Andrew Lane is a pop-hip hop-R&B record producer and songwriter. He was born in
San Diego
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, California.
Lane has worked with artists such as
Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys (often abbreviated as BSB) are an American vocal group consisting of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson (musician), Kevin Richardson. The band formed in 1993 in Orlando, Flori ...
and
Irene Cara
Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022) was an American singer and actress who rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film '' Fame'', and for recording the film's title song " Fame", which reach ...
. As a producer and songwriter, Lane has received gold and platinum accreditations for his work with R&B artists Speech,
Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat (born July 22, 1961) is an American singer, producer and songwriter. An early figure in the new jack swing musical movement, he is known for his collection of hits including "I Want Her," "Make It Last Forever (song), Make It Last For ...
, and
Alsou
Alsou Ralifovna Abramova (; ; ; born 27 June 1983), better known by the mononym Alsou, is a Russian singer. She represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in which she came second with the song ''Solo'' right after Denmark, giving ...
. He also worked on the platinum-accredited records ''
High School Musical
''High School Musical'' is a 2006 American Musical film, musical television film produced by and aired on Disney Channel as part of the network's List of Disney Channel original films, slate of original television films. The first installmen ...
'',
Hannah Montana
''Hannah Montana'' is an American teen sitcom created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, and Barry O'Brien that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between March2006 and January2011. The series centers on Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cy ...
,
Disneymania 4
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, and
Manny Fresh.
2012 Billboard Awards Winning producer Andrew Lane has teamed up with MP3 Music Awards to offer US Demo Recording contracts to the 2012 BUA Award Winner - Best Unsigned Act
In 1995, Lane relocated to
Atlanta
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, Georgia, and formed the company Drew Right Music, Inc. In the fall of 1998, Lane received a producing-songwriting credit for three songs on Keith Sweat's ''Didn't See Me Coming'' album.
Between 1998 and 2001, Lane produced and wrote songs for Universal, Elektra. and EMI.
In 2000, Lane wrote "
Solo
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* Han Solo, a ''Star Wars'' character
* Jacen Solo, a Jedi in the non-canonical ''Star Wars Legends'' continuity
* Kylo Ren (Ben Solo), a ''Star Wars'' character
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" for Russian pop star
Alsou
Alsou Ralifovna Abramova (; ; ; born 27 June 1983), better known by the mononym Alsou, is a Russian singer. She represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in which she came second with the song ''Solo'' right after Denmark, giving ...
. Alsou represented Russia in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2000
The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 2000 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden and presented by Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union ( ...
with this song and finished second. Subsequently, the single was released on
Universal Music Russia
Universal Music Russia (Russian: ЗАО «Юниверсал Мьюзик») was a Russian music label division of the international music holding company Universal Music Group. The label's artists include Saifer, t.A.T.u., Noize MC, Anna Sedo ...
and included in her
first English album released in 2001.
In 2003, Lane produced and co-wrote the song "Don't Even Try", which was used in the Disney movie ''Pixel Perfect'', and became part of the soundtrack that charted for several weeks on the Billboard Top 200.
In 2006, Lane, along with several other writers and producers, worked on the ''High School Musical'' and ''Hannah Montana'' soundtracks. Lane produced, mixed, and programmed B5's version of "Get Your Head in Tha Game" which sold over 4.7 million copies.
In 2007–2009, Lane discovered and produced the Clique Girls, who landed a record deal with Interscope Records.
Lane has 11 songs featured in the film ''Bring It On (Fight to the Finish)''.
Andrew is the older brother of Disabled Journalis
Paul Amadeus Lane
Discography
References
External links
Official site
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African-American record producers
African-American songwriters
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century African-American people