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.
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 music writing academy Musikmakarna.[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 three 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.
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]
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.
↑ "Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes". Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes – Elportaldemusica.es: Novedades y Listas Oficiales de Ventas de Música en España. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
↑ "IFPI". ifpi.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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