Cirkut

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Canadian record producer and songwriter

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name	Cirkut
image	CIRKUT-1 (cropped).jpg
caption	Cirkut in 2015
birth_name	Henry Russell Walter
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birth_place	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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occupation	{{flatlist
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| name = Cirkut | image = CIRKUT-1 (cropped).jpg | caption = Cirkut in 2015 | birth_name = Henry Russell Walter | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = | occupation = {{flatlist|

Record producer
songwriter | instrument = | years_active = | label = | current_member_of = | website = Henry Russell Walter (born April 23, 1986), known professionally as Cirkut, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter. He has produced and co-written commercially successful singles 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, Juicy J, Sam Smith, and Ed Sheeran, among others. He has numerous collaborations with American record producer Dr. Luke and Swedish producer Max Martin.

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. 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. 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 in Ottawa and mostly lived in Montreal. In his teenage years he had moved to Halifax where he attended Ambrae Academy and St Pat High School in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he met some other musical artists. He then moved to Toronto in 2004. He co-produced the Britney Spears song "Mmm Papi" which appeared on her 2008 album Circus. 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.

Walter opened Dream House Studios in Toronto. He then relocated to Los Angeles, California. 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.

Discography

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

Ava Max – Heaven & Hell
2019
2020

2021

Maroon 5 - Jordi

FKA twigs – Caprisongs
2022
Elton John and Britney Spears – The Lockdown Sessions



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2023


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Kim Petras – Feed the Beast

Vcha – SeVit (New Light)
2024	Justin Timberlake – Everything I Thought It Was
Charli XCX - Brat
Enhypen - Romance: Untold
Katy Perry - 143
Rosé - Rosie
Lady Gaga - Mayhem
2025	JADE - That's Showbiz Baby
The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow
Lady Gaga - Mayhem
Ed Sheeran - Play
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Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards |- ! scope="row" | | "Roar" | Song of the Year | |- ! scope="row" | | Starboy | Best Urban Contemporary Album | |- ! scope="row" | | Donda | Album of the Year | |- ! scope="row"| | "Higher than Ever Before" | Best Dance/Electronic Recording | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| | Brat | Album of the Year | |- | "360" | Record of the Year | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="7"| | Mayhem | Album of the Year | |- | rowspan="3"| "Abracadabra" | Record of the Year | |- | Song of the Year | |- | Best Dance Pop Recording | |- | rowspan="2"| "APT." | Record of the Year | |- | Song of the Year | |- | | Producer of the Year, Non-Classical |
Juno Awards
- 2014: Jack Richardson Producer of the Year (Won)
- 2015: Songwriter of the Year (Nominated)

References

"Cirkut on Apple Music".
"Number one singles".
"swedishcharts.com - Henry Walter".
"Henry Walter".
(December 3, 2008). "Mmm Papi". Toronto Star.
Nemetz, Andrea. (December 3, 2008). "Canadian trio behind Spears tune Mmm Papi". [[Toronto Star]].
Gormely, Ian. (April 2013). "The Dreamhouse".
"Starboy liner notes".
(December 2, 2011). "Taio Cruz - TY.O". Discogs.
"Track Review: Rihanna, 'Where Have You Been'".
"Track Review: Adam Lambert, 'Better Than I Know Myself'".
"Broken Hearted".
"Strange Clouds".
"News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity".
"Atlantic Records Press {{!}} Ava Max".
Major, Michael. (13 January 2023). "Mimi Webb Releases Releases New Single 'Red Flags'". Broadway World.

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