Adrianne E. Gonzalez (born 1977) is an American songwriter, producer, composer, and mix engineer who works under the name AG.

Career

Gonzalez was born and raised in

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and taught herself piano and guitar, taking up the latter at seventeen."Adrianne"
, CBS Minnesota. Retrieved 26 March 2013. She has said of her beginnings: :''I was in choir from a very early age. It was kind of my life since I was about eight. But I didn't know what that would mean for me when I was an adult, or as a career. I didn't even know what a career was in high school. But when I was in high school I heard the Indigo Girls for the first time. And I was like, "Okay! I wanna do that." It was definitely a pivotal moment. The first time I heard "Love Will Come to You," that's when I knew.'' She went on to obtain a degree in music production and engineering from Boston's

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before moving to

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, where she is now based. Gonzalez won the USA Songwriting Competition Grand Prize in 1999 for "Say 'em Strong"; the Boston Music Award for Best New Singer-Songwriter in 2000; and a

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Television and Film Composers Award in 2009 for her contribution to ''

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''. She has also been a finalist in the Coca-Cola New Music Awards and the

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Talent Search. Gonzalez previously maintained a busy performance and recording schedule. She has supported

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, among others,"Adrianne in the Caribbean"
Sweet. Retrieved 26 March 2013. and released seven albums and two EPs under her own names (Adrianne until 2011, AG since 2012). In 2008, she joined with Kyler England, Rob Giles, and Gabriel Mann to form

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. She now devotes her time to songwriting, composing, and producing songs with and for other artists and songwriters. Soon after settling in Los Angeles, Gonzalez signed a publishing deal with Lionel Conway at the Mosaic Media Group."Adrianne"
Sonicbids. Retrieved 26 March 2013. She is now published by the Kobalt Music Group. Between the

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and

databases she is listed as the author or co-author of more than 500 songs. AG’s catalogue has generated over 340 million streams and 390 million views on Youtube to date. AG has collaborated with songwriters including

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Notable credits

Discography

Producer and/or Writer

*All Fall Down - Garrison Starr (2013) Single *Discover: Songs Of The Rolling Stones Vol. 2 - Various Artists (2018) EP *(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devvon Terrell (2018) Single *Say It Now - nilu (2019) Single *Humankind - Reuben And The Dark (2019) Single *My Love Will Never Die - Claire Wydham (2019) Single *Legendz - Devvon Terrlee (2019) Single *What A Wonderful World - Reuben And the Dark (2019) Single *Bad Feeling - Reuben And The Dark (2019) Single *I'm Comin Home - Aloe Blacc (2019) Single and Instrumental version *Tiny Victories - Christina Perri (From HBO's 'FOSTER')(2019) Single

Artist

''Adrianne'' * ''For Adeline'' (1998 / 2000)The album is ©1998, but most sources give the release date as 2000. See, for example, the post for 29 February 2012 at th
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Retrieved 26 March 2013. * ''10,000 Stones'' (2004) * ''Down to This'' (2005) * ''Sweet Mistake'' (2006) * ''Boy Songs'' (2007) EP * ''Burn Me Up'' (2008) * ''You Me Lonely'' (2009) * ''Me After You'' (2012) * ''Reimagine: The Beatles by AG'' (2012) EP ''AG'' *Shelter You (2014) Single *Terrible Thing (2019) Album

The Rescues

* ''Crazy Ever After'' (2008) Album *All That I Want for Christmas (Is to Give My Love Away) (2009) Single * ''The Rescues'' (2010) EP *Teenage Dream (2010) Single * ''Let Loose the Horses'' (2010) Album *''Blah Blah Love and War'' (2013) Album *''The Rescues'' (2017) Album *Hold On (2019) Single

Footnotes

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