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'''Bryan-Michael Paul Cox''' (born December 1, 1977)<ref>[https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/883613681 ASCAP.]</ref> is an American record producer and songwriter, who is notableknown for his work with artists such as [[Usher (singer)|Usher]], [[Mariah Carey]], [[Mary J. Blige]], and [[Toni Braxton]].<ref name="Chadbourne">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bryan-michael-cox-mn0000731370|title=Bryan-Michael Cox – Biography|last=Chadbourne|first=Eugene|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date= September 25, 2014}}</ref> Among hisHis most notable productions are "[[Be Without You]]" for Mary J. Blige, "[[Burn (Usher song)|Burn]]", "[[Confessions Part II]]" and "[[U Got It Bad]]" for Usher, and "[[Shake It Off (Mariah Carey song)|Shake It Off]]", "[[I Stay in Love|I Stay In Love]]" and "[[You Don't Know What to Do|You Don't Know What To Do]]" for Mariah Carey.

During his career Cox has been responsible for more than 100 million album sales,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zxIEAAAAMBAJ&q=gulag+orkestar+beirut+billboard&pg=PA22|title=Congratulations Bryan Michael Cox|magazine= Billboard|date= June 30, 2007|access-date= November 2, 2018}}</ref> 35 number-one hits, and 12 [[Grammy Awards]] nominations (including nine wins). He is widely regarded as one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful songwriters and producers in the history of [[contemporary R&B]]. In 2009, heCox was inducted into the [[Georgia Music Hall of Fame]] for his outstanding contribution to music.<ref name="georgiamusicchannel">{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiamusicchannel.com/Georgia_Music_Inductees.html|title=Georgia Music Hall Of Fame Inductees|publisher=Georgia Music Channel|access-date=November 2, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153400/http://www.georgiamusicchannel.com/Georgia_Music_Inductees.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Cox has said that his mother played the flute: "My mom would buy music instead of food when I was little. We would spend her entire paycheckpay check at the record store." He expressed his musical ambitions to her when he was seven years old, having written his first song when he was just six years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/culture/in-tune-bryan-michael-cox1/|title=In Tune: Bryan-Michael Cox|work=Atlanta Magazine|first=Kimberly|last=Turner|date= September 1, 2009|access-date= November 2, 2018}}</ref> Later, he enrolled in Houston's [[Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songwriteruniverse.com/bryanmichaelcox123.htm|title=Bryan-Michael Cox Writes/Produces Hits With Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey; Wins Best R&B Song Grammy|publisher= Songwriter Universe|first=Jonathan|last=Widran|date=January 16, 2007|access-date= November 2, 2018}}</ref>

=== 1994–991994–1999: Early career ===

=== 2000–052000–2005: ''Confessions'', ''The Emancipation of Mimi'', ''The Breakthrough'' ===

Cox co-wrote "[[Shortie Like Mine]]" the first single for Bow Wow's fifth studio album, ''[[The Price of Fame]]'', in 2006. Again working with Austin together the duo co-wrote "[[Stay Down (Mary J. Blige song)|Stay Down]]" for Mary J. Blige's eighth studio album, ''[[Growing Pains (Mary J. Blige album)|Growing Pains]]'' in 2007. Cox co-wrote "[[Last Time (Trey Songz song)|Last Time]]" for [[Trey Songz]]'s second studio album ''[[Trey Day]]''. Cox produced and co-wrote "Circles", the third single from [[Marques Houston]]'s ''[[Veteran (Marques Houston album)|Veteran]]'' album. In 2008, he wrote five songs for the group [[Day26]]'s self-tiledtitled debut album, including the second single, "[[Since You've Been Gone (Day26 song)|Since You've Been Gone]]".<ref name="musicvf" />

=== 2010–Present2010–present ===

In 2010, he co-wrote and produced "[[Never Let You Go (Justin Bieber song)|Never Let You Go]]", the single for ''[[My World 2.0]]'', the debut studio album by [[Justin Bieber]]. For [[Mariah Carey]] he co-wrote and co-produced "[[Oh Santa!]]", alongside Jermaine Dupri and Carey, for her second Christmas/thirteenth studio album, ''[[Merry Christmas II You]]''. He added songwritingsong writing and production on [[Usher (musician)|Usher]]'s Grammy award-winning album ''[[Raymond v. Raymond|Raymond vs Raymond]]''. In the same year, Cox co-produced the single "[[Love All Over Me]]", the single from [[Monica (singer)|Monica]]'s sixth studio album, ''[[Still Standing (Monica album)|Still Standing]]''. He worked on ''[[Love and War (Tamar Braxton album)|Love and War]]'' for Tamar Braxton in 2013. He worked with JohtnaJohntá Austin co-writing for R. Kelly's thirteenth studio album ''[[The Buffet]]'', and on ''[[Views (album)|Views]]'' for [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]. Cox co-wrote on [[Free TC]] for [[Ty $ Dolla Sign in 2016]].<ref name="musicvf" />

Cox went on to co-produce alongside his musical mentor [[Jermaine Dupri]].<ref name="musicvf" /> He has had 35 number-one hits, 12 Grammy Award nominations, including nine wins, 20 top-ten hits, and eclipsing the record previously held by the Beatles for [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'''s]] most consecutive number-one hits. Cox has been named one of ''Billboard''{{'}}s "Top 10 Producers of the Decade" and sits on ''Billboard''{{'}}s "Hot R&B Song of the Decade List", "Hot 100 Songs of the Decade List", "Top 200 Albums of the Decade List" and is a 2009 [[Georgia Music Hall of Fame]] inductee.<ref name="georgiamusicchannel" /> He has been awarded the ''Billboard'' Songwriter of the Year Award and the SESAC Songwriter of the Year Award six consecutive years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/making-hits-bryan-michael-cox|title=Making Hits With Bryan-Michael Cox|publisher=Grammy|date=December 2, 2014|access-date=November 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=SESAC+Songwriter+of+the+Year+Award+bryan+michael+cox+six+times&pg=PA20|title=SESAC Goes South|magazine=Billboard |first=Susan|last=Butler|date= October 28, 2006|access-date=November 2, 2018}}</ref>

== AwardsSong writing and nominationsproducing credits ==

|''[[Free Yourself (Fantasia album)|Free Yourself]]''