Stargate is a Grammy-award winning Norwegian record producing and songwriting team, composed of Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen, based in New York City. The team's genres include R&B, pop and hip hop.
Stargate broke into the American recording industry in 2006, with the release of the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "So Sick", produced and co-written by the team and performed by singer Ne-Yo. They also produced and co-wrote with singer Beyoncé Knowles her worldwide hit single "Irreplaceable", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for ten consecutive weeks, becoming the biggest song of 2007 and giving Stargate their most successful single to date.
The team has worked with various American artists and received mainstream awards including the Songwriters of the Year accolade at the 2007 ASCAP/PRS Awards and the 2009 ASCAP Pop Songwriters of the Year. #1 Producers of the Year on the Billboard Hot 100 Year End Chart 2006 and 2008. Hitmakers of the Year in Rolling Stone magazine 2008. According to britishhitsongwriters.com Eriksen is the twenty seventh most successful songwriter in U.K. chart history based on weeks that his compositions have spent on the chart and Hermansen the thirtieth.
Billboard Top 10 Singles
* 2006: "So Sick" (Ne-Yo)
* 2006: "Walk Away (Remember Me)" (Paula DeAnda)
* 2006: "I Call It Love" (Lionel Richie)
* 2006: "Unfaithful" (Rihanna)
* 2006: "Irreplaceable" (Beyoncé)
* 2006: "We Ride" (Rihanna)
* 2007: "Wait for You" (Elliott Yamin)
* 2007: "Beautiful Liar" (Shakira / Beyoncé)
* 2007: "Because of You" (Ne-Yo)
* 2007: "Don't Stop the Music" (Rihanna)
* 2007: "Hate That I Love You" (Rihanna)
* 2007: "Tattoo" (Jordin Sparks)
* 2007: "With You" (Chris Brown)
* 2008: "Take a Bow" (Rihanna)
* 2008: "Closer" (Ne-Yo)
* 2008: "Spotlight" (Jennifer Hudson)
* 2008: "Miss Independent" (Ne-Yo)
* 2008: "Mad" (Ne-Yo)
* 2009: "I Need a Girl" (Trey Songz)
* 2009: "Come Back to Me" (Utada)
* 2009: "Be On You" (Flo Rida)
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