Felix Howard (born January 14, 1973) is a

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, A&R and

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. A former

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as a child, Howard was photographed by Jamie Morgan and styled by the world renowned

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for the cover of ''The Face'' magazine. In 1987, he was in the

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video " Open Your Heart", and also appeared in the

Mantronix Mantronix was an influential 1980s hip hop and electro funk music group from New York City. The band was formed by DJ Kurtis Mantronik (Kurtis el Khaleel) and rapper MC Tee (Touré Embden). The group is primarily remembered for its pioneering ...

video for "

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". His songwriting credits include working alongside

Amy Winehouse Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues and jazz. A membe ...

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among many others. In 2007, he joined

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Publishing as an A&R manager where he signed

Calvin Harris Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter who has released six studio albums. His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'', was released in June ...

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, Tom Jones, and many others. In 2008, Felix Howard was made VP, A&R at EMI and in 2009 he was made head of A&R EMI UK and Europe Creative. After leaving

before the

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merger, he went on to consult for Daniel Lieberberg at

Universal Records Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...

and was involved with the

Klangkarussell Klangkarussell (German: Sound Carousel) is an Austrian electronic music duo formed in 2011. The two members of the group are Tobias Rieser and Adrian Held. Their biggest hit to date is "Sonnentanz", which reached the top 10 in six countries (Aust ...

album and signed

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with Lieberberg. Previously, Howard was Director of A&R for the US division of

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Publishing in Los Angeles. Howard worked at Method Management in an A&R role. In December 2020, Howard joined BMG as Director A&R (New Recordings) in London, UK. At BMG, Howard has worked with Gabrielle,

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Katie Melua Ketevan Katie Melua (; ka, ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა, ; born 16 September 1984) is a Georgian and British singer and songwriter. She was born in Kutaisi and raised in Belfast and London. Under the management of comp ...

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and Lady Blackbird. As a child, Howard had

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and was a patient at

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under

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. He has

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and what he has called "a number of extremely tiresome and dull auto immune illnesses".. Howard has two children and lives in London and California. In October 2021, Howard married actress/producer/writer

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.https://www.etonline.com/degrassi-star-andrea-lewis-marries-record-exec-felix-howard-174737 - Marriage to Andrea Lewis He supports

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Selected discography

Songwriting credits

*2000 - '' Overload'' -

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*2001 - '' One Touch'' - Sugababes *2002 - '' Stronger''/''

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'' - Sugababes *2002 - ''

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'' -

*2002 - ''

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'' -

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*2003 - ''

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'' - Sugababes (also played guitar) *2003 - ''The Number One Jazz Album 2004'' *2003 - '' Play with Me'' -

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*2003 - ''

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'' - Amy Winehouse (also producer, engineer, background vocals) *2004 - ''Remixes 1'' - Sia *2004 - '' In the Middle'' - Sugababes *2004 - '' In My Bed'' - Amy Winehouse *2004 - ''

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'' - Sia (also played acoustic guitar) *2004 - ''

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'' - Kylie Minogue *2004 - '' Affirmation'' - Beverley Knight *2005 - '' Fundacion NYC'' - Sasha *2006 - ''

Back to Black ''Back to Black'' is the second and final studio album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, released on 27 October 2006 by Island Records. Winehouse predominantly based the album on her tumultuous relationship with then-ex-boyfrie ...

'' - Amy Winehouse *2006 - '' Rehab'' - Amy Winehouse (also producer) *2007 - ''

Lady Croissant ''Lady Croissant'' is a live album by Australian singer Sia, released in April 2007 through the record label Astralwerks. Called a "mini-album" by Astralwerks, the collection contains one studio recording ("Pictures") as well as eight live trac ...

'' - Sia *2008 - ''Bent Out of Shape'' - Leon Jean-Marie (also producer and instrumentation) *2014 - '' War Room Stories'' -

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(also executive producer) *2014 - '' Netzwerk'' -

References

External links

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