Julian Bunetta
Julian Bunetta is a Grammy-nominated, Ivor Novello award-winning[1] songwriter and producer from Los Angeles, best known for his work with One Direction.
Early life and education[edit]
Bunetta is the son of the drummer and producer Peter Bunetta, known for producing for Donna Summer, Michael Bolton, The Temptations, and Smokey Robinson, among others. He studied composition and production at Berklee College of Music prior to obtaining his first publishing deal with Warner/Chappell music.[2]
Career[edit]
Bunetta has written and produced for a wide variety of commercial artists, including Maroon 5, Jason Derulo, Little Big Town, Thomas Rhett, Flo Rida, Leona Lewis, Hillary Duff, Lupe Fiasco, and Big & Rich. He also had a central part in developing Fifth Harmony, one of the most successful girl groups of the 2010s, on the hit television series The X Factor. He continued to develop and serve as executive producer for the group in subsequent years. He is the co-founder of Family Affair Productions, along with his father Peter and younger brother Damon.[3]
With One Direction[edit]
He is best known for playing a pivotal role working with One Direction.[4][5] From 2012 to 2015 Bunetta wrote and produced over 40 songs with the successful boy band, including the singles "Story of My Life, "Drag Me Down," "Night Changes," "Steal My Girl," "Best Song Ever," "History." “For three years, this was our schedule,” Bunetta says. “We did X Factor October, November, December. Took off January. February, flew to London. We’d gather ideas with the band, come up with sounds, hang out. Then back to L.A. for March, produce some stuff, then go out on the road with them in April. Get vocals, write a song or two, come back for May, work on the vocals, and produce the songs we wrote on the road. Back to London in June-ish. Back here for July, produce it up. Go back on tour in August, get last bits of vocals, mix in September, back to X Factor in October, album out in November, January off, start it all over again.”[citation needed]
He has also contributed to solo projects by One Direction members Niall Horan and Harry Styles.[citation needed]
Awards[edit]
Bunetta contributed four tracks to Thomas Rhett’s 2019 Grammy[6] and CMA[7] nominated album Center Point Road. The album was the only country album to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 in 2019.[8] In 2019 he also won a BMI award for Niall Horan’s “On the Loose”[9] and an Ivors award for “These Days”, performed by Rudimental featuring Jess Glyne, Macklemore, and Dan Caplen.[10]
Production discography[edit]
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| "The Getaway" | 2004 | Hilary Duff | Hilary Duff | 
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| "Burnin' Bridges" | 2009 | Jessie James | Jessie James |
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| "Blue Jeans" |
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| "My Cowboy" |
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| "Big Mouth" |
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| "Burn it Up" |
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| "Psycho Girlfriend" |
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| "Guilty" |
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| "What a Buzz" | Olly Murs | Right Place Right Time |
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| "One of These Days" |
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| "Brave" | Leona Lewis | Echo |
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| "21" | Flo Rida | Only One Flo (Part 1) |
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| "Brave" | Leona Lewis | The Labyrinth Tour: Live from the O2 |
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| "Touch" | Natasha Bedingfield | Strip Me |
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| "Devil's Music" | 2010 | Teddybears | Devil's Music |
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| "On The Other Side" | 2011 | Augustana | Augustana |
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| "Counting Stars" |
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| "Shot In The Dark" |
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| "Put Some Music On" | Boyz II Men | Twenty |
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| "Bread & Butter" | Hugo | Old Tyme Religion |
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| "Breathing" | Jason Derulo | Future History |
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| "Do You Feel What I Feel?" | JLS | Jukebox |
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| "The Getaway" | 2012 | Hilary Duff | Most Wanted |
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| "Live With Lonesome" | Little Big Town | The Road to Here |
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| "Put Em Up" | Lupe Fiasco | Food & Liquor II |
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| "C'mon C'mon" | One Direction | Take Me Home |
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| "I Would" |
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| "They Don't Know About Us" |
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| "If I Could Be Her" | ZZ Ward | Til the Casket Drops |
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| "Stop Pretending" | Vicci Martinez | Vicci |
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| "Don't Wanna Dance Alone" | Fifth Harmony | Better Together |
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| "Who Are You" |
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| "3 Chances" | 2013 | Oh Land | Wish Bone |
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| "Best Song Ever" | One Direction | Midnight Memories |
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| "Story of My Life" |
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| "Diana" |
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| "Midnight Memories" |
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| "You & I" |
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| "Strong" |
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| "Little Black Dress" |
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| "Little White Lies" |
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| "Better Than Words" |
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| "Safe in Sound" | Sub Focus | Torus |
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| "If You Love Me Let Me Go" | 2014 | Colbie Caillat | Gypsy Heart |
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| "Good News" | Daley | Days + Nights |
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| "Steal My Girl" | One Direction | Four |
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| "Ready to Run" |
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| "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" |
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| "Girl Almighty" |
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| "Night Changes" |
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| "No Control" |
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| "Fireproof" |
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| "Spaces" |
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| "Stockholm Syndrome" |
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| "Clouds" |
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| "Change Your Ticket" |
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| "Illusion" |
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| "Once in a Lifetime" |
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| "Act My Age" |
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| "Best Song Ever" | Weird Al Yankovic | Mandatory Fun |
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| "Reflection" | Fifth Harmony | Reflection |
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| "Drag Me Down" | 2015 | One Direction | Made in the A.M. |
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| "Hey Angel" |
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| "Perfect" |
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| "Infinity" |
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| "End of the Day" |
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| "Long Way Down" |
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| "Never Enough" |
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| "Olivia" |
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| "What a Feeling" |
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| "Love You Goodbye" |
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| "I Want To Write You A Song" |
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| "History" |
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| "Walking In The Wind" |
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| "Wolves" |
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| "A.M." |
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| "Two Ghosts" | 2017 | Harry Styles | Harry Styles |
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| "Break My Heart" | Hey Violet | From the Outside |
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| "Brand New Moves" |
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| "Guys My Age" |
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| "Hoodie" |
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| "My Consequence" |
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| "O.D.D." |
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| "All We Ever Wanted" |
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| "Fuqboi" |
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| "Unholy" |
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| "Where Have You Been (All My Night)" |
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| "Like Lovers Do" |
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| "This Is Me Breaking Up With You" |
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| "Best 4 U" | Maroon 5 | Red Pill Blues |
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| "On the Loose" | Niall Horan | Flicker |
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| "Slow Hands" |
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| "Flicker" |
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| "Fire Away" |
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| "Mirrors" |
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| "Craving You" | Thomas Rhett | Life Changes/ |
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| "Leave Right Now" |
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| "Sweetheart" |
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| "Kiss Me Like A Stranger" |
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| "Renegades" |
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| "Gateway Love" |
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| "Put You On" | Amber Mark | Put You On |
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| "Out At Night" | Clean Bandit | What Is Love |
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| "24 Hours" |
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| "Never Let Me Go" | Jess Glynne | Always In Between |
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| "Finish What We Started" | Jessie Ware | Glasshouse |
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| "Finally Free" | 2018 | Niall Horan | Smallfoot |
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| "Cashmere" | Rita Ora | Phoenix |
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| "Hate To Say" | Tory Lanez | MEMORIES DON'T DIE |
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| "Bottle of Pills" | 2019 | John the Blind | Bottle of Pills |
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| "Make Out With Me" | Maren Morris | Girl |
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| "Nice to Meet Ya" | Niall Horan | Nice to Meet Ya |
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| "Thula Ungakhlai" | Rudimental | Toast to Our Differences |
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| "These Days" |
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| "Blessed" | Thomas Rhett | Center Point Road |
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| "Look What God Gave Her" |
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| "That Old Truck" |
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| "Beer Can't Fix" |
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| "Preacher Man" | The Driver Era | X |
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| "Generous" | Amber Mark | "Generous" |
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| "Walls" | 2020 | Louis Tomlinson | Walls |
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Mariah Carey and The 1975 Win 2019 Ivor Novello Awards". Billboard.
- ↑ "Alumni Julian Bunetta '01 and John Ryan '10 Propel One Direction to No. 1 | Berklee College of Music". www.berklee.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ↑ "Big Deal Music Group Partners With Songwriters Julian Bunetta & John Ryan to Form Big Family Publishing Company". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ↑ "One Direction producer: 'I know they're taking a much-deserved break' -- exclusive". EW.com.
- ↑ "One Direction producer reveals hiatus 'wasn't decided just yesterday' | NME". August 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Thomas Rhett on Grammy Nomination for 'Center Point Road': 'It Really Does Mean the World'". Country Music. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ↑ Staff writer; no byline (2019-11-13). "CMA Awards 2019: The Complete Winners List". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ↑ "Thomas Rhett Celebrates Two Chart-Toppers: "Look What God Gave Her" And "Sixteen"". 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ↑ "Noel Gallagher and World's Top Songwriters Honored at 2019 BMI London Awards". BMI.com. 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ↑ "Here are the nominations for the Ivor Novellos 2019 | NME". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
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