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Stargate is a Norwegian record production and songwriting team, originally consisting of Tor Erik Hermansen, and Mikkel S. Eriksen (often credited as Mikkel SE) working today in the genres of pop, R&B and hip hop.

Stargate started their successful career as producers and studio owners based in Trondheim, Norway in 1997. The production team were particularly successful on the British market with more than 40 Top 10 hits in the UK. In 2005 Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen relocated to New York, and quickly established themselves as associates of the hottest Hip Hop/R&B acts on the US market.

Their breakthrough single in the United States was the Billboard Hot 100 #1 "So Sick" by Ne-Yo, which they produced and co-wrote with Ne-Yo. Stargate also worked with Ne-Yo by co-writing and producing Rihanna´s world wide hit "Unfaithful" as well as US #1 single "Irreplaceable" for Beyoncé Knowles, which is the third single of the album B'Day. "Irreplaceable" has become the second biggest radio-record measured by audience in a single week, beaten only by Mariah Carey´s´We Belong Together´, and has catapulted the album sales from less than a million to over 2 million copies. The single has so far sold over 1 million copies on digital downloads alone.

Stargate became the #1 Hot Producers on the Billboard Year End Chart 2006.

Partial Discography

• "To the Right" by Papoose
• "All Rise" by Blue (UK #4)
• "Beautiful Liar" by Beyoncé and Shakira
• "Betcha" by Megan Rochell
• "Crowded" by Jeannie Ortega (US #93)
• "Dancing In The Moonlight" by Toploader (UK #7)
• "Day & Night (Stargate Mix) by Billie Piper (UK #1)
• "Fly By" by Blue (UK #6)
• "Handcuffs" by Claudette Ortiz
• "How Do I Breathe" by Mario Barrett
• "I Call It Love" by Lionel Richie (US #63) (US Urban AC #1 for 3 weeks)
• "I Don’t Want To Care" by Jessica Simpson
• "I Belong To Me" by Jessica Simpson
• "Incomplete Remix" by Sisqo
• "Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé (US #1, UK #4)
• "It's OK!" by Atomic Kitten (UK #3)
• "Let Go" by Megan Rochell
• "Mama - Who Da Man" by Richard Blackwood (UK #3)
• "Not Going Back" by Nas feat. Kelis
• "One Love" by Blue (UK #3)
• "One Night Stand" by Mis-teeq (UK #5)
• "Scandalous" by Mis-teeq (UK #2)
• "Sexy Love" by Ne-Yo (US #9, UK #5)
• "So Cold" by Paula Deanda
• "So Sick" by Ne-Yo (US #1, UK #1)
• "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" by Blue and Elton John (UK #1)
• "The Way To Your Love" by Hear’Say (UK #1)
• "Unfaithful" by Rihanna (US #6, UK #2, EU #1)
• "Walk Away" by Paula DeAnda (US #24)
• "We Ride" by Rihanna (UK #17)
• "If I Was Your Man" by Joe

Equipment/ Studio setup Mostly in the box, some outboard midi stuff:

• Roland JV1010
• Yamaha Motif Rack
• Emu Proteus 2000
• Yamaha Motif Rack XS
• Akai S3000XL
• Roland Phantoms

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