Ric Wake

Ric Wake (born London, England, is an Anglo-American record producer who has won four Grammy Awards and two Oscar Awards. During his tenure as staff producer with Sony Music Entertainment he has worked with large vocalists such as Whitney Houston, Lucero, Mariah Carey, Jessica Simpson, Anastacia, Barry Manilow, Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. He has worked with Greek composer Yanni to help produce Yanni Voices.^[1]

Ric Wake presides over a vast musical empire - one that encompasses The W&R Group, a thriving production company; Notation Music, a publishing division which oversees the work of 30 songwriters whose successes include covers by Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and Celine Dion; and two state-of-the-art recording studios.

Ric has been a highly successful producer since the late 1980s, when he first joined forces with newcomer Taylor Dayne and masterminded a string of Top 10 and number one hits including "Tell It To My Heart", "I'll Always Love You" and "Love Will Lead You Back." Among the lengthy list of projects that Ric has been involved with are Mariah Carey's #1 pop single "Someday" (from her Grammy-winning debut), and both the production and remix on the last four multi-platinum Celine Dion CDs, that include "Let's Talk About Love" and the Grammy Award winner "Falling Into You".

Ric's work on Jennifer Lopez's multi-platinum debut "On the 6" earned him a Grammy nomination in the "Best Dance Song" category for the Top-10 hit "Waiting For Tonight." Their collaboration proved successful again when the song "Love Don't Cost A Thing," produced by Ric, topped the charts in the U.S. and abroad. The single's amazing strength helped Jennifer's second album "J-Lo" enter the charts at #1 in 16 countries, including the United States.

Ric scored his second Grammy Award for "Best Compilation Soundtrack Album" for producing the multi-platinum selling soundtrack to the Academy Award-winning Miramax film CHICAGO: THE MUSICAL. Ric traveled to London, Canada and even Romania to record with the actors (Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah and John C. Reilly), many of who were first-time singers.

More recently, Ric produced work that appeared in the soundtracks for ELLA ENCHANTED and SHALL WE DANCE. Currently, he can be found in the studio working with artists Ginuwine, Marc Anthony and Anastacia.

Credits

Brie Larson - "Life After You"
Diana Ross
Mariah Carey
Taylor Dayne - "Tell It To My Heart"
Go West
Anastacia
Celine Dion ^[2]
Jennifer Rush
Sheena Easton
Kathy Troccoli - "Pure Attraction"
Jennifer Lopez
Jessica Simpson - "Sweetest Sin"
Barry Manilow
Jon Secada
Anna Vissi
Clay Aiken
Thalía
Paulina Rubio
Lucero "Mi Destino" and "Indispensable"
TNT "Realized Fantasies"
David Bisbal
Mýa
Marc Anthony
Dixie Chicks
Whitney Houston
Coco Lee - "Exposed (CoCo Lee album) " - "Just No Other Way"
Delta Goodrem- "Born To Try
Yanni Voices ^[1]
Blue Zone
Inspirato^[3]

References

1 2 "Mallika Sherawat asked by Ric Wake and Yanni to perform at a concert," found at Yahoo Movies and The Indian.com portal. Both accessed January 30, 2010.
↑ Celine Dion official website. Accessed January 30, 2010.
↑ Billboard staff (April 22, 2014). "Yanni, 'Inspirato': Exclusive Album Premiere". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 1, 2014.

External links

Grammy Award for Album of the Year

1959–1979	The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1959) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1960) The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1961) Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1962) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1963) The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1964) Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz, João Gilberto (1965) September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1966) A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1967) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1968) By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1969) Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970) Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1971) Tapestry – Carole King (1972) The Concert for Bangladesh – Various (1973) Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1974) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1975) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1976) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1977) Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1978) Saturday Night Fever – Various (1979)

1980–2000	52nd Street – Billy Joel (1980) Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1981) Double Fantasy – John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1982) Toto IV – Toto (1983) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984) Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1985) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1986) Graceland – Paul Simon (1987) The Joshua Tree – U2 (1988) Faith – George Michael (1989) Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1990) Back on the Block – Quincy Jones and various artists (1991) Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1992) Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1993) The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1994) MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1995) Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1996) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1997) Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1998) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1999) Supernatural – Santana (2000)

2001–present	Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2001) O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack (2002) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2004) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles and various artists (2005) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2006) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2007) River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2008) Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (2009) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2010) The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2011) 21 – Adele (2012) Babel – Mumford & Sons (2013) Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2014) Morning Phase – Beck (2015) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2016)

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