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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,
While attending High School in Texas, Cox was acquainted with singer [[Beyoncé]]. He produced records for the members of [[Destiny's Child]], prior to their signing with [[Columbia Records]]. Cox relocated to [[Atlanta]] to pursue his professional music career. He then established a close affiliation with [[Jermaine Dupri]] {{circa}} 2000, who would become his production partner in the following years. Cox attained a [[Guinness World Records]] for the longest consecutive period of chart success by spending over 5 consecutive years there, breaking the record that was previously held by [[The Beatles]].
== Early life ==
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
In high school, Cox met [[Beyoncé]] when he was a senior and she was a freshman. He recorded his first-ever demo tape with her. Although the two wouldn't reconnect until nearly seven years later when Bryan produced a track on [[Destiny's Child]]'s ''[[Destiny Fulfilled]]'', it was the early confirmation from [[Mathew Knowles]] that prompted Bryan to go into the music industry.
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== Career ==
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Cox began his career as an intern at Noontime Records in Atlanta, Georgia. He was discovered by his manager [[Chris Hicks (record executive)|Chris Hicks]], who was a partner in Noontime. Cox's first two hit singles as a producer were "Get Gone" & "Creep Inn" for the short-lived R&B group [[Ideal (group)|Ideal]].<ref name="musicvf">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Bryan-Michael+Cox&tab=songaswriterchartstab|title=Songs written by Bryan-Michael Cox|publisher=MusicVF |access-date=November 2, 2018}}</ref>
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Cox contributed to [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Lil Bow Wow]]'s debut album, [[Beware of Dog (album)|''Beware of Dog'']], writing the single "[[Puppy Love (Lil' Bow Wow song)|Puppy Love]]" and the [[Big Momma's House (soundtrack)|''Big Momma's House'']] soundtrack. He worked with [[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]]'s second studio album ''[[J.E. Heartbreak]]'', contributing to songs "[[He Can't Love U]]" and "[[Let's Get Married (Jagged Edge song)|Let's Get Married]]". He contributed to [[Tamar Braxton]]'s debut album, [[Tamar (album)|''Tamar'']] co-writing and producing "Get None" with musical partner Jermaine Dupri. He wrote and co-produced the second single "[[Just Be a Man About It]]" from [[Toni Braxton]]'s third studio album, [[The Heat (Toni Braxton album)|''The Heat'']].<ref name="musicvf" />
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=== 2006–2009 ===
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-
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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
=== Legacy ===
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>
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|"The Way I Feel About You"
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|''[[Free Yourself (Fantasia album)|Free Yourself]]''
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