Michelle Bell

Michelle Bell is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. With Sean Combs she wrote and produced tracks for Jennifer Lopez. Following the release of Lopez's album, she worked with artists, including Britney Spears, Girls Aloud, Mary J. Blige and Paulina Rubio.

Michelle Lynn Bell
Born	Ohio, U.S.
Genres	Pop R&B
Occupations	Songwriter record producer
Years active	2000–present

Biography

Michelle Lynn Bell was born in Ohio. While in college she worked on a local paper while she was in college, and used to write to publicists at record labels.

She worked with Sean Combs, who was dating pop singer Jennifer Lopez at the time. After Bell's song was presented to Lopez, the latter recorded the track. Bell then went to work with several artists such as Mary J. Blige and Paulina Rubio over the years.

In 2002, she started to work with Britney Spears on her fourth studio album In the Zone. Together they wrote and recorded several tracks, including "Chaotic",^[1] "Like I'm Falling", "Look Who's Talking Now",^[2] and "Money, Love, & Happiness".^[3] "(I've Just Begun) Having My Fun", another track recorded by Spears and later released on Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (2004),^[4] was featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film Bridesmaids. Bell later worked with producer Peter Wade Keusch. Together, they formed a music production duo, and worked for artists such as 88-Keys and Lindsay Lohan. They worked together on an album called The Mystery LLP. It was slated for a release on the second quarter of 2008; the album, however, is yet to be released. Bell currently lives in New York City.

Reception

Bell's songs were mostly well received by contemporary critics. One of her tracks she wrote with Britney Spears, "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)", was considered by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic as better "[than] most of the songs that were featured on [In the Zone],"^[5] while Mike McGuirk of Rhapsody said the song "is on a level with her best work, namely 'I'm a Slave 4 U'."^[6] Bell's tracks included on Jennifer Lopez's album Brave (2007) received mixed to positive reviews, with "I Need Love" being considered as a "nice enough uptempo groove. Still, it's not something you'll be rushing to hear a second time — a sentiment that summarizes most of 'Brave'."^[7][8] "Morning After Dark", a track co-wrote with Timbaland, was considered as "catchy" by reviewers, with its hook receiving positive appreciation.^[9][10] However, Jennifer Lopez's "Come Over" did not impress critics, with Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly saying, "'Come to my room for a little game.… I'll do very erotic things', she breathes on 'Come Over', [...] the most embarrassing satin sheet anthem since, oh, Sylvia's 'Pillow Talk'." The song received comparisons to earlier works of Janet Jackson.^[11]

Songwriting discography

Year	Album	Artist	Ref.
2001	Come Over	Jennifer Lopez
	Testimony	Mary J. Blige	[12]
	Think	Toya	[13]
	The Truth		[13]
	What Else Can I Do		[13]
	At The Bar	T.I.	[14]
2002	Doo Rags	Nas	[15]
	High Fashion	3LW
	A Girl Can Mack
	Stereo	Paulina Rubio	[16]
	Supernatural	Sugababes	[17]
2003	Impatient	Blu Cantrell	[18]
	Don't Want You Back	Girls Aloud	[19]
	Chaotic	Britney Spears	[1]
	Conscious
	I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)		[5]
	Look Who's Talking Now		[A]
	Money Love and Happiness
	Peep Show
	Take Off
	Disguise My Love
2006	Fire	Kelis	[20]
2007	It Can Happen	Elisabeth Withers	[21]
	Get Your Shoes On		[21]
	Be Mine	Jennifer Lopez	[7]
	Frozen Moments		[7]
	I Need Love		[7]
	Never Gonna Give Up		[7]
	The Way It Is		[7]
2008	Almond Joy	Tittswort	[22]
	Portrait of Love	Cheri Dennis	[23]
	Morning Wood	88-Keys	[24]
2009	Morning After Dark	Timbaland (featuring Soshy and Nelly Furtado)	[25]
	Can't Hide from Love	Fame soundtrack	[26]
	Amazing	Alex Young	[27]
	Broken Heart		[27]
	Kisses Wishes		[27]
	Rendezvous		[27]
	Seeing is Believing		[27]
2012	Butterflies	Medina	[28]
	Hotels		[29]
	Good to You		[28]
2013	The Flow	Bilal	[30]
2014	Relationshit	Soshy
	Bang Bang
	Need You Now	Macy Gray	[31]
	Bad Things	Aneta Sablik	[32]
	Crazy/Rosie	Love, Rosie soundtrack	[33]
2015	Drums Talk	Maude Herchab
	Take A Chance	Antonique Smith
	Choices	E-40
2016	Something Different	Clairy Browne
	Choices	American Honey soundtrack
2017	Come Alive	Johnny Manuel

Notes

1. Look Who's Talking Now was not included on Britney Spears' fourth studio album In the Zone. The track was later recorded by Korean pop singer BoA and included on her album eponymous album released in 2009.^[2] However, Spears' version of the track leaked on January 9, 2012.^[2]