Fred Ball (producer) explained

Fred Ball
Birth Name:Fredrik William Ball
Birth Place:Fredrikstad, Norway

Fredrik William Ball (born 5 June 1977)[1] is a Norwegian record producer, songwriter and record executive living in London. He is originally from Fredrikstad in Norway.

His production and writing credits include songs performed by Rihanna, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Eminem, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, Zara Larsson, Jessie Reyez, Little Mix, Raye, Jessie Ware, Anne-Marie, Toni Braxton, Bernhoft, J Balvin and more. He's been nominated five times for a Grammy (Best R&B Album 2015, Best Urban Contemporary Album 2017, Best R&B Album 2019, Best Urban Contemporary Album 2019, Best Urban Contemporary Album 2020)

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.[2] It featured artists such as Justine Frischmann, Ed Harcourt and Dr. Fink. Pleasure launched the start of Ball¹s songwriting and production career.[3]

Ball co-wrote and produced the single "Love on the Brain" for Rihanna's album Anti.[4] "Love on the Brain" peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard called it "The Most Influential Pop Single of 2017." It's been certified 5 times platinum in the US. In March 2017 Billboard listed Ball as number 8 in the "Hot 100 Top 10 Producers".

In June 2018, Ball contributed as a producer on three songs ("713", "Friends" and "Heard about us") for Jay-Z and Beyoncé's collaborative studio album "Everything Is Love".

Ball produced "Nice Guy feat. Jessie Reyez" on Eminem's album Kamikaze, surprise released 31 August 2018.He also produced "One Mo' Gen" on Mariah Carey's critically acclaimed album "Caution".

Ball is published by Concord Music Publishing and managed by Roc Nation.[5]

Production/writing discography

Umi

J Balvin feat. Usher, Dj Khaled

Madison Beer

Zak Abel

Kito x Grimes

Shenseea

Kamal

Ruel

Louis Tomlinson

Debbie

Dodgr

Emeli Sande

Nemahsis

Alicia Keys

Harloe

Ray BLK

Olivia Dean

Anne-Marie

Zara Larsson

Sam Dew

Harry Hudson

Astrid S

Jessie Reyez

Harloe

Mura Masa

Adam Lambert

Au/Ra

Maeta

Raye

JC Stewart

Kevin Garrett

Roses Gabor

Mariah Carey

They.

Eminem

Jessie Reyez

Beyonce & Jay-Z (The Carters)

Anne Marie

Prince Charlez

Justine Skye

Madison Beer

Frank Walker (ft. Emely Warren)

Nina Nesbitt

Rihanna

Toni Braxton

Zara Larsson

Jessie Ware

Petite Meller

Astrid S

All Saints

Betsy

Toby Randall

Samuel Larsen

Leo Stannard

Pleasure

Pleasure II

Little Boots

Bernhoft

Cerys Matthews

KT Tunstall

Little Mix

Daley

Sophie Ellis Bextor

JLS

Pixie Lott

Samsaya

Kylie Minogue

Brett Anderson

Bertine Zetlitz

Emmanuelle Seigner

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fred Ball - MusicBrainz . 2022-05-22 . musicbrainz.org.
  2. Web site: Pop: The Pleasure is all ours – The Sunday Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220074134/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/article223909.ece. dead. 20 December 2016. .
  3. Web site: Pleasure – Pleasure – Credits – AllMusic. .
  4. Web site: Fred Ball – Credits – AllMusic. .
  5. Web site: Fred Ball – ROCNATION.
  6. Web site: Bernhoft: – Føler at jeg har vunnet.

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