Breyan Isaac
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Breyan Isaac
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| birth_name = Breyan Stanley Isaac
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|5|24}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| occupations = {{flatlist|
- Record producer
- singer
- songwriter
- pianist
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| label = {{hlist|BMG|APG|SAL&CO}}
| website = {{URL|www.breyanisaac.com/}}
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Breyan Stanley Isaac (born May 24, 1980) is an American record producer, songwriter and singer based in Daytona Beach, Florida. He has produced or co-written songs for numerous music industry acts, including Cardi B, David Guetta, Flo Rida, Pitbull, Wiz Khalifa, Nicki Minaj, Charlie Puth, G-Eazy, Waka Flocka Flame, and Lecrae, among others.
Isaac has won five consecutive awards for songwriting from BMI from 2013 to 2017,{{cite magazine | last=Havens| first=Lyndsey| title =Breyan Isaac on Co-Writing Charlie Puth's 'One Call Away' and Winning His Fifth Consecutive BMI Pop Award | magazine = Billboard| date =June 1, 2017| url =https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/breyan-isaac-charlie-puth-one-call-away-bmi-pop-award-interview-7816555| accessdate =April 18, 2018}}{{cite web|title=Songwriter & Recording Artist Breyan Isaac Shares Hit-Making Tips at SAE Institute Miami|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Songwriter-Recording-Artist-Breyan-Isaac-Shares-Hit-Making-Tips-at-SAE-Institute-Miami-20150505|website=Broadway World|accessdate=May 5, 2015}} and was ranked the 76th best songwriter and producer in the world in 2015 by SS100.{{cite web|title=THE SS100 Yearbook 2015|url=https://www.songsplits.com/campaign/SS100-2015_download-SongSplits.pdf|website=THE SS100 |accessdate=September 1, 2016}} He won Best Reggae Album at the 2018 Grammy Awards for his work on Damian Marley's Stony Hill.
He has publishing deals with Mike Caren's Artist Publishing Group and BMG and is managed by SAL&CO. He also runs a production company with Dre Marshall.{{cite news | last=Kawashima| first=Dale| title =Breyan Isaac Co-Writes Big Hits For Flo Rida, Pitbull & Kesha, Charlie Puth And Other Artists | publisher = Songwriter Universe| date =January 18, 2017| url =http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/breyan-isaac-songwriter-2017.htm| accessdate =April 18, 2018}}
Early life
Isaac was born in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. As a child, he relocated to Fort Lauderdale, Florida after his father found a better job there. In his youth, Isaac was a worship leader in church.
Career
Isaac began his career in earnest after moving to Daytona Beach, Florida. He was invited by a friend to do some sessions with Flo Rida and would continue to work with him thereafter. That work eventually led Isaac to his first placement, "Good Feeling." That song, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/flo-rida/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Flo Rida – Chart History – Hot 100|author= |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=April 18, 2018}} would later be released on Flo Rida's 2012 album, Wild Ones. Isaac co-wrote 4 songs on that album, including "Good Feeling" and "Whistle" the latter of which went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The following year, he co-wrote "Timber" by Pitbull featuring Kesha. That song would also top the Hot 100 chart and go multi-platinum in several countries.{{cite news | last=Balanon| first=Romar| title ='The Fate of the Furious' release date, news: Breyan Isaac talks about the film's music| publisher = Ecumenical News| date =January 24, 2017| url =http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/the-fate-of-the-furious-release-date-news-breyan-isaac-talks-about-the-films-music/58234.htm| accessdate =April 18, 2018}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pitbull/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Pitbull – Chart History – Hot 100|author= |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=April 18, 2018}} In 2015, he co-wrote Charlie Puth's "One Call Away" for which he would go on to win a BMI Pop Award (his fifth in as many years).
In 2016 and 2017, he worked on a variety of movie soundtrack songs, including Lecrae's "River of Jordan" from The Shack, Nick Jonas and Nicki Minaj's "Bom Bidi Bom" from Fifty Shades Darker, and Lil Uzi Vert, Quavo, and Travis Scott's "Go Off" from The Fate of the Furious. In 2017, he worked on Damian Marley's "Medication," the lead single off of his album, Stony Hill. The album would go on to win the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/breyan-isaac-mn0002642710/credits |title=Breyan Isaac – Credits|author= |website= |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=April 18, 2018}}{{cite news | title =Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley Wins GRAMMY Award for Best Reggae Album| publisher = Grateful Web| date =April 18, 2018| url =http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/damian-jr-gong-marley-wins-grammy-award-best-reggae-album| accessdate =April 18, 2018}}
Discography
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Selected songs with production and songwriting credits ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Song name ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:2.5em;" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Primary artist(s) ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Album ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Role ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Notes |
| scope="row"|"Whistle"
|rowspan="9"|2012 |rowspan="3"|Flo Rida |rowspan="5"|Wild Ones |rowspan="4"|Co-writer, Vocals |US No. 1 |
|---|
| scope="row"|"Good Feeling" |
| scope="row"|"Let It Roll"
|UK No. 17{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20130203/7501/ |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100|author= |website= |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=April 18, 2018}} |
| scope="row"|"Sweet Spot"
|Flo Rida (feat. Jennifer Lopez) |ARIA No. 25{{cite web |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Flo+Rida+feat.+Jennifer+Lopez&titel=Sweet+Spot&cat=s |title=Flo Rida (Feat. Jennifer Lopez) – Sweet Spot (song)|author= |website= |publisher=Australian Charts |accessdate=April 18, 2018}} |
| scope="row"|"Let It Roll (Pt. 2)"
|Flo Rida (feat. Lil Wayne) |Co-writer | |
| scope="row"|"Change Your Life"
|Far East Movement (feat. Flo Rida and Sidney Samson) |rowspan="2"|Co-writer, Vocals |
| scope="row"|"Troublemaker"
|Olly Murs (feat. Flo Rida) |
| scope="row"|"Get Low"
|Waka Flocka (feat. Nicki Minaj, Tyga, and Flo Rida) |Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family |Co-writer, co-producer |
| scope="row"|"Tchu Tchu Tcha"
|Pitbull (feat. Enrique Iglesias) |Co-writer | |
| scope="row"|"Can't Believe It"
|rowspan="6"|2013 |Flo Rida (feat. Pitbull) |{{n/a| Non-album single}} |rowspan="2"|Co-writer, Vocals |
| scope="row"|"How I Feel"
|Flo Rida |{{n/a| Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"|"Dade County Dip"
|DJ Tight (feat. Cupid) |{{n/a| Non-album single}} |Co-writer, co-producer | |
| scope="row"|"Shisha"
|Massari (feat. French Montana |{{n/a| Non-album single}} |rowspan="5"|Co-writer |
| scope="row"|"Hey Porsche"
|MO |
| scope="row"|"Timber"
|Pitbull (feat. Kesha) |
| scope="row"|"Kama Sutra"
|rowspan="8"|2014 |Jason Derulo (feat. Kid Ink) |rowspan="2"|Talk Dirty | |
| scope="row"|"Bubblegum"
|Jason Derulo (feat. Tyga) |
| scope="row"|"Bed of Lies"
|Nicki Minaj (feat. Skylar Grey) |Co-writer, co-producer |
| scope="row"|"What I Did for Love"
|David Guetta (feat. Emeli Sandé) |rowspan="2"|Listen |rowspan="3"|Co-writer, Vocals |
| scope="row"|"Goodbye Friend"
|David Guetta (feat. The Script) | |
| scope="row"|"Beast"
|Mia Martina (feat. Waka Flocka) |
| scope="row"|"Celebrate"
|Pitbull |rowspan="5"|Co-writer | |
| scope="row"|"Cola Song"
|rowspan="2"|Inna |ROM No. 34{{cite news |url=http://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/54/Airplay-100.html |title=Airplay 100 – Cristi Nitzu {{!}} Kiss FM |work=Media Forest|publisher=Kiss FM |language=Romanian |date=June 15, 2014 |accessdate=April 18, 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426043304/http://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/54/Airplay-100.html |archivedate=April 26, 2013 }} |
| scope="row"|"Too Sexy"
|rowspan="7"|2015 |Inna | |
| scope="row"|"Birds Fly"
| |
| scope="row"|"I Don't Like It, I Love It"
|Flo Rida (feat. Robin Thicke and Verdine White) |rowspan="3"|My House |
| scope="row"|"That's What I Like"
|Flo Rida (feat. Fitz) |rowspan="2"|Co-writer, Vocals | |
| scope="row"|"Wobble"
|Flo Rida | |
| scope="row"|"Go Hard or Go Home"
|Wiz Khalifa and Iggy Azalea |Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |Co-writer |
| scope="row"|"One Call Away"
|rowspan="3"|Charlie Puth |rowspan="3"|Nine Track Mind |Co-writer |
| scope="row"|"Losing My Mind"
|rowspan="6"|2016 |rowspan="2"|Co-writer, co-producer | |
| scope="row"|"Suffer"
| |
| scope="row"|"Liar"
|rowspan="3"|Co-writer, Vocals | |
| scope="row"|"Zillionaire"
|Flo Rida |{{n/a|Non-album single}} | |
| scope="row"|"Hello Friday"
|Flo Rida (feat. Jason Derulo) |{{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"|"Gettin' Old"
|Co-writer, co-producer | |
| scope="row"|"Gimme Gimme"
|rowspan="10"|2017 |Inna |rowspan="3"|Co-writer | ROM No. 16{{cite web|url=http://www.kissfm.ro/podcasturi/4736|title=Airplay 100 – 9 aprilie 2017|work=Media Forest|publisher=Kiss FM|language=Romanian|accessdate=April 18, 2018|date=April 9, 2017}} |
| scope="row"|"Milk and Honey"
|{{n/a|Non-album single}} |ROM No. 67 |
| scope="row"|"Sounds Good To Me"
|Nelly |{{n/a|Non-album single}} | |
| scope="row"|"River of Jordan"
|Co-writer, Vocals | |
| scope="row"|"Bom Bidi Bom"
|Nick Jonas and Nicki Minaj |Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |Co-writer, co-producer, Vocals | |
| scope="row"|"Go Off"
|Lil Uzi Vert, Quavo, and Travis Scott |The Fate of the Furious: The Album |Co-producer, vocals | |
| scope="row"|"Obsession"
|Vice (feat. Jon Bellion) |{{n/a|Non-album single}} |Co-writer | |
| scope="row"|"Sober"{{cite magazine | last=Weatherby| first=Taylor| title =Charlie Puth Recalls Recording With Selena Gomez in a Closet, Liam Payne's Weird Studio Habits & More Duet Details | magazine = Billboard| date =December 28, 2017| url =https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8085518/charlie-puth-interview-collaborations-selena-gomez-liam-payne| accessdate =April 18, 2018}}
|G-Eazy (feat. Charlie Puth) |Co-writer, co-producer | US RB/HH No. 49{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/g-eazy/chart-history/bsi/ |title=G-Eazy – Chart History – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|author= |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=April 18, 2018}} |
| scope="row"|"Want You Back"
|Citizen Four |{{n/a|Non-album single}} |Co-writer | |
| scope="row"|"Medication"
|Damian Marley (feat. Stephen Marley) |Co-writer, co-producer | |
References
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External links
- [http://www.breyanisaac.com/ Official website]
- [http://artistpublishinggroup.com/songwriters#breyan-isaac/ Artist Publishing Group Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905193359/http://artistpublishinggroup.com/songwriters#breyan-isaac/ |date=September 5, 2016 }}
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