Rick Nowels

Rick Nowels
Origin	San Francisco, United States
Occupation(s)	Record producer Songwriter Musician
Instruments	Guitars, keyboards, bass
Years active	1980s–present
Associated acts	Lana Del Rey, Adele, Madonna, Marina and the Diamonds, Nelly Furtado, Cee-Lo Green, John Legend
Website	ricknowels.com

Rick Nowels is an American songwriter and record producer.^[1] He is a multi-instrumentalist and has written with, or had his songs recorded by a number of artists including Lana Del Rey, Adele, Marina and the Diamonds, Lykke Li, Jamie xx, Brandon Flowers, Madonna, Cee-Lo Green, Sia, Dido, Nelly Furtado, John Legend and Andre 3000, Tiesto, Santana, Tupac Shakur, Fleetwood Mac, Belinda Carlisle and Stevie Nicks.^[2]

Nowels co-wrote the title track for Celine Dion's album Falling into You which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1997. Additionally, Nowels co-wrote the track "White Flag" for Dido which won the 2004 Ivor Novello Award for International Hit of the Year.

Awards and nominations

2014: Satellite award for Best Original Song "Young And Beautiful" Lana Del Rey
2014: Grammy Nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media "Young And Beautiful" Lana Del Rey
2011: ASCAP award for "Fallin' For You" Colbie Caillat
2008: Grammy Nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration "Green Light" John Legend/Andre 3000
2005: ASCAP award for "White Flag" Dido
2004: Ivor Novello International Song of Year Award for "White Flag" Dido
2004: ASCAP song of the year for "The Game of Love" Santana ft. Michelle Branch
2004: ASCAP award for "The Game of Love" Santana ft. Michelle Branch
2000: ASCAP award for "You Get What You Give" New Radicals
2000: Ivor Novello nomination for "I Turn to You" Mel C
1996: ASCAP award for "Body and Soul" Anita Baker
1996: Grammy Award for Album of the Year "Falling into You" Celine Dion^[3]
1996: Grammy nomination for Best R and B Single "Body and Soul" Anita Baker^[4]
1990: ASCAP award for "Rooms on Fire" Stevie Nicks
1988: ASCAP award for "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda Carlisle
1988: Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda Carlisle

References

↑ "Rick Nowels". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
↑ "Rick Nowels Interview - Hit Songwriter & Producer". Retrieved 2015-10-02.
↑ "Past Winners Search". Grammy.com. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
↑ "POP VIEW; Playing Grammy Roulette – Page 2 – New York Times". Nytimes.com. February 26, 1995. Retrieved 2013-06-27.

External links

Rick Nowels' Official website

Grammy Award for Album of the Year

1959–1975	The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1959) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1960) The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1961) Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1962) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1963) The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1964) Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz, João Gilberto (1965) September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1966) A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1967) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1968) By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1969) Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970) Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1971) Tapestry – Carole King (1972) The Concert for Bangladesh – Various (1973) Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1974) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1975)

1976–2000	Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1976) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1977) Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1978) Saturday Night Fever – Various (1979) 52nd Street – Billy Joel (1980) Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1981) Double Fantasy – John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1982) Toto IV – Toto (1983) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984) Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1985) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1986) Graceland – Paul Simon (1987) The Joshua Tree – U2 (1988) Faith – George Michael (1989) Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1990) Back on the Block – Quincy Jones and various artists (1991) Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1992) Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1993) The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1994) MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1995) Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1996) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1997) Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1998) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1999) Supernatural – Santana (2000)

2001–present	Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2001) O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack (2002) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2004) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles and various artists (2005) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2006) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2007) River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2008) Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (2009) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2010) The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2011) 21 – Adele (2012) Babel – Mumford & Sons (2013) Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2014) Morning Phase – Beck (2015) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2016)

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