Felix Howard (born 14 January 1973) is a British

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, A&R and

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. A former

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as a child, Howard was photographed by Jamie Morgan and styled by

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for the cover of ''The Face'' magazine. During the 1980s he appeared in music videos for several songs, including Sting's "

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" in 1985,

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's " Open Your Heart" in 1986, and

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's " Toy Boy" in 1987. He also appeared in the

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video for "

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" and in the

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video for " Each Time You Break My Heart". His songwriting credits include working alongside

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, Sia,

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among many others. In 2007, he joined

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Publishing as an A&R manager and signed

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, Sam Sparro,

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, and many others. In 2008, Felix Howard was made VP, A&R at EMI and in 2009 he was made head of A&R EMI UK and Europe Creative. After leaving

before the

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merger, he went on to consult for Daniel Lieberberg at

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and was involved with the

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album and signed

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with Lieberberg. Previously, Howard was Director of A&R for the US division of

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Publishing in Los Angeles. Howard worked at Method Management in an A&R role. In December 2020, Howard joined BMG as Director A&R (New Recordings) in London. At BMG, Howard has worked with Gabrielle, Ultra Nate,

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and

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. He has a son called Herby. And dog As a child, Howard had

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and was a patient at

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under

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. He has

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and what he has called "a number of extremely tiresome and dull auto immune illnesses". Howard has two children and lives in London and California. In October 2021, Howard married actress/producer/writer

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Selected discography

Songwriting credits

References

External links

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