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Wayne Anthony Hector is a British songwriter who is best known for his work with pop artists such as Nicki Minaj, One Direction, the Wanted, Toše Proeski and Olly Murs. He co-wrote seven of Westlife's number one singles, including "World of Our Own" and "Flying Without Wings".
He is signed to BMG Chrysalis UK.
In 1996, Damage's "Forever" became one of Hector's first songwriting credits and his first top 10 hit.
Hector contributed to Westlife's self-titled debut album in 1999. His credits on the album include "Swear It Again" and "Flying Without Wings", both of which peaked at number 1 in the United Kingdom. He also contributed "I Don't Wanna Fight", "Moments" and "We Are One" to the album. He also cowrote number 1 singles "Queen of My Heart" and "World of Our Own" on Westlife's 2001 album World of Our Own.
In 2005, Hector was signed to Sony/ATV. At the time of his signing, he had written 32 international number one singles. Later that year he worked on Rascal Flatts' "Feels Like Today", for which he won an ASCAP award. He also penned Carrie Underwood's "I Just Can't Live A Lie" in 2005.
Hector wrote "I Hate This Part" for The Pussycat Dolls in 2008. He co-wrote "Out from Under" on Britney Spears Circus later that year. In 2009, Hector co-wrote two number one singles, "Beat Again" and "Everybody in Love", on JLS's self-titled debut album.
Hector joined Warner/Chappell Music in 2010. That year he co-wrote JLS's number one single "Love You More". He also co-wrote "Thinking of Me" on Olly Murs' 2010 self-titled debut album.
Hector wrote "Same Mistakes" and "Everything About You" for One Direction's debut album Up All Night in 2011.
In 2011, he co-wrote Nicki Minaj's "Starships" and The Wanted's "Glad You Came". He also wrote The Wanted's "I Found You", which was released in September 2012. Hector also contributed "Army of Two", "Hand on Heart" and "Personal" to Olly Murs' 2012 album Right Place Right Time.
In 2013, Hector co-wrote "Best Song Ever", "Little White Lies" and "Why Don't We Go There" for One Direction's Midnight Memories. He also wrote "Get Down" and "Supposed" on James Arthur's self-titled debut album and Mika's "Stardust". Hector worked on "Miss America", "The Only One", "Bones", "Postcard" and "Hollywood" on James Blunt's Moon Landing, which was released in October 2013. He also co-wrote "Rest of Our Life" on Jason Derulo's Tattoos.
In 2014, Hector wrote "Me and My Broken Heart" for the English pop band Rixton, "Break Your Plans" for The Fray, and "Redlight" for Tiesto. He co-wrote "Steal My Girl" for the One Direction album Four. He also co-wrote "Changing", the Sigma song featuring Paloma Faith, and "Last Night" by the pop-rock band The Vamps.
In 2016, he co-wrote the song "Sunlight" together with Irish lyricist Ronan Hardiman for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, in which the song was performed by Nicky Byrne.
Also in 2016, Hector co-wrote "On Your Side" by the Veronicas, the first single from their 2021 fifth album Human and also contributed to "Stealing Cars" on their 2021 fourth album Godzilla.
In 2018, he co-wrote "Love" on Kylie Minogue's album Golden.
In 2020, he co-wrote "Habit" and "Perfect Now" on Louis Tomlinson's album Walls.
In 2021, he co-wrote "Advice" on Shinee member Lee Tae-min's EP Advice.
In 2022 he contributed to the Sugababes album The Lost Tapes.
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