# Mischke Butler

Mischke Butler is an American singer, songwriter, vocal producer, vocal coach and vocal arranger, best known for his work with Michael Jackson, The Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Keke Palmer, and Little Mix.

## Career
### 1990s: Early career

Butler, raised in Detroit, appeared as a singer in 1994 television film Madonna: Innocence Lost, and released his debut single "Ready Fa Luv" in 1996, nominated for Best R&B/Soul video at the Canadian Much Music Video Awards. Butler was subsequently discovered by producer Rodney Jerkins, who would mentor him for several years. Originally a member of Jerkins' "camp" of lyric and melody writers, he soon began to branch out into vocal arrangements and production.

### 2000s: Vocal production and Michael Jackson's Invincible

One of Butler's first opportunities as a composer was to participate in the writing process of the third Spice Girls album Forever. His mentor Jerkins was commissioned to executive-produce the album, and Butler would contribute to three songs, including one that was initially chosen to be the second single, "Tell Me Why". Butler's next opportunity within the Jerkins camp was to co-write and provide background vocals on "Heartbreaker", a song that made it onto Michael Jackson's tenth and final studio album Invincible. Butler would also contribute to seven songs on En Vogue vocalist Rhona Bennett's eponymous debut solo album, including lead single and dance chart hit "Satisfied", and co-write "Gots ta Be", the top-20 charting second single from boyband B2K's eponymous debut album. His next opportunities included placements on the Barbershop soundtrack, as well as co-writing "Who Will I Run To?", the second single from artist Kiley Dean's shelved album Simple Girl, and "I Like That", the #11-peaking debut single from R&B artist Houston. Butler would also co-write "Anything", the UK top 25-peaking third single from 2006 Jojo album The High Road, and R&B hit "In My Bedroom" for boyband B5's second album Don't Talk, Just Listen.

### 2010s: Grammy nomination and Little Mix "Wings"

"Second Chance", the title track and one of two Butler contributions to 2010 El DeBarge's album Second Chance, earned him a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Song. Butler also contributed to songs on Jojo's mixtape Can't Take That Away From Me. He next co-wrote "Wings", the anthemic debut single of XFactor UK winners Little Mix, which would go number one in the UK and chart internationally.
In 2015, Butler was spotted in the studio with Britney Spears, who was working on what would become Glory, her ninth studio album. Butler was the principal vocal producer on the project eventually released in 2016, working on fourteen out of seventeen tracks of the deluxe edition.

## Selected songwriting, production, background vocal and arrangement credits

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Spotify, and AllMusic.
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
| "Tell Me Why" | 2000 | Spice Girls | Forever |
| "Get Down with Me" | 2000 | Spice Girls | Forever |
| "Time Goes By" | 2000 | Spice Girls | Forever |
| "Get with Me" | 2000 | Shorty 101 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (soundtrack) |
| "Dame (Touch Me)" (With Jennifer Lopez) | 2000 | Chayanne | Simplemente & J.Lo |
| "Heartbreaker" (Featuring Fats) | 2001 | Michael Jackson | Invincible |
| "Satisfied" | 2001 | Rhona Bennett | Rhona |
| "Take What Comes To You" | 2001 | Rhona Bennett | Rhona |
| "The First Time" | 2001 | Rhona Bennett | Rhona |
| "Last Goodbye" | 2001 | Rhona Bennett | Rhona |
| "Time Will Tell" | 2001 | Rhona Bennett | Rhona |
| "I Will" | 2001 | Rhona Bennett | Rhona |
| "Look To The Sky" | 2001 | Rhona Bennett | Rhona |
| "Imagination" | 2001 | Jessica Simpson | Irresistible |
| "I Never" | 2001 | Jessica Simpson | Irresistible |
| "What Your Name Is" | 2002 | Mario | Mario |
| "Holla Back" | 2002 | Mario | Mario |
| "Could U Be" | 2002 | Mario | Mario |
| "Shady Holiday" | 2002 | 3LW | Naughty or Nice |
| "Gots ta Be" | 2002 | B2K | B2K |
| "What's Come Over Me?" | 2002 | Glenn Lewis & Amel Larrieux | Barbershop (soundtrack) |
| "Don't Wanna Say Goodbye" | 2003 | Blu Cantrell | Bittersweet |
| "All About Nothing" | 2003 | Christina Vidal | Chasing Papi: Music From The Motion Picture |
| "Let Your Hair Down" | 2003 | Dwele | Subject |
| "Happy" (Featuring B2K) | 2003 | Jhené Aiko | You Got Served (soundtrack) |
| "Down 4 U P.2" (Featuring Lil' Fizz) | 2003 | Jhené Aiko | You Got Served (soundtrack) & My Name Is Jhene (Shelved) |
| "Who Will I Run To?" | 2003 | Kiley Dean | Simple Girl |
| "I Like That" | 2004 | Houston | It's Already Written & Robots (2005 soundtrack) |
| "Jus Anotha Shorty" | 2004 | O'Ryan | O'Ryan |
| "In A Bad Way" | 2004 | O'Ryan | O'Ryan |
| "Bad Situation" | 2004 | O'Ryan | O'Ryan |
| "Going Out Your Way" | 2004 | O'Ryan | O'Ryan |
| "45 Minutes" | 2004 | O'Ryan | O'Ryan |
| "She Loves The Club" | 2004 | O'Ryan | O'Ryan |
| "Shorty" | 2004 | O'Ryan | O'Ryan |
| "Gone" | 2005 | Frankie J | The One |
| "Ooo" | 2005 | Trey Songz | I Gotta Make It |
| "Wassup" | 2006 | Javier Colon | Left of Center |
| "Anything" | 2006 | JoJo | The High Road |
| "Keep It Movin" (Featuring Big Meech) | 2007 | Keke Palmer | So Uncool |
| "First Crush" | 2007 | Keke Palmer | So Uncool |
| "In My Bedroom" | 2007 | B5 | Don't Talk, Just Listen |
| "Already Gone" | 2008 | Girlicious | Girlicious |
| "Inside Out" | 2008 | Prima J | Prima J |
| "Space" | 2008 | Melody Thornton | Doll Domination |
| "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" | 2008 | Kimberly Wyatt | Doll Domination |
| "Played" | 2008 | Ashley Roberts | Doll Domination |
| "Let It Go" | 2008 | Brit & Alex | Step Up 2: The Streets (soundtrack) |
| "Outta Here" | 2009 | Esmée Denters | Outta Here |
| "Bigger than the World" | 2009 | Esmée Denters | Outta Here |
| "When I See You" | 2010 | El DeBarge | Second Chance |
| "Second Chance" | 2010 | El DeBarge | Second Chance |
| "Can't Take That Away from Me" | 2010 | JoJo | Can't Take That Away from Me |
| "Running on Empty" | 2010 | JoJo | Can't Take That Away from Me |
| "Top of the World" | 2011 | Keke Palmer | Awaken |
| "New Boyfriend" | 2011 | Keke Palmer | Awaken |
| "Keke's Love" | 2011 | Keke Palmer | Awaken |
| "Get Out My Head" | 2011 | Keke Palmer | Awaken |
| "Addicted" | 2011 | Nick Carter | I'm Taking Off |
| "Falling Down" | 2011 | Nick Carter | I'm Taking Off |
| "I'm Taking Off" | 2011 | Nick Carter | I'm Taking Off |
| "Make You Mine" | 2011 | Talay Riley | Going To California (Shelved) |
| "Wings" | 2012 | Little Mix | DNA |
| "Stain on My Heart" | 2012 | Stefanie Heinzmann | Stefanie Heinzmann |
| "Second Time Around" | 2012 | Stefanie Heinzmann | Stefanie Heinzmann |
| "Ain't No Way" | 2012 | Stefanie Heinzmann | Stefanie Heinzmann |
| "Make Me" (Featuring G-Eazy) | 2016 | Britney Spears | Glory |
| "Private Show" | 2016 | Britney Spears | Glory |
| "Clumsy" | 2016 | Britney Spears | Glory |
| "Slumber Party" | 2016 | Britney Spears | Glory |
| "Company" | 2016 | Tinashe | Nightride |
| "Heartless" | 2016 | Keke Palmer | Waited To Exhale |
| "Getting to Me" | 2022 | Orianthi | Rock Candy |
| "The Beautiful Unknown" | 2022 | Matt Goss | The Beautiful Unknown |

## Album Vocal production and arrangement credits

| Album | Year | Artist |
| Fight the Feeling | 2002 | Luis Fonsi |
| Mario | 2002 | Mario |
| It's Already Written | 2004 | Houston |
| O'Ryan | 2004 | O'Ryan |
| 2U | 2006 | Keshia Chanté |
| Second Chance | 2010 | El DeBarge |
| Glory | 2016 | Britney Spears |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1994 | Madonna: Innocence Lost | Doo-wop Singer | TV Movie | |
| 2015 | Jem and the Holograms | | Vocal Coach | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award Ceremony | Award | Result |
| 1996 | 1996 MuchMusic Video Awards | Best Soul/R&B Video (Ready Fa Luv) | Nominated |
| 2010 | 2010 Soul Train Music Awards | The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award (Second Chance) | Nominated |
| 2011 | 53rd Annual Grammy Awards | Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (Second Chance) | Nominated |