Steve Chrisanthou is a

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, and

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. He is a

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and Brit Award nominee, and a

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winner for co-writing the song " Put Your Records On" with John Beck and

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. In 2008, Chrisanthou won a

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award for his vocal engineering on '' River: The Joni Letters'', a Grammy Award-winning album by

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Early life

Chrisanthou was born in

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, West Yorkshire, England on 21 January 1967 to a

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father and English mother. He started playing guitar at the age of nine. Chrisanthou played guitar in various local bands and did session work from the age of fourteen. Whilst at Pollard Park middle school, Chrisanthou became noted for his football skills.

Personal life

Chrisanthou married award-winning wildlife artist Stella Mays in 2005. They have two children, one named Edward and another called Archie who both do bike riding for hobbies, also has a child to a previous partner. He is based in

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West Yorkshire, England.

Music career

Chrisanthou began his production career around 1998 with a number of local artists and eventually signed a production/publishing agreement to Goodgroove Songs in 2004. Goodgroove is part-owned by ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ

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. Fellow Bradfordian songwriter/producer John Beck introduced Chrisanthou to

, and they began to write and demo material for her debut album, ''

''. It was released in February 2006 by

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. The first single from the album, " Put Your Records On", released in 2006, was co-written with Beck and Bailey Rae and produced by Chrisanthou with additional production from

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. The single went on to sell over one million copies. The follow-up single

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was also written by the same personnel and achieved Top 40 in the UK in 2006. The album eventually went on to sell over four million copies worldwide. It was nominated for many international awards, including a Grammy and won a

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. In 2007 "Put Your Records On" won an

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for 'Song Of The Year'. Songs from the first album were also featured in the 2006 film Venus (film). In 2005, John Beck (songwriter) and Chrisanthou, along with writer Charles Hutchinson, wrote "Show A Little Faith" which appeared on the

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album, '' Tissues and Issues''. In 2007, Chrisanthou recorded "

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" with Corinne Bailey Rae for

's '' River: The Joni Letters''. Chrisanthou produced four tracks on Bailey Rae's second album '' The Sea'' released in January 2010. The album was nominated for a Mercury Prize. Chrisanthou has gone on to produce and co-write with many artists such as

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- Chrisanthou wrote the 2007 single " Take It Like A Man" from the album ''

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'',

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- Chrisanthou co-produced many of the tracks on the 2009 album '' One World One Love''),

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, a rare co-write with

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and

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. Chrisanthou has also worked with artists such as Jenniffer Kae, Greta's Bakery,

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and

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- Chrisanthou co-wrote her 2014 UK Top 40 song " Solo Dancing" and

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- Chrisanthou co-wrote and produced the 2011 release '' Mr Medicine''. Chrisanthou co-wrote and co-produced two songs from third album by Bailey Rae called ''

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'', which was released on 13 May 2016. Both songs were the first singles off the new album. He also has co-produced two further songs on the album. Chrisanthou produced Davy Knowles' album 'The Outsider' in 2015 and continues to nurture up-and-coming artists. Chrisanthou co-wrote, mixed and produced "Show Me" by Gabrielle released in May 2018, her first release in nine years and it was featured on

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. Chrisanthou has also co-written, mixing and produced "Take A Minute", "Young and Crazy" and "Stronger" from Gabrielle's album '' Under My Skin'', released on 17 August 2018. Chrisanthou has also been working with UK based American singer

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and up-and-coming Scottish singer/songwriter

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. Chrisanthou co-wrote and co-produced the song "Mouth Of A Tiger" with Callum and

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on the new album '' People Like Us'', released in May 2020. He also co-wrote/produced ''Braveheart'' with Beattie in 2018. 2020 has seen Chrisanthou involved with writing and production for new American

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artist, Nyah Grace. He co-wrote and produced eight songs on her album ''Honey-Coloured'' released in July 2020; "Honey Coloured", "Magnolia", "My Sista Told Me" (with

), "Sunday", "I Just Wish You Call Me", "And I Love Him", "Sooner or Later" and "Summer Luvin'". He mixed all the songs on the album. Chrisanthou has formed a publishing company called Trinity Songs with John Beck (songwriter) and Matthew Rumbold.

References

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