American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas
Savan Kotecha
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American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
(Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA)
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Education:
Westwood High School
Texas, USA
The details
Biography
Introduction
Savan Harish Kotecha is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas. Kotecha is of Indian (Gujarati) descent.
Notable songs
Some of the artists for whom Kotecha has co-written notable songs include:
- Ariana Grande ("Problem", "Break Free", "Love Me Harder", "One Last Time", "Focus", "Into You", "Side to Side", "Bang Bang", "No Tears Left to Cry", "God Is a Woman", "Breathin", "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored")
- Katy Perry ("Rise")
- Westlife ("Obvious", "Amazing", "Us Against the World", "Beautiful in White")
- The Weeknd ("Can't Feel My Face", "In The Night")
- Ellie Goulding ("Love Me like You Do", "On My Mind", "Close to Me")
- Usher ("DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love")
- Maroon 5 ("One More Night")
- Britney Spears ("I Wanna Go", "If You Seek Amy")
- One Direction ("What Makes You Beautiful")
- Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj ("Bang Bang")
- Demi Lovato ("Confident", "Cool For the Summer")
Awards
Kotecha has been the recipient of 9 BMI Awards 18 ASCAP Awards and his songs have collected 17 Grammy Nominations as well as a Golden Globe Nomination. His songs have achieved number-one status all over the world, having sold more than 375 million copies. Kotecha was seen on the American version of Simon Cowell's The X Factor as a vocal producer, a role reprised from the original UK show; Kotecha aided and developed the show's budding talent.
Discography
- "If I Had You" (US CHR #15)
- "Evil in the night"
- "The Original High"
- "Things I didn't Say"
- "Start Without You" (UK #1)
- "What Happens on the Dance Floor"
- "Broken Heels" (UK #8)
- "The Silence" (UK #16)
- "Dumb"
- "Gotta Go"
- "Friday I'll Be Over U"
- "Just Like You"
- "Focus" (US #7) (UK #10)
- "Problem" (featuring Iggy Azalea) (US #2) (UK #1)
- "Break Free" (featuring Zedd) (US# 4) (UK #16)
- "One Last Time" (US #13) (UK #2)
- "Love Me Harder" (featuring The Weeknd) (US #7) (UK #48)
- "Bang Bang" (with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj) (US #3) (UK #1)
- "Santa Tell Me" (US Holiday Song Chart #1) (US #42) (UK #13)
- "Into You" (US #13) (UK #14)
- "Side to Side" (featuring Nicki Minaj)(US #4) (UK #4)
- "Everyday" (featuring Future) (US #55) (UK #123)
- "Greedy"
- "Sometimes"
- "Bad Decisions"
- "Touch It"
- "They Don't Know"
- "No Tears Left To Cry" (US #3) (UK #2)
- "God Is a Woman" (US #8) (UK #4)
- "Everytime" (US #62)
- "Breathin" (US #12) (UK #8)
- "Bloodline" (US #22)
- "Bad Idea" (US #27)
- "Ghostin" (US #25)
- "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" (US #2) (UK #1)
- "Don't Call Me Angel" (US #13) (UK #2)
- "Bad to You" (with Normani and Nicki Minaj)
- "Nobody" (with Chaka Khan)
- "How I Look on You"
- "Sunset Jesus"
- Backstreet Boys
- "In a World Like This"
- "I’ll Survive You"
- "I Wanna Go" (US #7) (US POP/CHR #1)
- "Up n’ Down"
- "If U Seek Amy" (US #19)
- Carolina Liar
- "All That Comes Out Of My Mouth"
- "Quitter"
- "Inside Your Heaven" (US #1)
- "Easier To Lie"
- "Eyes on Me"
- "Let Your Heart Decide"
- "Want U Back" (UK #25) (US #12)
- "Grow Up (feat. Busta Rhymes)"
- "Over The Moon"
- "Dirty Love"
- "With Ur Love" (UK #4)
- "I Wish" (feat. T.I.) (US #117)
- "M.F.P.O.T.Y"
- "Killing It"
- "Alone With Me"
- Charlie Puth
- "Empty Cups"
- Christian TV
- "Love2Baby"
- "Your Body"
- "Let There Be Love"
- "Love Fight"
- "Vibe On"
- Days Difference
- "Speakers" (#29 Hot AC)
- "I Can't Break It to My Heart" (AUS #13)
- "Really Don't Care" (feat. Cher Lloyd) (US #26) (US Top 40 #7)
- "Something That We're Not"
- "Shouldn't Come Back"
- "Cool for the Summer" (UK #7) (US #11)
- "Confident" (US #21)
- "Stars"
- "Love Me Like You Do" (UK #1) (US #3)
- "On My Mind" (UK #5) (US #13)
- "Codes"
- "Don't Need Nobody"
- "Army"
- "Close to me"
- "Ring My Bells"
- Emblem3
- "Chloe (You're the One I Want)"
- "Spaghetti"
- "Teenage Kings"
- Fifth Harmony
- "Better Together"
- G-Eazy feat. Jeremih
- "Saw It Coming"
- "Ride It" (UK #4)
- Glee
- "Loser Like Me" (US #6)
- "Light Up the World" (US #33)
- "All About You" (US Mainstream Top 40 - #38)
- Il Divo
- "Sempre Sempre"
- "Una Noche"
- "Mama"
- "First Love" (US CHR: 20)
- "I Look So Good (Without You)" (US CHR #43)
- "Burn It Up"
- "Bang Bang" (with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)
- JLS
- "The Club Is Alive" (UK #1)
- ""36 Tricks of Love" (爱情三十六計)" (Taiwan #1)(Taiwan Radio #1)(China #1)
- "My Shoes" (Radio Disney #11)
- "Beauty and a Beat" (featuring Nicki Minaj) (US #5)
- "Rise" (US #11)
- "Witness"
- "All That Matters (The Beautiful Life)"
- "One by One"
- "I Got You" (UK #14)
- "Brave"
- "Naked"
- "Outta My Head"
- "Psycho B**ch"
- "Disconnected"
- "Symptoms Of You"
iCarly Soundtrack
- "Stay My Baby" (Radio Disney #19)
- "Oh Oh"
- "Devil Pray"
- "Addicted"
- "Borrowed Time"
- [Tu Vecina]
- Maroon 5
- "One More Night" (US #1)
- Megan & Liz
- "Release You"
- MKTO
- "Forever Until Tomorrow"
- "Around The World"
- "Under You"
- "Motivation"
- "Bad to You" (with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)
- "Back It Up" (feat. Pitbull)(US #98) (Grammy Nominated)
- One Direction
- "Live While We're Young" (US #3) (UK #3)
- "What Makes You Beautiful" (US #4) (UK #1)
- "Na Na Na"
- "I Wish"
- "Up All Night"
- "Save You Tonight"
- "Kiss You" (UK #9) (US #19)
- "One Thing"(UK #9)
- "Heart Attack"
- "Last First Kiss"
- "Back For You"
- "Nobody Compares"
- "Still The One"
- "Change My Mind"
- "Magic"
- "Happily"
- "Vas Happenin Boys"
- Paul Potts
- "Mamma"
- "Roll The Credits" (US CHR #37)
- PrettyMuch
- "Would You Mind"
- "Teacher"
- "Open Arms"
- "No More"
- "Me Necesita" (feat. CNCO)
- R5
- "Lets Not Be Alone Tonight"
- "Back Together" (feat. Nicki Minaj)
- Sage The Gemini feat. Nick Jonas
- "Good Thing" (US #78)
- "How Do You Sleep?"
- "If That's OK with You" (UK #2)
- "No U Hang Up" (UK #2)
- "Breathless" (UK #6)
- "Damaged"
- "Some Tears Never Dry"
- "Until You"
- "Melt the Snow"
- "U Got Me So"
- "You Make Me Wish"
- "Stand by Me" (UK #14)
- "Something Worth Living For"
- "A Better Man"
- "T Shirt" (US #36) (UK #6)
- "Lions"
- "Calm Down"
- "Pointless Relationship" (AUS #5)
- "Whatever Will Be" (AUS #13)
- "Almost Me"
- The Vamps
- "Somebody To You" (UK #4)
- "Nobody Love" (US #68)
- "Expensive"
- "California Lovers"
- "Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy"
- "Call Him Mine"
- "DJ Got Us Falling In Love" (US #4)
- "Scream" (US #9) (UK #5)
- "Beggin' on Your Knees" (US #58)
- "Best Friend's Brother" (US #86)
- "Say OK" (US #61)
- "Whatever Will Be" (Tammin Sursok cover)
- "Can't Feel My Face" (US #1)
- "In The Night"
- "Shameless"
- "Rockin'"
- "Love to Lay"
- "A Lonely Night"
- "Ordinary Life"
- Westlife
- "Where We Are"
- "No More Heroes"
- "Us Against the World" (UK #8)
- "Something Right"
- "The Easy Way"
- "Pictures In My Head"
- "Amazing" (UK #4)
- "Colour My World"
- "Hit You With The Real Thing"
- "Maybe Tomorrow"
- "Miss You When I’m Dreaming"
- "Still Here"
- "Obvious" (UK #3)
- "Heal"
- "When a Woman Loves a Man"
- "I Get Weak"