Joy Deb

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Joy Deb
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Background information
Birth nameJoy Neil Mitro Deb
Born (1979-01-14) 14 January 1979 (age 45)
Origin Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Occupations
  • Songwriter
  • record producer
Labels
  • Northbound Music Group

Joy Neil Mitro Deb (born 14 January 1979) is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He has worked with artists such as Fifth Harmony, JoJo, MiC Lowry and Akon.

Contents

Deb is signed to Northbound Music Publishing in Stockholm, where he is a member of the production team “The Family” together with Linnea Deb and Anton Hård af Segerstad. Earlier (2013–2016) the group was signed to BMG Publishing.

Joy studied at the well-known school ‘The Writers Academy of Sweden’. [1]

Early life

Deb was born to an Indian father and a Finnish mother. [2]

Eurovision Song Contest

Joy Deb, alongside Linnea Deb and Anton Hård af Segerstad, is notable for his work in the Eurovision Song Contest, both in the contest and in national selections. They are most present in Sweden's annual Eurovision selection Melodifestivalen, in which they have 3 wins. The first winning song in 2013, "You" by Robin Stjernberg, [3] broke a Swedish record for most played song during one day and it got nominated for a Swedish Grammy as Song of the Year 2014. The second winning song, "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw in 2015, won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 [4] and sold 5× Platinum in Sweden [5] and Gold in Spain, [6] Norway [7] and Austria. [8] They won Melodifestivalen once again in 2024 with Unforgettable performed by Marcus & Martinus.

Eurovision Song Contest

YearCountrySongArtistCo-written withFinalPointsSemiPoints
2013 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "You" Robin Stjernberg Linnea Deb, Robin Stjernberg, Joakim Harestad Haukaas2115Host Country
2015 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "Heroes" Måns Zelmerlöw Linnea Deb, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad 13651217
2018 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland "Monsters" Saara Aalto Linnea Deb, Saara Aalto, Ki Fitzgerald 254610108
2021 Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino "Adrenalina" Senhit Linnea Deb, Chanel Tukia, Tramar Dillard, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Kenny Silverdique, Malou Linn, Eloise Ruotsalainen, Suzi Pancenkov, Senhit Zadik Zadik, Thomas Stengaard22509118
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "Voices" Tusse Linnea Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov 141097142
2024 Flag of Malta.svg  Malta "Loop" Sarah Bonnici Linnea Deb, Johan Emil Johansson, Kevin Lee, Sebastian Pritchard-James, Liere Gotxi Angel, Matthew James Borg, Michael Joe Cini, Sarah BonniciUpcoming
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "Unforgettable" Marcus & Martinus Linnea Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Marcus Gunnarsen, Martinus GunnarsenUpcoming

International releases

Joy has also written and produced several international hits. He co-wrote the first record 'Top Down' on Fifth Harmony's 'Reflection' Album. Also, Joy and his current production team wrote and produced JoJo's comeback single 'Save My Soul'.

 In 2016, "Oh Lord" was released with the British vocal harmony boy band MiC LOWRY. The song was the group's debut single and it was written by Joy, Linnea Deb, Anton Hård af Segerstad, Augustine Grant and Phil Collins, as the song contains lyrics and music from Phil Collins' song "In the Air Tonight”. [9]

Discography

Winner of ESC 2015. Nr 1 in 22 Countries.

         3× Platinum in Sweden. Gold in Spain, Norway and Austria. 

Nr 1 on ‘the Swedish Singles chart’. Swedish Grammy nominee for song of the year in 2015.

     5× Platinum in Sweden. 

Jojo's comeback single.

The track reached No.3 on ‘the real-time Billboard + Twitter Trending 140’ chart. It also peaked position 33 on US Billboards ‘Pop Digital Songs’ chart. 

In 2013 the song broke a Swedish record for most played song during one day. Swedish Grammy nominee for ‘Song of the year’ 2014

     3× Platinum in Sweden. 

The song is featured in the trailer for ‘Bridget Jones’s baby’. 

It peaked position no.10 on ‘the Swedish Single’ chart.

It peaked position no.57 on ‘the Swedish Single’ chart.

It peaked position no. 35 on ‘the Swedish Single’ chart. 

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References

  1. ↑ "Pontare och Deb prisas för sitt låtskriveri". www.allehanda.se. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16.
  2. ↑ Holm, Noora (11 May 2018). "Ruotsi ja Suomi kohtaavat Euroviisufinaalissa – Suomen kappaleen takana ruotsinsuomalaiset Joy ja Linnea Deb" (in Finnish). Sveriges Radio . Retrieved 20 August 2019. ... Joy Debillä puolestaan on suomalainen äiti ja intialainen isä.
  3. ↑ "Robin Stjernberg – Eurovision Song Contest Malmö 2013" . Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  4. ↑ Radio, Sveriges. "Måns svensk hjälte i Wien – P4 Kristianstad" . Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  5. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". www.sverigetopplistan.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  6. ↑ "Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes". Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes – Elportaldemusica.es: Novedades y Listas Oficiales de Ventas de Música en España. Archived from the original on 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  7. ↑ "IFPI". www.ifpi.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  8. ↑ "IFPI Austria – Verband der österreichischen Musikwirtschaft". www.ifpi.at. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  9. ↑ "Oh Lord – MiC LOWRY | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
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