Beau Alexandre Dozier was an American songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, television producer, and father who worked with chart-topping artists of many different genres including Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, Priscilla Ahn, Boyz II Men, The Backstreet Boys, Sir Cliff Richard, and Jennifer Lopez.
18 Facts About Beau Dozier
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Beau Dozier was born in Los Angeles, California, and was introduced to music at a young age.
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At the age of four, Beau Dozier started playing the drums and composing music on the piano.
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At the age of seven, Dozier co-wrote and composed the song "I Cry for You" for Ben E King which appeared on the album Save the Last Dance for Me and on Lamont Dozier's album Going Back to My Roots.
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Beau Dozier was featured on Bad Azz's records "Tha Last Time" and "Too Many Choices".
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Beau Dozier wrote and produced records for artists including Christina Milian, The Backstreet Boys, B2K, Boyz To Men, Blaque, Tynisha Keli, Nivea, 3LW, Tiffany Evans, PYT, JC Chasez, Samantha Jade, and Nikki Flores.
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Beau Dozier composed and produced the single "Anything" for pop music artist JoJo and "Lie About Us" for Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls.
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Beau Dozier wrote and produced the number one single "Kryptonite" for Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian.
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Beau Dozier produced the theme song for The Fantastic Four written by Pink.
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Beau Dozier collaborated with Ron Fair on his act Prima J and produced the Much Music Award-winning single for Girlicious.
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Beau Dozier Co-wrote "Why Ask Why" for Vanessa Hudgens with Dr Luke.
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Beau Dozier produced and co-wrote "Yesterday" for the Pussycat Dolls' Ashley Roberts.
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Beau Dozier collaborated with the Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson on songs for the British pop singer Sir Cliff Richard's album Soulicious.
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Beau Dozier produced the Disney Music Award-winning song, "Me and My Girls", by Fifth Harmony.
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In 2011, American Idol hired Beau Dozier as Consulting Producer to develop pop music artists for the show.
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Beau Dozier taught a class at University of Southern California on music, creativity and technology.
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Beau Dozier continued to work with chart topping artists and producers such as Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Jhene Aiko, Bonnie McKee, Dr Luke, Nasri Atweh, Julian Bunetta, Fifth Harmony, Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez.
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On March 8,2025, it was announced that Beau Dozier had died at the age of 45.