Walter "Wally" Afanasieff (born February 10, 1958) is a Grammy-award-winning record producer and songwriter who started out as Whitney Houston's arranger, but rose to success co-writing and co-producing music with Mariah Carey.
He has also written and produced music for many famous singers such as Mariah Carey, Tina Arena, Regina Belle, Lionel Richie, Luther Vandross, Céline Dion, Savage Garden, Destiny's Child, Kenny G, Michael Bolton, Kenny Log...
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Walter "Wally" Afanasieff (born February 10, 1958) is a Grammy-award-winning record producer and songwriter who started out as Whitney Houston's arranger, but rose to success co-writing and co-producing music with Mariah Carey.
He has also written and produced music for many famous singers such as Mariah Carey, Tina Arena, Regina Belle, Lionel Richie, Luther Vandross, Céline Dion, Savage Garden, Destiny's Child, Kenny G, Michael Bolton, Kenny Loggins, Barbra Streisand, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Babyface, Lara Fabian, Michael Jackson, Josh Groban, Clay Aiken, Jordin Sparks, Leona Lewis, and many more.
Afanasieff was born Vladimir Nikitich Afanasev (Russian: Владимир Никитич Афанасьев) in São Paulo, SP, Brazil to parents Nikita and Tatiana. His family is from Russia and moved to Brazil in the late 1940s. Afanasieff studied music at the Conservatory of Music in San Mateo, California. Together with his musical mentor (production-wise), 80s top-producer Narada...
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