Rami Yacoub

Rami Yacoub (born 17 January 1975) is a Swedish music producer and songwriter of Palestinian descent, and former member of the successful songwriting/production houses Cheiron Studios and Maratone. Together with Max Martin and other songwriters and producers, he has worked with acts such as Danity Kane, Stephanie McIntosh, Backstreet Boys, One Direction, Westlife, Pink, Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Bon Jovi, Shayne Ward, Enrique Iglesias, The Veronicas, Robyn and N'Sync.

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Biography

Rami began his music career at the age of 13 when he began playing bass in a band in Stockholm.[1][2]

His talent for songwriting was already in evidence as he wrote many of the group's songs. By 18 he had discovered production when, with the aid of a "sampler, a little mixing board, synthesizers",[3] he began doing remixes.

In 1998 he was approached by Max Martin, who was looking for a new production partner, and asked to join the legendary Cheiron Studios in Stockholm. Rami’s first collaboration with Martin was producing the ground-breaking hit "...Baby One More Time” that launched the career of Britney Spears.[1]

Following ten years of service, Rami split amicably from Maratone in early 2008 because he felt that "he needed to go [his] own way." After taking a year off to assess what he wanted to do next, he began putting together his own production group based at his Kinglet Studios in Los Angeles.[3]

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