Breyan Isaac

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Breyan Isaac
Birth nameBreyan Stanley Isaac
BornMay 24, 1980
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • pianist
LabelsBMG/APG/SAL&CO
Website www.breyanisaac.com

Breyan Isaac (born May 24, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist based in Daytona Beach, Florida. He has written, produced, and performed on songs by a number of artists including, David Guetta, Flo Rida, Pitbull, Wiz Khalifa, Nicki Minaj, Charlie Puth, G-Eazy, Waka Flocka Flame, Lecrae, and others.

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Isaac has also received five consecutive awards for songwriting from BMI between 2013 and 2017, [1] [2] and was ranked the 76th best songwriter and producer in the world in 2015 by SS100. [3] In 2018, he won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album 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. [4]

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. [4]

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." [4] That song, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, [5] 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" [4] the latter of which went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [5]

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. [6] [7] 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). [1]

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 , [4] and Lil Uzi Vert, Quavo, and Travis Scott's "Go Off" from The Fate of the Furious . [6] 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. [8] [9]

Discography

Selected songs with production and songwriting credits
Song name
[8] [10] 		YearPrimary artist(s)AlbumRoleNotes
"Whistle"2012 Flo Rida Wild Ones Co-writer, Vocals US No. 1 [5]
"Good Feeling"US No. 3 [5]
"Let It Roll" UK No. 17 [11]
"Sweet Spot"Flo Rida (feat. Jennifer Lopez) ARIA No. 25 [12]
"Let It Roll (Pt. 2)"Flo Rida (feat. Lil Wayne)Co-writer
"Change Your Life" Far East Movement (feat. Flo Rida and Sidney Samson) Dirty Bass Co-writer, VocalsARIA No. 60 [13]
"Troublemaker" Olly Murs (feat. Flo Rida) Right Place Right Time UK No. 1 [14]
"Get Low" Waka Flocka (feat. Nicki Minaj, Tyga, and Flo Rida) Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family Co-writer, co-producerUS No. 72 [5]
"Tchu Tchu Tcha" Pitbull (feat. Enrique Iglesias) Global Warming Co-writer
"Can't Believe It"2013Flo Rida (feat. Pitbull)Non-album singleCo-writer, VocalsARIA No. 7 [15]
"How I Feel"Flo RidaNon-album singleUS No. 96 [5]
"Dade County Dip"DJ Tight (feat. Cupid)Non-album singleCo-writer, co-producer
"Shisha" Massari (feat. French Montana Non-album singleCo-writerCAN No. 37 [16]
"Hey Porsche" Nelly MO US No. 42 [17]
"Timber"Pitbull (feat. Kesha) Meltdown US No. 1 [7]
"Kama Sutra"2014 Jason Derulo (feat. Kid Ink) Talk Dirty
"Bubblegum"Jason Derulo (feat. Tyga)ARIA No. 38 [18]
"Bed of Lies"Nicki Minaj (feat. Skylar Grey) The Pinkprint Co-writer, co-producerUS No. 62 [19]
"What I Did for Love" David Guetta (feat. Emeli Sandé) Listen Co-writer, VocalsUK No. 6 [20]
"Goodbye Friend"David Guetta (feat. The Script)
"Beast" Mia Martina (feat. Waka Flocka) Mia Martina CAN No. 39 [21]
"Celebrate"Pitbull Globalization Co-writer
"Cola Song" Inna (feat. J Balvin) Inna ROM No. 34 [22]
"Too Sexy"2015Inna
"Birds Fly" Hardwell (feat. Mr Probz) United We Are
"I Don't Like It, I Love It"Flo Rida (feat. Robin Thicke and Verdine White) My House US No. 43 [5]
"That's What I Like"Flo Rida (feat. Fitz)Co-writer, Vocals
"Wobble"Flo Rida
"Go Hard or Go Home" Wiz Khalifa and Iggy Azalea Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Co-writerUS No. 86 [23]
"One Call Away" Charlie Puth Nine Track Mind Co-writerUS No. 12 [24]
"Losing My Mind"2016Co-writer, co-producer
"Suffer"
"Liar" Britney Spears Glory Co-writer, Vocals
"Zillionaire"Flo RidaNon-album single
"Hello Friday"Flo Rida (feat. Jason Derulo)Non-album singleUS No. 79 [5]
"Gettin' Old" 6lack Free 6lack Co-writer, co-producer
"Gimme Gimme"2017Inna Nirvana Co-writerROM No. 16 [25]
"Milk and Honey" G Girls Non-album singleROM No. 67
"Sounds Good To Me"NellyNon-album single
"River of Jordan" Lecrae The Shack Soundtrack Co-writer, Vocals
"Bom Bidi Bom" Nick Jonas and Nicki Minaj Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Co-writer, co-producer, Vocals
"Go Off" Lil Uzi Vert, Quavo, and Travis Scott The Fate of the Furious: The Album Co-producer, vocals
"Obsession"Vice (feat. Jon Bellion)Non-album singleCo-writer
"Sober" [26] G-Eazy (feat. Charlie Puth) The Beautiful & Damned Co-writer, co-producer US RB/HH No. 49 [27]
"Want You Back"Citizen FourNon-album singleCo-writer
"Medication" Damian Marley (feat. Stephen Marley) Stony Hill Co-writer, co-producer

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