Christopher Braide (born 1973) is an English songwriter, record producer and singer, formerly based in Malibu, Los Angeles, California, United States. Braide is known for being a pianist. First signed as a solo artist by David A. Stewart in the UK and Craig Kallman at

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in the US, Braide relocated to Los Angeles to produce and write for artists including Sia,

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, Halsey, Wrabel,

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, Beth Ditto, Yuna and Beyoncé. Braide is a frequent collaborator of Sia; together they have written for her own projects, movie soundtracks and for several other artists. Notable songs they have written over the years include "Kill and Run" for ''

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'' film and soundtrack, "Helium" for the 2017 '' Fifty Shades Darker'' film and soundtrack, "Pretty Isn't Perfect" and " Unstoppable" for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, "God Made You Beautiful" for the Beyoncé film '' Life Is But a Dream'', "

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" for Britney Spears, "Blank Page" for Christina Aguilera, and " She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" for

featuring Sia. Most recently, their song "Helium" was remixed for MAC cosmetics a collaboration for the cosmetic company's AIDS Fund by David Guetta and Afrojack, and a new single, " Flames", was released by David Guetta. He has a duo group with Geoff Downes (

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and others), called Downes Braide Association (DBA), since 2012. Braide has won an Ivor Novello award and been nominated for a

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. He is published by

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worldwide and Magical Thinking BMI.

Select songwriting and production discography

Recording artist

In 1993, Braide recorded his first solo album ''

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'' for

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. The album was produced by

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and Simply Red's

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. In 2014, the album was remastered and released in the UK on Plane Groovy Records In 1996, Dave Stewart signed Braide to his Warner Bros.-backed label Anxious Records, who released a single co-written with Chris Difford, "If I Hadn't Got You", and second single "Heavenly Rain", followed a year later by the album, ''

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'', which was co-produced by Braide and David A. Stewart at

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in New York. The record was released in the US on

and in 2013 a vinyl version was released on Plane Groovy Records. In 2012, Braide teamed up with Geoff Downes under the name "DBA" ("Downes Braide Association"). The result was an album, ''Pictures of You'', released in Summer 2012 on Plane Groovy Records. Since then, they have released three more studio recordings (Suburban Ghosts in 2015, Skyscraper Souls in 2017 and Halcyon Hymns in 2021), and a live album (Live in England in 2019).

Filmography

Braide wrote, performed or produced songs on the following film soundtracks: * '' The Princess Diaries'' (2002) * '' Without a Paddle'' (2004) * '' St Trinian's'' (2007) * '' The Inbetweeners Movie'' (2011) * ''The Great Gatsby'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Leap'' (2016) * '' Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'' (2016) * '' Fifty Shades Darker'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017) * '' Gnome Alone'' (2017) * '' Charming'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' Duck Duck Goose'' (2018) * '' Trouble'' (2019)

Advertising campaigns

He wrote, performed or produced songs in the following advertising campaigns: * Bud Light – Aluminium Super Bowl – 10 ft Tall ft Wrabel (2014) * Gillette – Unstoppable/Pretty Isn't Perfect/ Rio Olympic Games (2016) * Pocky Sticks – Rescue – Yuna (2016) * Estee Lauder ft Kendall Jenner and Elle King / Wild Love (2017) * Estee Lauder – See the world with wide-open eyes – It's You ft Magical Thinker and Wrabel (2017) * MAC – Helium / Guetta Re-mix (2018) * Lancome Paris/ Zendaya ft Sia "Unstoppable" (2019)

References

External links

Official websiteDownes Braide Association (DBA)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Braide, Chris 1973 births Living people English male singer-songwriters English record producers Musicians from Cheshire 21st-century English singers 21st-century British male singers The Trevor Horn Band members