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Cirkut
Cirkut in 2015
Cirkut in 2015
Background information
Birth nameHenry Russell Walter
Born (1986-04-23) 23 April 1986 (age 39)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
OriginOntario, Canada
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • songwriter

Henry Russell Walter (born April 23, 1986),[1] known professionally as Cirkut, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter. He has co-produced and co-written commercially successful singles, often in tandem with American record producer Dr. Luke and Swedish producer Max Martin since 2008. His credits include songs and albums for prominent artists including Katy Perry, Becky G, Ava Max, Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, R. City, the Weeknd, Kesha, Ciara, Pitbull, Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Adam Lambert, B.o.B, Marina and the Diamonds, will.i.am, Jungkook, Kygo and Juicy J, among others.

Walter has written and produced the Billboard Hot 100-number one singles "Part of Me", "Roar" and "Dark Horse" by Katy Perry, "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus, "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and "Starboy" and "Die for You (Remix)" by the Weeknd.[2][3] He co-produced Jungkook's 2023 single "Standing Next to You". He won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards for his work on the latter two songs' parent album, Starboy.[4] Walter has co-written and produced every song on Becky G's Play It Again, R. City's What Dreams Are Made Of, Ava Max's Heaven & Hell and Diamonds & Dancefloors, and Lady Gaga's Mayhem.

Life and career

Walter was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia and moved to Toronto in 2004. He co-produced the Britney Spears song "Mmm Papi" which appeared on her 2008 album Circus.[5] He sent it as an instrumental track to Kobalt Music Group via their attorney Chris Taylor, where songwriter Nicole Morier began using it to write with Britney Spears.[6]

Walter opened Dream House Studios in Toronto. He then relocated to Los Angeles, California.[7] He co-produced "Part of Me", the title song to Katy Perry's 2012 concert film Katy Perry: Part of Me. Walter was also responsible for producing and co-writing the Weeknd's track "High for This". In 2016, he co-produced and co-wrote 9 songs on The Weeknd's album Starboy.[8]

Discography

Title Year Album Writer Producer Remix
"Mmm Papi"[5] 2008 Britney Spears – Circus check check
"Blow (Cirkut Remix)" 2011 Kesha – I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album check check check
"Seal It with a Kiss" Britney Spears – Femme Fatale check check
"High for This" The Weeknd – House of Balloons check check
"Wild Heart", "Where Do They Do That At?" Sabi – All I Want check check
"Domino" Jessie J – Who You Are check check
"Good Feeling" Flo Rida – Wild Ones check check
"Hangover", "Tattoo"[9] Taio Cruz – TY.O check check
"You Da One", "Where Have You Been", "Fool in Love" Rihanna – Talk That Talk[10] check check
"Turn All The Lights On" T-Pain – Revolver check check
"Never Close Our Eyes", "Better Than I Know Myself"[11] 2012 Adam Lambert – Trespassing check check
"Part of Me", "Wide Awake" Katy Perry – Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection check check
"Problem (The Monster Remix)" Becky G – Hotel Transylvania Soundtrack check check
"Young Forever", "Va Va Voom", "Masquerade" Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded check check
"Brokenhearted"[12] Karmin – Hello check check
"Both of Us" (featuring Taylor Swift), "Strange Clouds" (featuring Lil Wayne), "Arena" (featuring T.I. & Chris Brown)[13] B.o.B – Strange Clouds check check
"Primadonna", "Lies", "How To Be A Heartbreaker"[14] Marina and the Diamonds – Electra Heart check check
"One More Time" Baby E – N/A check check
"High For This" The Weeknd – Trilogy check check
"Wish U Were Here" (featuring Becky G) Cody Simpson – Paradise check check
"Rock Me" One Direction – Take Me Home check check
"Oath" (featuring Becky G) Cher Lloyd feat Becky G – Sticks + Stones check check
"Warrior", "Die Young", "C'mon", "Thinking of You", "Crazy Kids", "Wherever You Are", "Dirty Love", "Wonderland", "Only Wanna Dance With You", "Supernatural", "Gold Trans Am", "Last Goodbye" Kesha – Warrior check check
"Till The World Ends (Twister Remix)" Britney Spears – N/A check check check
"Die Young", "Supernatural" Kesha – Deconstructed check
"Fall Down" (featuring Miley Cyrus), "Far Away from Home" (featuring Nicole Scherzinger), "Geekin" 2013 will.i.am – #willpower check check
"Ooh La La" Britney Spears – Music From and Inspired by the Smurfs 2 check check
"Vacation" G.R.L. – Music From and Inspired by the Smurfs 2 check check
"Walks Like Rihanna" The Wanted – Word of Mouth check check
"Play It Again", "Can't Get Enough" (featuring Pitbull), "Zoomin' Zoomin", "Built for This", "Lovin' What You Do" Becky G – Play It Again (EP) check check
"Roar", "Legendary Lovers", "Birthday", "Unconditionally", "Dark Horse" (featuring Juicy J), "International Smile", "Ghost" Katy Perry – Prism check check
"Wrecking Ball" Miley Cyrus – Bangerz check check
"Harder We Fall", "Excuse My Rude", "Gold" Jessie J – Alive check check
"Smokin Rollin", "Bounce It" Juicy J – Stay Trippy check check
"Give It 2 U" Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines check check
"Brightest Morning Star" Britney Spears – Britney Jean check check
"Timber" (featuring Kesha) Pitbull – Global Warming: Meltdown check check
"Show Me What You Got", "Ugly Heart", "Rewind" 2014 G.R.L. – G.R.L. check check
"Quiero Bailar (All Through The Night)" 3BallMTY – Globall check check
"Dare (La La La)" Shakira – Shakira check check
"La La La (Brazil 2014)" Shakira – One Love, One Rhythm - The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album check check
"We Are One (Ole Ola)" (featuring Jennifer Lopez & Claudia Leitte) Pitbull – One Love, One Rhythm - The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album check check
"Wild Wild Love" (featuring G.R.L.) Pitbull – Globalization check check
"Zipper" Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty check check
"Shower", "Can't Stop Dancin'", "Can't Get Enough (Spanish Version)" Becky G – N/A check check
"I Don't Mind" Usher – N/A check check
"Get on Your Knees" (featuring Ariana Grande), "Only (featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown)", "Trini Dem Girls" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis), "The Night is Still Young", "Pills N Potions" Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint check check
"She Knows" Ne-Yo – Non-Fiction check check
"Stayin Out All Night" Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood check check
"Sugar" Maroon 5 – V check check
"Low" (featuring Nicki Minaj, Lil Bibby and Young Thug), Juicy J – The Hustle Continues check check
"Never Been in Love", "One More" Elliphant – One More check check
"Completement Fou", "Coca Sans Bulles", "Florence En Italie", "Un Jour Viendra" Yelle – Complètement fou check check
"This Is How We Roll" 2015 Fifth Harmony – Reflection check check
"Lighthouse" G.R.L. – N/A check check
"For Everybody" Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, R. City – N/A check check
"Dance Like We're Makin' Love", "Give Me Love", "Lullaby", "Kiss N Tell", "Special Edition" Ciara – Jackie check check
"Best People in the World" Elliphant – N/A check check
"The Water Dance" Chris Porter – The Water Dance check check
"Once in a Lifetime" Flo Rida – My House check check
"Like This", "Locked Away" (featuring Adam Levine), "Checking for You", "Take You Down", "Broadway", "Over", "Make Up", "Again", "Live by the Gun", "Slave to the Dollar", "Save My Soul", "Crazy Love", "Don't You Worry", "Our Story" R. City – What Dreams Are Made Of check check
"Marching Band" (featuring Juicy J) R. Kelly – The Buffet check check
"Lovin' So Hard", "Break a Sweat", "You Love It" Becky G – N/A check check
"Everybody" (featuring Azealia Banks), "Love Me Badder" Elliphant – Living Life Golden check check
"Whip It!" (featuring Chloe Angelides), "Ain't Too Cool" Lunchmoney Lewis – N/A check check
"Silk Road" Rick Ross – Black Market check check
"Ain't Your Mama" 2016 Jennifer Lopez – N/A check check
"Tabú" Pablo Alborán, Ava Max – Tabú check
"Greenlight" (featuring Flo Rida & LunchMoney Lewis) Pitbull – Climate Change check check
"Guys My Age" Hey Violet – From the Outside check
"Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk), "False Alarm", "Reminder", "Secrets", "Six Feet Under", "Ordinary Life", "Nothing Without You", "I Feel It Coming" (featuring Daft Punk) The Weeknd – Starboy check check
"Bang Bang" (featuring R. City, Selah Sue and Craig David) DJ Fresh, Diplo – N/A check
"Another Love Song" 2017 Ne-Yo – N/A check check
"I Don't Want It at All", "Slow It Down" Kim Petras – N/A check check
"All Night" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis) Big Boi – Boomiverse check check
"Ugly" Jaira Burns – N/A check check
"A Little Work" Fergie – Double Dutchess check check
"Girls Like You" (featuring Cardi B) 2018 Maroon 5 – Red Pill Blues check check
"Savior" (featuring Quavo) Iggy Azalea – N/A check check
"Hurt You" (featuring Gesaffelstein) The Weeknd – My Dear Melancholy check check
"Heart to Break", "Can't Do Better", "All the Time" Kim Petras – N/A check check
"Any Weather" Birdman – Birdman presents: Before Anythang (Soundtrack) check check
"Nights Like These", "On Ur Mind", "Ocean Sure" Ne-Yo – Good Man check check
"Animal", "Priceless" Trey Songz – Tremaine the Album check check
"Come See About Me" Nicki Minaj – Queen check check
"Creep on Me" (featuring French Montana & DJ Snake) Gashi – Gashi check check
"Treasure Island" check check
"Sweet but Psycho"[15] Ava Max – Heaven & Hell check check
"So Am I", "Torn", "Salt" 2019 check check
"Kings & Queens", "Who's Laughing Now", "OMG What's Happening", "Heaven", "Naked", "Tattoo", "Call Me Tonight", "Born to the Night", "Take You to Hell", "Belladonna", "Rumors", "My Head & My Heart" 2020 check check
"On Me" (featuring Ava Max) check check
"EveryTime I Cry" 2021
Ava Max – N/A
 check check
"Let you" check check
"Echo" (featuring blackbear), "One Light" (featuring Bantu), "Convince Me Otherwise" (with H.E.R.) Maroon 5 - Jordi check check
"Hurricane" check check
"Tears in the Club" FKA twigs – Caprisongs check check
"House on Fire" 2022 check check
"Hold Me Closer" Elton John and Britney Spears – The Lockdown Sessions check
"Maybe You're the Problem", "Million Dollar Baby", "Weapons", "Dancing's Done" check check
"Star Walkin' (League of Legends Worlds Anthem)" check check
"Everything to Everyone" and "Moon" check check
"Press It (Fast & Furious Drift Tape/Phonk Vol 1)" Bludnymph check check
"Unholy" (with Kim Petras) check check
"Lose You", "How to Cry" 2023 check
"Sleepwalker", "Ghost", "Hold Up (Wait a Minute)", "Diamonds & Dancefloors", "In the Dark", "Turn Off the Lights", "One of Us", "Get Outta My Heart", "Cold as Ice", "Last Night on Earth" check check
"Red Flags"[16] check check
"Lights Out", "Watch Me", "End of the World", "Grim Reaper" Bludnymph check check
"Oral Hex (Spell on You)" check
"Bite Me" check check
"King of Hearts", "Claws" Kim Petras – Feed the Beast check check
"Seven" check check
"Y.O.Universe" Vcha – SeVit (New Light) check check
"Drown", "My Favorite Drug", "Imagination", "Selfish", "Conditions" 2024 Justin Timberlake – Everything I Thought It Was check check
"360", "Rewind", "365" Charli XCX - Brat check check
"Brought The Heat Back" Enhypen - Romance: Untold check check
"Wonder" Katy Perry - 143 check check
"Apt." (with Bruno Mars), "Vampirehollie" Rosé - Rosie check check
"Disease" Lady Gaga - Mayhem check check
"It Girl" 2025 JADE - That's Showbiz Baby check check
"Abracadabra", "Garden of Eden", "Perfect Celebrity", "Vanish into You", "Killah" (featuring Gesaffelstein), "Zombieboy", "LoveDrug", "How Bad Do U Want Me", "Don't Call Tonight", "Shadow of a Man", "The Beast", "Can't Stop the High", "Kill for Love" Lady Gaga - Mayhem check check

Awards and nominations

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2014 "Roar" Song of the Year Nominated
2018 Starboy Best Urban Contemporary Album Won
2022 Donda Album of the Year Nominated
2024 "Higher than Ever Before" Best Dance/Electronic Recording Nominated
2025 Brat Album of the Year Nominated
"360" Record of the Year Nominated
  • Juno Awards
    • 2014: Jack Richardson Producer of the Year (Won)
    • 2015: Songwriter of the Year (Nominated)

References

  1. ↑ "Cirkut on Apple Music".
  2. ↑ "Number one singles". Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com - Henry Walter". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Henry Walter". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Mmm Papi". Toronto Star. December 3, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ Nemetz, Andrea (December 3, 2008). "Canadian trio behind Spears tune Mmm Papi". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  7. ↑ Gormely, Ian (April 2013). "The Dreamhouse". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Starboy liner notes" (PDF). umusic. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Taio Cruz - TY.O". Discogs. December 2, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Track Review: Rihanna, 'Where Have You Been'". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Track Review: Adam Lambert, 'Better Than I Know Myself'". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Broken Hearted". Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Strange Clouds". Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  14. ↑ "News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity". MTV News. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Atlantic Records Press | Ava Max". press.atlanticrecords.com. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  16. ↑ Major, Michael (January 13, 2023). "Mimi Webb Releases Releases New Single 'Red Flags'". Broadway World. Retrieved February 3, 2023.

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