Rico Love is one of the most popular and richest Music Producer who was born on December 3, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He is better known for his work as a record producer and singer-songwriter than he is for his work with pop star Better known as a record producer than singer-songwriter, he was nominated for a Grammy for his work on pop star Beyonce‘s album I Am… Sasha Fierce in the Album of the Year category.’s album I Am… Sasha Fierce, which was nominated in the Album Of The Year category.
In 2010, he was featured in He was featured on Jamie Foxx‘s hit song “Freak” in 2010.’s hit song “Freak”.
Love wrote the song “Throwback” at the request of Usher which was a part of the 2004 triple Grammy-winning album Confessions. Love also wrote “Seduction” which was a bonus track on the Confessions special edition release. These were the first of several collaborations between the singer and the writer/producer. In September 2007 Rico Love wrote and produced on the Platinum single “Love Like This” by singer Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston. This song was popular with mainstream audiences reaching No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also a hit in dance clubs, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
The first song Love ever wrote in his career was “Throwback” for which ended up on Usher’s 2004 album Confessions. Love success continued writing and producing hit records such as Usher’s “There Goes My Baby” and “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)”, Nelly’s “Just a Dream” and “Gone”, as well as Beyoncé Knowles’ “Sweet Dreams”. and has contributed to works which have gone on to win Grammys such as Beyoncé’s 2009 Best Contemporary R&B album I Am… Sasha Fierce, Usher’s 2010 Best Contemporary R&B album Raymond v. Raymond, and Usher’s 2010 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance “There Goes My Baby”. In addition Love has written and produced records for Kelly Rowland, Diddy – Dirty Money, Chris Brown, Alexandra Burke, Keri Hilson, Fergie, and Fantasia.
Richard Preston Butler Jr. was his birth name. He is the father of Carys Preston, a child with Robin Thompson (aka Robin V).
