He had his first major publishing deal at 22, signing to Windswept Pacific in 1998, he soon realised that he had the desire to produce music as well as writing, he always tried to make his demo's sound as professional as possible and this led to Chris naturally evolving into pop production.
In the next 6 years he had a string of production and writing successes which included 4 top ten hits and another 4 top twenties in the UK, as well as chart successes in many other territories, including his first number 1, for the South African Popstars band "101" in 2002.
He scored his second number 1 in 2006 when Chris co-wrote and produced the number one song "Shame" for the band Monrose. Another string of hits continued in the next 3 years!