuring The D.E.Y.)
- 2006: "We Ride" (Rihanna)
- 2006: "Irreplaceable" (Beyonce)
- 2007: "Wait For You" (Elliott Yamin)
- 2007: "If I Was Your Man" (Joe)
- 2007: "Beautiful Liar" (Beyonce featuring Shakira)
- 2007: "How Do I Breathe" (Mario)
- 2007: "Can't Help But Wait" (Trey Songz)
- 2007: "Hate That I Love You" (Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo)
- 2007: "Tattoo" (Jordin Sparks)
- 2007: "Don't Stop The Music" (Rihanna)
- 2007: "With You" (Chris Brown)
- 2008: "Take A Bow" (Rihanna)
- 2008: "Bye Bye" (Mariah Carey)
- 2008: "Closer" (Ne-Yo)
- 2008: "Bossy" (Lindsay Lohan)
- 2008: "Spotlight" (Jennifer Hudson)