who is the former?
He is a musician, songwriter, record producer and composer.
Walter Afanasieff
Walter Afanasieff (born Vladimir Nikitich Afanasiev; February 10, 1958), formerly nicknamed Baby Love in the 1980s, is a musician, songwriter, record producer and composer.
who sang the original version of all i want for christmas Mariah Carey. is this a part of an album? Yes, Merry Christmas. when was the song released? October 28, 1994. how did it perform in the charts? It peaked at No. 6 on the "Billboard" Hot Adult Contemporary and at No. 12 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. by whom was it written? Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey.
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Walter Afanasieff [SEP] Introduction
Walter Afanasieff (born Vladimir Nikitich Afanasiev; February 10, 1958), formerly nicknamed Baby Love in the 1980s, is a musician, songwriter, record producer and composer. He is a Brazilian-American of Russian descent, known for his long association with Mariah Carey, for whom he was co-producer and co-writer for several years. He won the 1999 Grammy Award in the Record of the Year category for producing "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion, and the 2000 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Aside from Carey and Dion, Afanasieff has also written and produced music for many other recording artists as well, such as Richard Marx, Whitney Houston, Thalía, Lionel Richie, Luther Vandross, George Benson, Destiny's Child, Kenny G, Michael Bolton, Toni Braxton, Andrea Bocelli, Johnny Mathis, Kenny Loggins, Barbra Streisand, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Leona Lewis and Idina Menzel.