Lucas Secon
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Lucas Secon, also known by the stage name Lucas, is a world-renowned Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

-American
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 Grammy
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 , MTV Award and Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

-nominated record producer
Record producer
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, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

,Golden Poets Award winner, DJ, rapper, singer and artist
Artist
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/conceptualist. He lives in London
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, United Kingdom
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.

Secon has contributed to seven number one records and many other singles and albums. Secon is also known for his own single, "Lucas with the Lid Off", from his 1994 album Lucacentric
Lucacentric
Lucacentric is a 1994 album by hip-hop musician Lucas. The album peaked at number four on top 200 in the Billboard 200 . It features the song "Lucas With the Lid Off", which was top ten in ten countries,sold over a million copies worldwide as well as top 30 in multiple Billboard lists including...

.

He has contributed to over 40 million album sales and has garnered many multi-platinum, platinum and gold plaques for singles and albums sold and has produced and written for such acts as Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...

, The Pussycat Dolls, Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

, Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton
Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...

, Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...

, Gym Class Heroes
Gym Class Heroes
Gym Class Heroes is an American hip hop rock band from Geneva, New York. They have collaborated with Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump on numerous occasions, notably for providing backing vocals on the song "Cupid's Chokehold." Stump also produced the majority of their album The Quilt.The group formed...

, IAM
IAM
- Concepts :* Identity and Access Management, a concept that combines business processes, policies and technologies.* Innovation Access Method, a high-performance indexed access-method for IBM's z/OS and OS/390 operating systems that provides a transparent alternative to IBM's VSAM* Indo-Aryan...

, Sugababes
Sugababes
The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...

, New Boyz
New Boyz
New Boyz is an American hip hop/rap group and a former jerkin crew duo made up of rappers Earl "Ben J" Benjamin and Dominic "Legacy" Thomas from Hesperia, California. They debuted in summer 2009 with their viral hit, "You're a Jerk", taken from their debut studio album Skinny Jeanz and a Mic,...

, Cee-lo Green, Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time...

, Travis McCoy, Mos Def
Mos Def
Dante Terrell Smith is an American actor and Emcee known by the stage names Mos Def and Yasiin Bey. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which...

, Cassidy
Cassidy
Barry Adrian Reese better known by his stage name Cassidy, is an American rapper.-2004: Split Personality:Cassidy's first album, Split Personality, was released on March 16, 2004. There were two singles released from the album. The first single was "Hotel", which featured R. Kelly. The second...

, The Wanted
The Wanted
The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band based in London, England. The band consists of Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes. Their debut single, "All Time Low", was released in July 2010 and reached number one in the United Kingdom for one week...

, Pixie Lott
Pixie Lott
Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It...

, Sean Paul
Sean Paul
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques , who performs under stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican pop rap and reggae singer.-1973–1996: Early life:...

, Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke is a British R&B and pop recording artist who rose to fame after winning the fifth series of British television series The X Factor in 2008...

, Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston is a Jamaican-American singer. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.-Early life:...

, JLS
JLS
- Music :* JLS, an English boyband** JLS , debut album by JLS* JLS a Spanish Rock band based in Zaragoza , Spain formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by lead Leo Susana.- Organizations :...

, The Saturdays
The Saturdays
The Saturdays are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London, United Kingdom. The group consists of five members Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman. In 2007 the band were formed through Fascination Records which gave them an instant record deal with...

, Mohombi
Mohombi
Mohombi Nzasi Moupondo , known professionally as Mohombi, is a Swedish-Congolese R&B singer-songwriter and dancer. He grew up in one of Stockholm's suburbs called Norsborg, Stockholm. Mohombi is RedOne's first signing to 2101 Records in joint venture with Universal Music Group...

, September
September
September is the 9th month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with a length of 30 days.September in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Northern Hemisphere....

, Blak Twang
Blak Twang
Blak Twang who also uses the pseudonyms of Taipanic and Tony Rotton, is a British rapper who grew up in Deptford, Lewisham, South East London...

, Tweet
Tweet
Tweet may refer to:*Tweet, a post on Twitter*A type of bird vocalisation*Tweet , American R&B and soul singer-songwriter*Cessna T-37 Tweet, a trainer aircraft*Jonathan Tweet, a game designer...

, Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Weezer. Raised in an Ashram in Connecticut, Cuomo moved to Los Angeles at age 19, where he participated in a number of rock bands before founding Weezer in 1992...

, Sly and Robbie
Sly and Robbie
Sly and Robbie is the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production team of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare who joined in the mid 1970s after having established themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians...

, Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki is an American electro house musician, record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records.-Early life:...

, Chubb Rock
Chubb Rock
Chubb Rock is a New York-based rapper who released several commercially successful hip hop albums in the early 1990s...

, Kool Keith
Kool Keith
Keith Matthew Thornton, better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an American rapper from The Bronx, New York. A founding member of Ultramagnetic MCs, Kool Keith has recorded prolifically both as a solo artist and in group collaborations. Kool Keith is the self-proclaimed inventor of...

, Lady Of Rage
Lady of Rage
Robin Yvette Allen , better known by her stage name The Lady of Rage, is an American rapper and actress best known for collaborations with several Death Row Records artists, including Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg on the seminal albums The Chronic and Doggystyle...

, Pete Nice
Pete Nice
Prime Minister Pete Nice is a former hip hop MC who was most noted as a member of the group 3rd Bass.-Career:...

 and many more.

Lucas Won a BMI US Airplay Award for The Pussycat Dolls "I Hate This Part
I Hate This Part
"I Hate This Part" is a song by American pop/R&B girl group the Pussycat Dolls from their second album, Doll Domination. Written by Wayne Hector, Lucas Secon, Jonas Jeberg and Cutfather it was released as the album's second single on October 7, 2008...

" in 2010.
He also won an award for biggest airplay record of the year for Stan Walker
Stan Walker
Stan Walker , is an Australian recording artist and actor. In 2009, Walker was the winner on the seventh season of Australian Idol. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia....

's"Black Box
Black box
A black box is a device, object, or system whose inner workings are unknown; only the input, transfer, and output are known characteristics.The term black box can also refer to:-In science and technology:*Black box theory, a philosophical theory...

" single.
Lucas was nominated for an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

 for Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time...

"Boyfriend
Boyfriend
A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed relationships, where other titles A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed...

" featuring Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...

 and New Boyz
New Boyz
New Boyz is an American hip hop/rap group and a former jerkin crew duo made up of rappers Earl "Ben J" Benjamin and Dominic "Legacy" Thomas from Hesperia, California. They debuted in summer 2009 with their viral hit, "You're a Jerk", taken from their debut studio album Skinny Jeanz and a Mic,...

 and a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 for his own single "Lucas With The Lid Off".

Early life

Secon was born in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, the son of American entrepreneur and Pottery Barn
Pottery Barn
Pottery Barn is an American-based home furnishing store chain with retail stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Since September 1986, when it was purchased from GAP, Inc, Pottery Barn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma, Inc....

 founder Paul Secon
Paul Secon
Paul Secon was an American entrepreneur song-writer who co-founded Pottery Barn with his brother, Morris, in 1950....

, and world-renowned Danish artist Berta Moltke.

Secon spent his childhood between New York and Copenhagen while also living in Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 before settling in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 after graduating high school. He attended New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

, majoring in Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

 and Philosophy
Philosophy
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 with a minor in Music Business.

Secon won Spin Magazine's Golden Poets Award for his poem
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

 "The Ice Age" (out of 150,000 entrants), which became a song on To Rap My World Around You.
Paul Secon
Paul Secon
Paul Secon was an American entrepreneur song-writer who co-founded Pottery Barn with his brother, Morris, in 1950....

 and Lucas also wrote a song together called "Red,White and Blues",detailing America's unfaithful relationship with its own people and it's shady,opportunistic foreign politics/policies on his album Lucacentric
Lucacentric
Lucacentric is a 1994 album by hip-hop musician Lucas. The album peaked at number four on top 200 in the Billboard 200 . It features the song "Lucas With the Lid Off", which was top ten in ten countries,sold over a million copies worldwide as well as top 30 in multiple Billboard lists including...

.

1990-1994: Solo career

Signed to Uptown Records
Uptown Records
Uptown Records was an American record label, founded by Andre Harrell in 1986. It went on to become one of the most popular Hip-Hop and R&B labels of the late 1980's and early 1990s. Featured on the roster were such luminaries as Guy, Heavy D & The Boyz, Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, and Soul for Real...

 by Andre Harrell
Andre Harrell
Andre Harrell is founder of the now defunct record label, Uptown Records. Harrell also served as president/CEO of Motown Records. He was also the first half of the hip hop duo Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde.-Biography:...

, Secon debuted in 1990 with the album To Rap My World Around You.

In 1993 he signed with Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 and released his 1994 album Lucacentric
Lucacentric
Lucacentric is a 1994 album by hip-hop musician Lucas. The album peaked at number four on top 200 in the Billboard 200 . It features the song "Lucas With the Lid Off", which was top ten in ten countries,sold over a million copies worldwide as well as top 30 in multiple Billboard lists including...

, a much more jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

-influenced work than his previous effort. Lucacentric hit the Top 40 in at least 10 countries. It also spawned the single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 "Lucas with the Lid Off", which peaked at #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and became his only Top 40 hit as a solo artist. The music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for his the single, directed by Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry is an Academy Award winning filmmaker, whose works include being a commercial director, music video director, and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. - Life and career :...

, received a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video, Short Form and a MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Male Video in 1995. The video features a very distinctive and memorable style, being shot in one take among a variety of different sets. It was voted #4 in an MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 list of the "Best Videos of All-Time".

He has also worked as a DJ for many different artists such as Lifer's Group, Jamalski, Yasmin, and even for his own work. He started DJing as a 15 year old in Copenhagen, Denmark, even entering the Danish DMC World DJ Championships contest.

Following the release of Lucacentric, Secon's focus switched to production and songwriting.

Personal life

Lucas' father, Paul Secon
Paul Secon
Paul Secon was an American entrepreneur song-writer who co-founded Pottery Barn with his brother, Morris, in 1950....

, is perhaps best known as the co-founder of Pottery Barn
Pottery Barn
Pottery Barn is an American-based home furnishing store chain with retail stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Since September 1986, when it was purchased from GAP, Inc, Pottery Barn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma, Inc....

 along with his brother Morris Secon. He also worked as a songwriter for Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...

, The Ink Spots
The Ink Spots
The Ink Spots were a popular vocal group in the 1930s and 1940s that helped define the musical genre that led to rhythm and blues and rock and roll, and the subgenre doo-wop...

, and The Mills Brothers and many more. His mother, Danish artist Berta Moltke, was the head of the Danish Academy of Arts for several years and has exhibited around the world for the last 35 years.

Singles

  • 1991: "Show Me Your Moves"
  • 1994: "Wau Wau Wau"
  • 1994: "Lucas with the Lid Off"
  • 2001: "My Feet Hurt" (featuring Blue)
  • 2001: "My Feet Work"

Production discography

  • Lauren Bennett
    Lauren Bennett
    Lauren Bennett is a British singer, dancer, painter, photographer, and model. She is best known for her involvement with girl groups the Paradiso Girls and Pussycat Dolls and her work with Cee Lo Green and LMFAO.-Early life:...

      solo material Interscope Records 2012
  • Blue
    Blue
    Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...

     "R........" upcoming single. Cowritten and produced. BlueWorld/Universal Records 2012.
  • Tanya Lacey  single and 2 others RCA UK Jan 2012 Cowritten and Produced
  • Bluey Robinson "Coming Back" single.Nov 2011 RCA UK Cowritten and Produced.
  • Big Time Rush
    Big Time Rush
    Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time...

     "Show Me
    Show Me
    -Music:* "Show Me" , a 2011 dance song by Jessica Sutta* "Show Me" , a 2003 song by Moya Brennan* Show Me , a 1987 album by Canadian rock band 54-40* "Show Me" , a 2007 R&B song...

    "feat..... upcoming single 2012 Columbia Records US.Produced/cowritten.
  • DJ Smash
    DJ Smash
    DJ Smash aka Smash Hunter is a DJ, music producer, remixer and project consultant.- Background :...

     featuring Lauren Bennett
    Lauren Bennett
    Lauren Bennett is a British singer, dancer, painter, photographer, and model. She is best known for her involvement with girl groups the Paradiso Girls and Pussycat Dolls and her work with Cee Lo Green and LMFAO.-Early life:...

     single 2012.EMI Cowritten/coproduced.
  • The Saturdays
    The Saturdays
    The Saturdays are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London, United Kingdom. The group consists of five members Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman. In 2007 the band were formed through Fascination Records which gave them an instant record deal with...

    "The Way You Watch Me" featTravis McCoy  upcoming single Cowritten/produced Geffen Records January 2012
  • Sugababes
    Sugababes
    The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...

      RCA Records 2011.Cowritten and produced
  • Gym Class Heroes
    Gym Class Heroes
    Gym Class Heroes is an American hip hop rock band from Geneva, New York. They have collaborated with Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump on numerous occasions, notably for providing backing vocals on the song "Cupid's Chokehold." Stump also produced the majority of their album The Quilt.The group formed...

    "s....o.m.l...w...y.." cowritten and produced Fueled by Ramen US
  • Keke Palmer
    Keke Palmer
    Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress and singer who rose to fame for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She also starred as the title character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP...

      Interscope Records
  • Alexandra Burke
    Alexandra Burke
    Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke is a British R&B and pop recording artist who rose to fame after winning the fifth series of British television series The X Factor in 2008...

    "T........" upcoming single.Cowritten/coproduced. Sony Music 2012
  • Aqua
    Aqua
    - Music :* Aqua , a Danish pop band* Aqua , American record producer and composer of film and television scores* Aqua, album by Edgar Froese* Aqua , 1992* "Aqua", a piano piece by Ryuichi Sakamoto...

     single "Like a Robot" Universal Records 2011 -writing/production
  • Mohombi
    Mohombi
    Mohombi Nzasi Moupondo , known professionally as Mohombi, is a Swedish-Congolese R&B singer-songwriter and dancer. He grew up in one of Stockholm's suburbs called Norsborg, Stockholm. Mohombi is RedOne's first signing to 2101 Records in joint venture with Universal Music Group...

     worldwide single "In Your Head" Island/2101/Universal Records 2012 january and other songs Production/writing.
  • Steve Aoki
    Steve Aoki
    Steve Aoki is an American electro house musician, record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records.-Early life:...

     feat Rivers Cuomo
    Rivers Cuomo
    Rivers Cuomo is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Weezer. Raised in an Ashram in Connecticut, Cuomo moved to Los Angeles at age 19, where he participated in a number of rock bands before founding Weezer in 1992...

     of Weezer "Earthquakey People"single oct 2011 Ultra - cowritten
  • Metro Station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     single "D.T." Columbia US 2011.Production/writing.
  • Miranda Cosgrove
    Miranda Cosgrove
    Miranda Taylor Cosgrove is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Her career began at the age of three, where she participated in television commercials. Cosgrove's film debut was in 2003, as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock...

     "Face of Love" Produced and cowritten from upcoming EP March 2011 Columbia US
  • J Pearl "Must Be A Reason" 2011 Strictly Rhythm single -Produced/cowritten
  • September
    September
    September is the 9th month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with a length of 30 days.September in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Northern Hemisphere....

    "Party in My head"(Top 3 Itunes) US/UK and "Resuscitate Me"(Top 3 Itunes) singles production/cowriting Family Tree/Sony/Robbins 2011-Album Platinum.
  • Double
    Double
    Double or The Double may refer to:* Multiplication by 2* Look-alike* Body double, someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character* Doppelgänger, ghostly double of a living person* Polish Enigma doubles...

     "Lips" 2011 single August 10-Avex. Produced and cowritten.
  • Cee-Lo Green "It's OK" reproduction/remix Atlantic Records 2010
  • Cody Simpson
    Cody Simpson
    Cody Robert Simpson is an Australian pop singer from Gold Coast, Queensland, who is currently signed to US record label Atlantic Records.-Early life:...

     "Don't Cry Your Heart Out" Atlantic Records December 2010 Cowritten and Produced
  • Big Time Rush
    Big Time Rush
    Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time...

     feat Snoop Dogg
    Snoop Dogg
    Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...

     and New Boyz
    New Boyz
    New Boyz is an American hip hop/rap group and a former jerkin crew duo made up of rappers Earl "Ben J" Benjamin and Dominic "Legacy" Thomas from Hesperia, California. They debuted in summer 2009 with their viral hit, "You're a Jerk", taken from their debut studio album Skinny Jeanz and a Mic,...

     "Boyfriend
    Boyfriend
    A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed relationships, where other titles A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed...

    " single Columbia US 2011- Album Top 3 Billboard 200 and GOLD in US.Cowritten and Produced.US Top 30 CHR/Top 40 radio-Gold.Nominated for an Emmy Award
    Emmy Award
    An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

     2011.
  • JLS
    JLS
    - Music :* JLS, an English boyband** JLS , debut album by JLS* JLS a Spanish Rock band based in Zaragoza , Spain formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by lead Leo Susana.- Organizations :...

     'Don't Talk About Love" Cowritten and Produced .# 2 UK Official albums chart.3 x Platinum.
  • Tohoshinki "Jumon Mirotic" # 1 single Japan,South Korea,Tawiwan,no 1 album 2 x Platinum -Avex Rhythm Japan.
  • Girls Generation "Echo" and"C......." SM Entertainment/Avex 2011 album-cowrite
  • The Wanted
    The Wanted
    The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band based in London, England. The band consists of Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes. Their debut single, "All Time Low", was released in July 2010 and reached number one in the United Kingdom for one week...

     "Heart Vacancy
    Heart Vacancy
    "Heart Vacancy" is a song by British boy band The Wanted from their self-titled debut album. It was released as their second single in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2010 through Geffen Records. The song was written by Jonas Jeberg, Cutfather, Lucas Secon, and Wayne Hector...

    " Geffen Records UK 2010 cowritten # 2 UK Single, # 12 European Billboard Hot 100.Silver sales UK for single-(200.000+) Album # 4 UK and Platinum.
  • Kylie Minogue
    Kylie Minogue
    Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

     "Get Outta My Way
    Get Outta My Way
    "Get Outta My Way" is a song by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue from her eleventh studio album, Aphrodite. It was released as the second single internationally on 27 September 2010. The song has received generally favorable reviews from music critics, many praising it as the second single...

    " single cowritten/coproduced Parlophone 2010.No 1 album,1 Million
  • Shayne Ward
    Shayne Ward
    Shayne Thomas Ward is an English pop singer who rose to fame as the winner of second series of The X Factor. He has sold over 3 million records worldwide and has had number one albums and singles in 9 countries.During The X Factor competition, Ward was mentored by manager Louis Walsh...

     "Someone Like You" and "Must Be A Reason Why" produced and cowritten SYCO 2010 album "Obsession".
  • Sofi Bonde "L.R." Atlantic Records 2010 production/cowriting
  • Stan Walker
    Stan Walker
    Stan Walker , is an Australian recording artist and actor. In 2009, Walker was the winner on the seventh season of Australian Idol. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia....

     "Black Box
    Black box
    A black box is a device, object, or system whose inner workings are unknown; only the input, transfer, and output are known characteristics.The term black box can also refer to:-In science and technology:*Black box theory, a philosophical theory...

    " single Sony Music Nov 22. 2009 2xPlatinum # 1 single for 12 weeks and counting sales/airplay Australia,NZ.-cowrite
  • The Cab
    The Cab
    The Cab is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Their debut album, Whisper War, was released on April 29, 2008. They have been called "The Band You Need to Know 2008" by Alternative Press magazine...

      "g.l." single Produced and cowritten Fuelled By Ramen/Atlantic 2010
  • Pixie Lott
    Pixie Lott
    Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It...

     "Gravity" single 2010 Mercury Top 5 Airplay cowritten.Also 3 productions and cowrites on Def Jam debut.
  • Travis McCoy "Need You
    Need You
    "Need You" is a 1967 single by Sonny James. The single went to number one on the country charts where it spent two weeks at the top . "Need You" spent a total of seventeen weeks on the chart.-Chart performance:...

    " single Produced and cowritten Fuelled By Ramen/Atlantic Records 2010
  • Britney Spears
    Britney Spears
    Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...

     "it's a secret for a minute" Jive Records 2009
  • Sean Paul
    Sean Paul
    Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques , who performs under stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican pop rap and reggae singer.-1973–1996: Early life:...

     "Lookin At Me" with Toni Braxton -the refix Atlantic Records 2010
  • Toni Braxton
    Toni Braxton
    Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...

     "Make My Heart", "Lookin At Me","Yesterday
    Yesterday (Toni Braxton song)
    "Yesterday" is a song by American R&B singer–songwriter Toni Braxton. The track is the lead single from her album, Pulse, which has been released May 4, 2010. Trey Songz appears on the American version released to radio, "Troy Taylor Radio Edit"...

    "(dancehall radio remix) Atlantic Records 2009.Produced and cowritten
  • Jordin Sparks
    Jordin Sparks
    Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...

     "Walking On Snow" and "It Takes More
    It Takes More
    "It Takes More" is Ms. Dynamite's debut single from her first album A Little Deeper. It reached number seven in the UK Singles Chart in 2002, her second highest position reached to date on the chart.Ms...

    " from the album Battlefield
    Battlefield (album)
    Battlefield is the second studio album by American R&B and pop singer Jordin Sparks. It was first released on July 17, 2009 in Australia and Ireland, July 20 in the UK and from July 21 worldwide, on Jive Records...

     2 productions and cowrites. Released July 21, 2009 Jive Records
    Jive Records
    Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...

  • Sean Kingston
    Sean Kingston
    Sean Kingston is a Jamaican-American singer. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.-Early life:...

     "Face Drop
    Face Drop
    Face Drop is the second single from Sean Kingston's second studio album Tomorrow, was released to radio stations on August 18, 2009 and released digitally on iTunes on September 1, 2009.-Music video:...

    " 2nd single off 2009 album "Tomorrow" Epic Records.Produced and cowritten.# 1 South Africa,New Zealand-Top 30 US airplay,Top 30 US Itunes.Sales 465,000 copies and counting.
  • The Pussycat Dolls "I Hate This Part
    I Hate This Part
    "I Hate This Part" is a song by American pop/R&B girl group the Pussycat Dolls from their second album, Doll Domination. Written by Wayne Hector, Lucas Secon, Jonas Jeberg and Cutfather it was released as the album's second single on October 7, 2008...

    " Interscope Records (worldwide radio and sales hit in 25 countries-3 million plus sold)
  • Sarah Connor 'Under My Skin" Universal Records (#4 Germany, #13 Austria, #19 Billboard European singles,Album Europe top 10,Germany # 3)
  • Madcon
    Madcon
    Madcon is a Norwegian Hip Hop duo formed in 1992 by Yosef Wolde-Mariam and Tshawe Baqwa.They are well known from the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Interval Act, in which they performed their hit song "Glow"...

     "Share My Sky" upcoming single Bonnier Amigo/Sony
  • Jordyn Taylor "F.I." upcoming single production and cowriting Interscope Records 2010
  • Paradiso Girls
    Paradiso Girls
    The Paradiso Girls were a girl group and the brainchild of Jimmy Iovine, an attempt to create a European spin–off of Iovine's other girl group The Pussycat Dolls. After forming in 2007, the group consisted of seven members but by 2008 this had dropped to five...

     "echo" upcoming single production and cowriting Interscope Records 2010
  • Martin Hedegaard "Show The World" Sony BMG Records (#1 single Platinum Denmark, #1 album-3x Platinum)
  • Luigi Masi "Armed With Love" single Universal 2009
  • SHINee
    SHINee
    Shinee is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo "...

     "Love Like Oxygen" SM Entertainment # 1 Korea
  • Freefonix "singles" (upcoming)
  • Hayden Pannetiere single"top up" (Hollywood Records)(upcoming)
  • Tohoshinki single "Jumon: Mirotic" SM Entertainment (#1 Gold single Oricon Weekly Chart Japan, #4 Billboard Hot 100 Japan, Album # 2 Platinum album in Japan-The Secret Code,#1 South Korea, #1 China, #1 Taiwan, #1 album selling 500.000+ in S.Korea alone. Highest selling album in 6 years [Korea]) 1 Million plus worldwide.
  • Cozi Costi single"Stamina" 2009 Ultra Records
  • Paula Deanda
    Paula DeAnda
    Paula DeAnda is a Mexican American pop singer-songwriter and actress. She first came to prominence with her first single "Doing Too Much" that became a hit in the Southwest. She then got the opportunity to audition for Clive Davis who signed her to Arista Records on the spot...

     "Take Off The Brakes" 2nd single August J Records 2009
  • Sugababes
    Sugababes
    The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...

     "Virgin Sexy", "Million Miles", "On The Run", "Future Shokk", "Betcha" 3 x Platinum-millions worldwide Island Records
  • Aaron Carter
    Aaron Carter
    Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....

     "Not Too Young, Not Too Old", "Come Follow Me", "Leave it up to me", "Another Earthquake", "America Ayo". multiple singles-millions worldwide. 2 x Platinum Jimmy Neutron soundtrack 1st single ,750K +. Uk # 24 single
  • Liberty X
    Liberty X
    Liberty X were a British pop vocal group formed by the five contestants eliminated from the final ten qualifiers from the 2001 ITV show Popstars. The group consisted of Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Michelle Heaton, Kelli Young and Jessica Taylor...

     "Ill Be Remembering","whatcha doin tonight","Shotgun","In My Bed". Gold album EMI Records
  • Keisha White
    Keisha White
    Keisha White is an English R&B singer. She has released two albums so far, Seventeen, which was released in 2005, and her latest album Out Of My Hands, which was released on 3 July 2006.-Biography:...

     feat Cassidy
    Cassidy
    Barry Adrian Reese better known by his stage name Cassidy, is an American rapper.-2004: Split Personality:Cassidy's first album, Split Personality, was released on March 16, 2004. There were two singles released from the album. The first single was "Hotel", which featured R. Kelly. The second...

    "dont care who knows"single UK # 29 hit,"Weakness in me"-UK # 15.Eight songs on album.Gold. WEA
  • Outlandish
    Outlandish
    Outlandish is a multi-award–winning hip-hop group based in Denmark. Formed in 1997, it consists of Isam Bachiri , Waqas Ali Qadri , and Lenny Martinez . All three members are religious, with Isam and Waqas being Muslims and Lenny being Catholic...

    5 songs on Platinum album"Closer Than Veins" SonyBmg
  • RB "mama" # 3 single UK. Top 40 album Atlantic Records UK
  • Lene
    Lene
    -People called Lene:*Lene Alexandra, Norwegian singer*Lene Demsitz, Danish long jumper*Lene Elise Bergum, Norwegian actress*Lene Espersen, Danish politician*Lene Hall, Barbadian model*Lene Hau, Danish physicist*Lene Kaaberbøl, Danish writer...

     "its your duty"single 500k sales top 3 Scandinavia,Italy,Spain,far east
  • Sly and Robbie
    Sly and Robbie
    Sly and Robbie is the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production team of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare who joined in the mid 1970s after having established themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians...

     "shoulder to cry on"-remix Atlantic Records
  • Mos Def
    Mos Def
    Dante Terrell Smith is an American actor and Emcee known by the stage names Mos Def and Yasiin Bey. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which...

    "Miss fat booty pt 2" remix,add production Rawkus Records
  • Boom
    Boom
    -Pole or spar application:* Boom , spar at the foot of a sail on a sailboat* Boom , a wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment* Boom barrier, a barrier used to block vehicular access through a controlled point...

     "fallin" # 11 UK single plus whole album London Records
  • Tweet
    Tweet (singer)
    Tweet is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter.-Early years:The youngest child of Tom and Shirley Keys, Tweet was born in Rochester, New York on January 21, 1972, and grew up singing in the church along with her parents and her four older siblings...

     "smokin cigarettes" remix Violator Records
  • Mark Morrison
    Mark Morrison
    Mark Morrison is a British R&B singer. He was the most successful UK R&B singer of the mid-90s and the first black male solo artist to reach number one in the 90s. His single "Return of the Mack" became a #1 or Top 10 hit in several European countries in 1996...

     "Blackstabbers" feat Daz Dillinger Uk top 20 single. "Horny" remix Uk top 10
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor
    Sophie Ellis-Bextor
    Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s...

     "Take Me Home" UK # 4 single remix Polydor Records
  • Fu-El "Please,please" # 1 single Gold Emi Records
  • Safri Duo
    Safri Duo
    Safri Duo is a Danish percussion duo composed of Uffe Savery and Morten Friis . Initially classically oriented, by 1999 they were discovered by a label executive working on classical music. After being signed, a track mixing both tribal sound and modern electronica was set to be released in 2000...

     "agogo mosse" off 2 x platinum album"3.5 Universal records
  • Chubb Rock
    Chubb Rock
    Chubb Rock is a New York-based rapper who released several commercially successful hip hop albums in the early 1990s...

     "Bring em home safely" off Gold album "The One". Select Records
  • Tyler James
    Tyler James
    For the American musician of the same name, see Tyler James Tyler James is an English singer, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.-Career:...

     "why do I do" UK # 24 single Island records
  • Billie Piper
    Billie Piper
    Billie Paul Piper is an English singer and actress.She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. She started in acting and dancing and was talent spotted at the Sylvia Young stage school by Smash Hits magazine who wanted a "face" for their magazine...

     "Misfocusing" and 2 others Gold album "Walk of Life" Virgin Records
  • Lucas
    Lucas
    Lucas is the Latin form of the Greek name Loukas , and it's a common name in many modern languages.Lucas may refer to several things.-Real:*Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Borussia Dortmund...

     "Lucas with the lid off" and album Top 10 worldwide 1 million plus Atlantic/Wea Records "Show me Your Moves" Uptown Records
  • Omero Mumba "Lil Big Man" Uk top 40 single Polydor Records
  • Phoebe One "get On It" Uk top 40 single Castle Communications
  • Abs Breen
    Abs Breen
    Richard Abidin "Abs" Breen is a British singer, rapper, dancer, and DJ. He was formerly a member of London-based boyband Five. In 2003, he released his first solo album called "Abstract Theory".-Early life:...

     "wanna get with you" BMG Records
  • Blazin squad "Twisted Up" off Gold album Atlantic Records
  • Yasmin
    Yasmin
    -Etymology:Yasmin is the name in Persian for a flowering plant, and from which the name Jasmine derives.The pronunciation of Yasmin is often parallel with the English Jasmine, but in Arabic, Persian and Turkish, the "s" is not taken as a "z", and so is often pronounced as .-Yasemin:* Yasemin...

     "wanna dance" US top 50 Billboard Geffen records
  • IAM
    IAM
    - Concepts :* Identity and Access Management, a concept that combines business processes, policies and technologies.* Innovation Access Method, a high-performance indexed access-method for IBM's z/OS and OS/390 operating systems that provides a transparent alternative to IBM's VSAM* Indo-Aryan...

     "STG" Wea
  • Lewis Taylor
    Lewis Taylor
    Andrew Lewis Taylor is a British multi-instrumentalist musician, born in London, UK, in the late 1960s. He started in the music business touring with the progrock band Edgar Broughton Band. In 1986 he began performing as Sheriff Jack, releasing two albums of psychedelia music, Laugh Yourself Awake ...

     "Bittersweet" rmx, add prod Island records
  • Emmy Rossum
    Emmy Rossum
    Emmanuelle Grey "Emmy" Rossum is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She first starred in a string of movies including Songcatcher , An American Rhapsody, and Passionada . However, it was her role in Mystic River that garnered her wider recognition...

      songs on forthcoming album Geffen Records
  • Sprinkler
    Sprinkler
    Sprinkler may refer to:* Irrigation sprinkler, a device for irrigation of lawns or crops* Fire sprinkler system, the entire systems of pipes and sprinklers intended for fire suppression within buildings...

     "Leave em somethin to desire" UK top 40 single Island Records
  • Shara Nelson
    Shara Nelson
    Shara Nelson is a British singer and songwriter. She is notable for her work with the band Massive Attack in the early 1990s, and for her solo career in which she garnered five UK Top 40 hit singles...

    (Massive Attack-Unfinished Sympathy) 2 songs on album"Friendly Fire". Chrysalis Records. Gold.
  • Blak Twang
    Blak Twang
    Blak Twang who also uses the pseudonyms of Taipanic and Tony Rotton, is a British rapper who grew up in Deptford, Lewisham, South East London...

    "Dettwork South East" remix and additional production Wall of Sound. classic Uk remix. "entrpeneurs"-produced and cowritten Wall of Sound.

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