Brian Thomas Higgins (born November 4, 1966[1]) is a British record producer and songwriter who has written and produced albums and tracks for several successful pop music singers and groups, including Girls Aloud, S Club 7, Sugababes, and the Saturdays, through his Xenomania production team.
With fellow Cumbrian and guitarist Dave Colquhoun, he formed a band named Anything You Want, which also featured Mark Scott.
Two of his collaborators on the single, Tim Powell and Matt Gray, became important future members of Xenomania.
Complications resulted from the late nineties sale of London Records to Universal Music Group.
[2] "He thinks everyone's got at least one number one hit in them", says Cooper, his long-time writing partner, in a 2004 Observer Music Monthly article.
[4] Artists that Higgins has produced and/or written with/for include Pet Shop Boys, Sugababes, Dannii Minogue, the Saturdays, Girls Aloud, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Kylie Minogue, Bananarama, Alesha Dixon, Texas, Rachel Stevens, Gabriella Cilmi, Mollie King, Nadine Coyle,Vanilla (group), Kaiser Chiefs, and Saint Etienne among others.
Higgins said of Sugababes member Mutya Buena, "She's undoubtedly the finest female singer this country has produced in years – for me the closest comparison is Dusty Springfield.