Walter Afanasieff
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Walter Afanasieff is a record producer and songwriter who starte out as Whitney Houston arranger but rose to success co-writing and co-producing music with Mariah Carey. He has also written and produced music for many famous singers such Céline Dion, Savage Garden, Destiny's Child, Kenny G, Ricky Martin and Lara Fabian. Afanasieff is working with a young Hungarian talent, Linda Kiraly, whose international album is to be released early 2007.
Afanasieff spent the vast majority of his career creating music with Mariah Carey. He traveled and toured with her, playing piano live. He appeared in Carey's home videos talking about their creative process. After 1997's Butterfly album, Afanasieff and Carey reportedly had creative differences and a falling out. They have not worked together since, although on 2001's Glitter, Carey released one of the songs the pair had co-written during the Butterfly sessions, "Lead the Way". After Carey's breakdown, E! Entertainment interviewed Afanasieff, who spoke highly of Carey, noting her hard work ethic and musical talent.
Beneath the senior portrait in his high school yearbook, Afanasieff wrote that his goal was to write and play better than Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Mariah Carey discography
Mariah Carey
- Love Takes Time (co-produced)
- And You Don't Remember (co-written and co-produced)
- Can't Let Go (co-written and co-produced)
- If It's Over (co-produced)
- So Blessed (co-written and co-produced)
- Till the End of Time (co-written and co-produced)
- The Wind (co-produced)
- I'll Be There (co-produced)
- Dreamlover (co-produced)
- Hero (co-written and co-produced)
- Anytime You Need a Friend (co-written and co-produced)
- Without You (co-produced)
- Just to Hold You Once Again (co-written and co-produced)
- All I've Ever Wanted (co-written and co-produced)
- Everything Fades Away (co-written and co-produced)
- Silent Night (co-produced)
- All I Want for Christmas Is You (co-written and co-produced)
- O Holy Night (co-produced)
- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (co-produced)
- Miss You Most (at Christmas Time) (co-written and co-produced)
- Joy to the World (co-produced)
- Jesus Born on This Day (co-written and co-produced)
- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (co-produced)
- Hark! the Herald Angels Sing/Gloria (in Excelsis Deo) (co-produced)
- Jesus What a Wonderful Child (co-written and co-produced)
- Underneath the Stars (co-written and co-produced)
- One Sweet Day (co-written and co-produced)
- Open Arms (co-produced)
- I Am Free (co-written and co-produced)
- When I Saw You (co-written and co-produced)
- Forever (co-written and co-produced)
- Looking In (co-written and co-produced)
- Butterfly (co-written and co-produced)
- My All (co-written and co-produced)
- Fourth of July (co-written and co-produced)
- Close My Eyes (co-written and co-produced)
- Whenever You Call (co-written and co-produced)
- Outside (co-written and co-produced)
- Lead the Way (co-written and co-produced)
Misc.
- Never Too Far/Hero Medley (co-written and co-produced)
- Do You Think of Me (co-written and co-produced)
Céline Dion discography
Celine Dion
- Beauty And The Beast (co-produced)
- If You Asked Me To (co-produced)
- My Heart Will Go On (co-produced)
- Tell Him (co-written and co-produced)
- Immortality (co-produced)
- A New Day Has Come (co-produced)
- Prayer (co-produced)
Ricky Martin discography
- She Bangs (co-written and co-produced)
- Nobody Wants To Be Lonely (co-produced)
Josh Groban discography
Josh Groban (co-produced with David Foster)- Gira con me questa notte (produced and arranged)
- Un Amore per Sempre (wrote music)
- Per Te (co-written with Josh Groban, produced)
- You're the Only Place (bonus track on internet edition only, co-written with Billy Mann)
Lara Fabian discography
Lara Fabian
- You are my heart (co-written)
- You're not from here (co-written)
- Broken Vow (co-written)
- Walk Away (co-written with Kara DioGuardi)
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