Ray Isaac (singer)

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Ray Isaac
Bornca. 1990
Origin Sydney, Australia
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Years active2006—present
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Website rayisaac.com

Raymond Isaac is an Australian singer and songwriter. [2] He has been a featured artist on the Billboard Dance Charts, Italy Pop Charts, and ARIA Club Tracks. His songs have appeared in films such as Cedar Boys , "Dancin': It's On!", Eating Out: The Open Weekend and Half Share, and television shows such as Famous in 12 .

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Career

Born in ca. 1990 and raised in Sydney, [3] [4] Isaac was the featured vocalist on Nick Jay's single, "I Don't Give a Damn" (April 2006), which was co-written by Isaac and Jay and peaked at number 11 on the ARIA Club Tracks. [5] It appeared on Sessions Three , a Ministry of Sound compilation album, a label of Universal Music. [6]

On August 2010, "U Want or U Don't" his second single,reached AIR Charts ranking number 7.[ citation needed ]

His third single, "Who I Am" was released in 2014 and was featured in anti-bullying campaigns in the United States and Indonesia. [7] [8]

In 2015, Isaac co-wrote "Feel the Vibe" performed by Bob Sinclar featuring Dawn Tallman, which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Dance Charts, [9] [10] number 11 on the Italian Pop charts, and earned a FIMI Gold certification. [11] [12] [13] The song was also featured on NRJ radio and made their Top Hit album for the year. [13] The music video for his song "Hiding" deals with issues of same-sex electroshock conversion therapy and forced marriage. Also that year, he appeared David Winters's dance film Dancin': It's On! . [1]

Isaac tours and performs as a pop DJ, playing pop house remixes with often brooding tribal undertones. [14] [1] Two of his songs, "I Don't Give a Damn" and "Such a Fool", were used in the film Cedar Boys . [1]

Discography

Singles and extended plays

Filmography

Awards

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References

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