Between 1997 and 2003, his production team
Thunderpuss, co-created with Chris Cox produced worldwide hit remixes for
Madonna,
Britney Spears,
Christina Aguilera,
Whitney Houston,
Enrique Iglesias,
Jennifer Lopez,
Mary J. Blige,
Céline Dion,
Cher,
Janet Jackson,
Spice Girls,
LeAnn Rimes, among others. The duo topped the
Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart more than 20 times. Throughout his career, Harris has been involved in numerous projects and enjoyed chart success, most notably as
Kon Kan and as one half of the duo
Thunderpuss. Other involvements include work with Terry Kelly in the
house project Top Kat, and with Rachid Wehbi and vocalist Kimberley Wetmore in the house/Eurodance project Outta Control which later became known as
Killer Bunnies, with
Simone Denny on vocals. Harris has also released several solo singles. After a four-year break from the music industry from 2005 to 2009, Harris returned to the dance music scene in the fall of 2009 producing, songwriting and remixing, being the first producer/remixer in 2010 to obtain a Top 5
Billboard chart hit in each of the four decades - 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Harris also worked alongside producers Rick Nowells, Dennis Matkosky,
Giorgio Moroder, and
Ron Fair. Harris' discography includes additional co-written hits such as "Dive in the Pool" from
Queer as Folk and "I Got My Pride" which appeared in HBO's
Sex and the City. He has produced for artists such as
Jennifer Holliday,
Taylor Dayne,
Paul Robb (
Information Society),
Engelbert Humperdinck,
Donna Summer, Simone Denny, Amber and
Micah Barnes. He has co-written with David Zippell, Bob Mitchell,
Carl Dixon,
Jon Lind,
Enrique Iglesias and Dennis Matkosky. Returning to his teen roots, he experimented with the rock genre and co-founded the alt rock band Sick Seconds. (2011–2013). They recorded one self-titled LP,
Sick Seconds. Harris wrote/co wrote & produced all songs recorded at The Orange Room in Toronto, Canada in January 2013. In 2014, Harris returned to produce and rerecord a new recording of "I Beg Your Pardon" as 'Barry Harris Presents Kon Kan' with the intent to tour again with Kevin Wynne. However lack of interest at the time produced no working touring income and the two once again went their separate ways. In 2016, Barry Harris signed on as sole administrator of Spotify Artists page for himself & Kon Kan In 2018, Harris sign on as sole administrator of Apple Music's Artist page for himself Barry Harris & Kon Kan In 2020, Harris re-released Kon Kan's
VIDA! L.P. digitally, previously only released in Canada 1993 From 2014 to 2021, Harris returned to DJing part-time and produced dance remixes of tracks by P!nk, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Chainsmokers, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Adele, Calvin Harris, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Ellie Goulding, Meghan Trainor and Sia, among others. In November 2022, Harris reunited with Chris Cox as Thunderpuss producing "Don't Cry for Me" by Whitney Houston. In 2023, Harris released two new Kon Kan songs. "Stars" in July and "Sinful Wishes (Moonlight Mix)" ft. Kimberley Wetmore. ==Awards==