Mark Crew

Crew produced the albums Bad Blood (UK #1,{{cite web |last1=OCC |title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20130310/7502/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=29 October 2019}} 3× platinum sales award;{{cite web |last1=BPI |title=Award - bpi |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/8919-2450-2 |website=BPI |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=29 October 2019}} US #11,{{cite magazine |last1=Billboard |title=Bastille Chart History Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bastille/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=29 October 2019}} platinum sales award{{cite web |last1=RIAA |title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Bastille&ti=Bad+Blood#search_section |website=Gold & Platinum - RIAA |publisher=RIAA |accessdate=29 October 2019}}), Wild World (UK #1,{{cite web |last1=OCC |title=Official album charts History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/wild-world/ |website=Wild world |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=29 October 2019}} gold;{{cite web |last1=BPI |title=Award - bpi |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/13923-2450-2 |website=BPI |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=29 October 2019}} US #4{{cite web |last1=Billboard |title=Billboard Chart History Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bastille/chart-history/tlp/ |website=Bastille |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=29 October 2019}}) and Doom Days (UK #4;{{cite web |last1=OCC |title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20190621/7502/ |website=OCC |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=29 October 2019}} US #5{{cite magazine |last1=Caulfield |first1=Keith |title=Madonna Achieves Nonth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Madame x' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8517120/madonna-madame-x-No1-debut-billboard-200-chart |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=29 October 2019}}) for Bastille. The albums included the notable singles "Pompeii" (UK #2,{{cite web |last1=OCC |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20130303/7501/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=29 October 2019}} 3× platinum;{{cite web |last1=BPI |title=Award - bpi |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/9363-2450-1 |website=BPI |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=29 October 2019}} US #5,{{cite magazine |last1=Billboard |title=Bastille Chart History Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bastille/chart-history/hsi/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=29 October 2019}} 6× platinum{{cite web |last1=RIAA |title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Bastille&ti=Pompeii#search_section |website=Gold & Platinum - RIAA |publisher=RIAA |accessdate=29 October 2019}}), "Of the Night" (UK #2,{{cite web |last1=OCC |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20131124/7501/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=29 October 2019}} platinum{{cite web |last1=Award - bpi |title=BPI |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/12706-2450-1 |website=BPI |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=29 October 2019}}), and "Good Grief" (UK #13,{{cite web |last1=OCC |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20160805/7501/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=29 October 2019}} platinum;{{cite web |last1=BPI |title=Award - bpi |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/13865-2450-1 |website=BPI |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=29 October 2019}} US #40{{cite magazine |last1=Billboard |title=Bastille Chart History Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bastille/chart-history/tfm/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=29 October 2019}}).

He developed Rag’n’Bone Man and produced a number of tracks on his debut album Human (UK #1,{{cite web |last1=OCC |title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20170217/7502/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company}} 4× platinum;{{cite web |last1=BPI |title=Award - bpi |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/3038-4304-2 |website=BPI |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=29 October 2019}} France #1,{{cite web |last1=SNEP |title=Le Top de la semaine: Top Albums |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2017&we=9 |website=SNEP Musique |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique |accessdate=29 October 2019}} 3× platinum;{{cite web |last1=SNEP |title=Les Certifications |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/les-disques-dor/?awards_cat=65&awards_artist=Rag%27n%27Bone+Man&awards_title=Human+%28Deluxe%29 |website=SNEP |publisher=Syndicat National de L'Edition Phonographique |accessdate=29 October 2019}} Germany #2,{{cite web |last1=GfK |title=Rag'N'Bone Man |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-322217 |website=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |publisher=Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung |accessdate=29 October 2019}} platinum{{cite web |last1=BVMI |title=Gol-/Platin-Datenbank |url=https://www.musikindustrie.de/markt-bestseller/gold-/platin-und-diamond-auszeichnung/datenbank#topSearch |website=BVMI |publisher=Bundesverband der Musikindustrie |accessdate=29 October 2019}}), including the singles "Bitter End" and "Grace." He produced The Wombats albums Glitterbug (UK #5,{{cite web |last1=OCC |title=Official Albums Chart Results Matching: Glitterbug |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/glitterbug/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=29 October 2019}} 1x silver;{{cite web |last1=BPI |title=Awards - bpi |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/15332-1210-2 |website=BPI |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=29 October 2019}} US #91{{cite magazine |last1=Billboard |title=The Wombats Chart History Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-wombats/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=29 October 2019}}) and Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life (UK #3{{cite web |last1=OCC |title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20180216/7502/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company}}), and also produced the James Arthur single "Empty Space" (UK #22,{{cite web |last1=OCC |title=Official Singles Chart Taop 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20181116/7501/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=29 October 2019}} 1x silver{{cite web |last1=BPI |title=Awards - bpi |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/15439-2447-1 |website=BPI |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=29 October 2019}}), the Louis Tomlinson single "Two of Us", the Freya Ridings single "Castles" (UK #16,{{cite web |last1=OCC |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190823/7501/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=30 October 2019}} 1x silver{{cite web |last1=BPI |title=Award - bpi |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/15871-4765-1 |website=BPI |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=30 October 2019}}) and the James Blunt single "Champions".

The two mixtapes that preceded Bastille's debut album campaign, titled Other People's Heartache Parts I & II, were also produced by Crew. One track from these mixtapes, "Of the Night", was the launch single for the extended version of the album, All This Bad Blood. The song charted at #2 in the UK,{{cite web|last1=Bastille|first1=Of The Night|title=UK Singles Chart|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20131124/7501/|website=Official Charts|accessdate=27 July 2016}} and has sold over 1.5 million downloads to date.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

After Bad Blood, he produced a further Bastille mixtape titled VS., an eight-song set continuing in the vein of the previous mixtapes, featuring appearances from Lizzo, Angel Haze, and Haim.{{cite web|last1=Vs.|first1=Bastille|title=Vs. Production and Artist Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/vs-other-peoples-heartache-pt-iii-mw0002771787/credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=3 March 2017}}

He went on to produce Bastille's second album, Wild World.{{cite web|last1=Wild World|first1=Bastille|title=bastille we won't be working with big producers anytime soon|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/radio-1-big-weekend/news/a573313/bastille-we-wont-be-working-with-big-producers-anytime-soon/|website=Digital Spy|date=25 May 2014 |accessdate=3 March 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Wild World|first1=Bastille|title=Watch as Bastille reveal new music and album title in trailer|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bastille-13-1191082|website=NME|date=2 June 2016 |accessdate=3 March 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Wild World|first1=Bastille|title=Dan Smith & Mark Crew: Producing Wild World|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/people/bastille|website=Sound On Sound|accessdate=10 June 2017}} He also mixed 13 titles on the album. Wild World was released on 9 September 2016 and spent two weeks at number 1 on the UK album charts{{cite web|last1=Bastille|first1=Wild World|title=UK Albums Chart|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/wild%20world/|website=Official Chart Company|accessdate=10 January 2017}} and reached number 4 in the US Billboard 200 charts.{{cite magazine|last1=Wild World|first1=Bastille|title=Billboard 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/1554163/bastille/chart?f=305|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=9 February 2017}} The lead single from the album, "Good Grief", spent 23 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and was certified with a Gold sales award.{{cite web|last1=Bastille, Good Grief|first1=MANUAL SEARCH. Enter Good Grief in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search|title=BPI Awards|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx|accessdate=10 January 2017}}

The first single from Bastille's third studio album, titled "Quarter Past Midnight", was produced at Crew and Dan Smith's studio in London, One Eyed Jack's{{cite web|last1=O'Connor|first1=Roisin|title=Bastille interview: Frontman Dan Smith on new single 'Quarter Past Midnight' and their upcoming third album|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/bastille-interview-dan-smith-new-album-quarter-past-midnight-best-laid-plans-tour-dates-a8344826.html|website=Independent.co.uk|date=11 May 2018 |accessdate=16 May 2018}} and was Annie Mac's Hottest Record on 9 May 2018.{{cite web|last1=Radio 1|first1=BBC|title=Bastille are back with a their new single 'Quarter Past Midnight', and an album on the way that runs through the night...|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p066p3gk|website=bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 May 2018}}

Crew also produced the third album from The Wombats.{{cite web|last1=Glitterbug|first1=The Wombats|title=The Wombats On The Aussie Origins Of 'Glitterbug', The Gap Between Albums & Long-Distance Relationships|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/features/the-wombats-on-the-aussie-origins-of-glitterbug-the-gap-between-albums-long-distance-relationships/|website=Music Feeds|date=26 March 2015 }} Titled Glitterbug, it was released on 13 April 2015. The first two singles from the album, "Greek Tragedy" and "Give Me a Try", were both Zane Lowe's Hottest Records and play-listed on Radio 1. The album entered the UK albums chart at number 5,{{cite web|last1=The Wombats|first1=Glitterbug|title=UK Albums Chart|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/glitterbug/|website=Official Charts|accessdate=27 July 2016}} and the Australian albums chart at number 2.{{cite web|last1=The Wombats|first1=Glitterbug|title=Australian Albums Chart|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Wombats&titel=Glitterbug&cat=a|website=Australian Albums Chart|accessdate=27 July 2016}} The Wombats invited Crew back to produce their fourth album, Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life.{{cite web|last1=Collar|first1=Matt|title=AllMusic Review|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/beautiful-people-will-ruin-your-life-mw0003124562|website=AllMusic|accessdate=16 May 2018}} The album was produced at his studio.{{cite web|last1=O'Connor|first1=Roisin|title=Bastille interview: Frontman Dan Smith on new single 'Quarter Past Midnight' and their upcoming third album|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/bastille-interview-dan-smith-new-album-quarter-past-midnight-best-laid-plans-tour-dates-a8344826.html|website=independent.co.uk|date=11 May 2018 |publisher=The Independent|accessdate=16 May 2018}} Released on 9 February 2018, the album entered the UK charts at number 3{{cite web|last1=Charts|first1=Official|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20180216/7502/|website=Officialcharts.com|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=16 May 2018}} and the Australian charts at number 5.{{cite web|last1=Charts|first1=Australian|title=THE WOMBATS - BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE (ALBUM)|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Wombats&titel=Beautiful+People+Will+Ruin+Your+Life&cat=a|website=Australian-Charts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=16 May 2018}} The singles from the album, "Lemon to a Knife Fight", "Cheetah Tongue", and "Turn", were all selected as Annie Mac's Hottest Records.{{cite web|last1=Radio 1|first1=BBC|title=Annie Mac|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05mc1qx|website=bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 May 2018}}{{cite web|last1=Radio 1|first1=BBC|title=Annie Mac|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05v68mk|website=bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 May 2018}}{{cite web|last1=Radio 1|first1=BBC|title=Annie Mac|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p062dr5h?ns_mchannel=social&|website=bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 May 2018}}

Crew co-wrote and co-produced Tears For Fears' song "I Love You but I'm Lost"{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-love-you-but-im-lost-mw0003116838/credits|title=I Love You But I'm Lost - Tears for Fears | Credits|website=AllMusic}} and mixed the band To Kill a King's self-titled album, producing the tracks "Oh My Love" and "Breathe".{{cite web|last1=To Kill A King|first1=To Kill A King|title=To Kill A King announce new self-titled album|url=http://www.music-news.com/news/UK/86166/Read|website=Music News|accessdate=3 March 2017}}

In 2013, Crew founded Best Laid Plans Records with production partners Dan "Braque" Priddy and Dan Smith and Best Laid Plans Music, a music publishing imprint.{{Cite web|url=https://bestlaidplansrecords.com/about/|title=ABOUT|website=Bestlaidplansrecords.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-21}}

The first artist to be produced for Best Laid Plans was Rag'n'Bone Man.{{cite web|last1=Signing|first1=Rag'n'Bone Man|title=Rag'n'Bone Man's life changed by rent-paying producer|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/88580-ragnbone-mans-life-changed-by-rent-paying-producer/|website=The List|date=10 February 2017 }} The campaign commenced with a mini-album titled Wolves,{{cite web|last1=Rag n Bone Man|first1=Wolves|title=iTunes link|website=iTunes |date=24 October 2014 |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/wolves/930869917|access-date=10 January 2017}} which featured contributions from Vince Staples, Kae Tempest, and Stig of the Dump. This was followed by the Disfigured EP in March 2015,{{cite web|last1=Rag'n'Bone Man|first1=Disfigured|title=Disfigured EP|url=https://www.discogs.com/RagnBone-Man-Disfigured/release/7098700|website=Discogs}} which included "Bitter End", a track that was performed live at Glastonbury and play-listed for BBC Radio 1.{{cite web|last1=Radio 1|first1=BBC|title=Rag'n'Bone Man - Bitter End|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02vx2s7|website=BBC}} Rag'n'Bone Man is signed to Columbia Records. Crew produced ten tracks on Rag'n'Bone Man's debut album with his production partner and label co-director Dan "Braque" Priddy. Titled Human, it was released on 10 February 2017{{cite web|last1=Human|first1=Rag'n'Bone Man|title=Human release date|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.uk/news/2017-02-10/ragnbone-man-releases-debut-album-human|website=Sony Music|accessdate=3 March 2017}} and sold 117,000 copies in the UK in its first week of release, becoming the "fastest-selling male debut album of the decade."{{cite web|last1=Human|first1=Rag'n'Bone Man|title=Rag'N'Bone Man scores huge No.1: becomes fastest-selling male debut album of the decade|url=http://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/rag-n-bone-man-scores-huge-no-1-becomes-fastest-selling-male-debut-album-of-the-decade/067550|website=Music Week|accessdate=3 March 2017}}

The second artist to be signed to Best Laid Plans was Rationale, whose debut EP Fuel to the Fire gained early support from Annie Mac, Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart on BBC Radio 1, and Zane Lowe and Pharrell Williams on Beats 1. Two tracks from the EP, "Fuel to the Fire" and "Fast Lane", were play-listed on Radio 1. Subsequent single "Something for Nothing" was a 'Hottest Record'{{cite web|last1=Radio 1|first1=BBC|title=Something For Nothing|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/records/n3hpgn|website=BBC|accessdate=3 March 2017}} and also play-listed on BBC Radio 1. Crew mixed all titles on Fuel to the Fire and provided additional production on "Something for Nothing".{{cite web|last1=Something For Nothing|first1=Rationale|title=Production Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-for-nothing-mw0002907717|website=AllMusic|accessdate=3 March 2017}}

As of July 2020, Best Laid Plans represents the following seven artists: Rag'n'Bone Man, Rationale, Kianja, The Dawn of May, Akine, FERDIN&ND, and Flying Ibex.{{Cite web|url=https://bestlaidplansrecords.com/artists|title=ARTISTS|website=Bestlaidplansrecords.com|accessdate=14 August 2020}}

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