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{{Short description|British songwriting team}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Primary sources|date=May 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Biffco
| image           = Biffco log.png
| caption         =
| birth_name      =
| alias           =
| origin          = [[Brighton]], England
| genre           = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[dance music|dance]], [[electronic music|electronic]]
| occupation      = Record producers, songwriters
| years_active    = 1993–present
| label           =
| associated_acts =
| website         =
| current_members = Richard "Biff" Stannard<br/>Julian Gallagher<br/>Ash Howes
| past_members    =
}}
'''Biffco''' is a music production and songwriting team from [[Brighton]], England, formed by Richard "Biff" Stannard, Julian Gallagher and Ash Howes.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nash|first1=Paul|title=THE IRISH CONNECTION|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec01/articles/biffco1201.asp|publisher=SOS Publications Group|access-date=1 August 2015|date=December 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607074218/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec01/articles/biffco1201.asp|archive-date=7 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The group have worked with a number of high-profile artists, including [[Kylie Minogue]], [[One Direction]], [[Atomic Kitten]], [[Ellie Goulding]], [[Leona Lewis]], [[Little Mix]], [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]] and [[Will Young]]. They are also largely responsible for the rise of the [[Spice Girls]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/celebrity/four-new-spice-girls-songs-leaked-online/ |title=Four New Spice Girls Songs Leaked Online |publisher=people.com |date=11 February 2015}}</ref> [[Five (band)|Five]], and [[East 17]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biffco.co.uk/index.php |title=Writers, producers, mixers based in Brighton |publisher=Biffco |access-date=7 April 2013 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320122114/http://www.biffco.co.uk/index.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> So far, Biffco have had 41 hit singles, including nine number-ones.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} Stannard and Howes also worked as music directors and show song producers on ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' since 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biglifemanagement.co.uk/producers/producer/ash_howes |title=Ash Howes &#124; Big Life Producer Management |website=Biglifemanagement.co.uk |access-date=2016-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301173830/http://www.biglifemanagement.co.uk/producers/producer/ash_howes |archive-date=1 March 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a281386/x-factor-nicolo-thanks-fans-for-support.html|title='X Factor' Nicolo thanks fans for support|last=Nissim|first=Mayer|date=11 October 2010|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=11 October 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101012044006/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a281386/x-factor-nicolo-thanks-fans-for-support.html| archive-date= 12 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
==Members==
===Richard "Biff" Stannard===
'''Richard "Biff" Frederick Stannard''' was born in 1966.<ref name="pink">{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/04/28/interview-richard-biff-stannard-the-man-with-the-x-factor/ |title=Interview: Richard 'Biff' Stannard, the man with the X Factor · PinkNews |website=Pinknews.co.uk |date=2011-04-28 |access-date=2016-02-21}}</ref> His breakthrough in the music industry came with English [[boyband]] [[East 17]]. Stannard met singer and songwriter [[Tony Mortimer]] and introduced him to music manager [[Tom Watkins (music manager)|Tom Watkins]], who Stannard was dating at the time. Stannard went on to be the [[executive producer]] of East 17's debut album, ''[[Walthamstow (album)|Walthamstow]]'' (1992), and produced two songs for the follow-up album, ''[[Steam (East 17 album)|Steam]]'' (1994).<ref name="pink"/>
In 2010, he founded the label Major Label with Adam Clough and Paul Smith. Their first signing was English [[synthpop]] duo [[Hurts (duo)|Hurts]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.365artists.com/about/paul-smith.php |title=Paul Smith |publisher=365 Artists |access-date=2016-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316172422/http://365artists.com/about/paul-smith.php |archive-date=16 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/hurts-locker-offers-emotional-rescue-1996865.html |title=Hurts' locker offers emotional rescue &#124; Features &#124; Culture |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=2010-06-10 |access-date=2016-02-21}}</ref>
===Julian Gallagher===
===Ash Howes===
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Result
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1997
|rowspan="2"| [[Ivor Novello Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theivors.com/archive/1990-1999/the-ivors-1997/ |title=The Ivors 1997 |access-date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218205013/http://theivors.com/archive/1990-1999/the-ivors-1997/ |archive-date=18 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|Best Selling British Written Single in the UK ("[[Wannabe]]")
|{{won}}
|-
|International Hit Of The Year ("Wannabe")
|{{won}}
|-
|[[1997 Brit Awards|Brit Awards]]
|Best British Producer
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="5"| 1998
|[[ASCAP]] Pop Music Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQ4EAAAAMBAJ&q=ascap+pop+awards+spice+girls&pg=PA13|title=1998 ASCAP Pop Music Awards winners |publisher=Billboard Magazine |date=30 May 1998 |access-date=18 February 2017 }}</ref>
|Most Performed Songs in the U.S. ("Wannabe")
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="3"| ASCAP London Music Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IQoEAAAAMBAJ&q=ascap+london+awards++spice+girls&pg=PA43|title=ASCAP Awards Honor U.K. Acts |publisher=Billboard Magazine |date=7 November 1998 |access-date=18 February 2017 }}</ref>
|Most Performed Songs in the U.S. ("Wannabe")
|{{won}}
|-
|Most Performed Songs in the U.S. ("[[2 Become 1]]")
|{{won}}
|-
|Song of the Year ("2 Become 1")
|{{won}}
|-
|Ivor Novello Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theivors.com/archive/1990-1999/the-ivors-1998/ |title=The Ivors 1998 |access-date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813023728/http://theivors.com/archive/1990-1999/the-ivors-1998/ |archive-date=13 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|International Hit Of The Year ("[[Spice Up Your Life]]")
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1999
|ASCAP London Music Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eAgEAAAAMBAJ&q=ascap+awards+spice+girls&pg=PA70|title=Langes Aces PRS Awards |publisher=Billboard Magazine |date=30 October 1999 |access-date=18 February 2017 }}</ref>
|Most Performed Songs in the U.S. ("2 Become 1")
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2014
|ASCAP London Music Awards<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Christman |first=Ed |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6281280/ascap-awards-ellie-goulding-umpg-34th-annual-awards |title=ASCAP Honors Ellie Goulding, UMPG at 34th Annual Awards |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |date=9 October 2014 |access-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>
|Song of the Year ("[[Lights (Ellie Goulding song)|Lights]]")
|{{won}}
|-
|}
==Discography==
*'''[[Alphabeat]]'''
**"Chess"
*'''[[Amy Macdonald]]'''
**"Woman of the World" (production only)
*'''[[Atomic Kitten]]'''
**"[[If You Come to Me]]"
*'''[[Claire Richards]]'''
**"Ruins"
*'''[[Ellie Goulding]]'''
**"[[Lights (Ellie Goulding song)|Lights]]"
**"Ritual"
*'''[[Emma Bunton]]'''
**"Better Be Careful"
**"High on Love"
**"So Long"
**"[[What Took You So Long?]]"
*'''[[The Feeling]]'''
**"This Promise"
*'''[[Gabrielle (singer)|Gabrielle]]'''
**"[[Stay the Same (Gabrielle song)|Stay the Same]]"
**"[[When a Woman]]"
*'''[[Five (band)|Five]]'''
**"[[Closer to Me]]"
**"[[Don't Wanna Let You Go]]"
**"[[Got the Feelin']]"
**"[[If Ya Gettin' Down]]"
**"[[Keep on Movin' (Five song)|Keep on Movin']]"
**"[[Let's Dance (Five song)|Let's Dance]]"
*'''[[Joe McElderry]]'''
**"Feel the Fire"
*'''[[Kish Mauve]]'''
**"You Make Me Feel"
*'''[[Kylie Minogue]]'''
**"[[A Second to Midnight]]"
**"Attention Seeker"
**"B.P.M"
**"Boy"
**"City Games"
**"Colour My Life"
**"Goodbye to Berlin"
**"[[Hold on to Now]]"
**"I Don't Know What It Is"
**"[[I Love It (Kylie Minogue song)|I Love It]]"
**"[[In My Arms (Kylie Minogue song)|In My Arms]]"
**"[[In Your Eyes (Kylie Minogue song)|In Your Eyes]]"
**"Light Years"
**"Love Affair"
**"Love is Here"
**"[[Love at First Sight (Kylie Minogue song)|Love at First Sight]]"
**"Loving Days"
**"One Last Kiss"
**"One More Time"
**"[[The One (Kylie Minogue song)|The One]]"
**"[[Please Stay (Kylie Minogue song)|Please Stay]]"
**"Rendezvous at Sunset"
**"Roller Disco"
**"[[Say Something (Kylie Minogue song)|Say Something]]"
**"Shelby '68"
**"Shero"
**"Shoulda Left You"
**"Somebody to Love"
**"Stars"
**"Story"
**"[[Tension (song)|Tension]]"
**"[[Things We Do for Love (Kylie Minogue song)|Thing We Do for Love]]"
**"Under the Influence of Love" (production only)
**"Vegas High"
**"You Still Get Me High"
*'''[[Lea Michele]]'''
**"Heavenly"
*'''[[Lemar]]'''
**"[[The Way Love Goes (Lemar song)|The Way Love Goes]]"
*'''[[Lena Meyer-Landrut|Lena]]'''
**″Crystal Sky″
**"Keep On Living"
*'''[[Little Boots]]'''
**"Hearts Collide"
**"No Brakes"
*'''[[Little Mix]]'''
**"[[Change Your Life (Little Mix song)|Change Your Life]]"
**"These Four Walls"
*'''[[Marina and the Diamonds]]'''
**"[[Hollywood (Marina and the Diamonds song)|Hollywood]]"
**"Guilty"
*'''[[Matt Cardle]]'''
**"[[Amazing (Matt Cardle song)|Amazing]]"
**"Beat of a Breaking Heart"
**"Chemical"
**"Letters"
**"Sparks"
**"[[Starlight (Matt Cardle song)|Starlight]]"
*'''[[Mel B]]'''
**"[[Lullaby (Melanie B song)|Lullaby]]"
**"Sophisticated Lady"
*'''[[Melanie C]]'''
**"In and Out of Love"
**"[[Goin' Down (Melanie C song)|Goin' Down]]"
**"Living Without You"
**"Nowhere to Run"
**"Suddenly Monday"
**"The Sea"
**"Rising Sun"
**"Who I Am"
*'''[[One Direction]]'''
**"I Want"
*'''[[Pixie Lott]]'''
**"Nobody Does It Better"
**"Paper Planes"
*'''[[The Saturdays]]'''
**"I Can't Wait"
*'''[[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]]'''
**"[[Bittersweet (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song)|Bittersweet]]"
**"[[Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)]]"
**"Love Is You"
**"New York City Lights"
*'''[[Spice Girls]]'''
**"[[2 Become 1]]"
**"Feed Your Love"
**"[[Goodbye (Spice Girls song)|Goodbye]]"
**"[[Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)]]"
**"If U Can't Dance"
**"[[Mama (Spice Girls song)|Mama]]"
**"Never Give Up on the Good Times"
**"Saturday Night Divas"
**"[[Spice Up Your Life]]"
**"[[Viva Forever]]"
**"Voodoo"
**"[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]"
*'''[[U2]]'''
**"[[Elevation (song)|Elevation]]"
*'''[[Westlife]]'''
**"Don't Let Me Go"
**"[[Safe (Westlife song)|Safe]]"
**"When You Come Around"
*'''[[Will Young]]'''
**"Cry"
**"[[Don't Let Me Down (Will Young song)|Don't Let Me Down]]"
**"Dare"
**"From Now On"
**"[[Grace (Will Young song)|Grace]]"
**"Over You"
**"Personal Thunder"
**"Ready or Not"
**"Side by Side"
**"Take Control"
**"You and I"
*'''[[Francesca Michielin]]'''
**"Arcobaleni"
*'''[[5 Seconds of Summer]]'''
**"18"
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.biffco.co.uk/index.php}}
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