Summary
Fredrik William Ball (born 5 June 1977)[1] is a Norwegian record producer, songwriter and record executive living in London. He is originally from Fredrikstad in Norway.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Fredrik William Ball |
| Born | Fredrikstad, Norway |
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| Website | rocnation |
His production and writing credits include songs performed by Rihanna, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Eminem, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, Zara Larsson, Jessie Reyez, Little Mix, Raye, Jessie Ware, Anne-Marie, Toni Braxton, Bernhoft, J Balvin and more. He's been nominated five times for a Grammy (Best R&B Album 2015, Best Urban Contemporary Album 2017, Best R&B Album 2019, Best Urban Contemporary Album 2019, Best Urban Contemporary Album 2020)
Fred moved to the UK when he formed his solo project 'Pleasure'; the album was hailed as The Sunday Times' favourite debut of the year.[2] It featured artists such as Justine Frischmann, Ed Harcourt and Dr. Fink. Pleasure launched the start of Ball¹s songwriting and production career.[3]
Ball co-wrote and produced the single "Love on the Brain" for Rihanna's album Anti.[4] "Love on the Brain" peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard called it "The Most Influential Pop Single of 2017." It's been certified 5 times platinum in the US. In March 2017 Billboard listed Ball as number 8 in the "Hot 100 Top 10 Producers".
In June 2018, Ball contributed as a producer on three songs ("713", "Friends" and "Heard about us") for Jay-Z and Beyoncé's collaborative studio album "Everything Is Love".
Ball produced "Nice Guy feat. Jessie Reyez" on Eminem's album Kamikaze, surprise released 31 August 2018. He also produced "One Mo' Gen" on Mariah Carey's critically acclaimed album "Caution".
Ball is published by Concord Music Publishing and managed by Roc Nation.[5]
Production/writing discography edit
- Why Don't We Go
- Hummingbird feat. Teezo Touchdown
J Balvin feat. Usher, Dj Khaled
- Dientes
- Nothing Matters But You
- I Wonder
- Winging It
- Cry
- Let Me Sing
- Midnight Gospel
- Cold Touch
- Curious
Kamal
- Falling
- White Wine
- Lie
- The Greatest
- Lucky Again
- All This Time
- Common People
- Holding On To Heartache
Debbie
- Cherry Wine
Dodgr
- You
- There Isn't Much
- I'm Not Gonna Kill You
- Dead End Road (Originals)
- Dead End Road (Unlocked)
- Overthinking (Feat.Nile Rodgers)
- Over You (Feat.Stefflon Don)
- Fall Again
- X2
- Breathing
- Last Summer
- Thinking of You
- Closing Doors feat. Astrid S
- Marilyn Monroe
- Do You Love Her
- Rivers Run Dry
- One More Chance
- Cut Me Loose
- We're All Gonna Lose
- Crush On You
- Vicarious Living Anthem
- Ready To Run
- Roses feat. Nile Rodgers
- Stay Happy
Maeta
- babygirl
- Love Me Again
- Have You Had Enough Wine?
- Don't Rush
Roses Gabor
- Turkish Delight
- One Mo 'Gen
They.
- Wilt Chamberlain (feat. Jeremih)
- Nice Guy feat. Jessie Reyez
- Apple Juice
- 713
- Friends
- Heard About Us
- Some People
Prince Charlez
- Back Around
- Heaven
- Say It To My Face
Frank Walker (ft. Emely Warren)
- Piano
- Take Me To Heaven
- Love On The Brain
- Deadwood
- Sorry
- One Mississippi
- Slow Me Down
Petite Meller
- America
- Does She Know
- Summer Rain
- Puppet On A String
- Time
Toby Randall
- Misfits
- You Should Know
Leo Stannard
- In My Blood
- Don't Look The Other Way
- From The Country To The City
- All I Want- Stories- Memory
- Sensitivity
- You Got To Love Someone
- Disco Doctor
- The Visionary
Pleasure II
- Alright All Nite
- Out Of Love
- Throw it All Away
- Back to You
- UpTown
- Bite The Beat
- Silk Dream
- Eskimo Kiss
- Finest Thing
- NYCSC
- Nightvision
- Click
- Ghost
- Choices
- Control
- C'mon Talk
- Space In My Heart
- Buzz Aldrin
- Wind You Up
- Freedom- One Way Track
- I Believe In All The Things You Don't
- We Have A Dream
- Caught In The Middle
- Universe & U
- Nowhere To Go
- Boy
- See Me Now
- They Just Don't Know You
- Smoking Gun
- Synchronised
- Last Song
- Innocence
- Shy Of The Cool
- Catching Snowflakes
- Stereotype
- Bombay Calling
- Beginning at The End
- Love Maze
- Breaking Bad
- Superhero
- My Mind
- Uncut Stone
- Love is Dead
- To The Winter
- Scorpio Rising
- Colour Of The Night
- Song For My Father
- The More We Possess the less we own Ourselves
- Chinese Whispers
- Back To You
- Ah Ah
- Fake Your Beauty
- Want You
- If YouBuy The Blue One
- Kiss me Harder
- Candy
- Rollerskating
- Broken
- Les Mots Simples
Awards and honors edit
- Sunday Times – Album of the Year [2]
- Grammy Nomination 2015: Best R&B Album for Bernhoft's Islander [6][5]
- Grammy Nomination 2017: Best Urban Contemporary Album for Rihanna's "Anti"
- Grammy Nomination 2019: Best R&B Album for Toni Braxton's "Sex & Cigarettes"
- Grammy Win 2019: Best Urban Contemporary Album for The Carter's "Everything Is Love"
- Grammy Nomination 2020: Best Urban Contemporary Album for Jessie Reyez' "Being Human In Public"
- BMI R&B/Hip Hop Award 2017
- BMI London Award 2017
- BMI POP Awards LOS ANGELES 2018
References edit
- ^ "Fred Ball - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Pop: The Pleasure is all ours – The Sunday Times". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
- ^ "Pleasure – Pleasure – Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Fred Ball – Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ a b "Fred Ball – ROCNATION".
- ^ "Bernhoft: – Føler at jeg har vunnet".