Steve Kipner

Who is Steve Kipner?

Steve Kipner is a multi-platinum-selling songwriter and record producer, with hits spanning a 40-year period, including chart-topping songs such as Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", Chicago's Grammy-nominated "Hard Habit to Break", "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera, for which he won an Ivor Novello Award for International Hit of the Year, Natasha Bedingfield's "These Words", "The Hardest Thing" by 98 Degrees, "He Loves U Not" by Dream, "Stole" by Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland, The Script's "Breakeven" and "The Man Who Can't Be Moved", and most recently, American Idol Season 8 Kris Allen's first single debut "Live Like We're Dying", and "Fight for This Love" by Great Britain's Cheryl Cole.

"Fight for This Love" reached #1 on the UK singles chart and became the fastest-selling single of 2009 with 292,846 sales in its first week.

"Physical" was ranked by Billboard in 2008 as the No. 6 song among all those which charted during the 50-year history of the Hot 100. Kipner is also a director and shareholder of Phonogenic Records, a UK-based joint-venture record label with Sony Music, featuring artists such as Natasha Bedingfield, The Script and A*M*E.

Over the years, Kipner has created songs for some of music industry's biggest artists including Heart, Janet Jackson, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Laura Branigan, The Temptations, America, Cheap Trick, LFO, Westlife, Huey Lewis & the News, Joe Cocker, Al Jarreau, Rod Stewart, and American Idol's David Archuleta from Season 7. Other Billboard charting songs include "20/20" by George Benson, "Invisible Man" by 98 Degrees, "Potential New Boyfriend" by Dolly Parton, "Moonight On Water" by Laura Branigan, "Heart Attack" and "Twist of Fate" by Olivia Newton-John, and "Impulsive" by Wilson Phillips.