Brian Whittaker is an American

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songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

and

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. He has worked with numerous artists and musicians, including

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, Tahj Mowry,

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Background

Whittaker was born in

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

and moved with his mother to

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when he was three years old. While in elementary school, Whittaker learned how to play the drums and guitar. In 2009, Whittaker produced and co-wrote ''See Me Shine'' featuring

'','' the first single of

's eighth studio album '' Uni5: The World's Enemy'' which peaked at #49 on ''Billboard'' Hot 100, #30 on

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, and #10 on the US Rap Songs Chart. He was the original creator of the single which was created in 2005. The album peaked at #19 on the New Zealand music chart and at #14 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. In 2013, his remix version of Yulianna’s song, ''Don't Take Your Love Away'' peaked at #49 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart. Whittaker composed soundtracks for several American television series and films such as '' Motives 2'', '' Faster'', ''

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'', ''Kourtney & Kim Take Miami'', '' Sorority Party Massacre'', '' Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood'', and '' Kourtney and Kim Take New York''.

Composer filmography

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whittaker, Brian Living people American male songwriters American record producers Musicians from California Year of birth missing (living people)