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Origin
  
Brighton, England

Albums
  
Mortal Kombat: The Album

Years active
  
1993–present

Music groups
  
2wo Third3, The Immortals


Occupation(s)
  
Record producer, songwriter

Website
  
http://www.biffco.co.uk/

Members
  
Richard "Biff" StannardJulian GallagherAsh Howes

Genres
  
Pop music, Dance music, Electro

Nominations
  
Brit Award for Best Producer

Similar
  
Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes, Kylie Minogue, Melanie C, Emma Bunton

Biffco are a music production and songwriting team from Brighton, England, formed by Richard "Biff" Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes. The group have worked with a number of high-profile artists, including Kylie Minogue, One Direction, Atomic Kitten, Ellie Goulding, Leona Lewis, Little Mix, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Will Young. They are also largely responsible for the rise of the Spice Girls, Five, and East 17. So far, Biffco have had 41 hit singles, including nine number-ones. Stannard and Howes also worked as music directors and show song producers on The X Factor since 2010.

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Richard "Biff" Stannard

Richard "Biff" Frederick Stannard was born in 1966. His breakthrough in the music industry came with English boyband East 17. Stannard met singer and songwriter Tony Mortimer and introduced him to music manager Tom Watkins, who Stannard was dating at the time. Stannard went on to be the executive producer of East 17's debut album, Walthamstow (1992), and produced two songs for the follow-up album, Steam (1994).

In 2010, he founded the label Major Label with Adam Clough and Paul Smith. Their first signing was English synthpop duo Hurts in 2009.

Awards

  • Ivor Novello Awards for Best Selling British Written Single in the UK - "Wannabe"
  • Ivor Novello Awards for Most Radio Plays - "Wannabe"
  • ASCAP Award Most performed song - "2 Become 1" - 1997

    • Discography

  • Alphabeat
  • "Chess"
  • Atomic Kitten
  • "If You Come to Me"
  • Ellie Goulding
  • "Lights"
  • "Ritual"
  • Emma Bunton
  • "Better Be Careful"
  • "High on Love"
  • "So Long"
  • "What Took You So Long?"
  • The Feeling
  • "This Promise"
  • Gabrielle
  • "Stay the Same"
  • "When a Woman"
  • Five
  • "Closer to Me"
  • "Don't Wanna Let You Go"
  • "Got the Feelin'"
  • "If Ya Gettin' Down"
  • "Keep on Movin'"
  • "Let's Dance"
  • Joe McElderry
  • "Feel the Fire"
  • Kish Mauve
  • "You Make Me Feel"
  • Kylie Minogue
  • "B.P.M"
  • "Boombox"
  • "Boy"
  • "City Games"
  • "I Don't Know What It Is"
  • "In My Arms"
  • "In Your Eyes"
  • "Light Years"
  • "Love Affair"
  • "Love at First Sight"
  • "Loving Days"
  • "The One"
  • "Please Stay"
  • "Rendezvous at Sunset"
  • "Stars"
  • Lemar
  • "The Way Love Goes"
  • Lena
  • ″Crystal Sky″
  • "Keep On Living"
  • Little Boots
  • "Hearts Collide"
  • "No Brakes"
  • Little Mix
  • "Change Your Life"
  • "These Four Walls"
  • Marina and the Diamonds
  • "Hollywood"
  • "Guilty"
  • Matt Cardle
  • "Amazing"
  • "Beat of a Breaking Heart"
  • "Chemical"
  • "Letters"
  • "Sparks"
  • "Starlight"
  • Melanie B
  • "Lullaby"
  • "Sophisticated Lady"
  • Melanie C
  • "Goin' Down"
  • "Living Without You"
  • "Suddenly Monday"
  • "The Sea"
  • "Rising Sun"
  • Santa Justa Klan
  • "A toda mecha"
  • One Direction
  • "I Want"
  • Pixie Lott
  • "Nobody Does It Better"
  • "Paper Planes"
  • The Saturdays
  • "I Can't Wait"
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor
  • "Bittersweet"
  • "New York City Lights"
  • Spice Girls
  • "2 Become 1"
  • "Goodbye"
  • "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)"
  • "If U Can't Dance"
  • "Mama"
  • "Never Give Up on the Good Times"
  • "Saturday Night Divas"
  • "Spice Up Your Life"
  • "Viva Forever"
  • "Voodoo"
  • "Wannabe"
  • U2
  • "Elevation"
  • Westlife
  • "Don't Let Me Go"
  • "Safe"
  • "When You Come Around"
  • Will Young
  • "Cry"
  • "Don't Let Me Down"
  • "Dare"
  • "From Now On"
  • "Grace"
  • "Over You"
  • "Personal Thunder"
  • "Ready or Not"
  • "Side by Side"
  • "Take Control"
  • "You and I"
  • Francesca Michielin
  • "Arcobaleni"
  • 5 Seconds of Summer
  • "18"

    • Songs

    Mortal KombatMortal Kombat: The Album · 1994
    Theme From Mortal KombatMortal Kombat: Annihilation · 1997
    Sub-ZeroMortal Kombat: The Album · 1994

    References

    Biffco Wikipedia
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