Stargate (often stylized as StarGate) is a Grammy-winning Norwegian record producing and songwriting team, composed of Tor Erik Hermansen (born 14 October 1972) and Mikkel Storleer Eriksen (born in 1972), based in New York City. The team's genres include R&B,pop and hip hop. Stargate was established in Trondheim, Norway.
Stargate broke into the American recording industry in 2006, with the release of theBillboard 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 Knowlesher 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.
In 2010 and 2011 they have been noted for their extensive work with Rihanna, writing and producing four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number 1 singles with the Barbadian singer.
As a group we will be looking intoi the work created by stargate simply beucase they work closely with Rhanna and they are also known to be the production team hired for making the Only girl video featuring Rihanna. Therfore i shall conduct further research into there media texts tyo see if there are elements which we can adopt when creating our text
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