Brian Rawling is a British
record producer
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and
songwriter
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. He is the managing director of publisher and production company Metrophonic. Rawling has produced singles and albums for artists such as
Cher
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, with whom he won a
Grammy
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in 1999 for his work on ''
Believe
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Arts, entertainment, and me ...
'',
Tina Turner
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,
Enrique Iglesias
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, and
One Direction
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.
Discography
;Selected production credits
*1997: ''
This Could Be Heaven
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'' by
Pandora
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*1998: ''
Believe
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*Belief, a psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true, with or without proof for such proposition
*Faith, a belief in something which has not been proven
Arts, entertainment, and me ...
'' by
Cher
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*1999: ''
Twenty Four Seven
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'' by
Tina Turner
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*1999: ''
Enrique
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'' by
Enrique Iglesias
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*2000: ''
Lara Fabian
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'' by
Lara Fabian
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*2000: ''
Minage
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'' by
Mónica Naranjo
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*2000: ''
Renaissance
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'' by
Lionel Richie
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*2001: ''
Human
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'' by
Rod Stewart
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*2002: ''
Soy Yo'' by
Marta Sánchez
*2002: ''
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'' by
David Bowie
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*2003: ''
Sound of the Underground'' by
Girls Aloud
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*2005: ''
Relentless'' by
Jo O'Meara
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*2006: ''
Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection'' by
The Corrs
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*2008: ''
Greatest Hits
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'' by
Craig David
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*2011: ''
Up All Night'' by
One Direction
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*2012: ''
Fires'' by
Ronan Keating
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*2013: ''
BZ20'' by
Boyzone
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*2015: ''
Colours'' by
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*2015: ''
Toujours un ailleurs'' by
Anggun
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*2019: ''
My Happy Place'' by
Emma Bunton
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References
British record producers
British songwriters
Grammy Award winners
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Liverpool Express members
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