Mentors on the Mic: Your guide to pursuing a career in the Entertainment industry

Becoming... Grammy winning Producer Sandy Vee


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Sandy Vee is a Grammy winning French Producer, selling over 120 million singles and records worldwide. He won a Grammy for Rihanna’s first single “Only Girl (In the World)," which debuted at #1 on the top of the U.S.A. Digital Song chart and Billboard Hot 100. It marked the latest career plateau for French producer/songwriter Sandy Vee’s meteoric rise to the top of the pop charts. The song has gone on to hit #1 all over the world as well as reaching gold status in Belgium and Platinum in the (4x) Australia, UK, New Zealand, Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, (2x) Sweden, (2x) Switzerland. He was also nominated for Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream for Album of the Year.

In 2011, he was #6 on MusicWeek's Top 40 Songwriters of Quarter 1

In this episode, we talk about:

•  Working with David Guetta on his album One Love

•  Co-produced Rihanna’s “Only Girl in the World” and Katy Perry’s “Firework”

•  Winning a Grammy for Best Dance Recording at the 2011 Grammy Awards for Only Girl in the World and being nominated for Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream for Album of the Year.

• Working with will.i.am ("On the Dancefloor") Akon ("Sexy Chick"), Katy Perry, Sean Kingston, Ne-Yo ("Beautiful Monster"), Britney Spears ("Selfish") with production credits for records with Taio Cruz, Pitbull, Selena Gomez…

• Tips for Songwriters and Producers

• Dealing with the panic attacks after all of his success and what measures he took to change his life

• How long it takes him to make a hit song

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