Nate Butler | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nate Butler |
| Born | August 15, 1981 Baltimore, Maryland, US |
| Genres | R&B, pop, electronica, soul, Rap/Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, record producer, casting (performing arts) |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Nate Butler is an American songwriter, music producer, vocal producer, recording artist, and casting director based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been a part of 50 plus million records sold worldwide at last count. Butler has worked with multi-platinum artists such as A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Luther Vandross, [1] Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice, Houston, [2] Craig David, [3] Backstreet Boys, [4] 3LW, Christina Milian, Stacie Orrico, [5] JoJo, Aaron Carter, The Cheetah Girls and others. Butler launched the career of the platinum R&B group 3LW by writing their hit singles: No More (Baby I'ma Do Right) [6] and Playas Gon' Play. [7] Two of the members of 3LW, Kiely Williams and Adrienne Bailon, went on to become members of the worldwide Disney sensation The Cheetah Girls. Butler also penned the notable chart topping R&B smash single "Afterparty" by Koffee Brown, also referred to as a R&B classic. [8]
Contents
Butler helped launch the careers of many artists, such as the American Idols and others such as, S Club 7 [9] (U.K.), L5 (France), Blue (U.K.), Sugababes (U.K.), Miss3 (Norway), BoA (Japan), [10] and Lola (Italy). Butler has racked up credits on blockbuster films such as Barbershop, Four Brothers, [11] Dr. Dolittle 2, [12] Save the Last Dance, and the Nickelodeon hit Jimmy Neutron. [13]
Butler was a part of the casting team for the final season of The X-Factor and America's Got Talent Season 9 and 10. He worked as the Jr. Casting Producer for Showtime at the Apollo on Fox Entertainment Group hosted by Steve Harvey and he is currently casting for the new show The Four: Battle For Stardom with Sean John Combs, DJ Khaled, Meghan Trainor, Charlie Walk the President of Universal Republic Records and Fergie which also airs on the Fox Entertainment Group. In 2020 he joined the casting team for the Netflix show Sing On! a Karaoke based show out of the UK. Later he joined the casting team for an Amazon Audible show called "Breakthrough" with Kelly Rowland, Sara Bareilles. Butler just finished the Netflix show Building The Band premiering in 2025 with host Kelly Rowland, Nicole Scherzinger and AJ McLean
He was one of the stars of the South African television show Live Your Dream, a series created to empower aspiring talent in the entertainment industry by connecting them with top executives in the arts. The show originally aired on VIA TV, DSTV channel 147. It was later rebranded as Dream Factory and moved to a new network, where it ran for two successful seasons before concluding in 2023.
