Jake Gosling is an English music producer, songwriter, remixer, manager, and publisher best known for his work with artists such as

Ed Sheeran Edward Christopher Sheeran (; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently r ...

Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...

The Libertines The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar). The band, centred on the songwriting partnership of Barât and Doherty, has also included John Hassall ...

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Shawn Mendes Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (; born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian pop singer. He gained a following in 2013, when he posted song covers on the video sharing platform Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist manager Andrew Gert ...

All Time Low All Time Low is an American rock band from Towson, Maryland, formed in 2003. Consisting of lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Alex Gaskarth, lead guitarist Jack Barakat, bassist/backing vocalist Zack Merrick, and drummer Rian Dawson, the band too ...

One Direction One Direction, often shortened to 1D, are an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London in 2010. The group are composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously Zayn Malik until his departure from the gr ...

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Christina Perri Christina Judith Perri (born August 19, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter. After her debut single "Jar of Hearts" was featured on the television series ''So You Think You Can Dance'' in 2010, Perri signed with Atlantic Records and releas ...

Shania Twain Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain ( , ; née Edwards; born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her the best-selling female artist in country music history and one of the best-s ...

Paloma Faith Paloma Faith Blomfield (born 21 July 1981) is an English singer and actress. Her debut studio album, ''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?,'' was released in 2009 and was certified double platinum in the UK. The album spawned the sing ...

, and

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. He received the ASCAP award 2014 as a writer for hit song "

Lego House "Lego House" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 11 November 2011 as the third single lifted from his debut studio album '' +'' (pronounced "plus") of 2011. It was released as the second single in the US on 11 ...

" and was named ''

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''s Producer of 2012 after work on Sheeran's album '' +'', as well as being the predominant producer on x (Multiply), Paloma Faith's ''

Fall to Grace ''Fall to Grace'' is the second studio album by English recording artist Paloma Faith. It was released by RCA Records on 28 May 2012. She worked on the album with producer Nellee Hooper, who previously worked with artists such as Madonna, Bjö ...

'', and One Direction's '' Up All Night'' and '' Take Me Home'', in which he produced Number 1 UK and worldwide hit single " Little Things". Gosling has remixed under the pseudonym Sketch Iz Dead for

Timbaland Timothy Zachery Mosley (born March 10, 1972), known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer, rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. He has received widespread acclaim for his innovative production work and distinc ...

Nelly Furtado Nelly Kim Furtado (; ; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. She first gained fame with her trip hop-inspired deb ...

, Keane,

Keri Hilson Keri Lynn Hilson (born December 5, 1982) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and actress. She was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia and spent most of her youth working with producer Anthony Dent as a songwriter and background vocalist for ...

, and

Far East Movement Far East Movement (abbreviated FM) is an American Hip hop music, hip hop and electronic music group based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and as of August 2018 consists of Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh), DJ Virman (Vi ...

. Gosling runs his own recording studio

Sticky Studios Sticky Studios is an independent music recording studio located in Windlesham, Surrey. The studio is owned by music producer, songwriter, remixer, manager and publisher Jake Gosling. Sticky Studios is most notable for its work with artists such as ...

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. Gosling and Sarah Liversedge run a joint venture publishing company called "The Movement London Limited". Gosling is signed as a songwriter to Concord Music Publishing and is a full member of the Music Producers Guild. He was nominated at the

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for

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with "

Thinking Out Loud "Thinking Out Loud" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, recorded for his second studio album, '' ×'' (2014). It was written by Sheeran and Amy Wadge, and produced by frequent collaborator Jake Gosling. It was released in the ...

". He has also won the Brit Award for 'Album of the Year' in 2015 with Sheeran's x. Gosling has been nominated twice at the Brit Awards for Producer of the Year. He was nominated at the 2015 Grammy Awards for Best Album with x. In June 2015, "Thinking Out Loud" became the first single to spend a full year in the UK top 40. In September 2015, it also became the seventh single to have achieved triple Platinum in the UK during the 21st century. "Thinking Out Loud" was the first song to reach 500 million streams on

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and it is also one of the most streamed songs in the UK. Gosling co-wrote the track "Incomplete" off the No.1 Selling album ''

Chaos and the Calm ''Chaos and the Calm'' is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter James Bay. It was first released on 15 December 2014 via Republic Records. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, while the song " Hold Back ...

'' (which went double Platinum in the UK) and the

track "Missing You" from the album ''

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' Album

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was released, Gosling was a lead producer on this. He has also been working with

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on his latest album '

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' and is a featured artist and producer on the

track 'Tied Up' which features

Mr Eazi Oluwatosin Ajibade (born 19 July 1991), better known by his stage name Mr Eazi, is a Nigerian-born, Ghana-based singer. He is a pioneer of Banku music, a fusion of sound he describes as a mixture of Ghanaian highlife and Nigerian chord progressio ...

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and Jake Gosling. Jake now focused on writing and producing with many different artists and running his record label 'Goldun Egg'. Jake is on the songwriter committee at

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, a full member of the Music Producers Guild and signed as songwriter to Concord Music Publishing exclusively. Currently Jake is working with key figures in the UK Drill scene on the producer and artist side from Central Cee to Tion Wayne and Ardee. Also working with producers such as Ghosty , Gotcha and 169.

Goldun Egg

Goldun Egg Records

Jake launched his own Record Label 'Goldun Egg Records' in 2017, with the ethos about driving forward their creativity and letting the artists be as creatively free as they can. Signed to the roster are; * NUUXS, ronounced Nooksis a half Laos, half French solo pop-noir artist that who was raised in Hackney, London. Her music has been described as 'Hypnotic and intoxicating' (''

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)'' and 'So polished that it emits its own ultraviolet' (''

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)''. She has headlined the Sackler Space at The Roundhouse and played Bush Hall. * Fergus, a singer-songwriter gifted with a beautiful voice who received his first radio play on Radio X, with recent single "Willow". Clash noted that "The newcomer's work gets under your skin, overpowering your emotions. FERGUS has developed a potent, highly individual style all his own".

Early career

Gosling started his music career performing as a lead vocalist and keys player in numerous bands, often engineering and producing the band's music, it was here he began to learn music production and modern recording techniques. After working in numerous jobs within the music industry, Gosling started his own recording studio; Sticky Studios, in Surrey, UK. Gosling's first mainstream success came in 2008 with the album ''

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'' by UK rapper

, which reached number 18 in the UK charts. The album featured tracks "summertime", produced by Gosling, and "Cash in My Pocket", which he worked on with Mark Ronson. Gosling then worked with Southern Fried Records and produced/co-wrote tracks on the

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album ''Tons of Friends''. He also performed vocals alongside

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and

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on tracks "Natural Born Hustler" and "Put Your Hands on Me".

Ed Sheeran

Gosling started working with a young

in 2007, and they have gone on to form a successful partnership, both in writing and as a producer/artist team. In 2010, Gosling produced the ''

Songs I Wrote with Amy ''Songs I Wrote with Amy'' is an extended play, independently released by Ed Sheeran on 18 April 2010. All of the songs were written collaboratively by Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge. The EP is a folk album of what journalist David Nolan described as " ...

'' EP, produced and co-wrote the ''Loose Change EP'' and The '' No. 5 Collaborations Project'' EP which featured rappers

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Sway DaSafo Derek Andrew Safo (born 5 September 1982), better known by his stage name Sway or Sway DaSafo, is a British rapper of Ghanaian descent. He is also a producer, having established Dcypha Productions, signed to Island/Universal (label founder). ...

Mikill Pane Justin-Smith Ikpaema Peter Damian Uzomba (from Hackney, London) better known by his stage name Mikill Pane, is an English rapper signed to Mercury Records. He is perhaps best known for his track "Little Lady" with Ed Sheeran which features on ...

, JME,

Ghetts Justin Clarke, better known by his stage name Ghetts (formerly Ghetto), is a British grime MC, rapper and songwriter. His music has been played on national radio stations such as BBC Radio 1, Kiss 100, BBC Asian Network, and BBC Radio 1Xtra. Cur ...

P Money Paris Moore-Williams (born 8 April 1989), better known by his stage name P Money, is a British grime MC, rapper and songwriter from New Cross, South East London, who is also active in the drum and bass scene. He is best known for his live pe ...

Dot Rotten Joseph Ellis-Stephenson (born 19 October 1988), better known by his stage name Dot Rotten or Zeph Ellis, is a British grime MC, rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Lambeth, South London. Having released a series of mixtapes inde ...

, and

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. In 2014 Gosling produced

single ''Make It Rain'' for the TV series ''Sons of Anarchy. 2011 saw the release of Sheeran's debut album '' +'', for which Gosling co-wrote seven tracks and produced all but one of the tracks. ''+'' debuted at number 1 in the UK album charts with first week sales of 102,000 copies, first single "

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" was Grammy-nominated and peaked at number 3 in the Official UK charts, follow up single "

You Need Me, I Don't Need You "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" (or simply "You Need Me") is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released in the United Kingdom on 26 August 2011 as the second single from his debut studio album, '' +'' ("Plus"). The track " ...

" peaked at number 4. The third single, "Lego House" (co-written by Sheeran, Gosling, and Leonard), achieved 5× Platinum status in the UK, selling over 600,000 copies and reaching number 5 in the UK singles chart. The fourth single, "

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", also featured in the top 10 By March 2014, ''+'' had been certified 6× Platinum indicating sales of over 1,800,000 records sold in the UK, as well as selling over 1,000,000 copies of single "The A Team". ''+'' received commercial and critical acclaim globally with it peaking at number 1 in multiple countries worldwide and number 5 in the US Billboard 200. The album has been certified 29 Gold and Platinum awards outside of the UK. Gosling produced Ed Sheeran and

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artist

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's collaboration ''The Slumdon Bridge'' EP. Gosling produced 7 tracks on Sheeran's second album ''x'' alongside other producers

Rick Rubin Frederick Jay Rubin (; born March 10, 1963) is an American record producer. He is the co-founder (alongside Russell Simmons) of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. Rubin helped popula ...

and

Pharrell Williams Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he ...

which was released in June 2014 and spent 8 weeks at number 1 in the UK, in its first week it charted at number 1 in 12 countries and has been certified double Platinum as well as being named the UK's biggest selling album of 2014.

One Direction

Gosling worked on

's 2011 multi-Platinum selling, debut album '' Up All Night''. He produced the track " Moments". The album was an international success, topping the charts in 16 countries. The album debuted at number 2 on the UK album chart and became the UK's fastest selling debut album of 2011. ''Up All Night'' went straight to number 1 on the United States Billboard 200, selling 176,000 copies in its first week, making One Direction the first British group in US chart history to achieve this feat with their debut album. Gosling worked on the band's follow up album in 2012, titled ''Take Me Home''. "Little Things", the second single from the album, was produced by Gosling and co-written by

and

Fiona Bevan Fiona Mackay Barclay Bevan is an English singer-songwriter from Suffolk, who currently lives in London. She is noted for co-writing the song " Little Things" with Ed Sheeran which became a number-one single in 13 countries for One Direction, an ...

, and it debuted at number 1 in the UK Official Singles Chart. Gosling also produced album track "Over Again". ''Take Me Home'' has been number 1 in over 20 countries and is certified as 3× Platinum in the UK, with "Little Things" being certified as Platinum in the US. Gosling also worked alongside

Ryan Tedder Ryan Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. As well as being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band OneRepublic, he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists since th ...

on the track "Right Now", which appears on One Direction's third studio album ''

Midnight Memories ''Midnight Memories'' is the third studio album by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released on 25 November 2013 by Columbia Records, Syco Music and Sony Music. It was described as having a "slightly rockier tone" than their previous effort ...

''. ''Midnight Memories'' was the best selling artist album of 2013 with sales in excess of 685,000 for the year and is also certified as 2× Platinum in the UK and Platinum in the USA.

Paloma Faith

In 2012, Gosling worked with female solo artist

on her UK double Platinum selling album ''Fall to Grace'', which peaked at number 2 in the UK Albums Chart in May 2012. Gosling collaborated with longtime friend and colleague

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, of

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fame, who has also produced world-wide stars such as U2 and

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. The album's lead single " Picking Up the Pieces" peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart and was co-produced by Gosling. The follow up single " 30 Minute Love Affair" was also co-produced by Gosling. The album became Faith's highest UK chart position to date. Life Ball 2014 red carpet 087 Christina Perri

Christina Perri

Gosling produced 9 of the 13 tracks on

's second studio album ''

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'', released in March 2014 on

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. The album reached number 4 on the US Billboard 200 and number 8 on the official UK album charts. "

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", the lead single from the album, peaked at number 14 in the UK and number 31 in the US, where it was certified as gold.

The Libertines

In 2015, Gosling was asked to produce the comeback album ''Anthems for Doomed Youth'' for the British

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band

. The album contains two notable literary references, the tracks "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "Gunga Din" referencing poems of the same titles by

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and

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respectively. "Gunga Din" was released as the album's first single on 2 July 2015. The album's second single, "Glasgow Coma Scale Blues", was released on 20 August 2015. Both of which were produced by Gosling. Reviews for the album were generally positive, earning a rating of 70 out of 100 on

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, indicating generally favourable reviews.

Shawn Mendes

In 2016 Gosling started working on

's second album, ''

'' Gosling produced 9 tracks on the album, which went to number 1 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 145,000

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, of which 121,000 copies were pure album sales. Joe Levy, writing for ''

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'' noted "''Illuminate'' mixes professions of romantic agony like "Mercy" (where a quietly hummed hook explodes into crashing drums), with nice-boy valentines like "Treat You Better" and bedroom come ons like "Lights On. For Jon Reyes of

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, " hawn'smost noticeable change, aside from the tight music hall sonics, is the subtle infusion of sex into the lyrics. He's graduated from songs like "Kid in Love" to fare like "Lights On" and "Patience." Both ballads paint clear pictures of behind-closed-doors moments, and the sexual nature of the lyrics doesn't qualify as innuendo by any means."

Shania Twain

After completing the

album ''

'', Gosling was asked to work with another

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artist, this time being

on her fifth studio album, ''

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''. Now was released on 29 September 2017 by

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. It is Twain's first new studio album in 15 years, since her 2002 release, '' Up!''. Gosling produced 3 tracks on the main, including the promotional single "Poor Me". and a further track on the deluxe edition. ''Now'' debuted at number one in the United Kingdom. It also entered at the top position in Australia, becoming her third album after ''Come on Over'' and '' Up!'' to reach the summit of the

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. In the United States, it additionally opened atop the ''Billboard'' 200 with 137,000

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s, which included 134,000 album sales, and became her second number-one album in the country after ''Up!''.

Charts

Number 1 Songs/Albums Jake has worked on: • One Direction – 'Up All Night' • Ed Sheeran – '+' Album 2011 • One Direction – 'Take Me Home' 2012 • One Direction – 'Little Things' 2012 • Paloma Faith – 'Fall to Grace' 2012 • Ed Sheeran – 'x' Album 2014 • Ed Sheeran – 'Thinking Out Loud' Single 2014 In June 2015, "Thinking Out Loud" became the first single to spend a full year in the UK top 40 • James Bay – 'Chaos and the Calm' Album 2015 • Shawn Mendes - 'Illuminate' Album 2017 • Shania Twain's - 'Now' Album 2017 Other Songs/Albums Jake has worked on: •

Wiley (musician) Richard Kylea Cowie Jr. MBE (born 19 January 1979), better known by his stage name Wiley (formerly Wiley Kat), is a British grime MC, rapper, songwriter, DJ and record producer from Bow, London. Wiley is considered a key figure in the creatio ...

– 'See Clear Now' 2008 • Ed Sheeran – 'Loose Change EP' 2010 • Nina Nesbitt – 'The Apple Tree' 2012, 'Peroxide' 2014, 'Stay Out EP' 2013, 'Way in the World' 2013 • Christina Perry – 'Head Or Heart' 2014 • Birdy – 'Home' from the deluxe version of her album 'Fire Within' 2013 • The Libertines – 'Anthem For Doomed Youth' 2015 • Bobby Bazini – 'Blood's Thicker Than Water' 2016 (Which appeared on the hit TV show 'Suits') • Jeremy Loops – 'Critical As Water' 2018 • Jeremy Loops – 'Gold' 2018 • Major Lazer ft. Mr Eazi, RAYE, Jake Gosling – 'Tied Up' 2018 • Mario – 'Dancing Shadows' 2018 • Anteros – 'Fool Moon' 2019 •

Honeyblood Honeyblood is the Scottish indie rock solo project of guitarist and singer-songwriter Stina Tweeddale (born 23 November 1988). It was originally formed as a duo in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2012. History and formation Formation and beginnings S ...

– 'Glimmer' 2019

KSI Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji (born 19 June 1993), known professionally as KSI, is an English YouTuber and rapper. He is a co-founder and member of the British YouTube group known as the Sidemen. He is the CEO of Misfits Boxing and ...

- 'Holiday' 2021 - UK no 2 single 2021 • KSI ALBUM - UK No1 2021 • Bugzy Malone - 'Welcome to the Hood' 2021 • Digga D - Number 1 Album 'Noughty by Nature' 2022

Awards

Music Week's Producer of the year 2012 ASCAP Award - 'Lego House' 2014 Won - Brit Award for 'Album of the Year' – 'x' 2015 Nominated - 57th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Album of the Year - 'x' 2015 Nominated - 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Record of the Year – 'Thinking Out Loud' 2016 Nominated twice for Brit Awards' Producer of the Year

Other projects

Gosling has worked with Scottish singer-songwriter

Nina Nesbitt Nina Nesbitt (born ) is a Scottish singer and songwriter. She has two top 40 singles, and is known for her single "Stay Out", which peaked at No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart in April 2013. Her first EP, ''The Apple Tree'', was released in Apr ...

. He produced Nina's 2012 ''The Apple Tree EP'' and co-wrote the lead single, "The Apple Tree". Gosling produced Nesbitt's debut album, which was released in February 2014 and peaked at number 11 in the UK Album Chart and number 1 in Nesbitt's native Scottish album chart. Gosling co-produced

debut album ''Blame Miss Barclay'', released in 2013. Gosling co-wrote the second single, "Nothing Really Matters", from

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's new album 2015 with writers

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, Dennis Princewall Stehr, and Giorgio Tuinfort. Gosling has also produced and co-written on Taylor Berrett's debut album, who is signed to

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in the US. Gosling teamed up with Irish group the Original Rudeboys to produce and co-write their 2012 album ''This Life'', which reached number 3 in the Irish Official Music Chart and has been certified as Platinum. Gosling has also worked on, as they are now known, O.R.B.'s second album, ''All We Are'', which was released in March 2014 and reached number 2 in the Irish Charts. Gosling has also ventured into the world of film, co-writing with composer

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the score for the UK urban film ''

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'', which was released in October 2012. For the UK charity

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, Gosling produced a cover of

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' "

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" with a selection of the UK's new artists, which included Nina Nesbitt,

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, Lewis Watson, Kimberly Anne, Chasing Grace, Olivia Sebastianelli, and Colour The Atlas. In addition to songwriting and production, Gosling ran a new music night called Nobu Unplugged, an evening he organised with John Woolf to showcase up and coming artists. It was held at the

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restaurant

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Berkeley St in London on the last Sunday of every month, and it featured the likes of

, Laura Mvula, Jamie N Commons, Tori Kelly, Jacob Banks, and

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, amongst others. The night received critical acclaim from ''

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'', ''Culture Magazine'', and ''Tatler Magazine''. Gosling runs a management company Sticky Management alongside Adam Coltman.

Discography

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