When it comes to his musical abilities, aside from the business world, Howes channels his talents into production and songwriting. To name a few of the monstrous projects that Howes has worked on: 

•  Producing and co-writing album Love Drunk for Columbia artists Boys Like Girls, whose first two singles "Two is Better Than One” (featuring Taylor Swift) and “Love Drunk,” both went Top 5 in the US and sold more than 4 million singles. The album went on to become certified Gold in the US.

• Co-writing the song “This Is Love” for the band For King And Country; the album won a Grammy for Christian Album Of The Year. 

• Producing and co-wroting rock band Skillet’s album, ‘Comatose,’ which went on to be a Grammy nominated and certified Platinum song in the US. Howes also co-wrote their #1 single, "Awake and Alive,” and produced their album, Unleashed, which went Platinum in the US, with its Number 1 single “Invincible,” going Double Platinum.

• Producing Simple Plan's Platinum release ‘Get Your Heart On,’ which spawned the worldwide #1 Multi-Platinum smash, “Summer Paradise” feat. Sean Paul. First single "Jet Lag" feat. Natasha Bedingfield also went Top 10. 

• Co-writing, producing, and working on the A&R team for Hinder Extreme Behavior (4 million sold worldwide), including single “Lips of an Angel,” which went #1 on multiple formats, and the CHR US charts for 3 weeks. He continued on with this success as a Writer, Producer, and A&R for the Hinder 2nd release, Take it to the Limit (certified Platinum in the US).

• Producing Nickelback’s album ‘Here And Now,’  which went on to sell over 1.5 million copies in the US and 2 million worldwide. 

• Co-writing Country artist Jack Ingram single “Lips Of An Angel,” which went Top 10 on the US Country Charts. In which The Voice contestant Andrew Sevener recently cut and released “Lips Of An Angel”, making it to the Top 10 on iTunes in the US.

• Writing multiple songs with Chris Daughtry, including “Over You” and "What I Want" on his 8 million selling debut album, which is the biggest in history for a debut rock band. Both songs went Multi-Platinum and Top 5 on multiple formats at US radio. Additionally, claiming two more songs on Daughtry’s follow-up Platinum selling release.

• Co-writing American Idol winner David Cook’s first single, “Light On,” with Chris Cornell (1.5 million records sold in the US alone and certified Platinum single), for which Howes went on to win a 2010 BMI Pop Award.

Awards Include: 

• Grammy Award for Warner Recording Artist For King And Country.

• 2 Billion Streaming award from Pandora. 

• SOCAN International Achievement Award for Songwriting. 

• Two Juno awards for Producer Of The Year, (Canadian Grammys) as well as being nominated five times. 

• Swept 2008 BMI Pop Awards with four big wins, including top honor "Song of the Year", as well as Top Digital Song for “Lips of an Angel”. 

• Nominated for a Grammy Award for Skillet in 2008.

• “Lips Of An Angel” held the title of "Biggest Selling Rock Ringtone in History" for twoyears, edging out AC/DC. 

• Seven BMI Pop Awards for work with American Idols Chris Daughtry and David Cook, as well as for rock band Skillet. 

• Several #1 SOCAN awards for various projects.

Brian Howes - Producer and Songwriter

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