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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.
 
While attending High School in Texas, Cox was acquainted with singer [[Beyoncé]],. leadingHe to him producingproduced 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,. andHe soonthen 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]].
 
In 2009, Cox was inducted into the [[Georgia Music Hall of Fame]] for his 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>
 
== 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 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>
 
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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=== 2010–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]].
 
=== 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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